House Journal: Page 141: Wednesday, January 22, 2003
11 whether filed at the time of initial committee passage
12 of the bill to the floor for debate or after
13 rereferral to the committee, shall not be incorporated
14 into the bill in the originating house but shall be
15 filed separately. Amendments filed from the floor to
16 strike sections of the bill or the committee
17 amendments shall be in order. Following amendment and
18 passage by the second house, only amendments filed
19 from the floor which strike sections of the amendment
20 of the second house shall be in order.
21 A bill recommended by the Code editor which is
22 passed out of committee to the floor for debate by a
23 committee of the house or senate within the first four
24 weeks of convening of a legislative session and which
25 contains Code corrections beyond those of a
26 nonsubstantive nature shall not be amended on the
27 floor of either house except pursuant to amendments
28 filed by the judiciary committee of the senate or the
29 house. Such committee amendments, whether filed at
30 the time of initial committee passage of the bill to
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1 the floor for debate or after rereferral to the
2 committee, shall not be incorporated into the bill in
3 the originating house but shall be filed separately.
4 Such a bill shall be limited to corrections which:
5 Adjust language to reflect current practices, insert
6 earlier omissions, delete redundancies and
7 inaccuracies, delete temporary language, resolve
8 inconsistencies and conflicts, update ongoing
9 provisions, and remove ambiguities. Amendments filed
10 from the floor to strike sections of the bill or the
11 committee amendments shall be in order. Following
12 amendment and passage by the second house, only
13 amendments filed from the floor which strike sections
14 of the amendment of the second house shall be in
15 order.
16 Rule 12
17 Amendments by Other House
18 1. When a bill which originated in one house is
19 amended in the other house, the house originating the
20 bill may amend the amendment, concur in full in the
21 amendment, or refuse to concur in full in the
22 amendment. Precedence of motions shall be in that
23 order. The amendment of the other house shall not be
24 ruled out of order based on a question of germaneness.
25 a. If the house originating the bill concurs in
26 the amendment, the bill shall then be immediately
27 placed upon its final passage.
28 b. If the house originating the bill refuses to
29 concur in the amendment, the bill shall be returned to
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