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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 45 


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    AMENDMENT NO. ___.  Amend House Resolution 45 as follows:

 
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on page 4, line 12, after "acted", by inserting ", except as 
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limited by these House Rules"; and


 
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on page 6, line 12, after "subject to", by inserting "these 
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House Rules and"; and
 
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on page 13, line 1, by replacing ", however," with ", 
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however,"; and
 
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on page 13, line 2, before the period, by inserting "; this 
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Rule, however, is subject to the limitations of Rule 31"; and


 
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on page 30, by replacing lines 19 through 23 with the 
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following:
 
 


 






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    "(g) Legislative measures may be discharged from the Rules 
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Committee only by unanimous consent of the House upon the 
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affirmative vote of 71 members elected or by petition.  To 
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discharge by petition, a member must present to the Clerk a 
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motion in writing to petition discharge the Rules Committee 
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from consideration of the specified legislative measure.  Only 
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one petition discharge motion may be presented for each 
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legislative measure, but a new motion may be filed if the 
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pending motion is withdrawn.  The petition discharge motion 
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shall be placed in the custody of the Clerk, who shall arrange 
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a convenient place for the signatures of members.  A member's 
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signature may be withdrawn by submitting a written request to 
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the Clerk at any time before a motion is placed on the Rules 
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Discharge Calendar.  The Clerk shall make signatures a matter of 
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public record and shall also make the list of names available 
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to the public in electronic format.  When 71 members of the 
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House have signed the motion, it shall be deemed adopted and 
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the legislative measure is immediately discharged from the 
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Rules Committee. Any legislative measure bill
discharged from 
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the Rules Committee shall immediately be placed on the 
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appropriate order of business on the Rules Discharge Calendar

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order of Second Reading and assigned standard debate status, 
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subject to
Rule 52."; and
 
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on page 46, by replacing lines 13 through 17 with the 
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following:
 
 


 






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    "31. Standing Order of Business. The Unless otherwise 
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determined by the
Presiding Officer, the standing daily order 
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of business of the House
is as follows:


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        (1) Call to Order, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, 
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    and
Roll Call.
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        (1.5) Rules Discharge Calendar."; and 
 
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on page 47, below line 18, by inserting the following:
 
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    "The Speaker or Presiding Officer may vary the daily order 
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of the business of the House, but only with respect to items 
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(2) through (23); items (1) and (1.5) must always be the first 
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orders of business.
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    This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote of 
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71 members elected."; and  
 
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on page 62, below line 18, by inserting the following:
 



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    (House Rule 42.1 new)


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    42.1. Rules Discharge Calendar. 
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    (a) The Clerk shall include a Rules Discharge Calendar on 
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the daily calendar and designate it as a separate  part of the 
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daily calendar.  The Rules Discharge Calendar shall contain 4 
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orders of business: Rules Discharge Calendar - Second Reading, 
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Rules Discharge Calendar - Third Reading, Rules Discharge 
 


 






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Calendar - Resolutions, and Rules Discharge Calendar - Motions.
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    (b) Whenever the House is on this order of business, each 
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principal sponsor of a legislative measure on the Rules 
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Discharge Calendar shall have the right to call that measure 
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for consideration by the House, but the Presiding Officer shall 
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determine the order in which those  legislative measures are 
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considered.
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    (c) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative vote 
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of 71 members elected."; and 
 
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on page 62, line 22, after "Officer", by inserting ", except as 
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limited by Rule 31"; and
 
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on page 63, by replacing lines 18 through 23 with the 
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following:
 
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"may be necessary
for its completion but may occur no earlier 
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than after the completion of standing order (1.5) of Rule 31.  
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Only matters that may otherwise properly be before
the House 
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may be included in a special order.
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    (b) A special order shall appear on the Daily Calendar
for 
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3 legislative days. This subsection (b) may be
suspended only 
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by the affirmative vote of 71 members elected."
 
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on page 64, below line 4, by inserting the following:
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    "(d) This Rule may be suspended only by the affirmative 
 


 






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vote of 71 members elected.".