AR3,47,1512 (5) The decision on any motion to reconsider is final and may not be
13reconsidered, but motions to reconsider subsequent decisions on the same proposal,
14at the same or a later stage, shall be are in order if otherwise permitted under this
15rule.
AR3,47,1816 (6) Once a motion to reconsider has been is entered, it may only be withdrawn
17only by the member who made the motion and only before the expiration of the time
18period for making the motion unless thereafter authorized by the assembly.
AR3,47,2119 (7) A motion to reconsider is only debatable when the question to which it
20relates is debatable. In any such debate, no a member may not speak more than once
21nor or for more than 3 minutes.
AR3,47,2522 (8) The adoption by both houses of a joint resolution returning a proposal to the
23assembly for further action returns the proposal to the stage specified in the
24resolution. The adoption of a motion for reconsideration shall is not be required to
25reach that stage.
AR3,48,3
1(9) When a motion to reconsider has been entered in order to return a proposal
2to the amendable stage, the maker of the motion may offer one new amendment to
3that proposal for introduction and provision, which shall be provided to the members.
AR3,48,64 (10) The entering of a motion for reconsideration does not impair the
5effectiveness of any adopted resolution relating to the officers, members, procedures,
6or organization of the assembly.
AR3, s. 75 7Section 75. Assembly rule 74 (intro.), (1) and (2) are amended to read:
AR3,48,11 8Assembly Rule 74. Tabling; taking from table. (intro.) A motion to table
9disposes of a matter temporarily. The committee on rules may refer any tabled
10matter to an appropriate calendar. Unless such the referral has been made, a tabled
11matter may be taken from the table at any time by order of the assembly.
AR3,48,1312 (1) A motion to table a matter is only in order only if the matter is currently
13before the assembly.
AR3,48,1614 (2) A motion to table or to take from the table may not be amended, but may
15be debated for not exceeding 10 minutes. In debating a motion to table or to take from
16the table, no a member may not speak for more than 2 minutes.
AR3, s. 76 17Section 76. Assembly rule 76 (1), (3), (4) and (6) to (8) are amended to read:
AR3,48,19 18Assembly Rule 76 (1) Unless otherwise required by the state constitution, by
19law, or by legislative rule, all questions shall be are decided by a majority of a quorum.
AR3,48,2320 (3) A roll call vote shall be taken when the recording of the "ayes" and "noes"
21is required by the state constitution, by law, or by legislative rule, when deemed
22desirable
ordered by the presiding officer, or when requested by a member with the
23support of 15 seconds.
AR3,49,224 (4) When the voting machine is available, the machine shall may be used to
25record the "ayes" and "noes.". When the voting machine is not available, the chief

1clerk shall call and tally the roll. On all roll call votes, the record produced by the
2voting machine or the chief clerk's tally shall be is official and final.
AR3,49,63 (6) During a roll call vote, any member may raise the point of order that a
4member appears to be absent from the chamber but is shown as voting according to
5the roll call display boards. If the presiding officer rules the point of order "well
6taken", the vote of the absent member shall may not be recorded.
AR3,49,107 (7) Any interruption of a roll call vote, from the time the voting machine is
8opened or the calling commenced to the announcement of the official totals by the
9presiding officer, shall be is out of order except to raise a point of order concerning
10the taking of the vote.
AR3,49,1411 (8) After the voting machine is closed or the calling completed, a member's
12request to be recorded as voting or as voting contrary to the way shown in the official
13record shall be shown in the journal, but shall does not alter the outcome of the roll
14call vote.
AR3, s. 77 15Section 77. Assembly rule 79 (1) and (4) are amended to read:
AR3,49,17 16Assembly Rule 79 (1) No A pair may not be recognized unless one or both of the
17parties thereto are absent with leave.
AR3,49,1918 (4) A pair shall is not be counted as part of the official result of a vote, but shall
19be recorded.
AR3, s. 78 20Section 78. Assembly rule 80 (2), (4), (5) (b) and (6) are amended to read:
AR3,49,25 21Assembly Rule 80 (2) If it is the opinion of the chair presiding officer that the
22proposed division of a simple amendment is unduly complex or the purpose of the
23division can be more clearly or simply accomplished by amendment, or that a call for
24a division is being used as a substitute for a series of amendments, the question shall
25may not be divided.
AR3,50,4
1(4) Bills, joint resolutions, resolutions, and substitute amendments, and
2amendments received from the senate for assembly concurrence, may not be divided.
3A bill vetoed in its entirety by the governor may not be divided. A report of a
4committee of conference may not be divided.
AR3,50,75 (5) (b) It is the opinion of the chair presiding officer that the item involves
6distinct and independent propositions capable of division and that the division will
7not be unduly complex.
AR3,50,178 (6) When a bill has been vetoed in part the committee on rules may, by a
9resolution offered under rule 33, propose to schedule a specific part as a special order.
10When appropriate, the resolution may divide the part into one or more independent
11propositions and dependent propositions. The proposed division must include at
12least one separate proposition which that, if passed notwithstanding the objections
13of the governor, will result in a complete and workable law regardless of the action
14taken on any other part of the original part. The chair presiding officer shall first
15put the question on any such the independent proposition. The question on any
16proposition dependent thereon shall may be put only if the independent proposition
17has been passed notwithstanding the objections of the governor.
AR3, s. 79 18Section 79. Assembly rule 81 is amended to read:
AR3,50,20 19Assembly Rule 81. Tie loses question. Whenever the assembly casts a tie
20vote, the question shall be is lost.
AR3, s. 80 21Section 80. Assembly rule 82 is amended to read:
AR3,50,24 22Assembly Rule 82. Interruptions of clerk during roll call. No A person
23shall may not visit or remain at the clerk's desk while a roll call vote or tabulation
24is in progress.
AR3, s. 81 25Section 81. Assembly rule 83 (2) and (4) are amended to read:
AR3,51,3
1Assembly Rule 83 (2) A call of the assembly is in order at any time, including
2while a motion to adjourn is pending, but not when voting is in progress , or when a
3request for a leave of absence or a motion to lift a call is pending.
AR3,51,64 (4) On a call of the assembly being requested, the presiding officer shall state
5substantially: "It requires 15 members to second a call of the assembly; those in favor
6of the call will rise.". If 15 members rise, the call is ordered.
AR3, s. 82 7Section 82. Assembly rule 84 is amended to read:
AR3,51,10 8Assembly Rule 84. Members to remain in chamber when under call.
9When a call of the assembly is ordered, the sergeant at arms shall close the doors and
10no member members may not leave the assembly chamber.
AR3, s. 83 11Section 83. Assembly rule 86 (1), (3) and (4) are amended to read:
AR3,51,14 12Assembly Rule 86 (1) Business may be transacted as if there were no call except
13that no further action may not be taken on the specific question under consideration
14when the call was ordered.
AR3,51,1615 (3) All motions relating to the call, adjournment, or any recess shall be decided
16by a roll call vote.
AR3,51,1817 (4) The sergeant at arms may at any time report on the progress or completion
18of the call and any. Any such report shall be entered in the journal.
AR3, s. 84 19Section 84. Assembly rule 88 is amended to read:
AR3,51,22 20Assembly Rule 88. Successive calls on same question. Successive calls on
21the same question are not in order unless significant business, a recess, or an
22adjournment has intervened.
AR3, s. 85 23Section 85. Assembly rule 89 (1) and (2) are amended to read:
AR3,51,25 24Assembly Rule 89 (1) Any proposed change of assembly rules shall be
25introduced offered as a resolution.
AR3,52,7
1(2) Any resolution affecting assembly rules shall be referred by the speaker or
2presiding officer to the calendar for the 2nd legislative day following introduction
3after it is offered, or to a committee. A resolution providing for the adoption of
4assembly rules at the commencement of a legislative biennium may be taken up
5immediately upon its introduction after it is offered if the resolution has been
6provided to the assembly members-elect of the new legislature at least one week
7prior to before the convening of the session.
AR3, s. 86 8Section 86. Assembly rule 90 (3) and (5) are amended to read:
AR3,52,11 9Assembly Rule 90 (3) When a unanimous consent request is granted or a
10motion to suspend the rules prevails, only those rules are suspended which that
11otherwise would prevent the accomplishment of the stated purpose.
AR3,52,1312 (5) Unanimous consent requests and motions to suspend the rules shall are not
13be permitted for frivolous, indecorous, or clearly dilatory purposes.
AR3, s. 87 14Section 87. Assembly rule 91 is amended to read:
AR3,52,18 15Assembly Rule 91. Authority and interpretation of the rules. The power
16to make rules governing its procedure is a constitutional power of each house of the
17legislature. The rules of the assembly, together with the joint rules, shall govern the
18assembly's parliamentary practice.
AR3,52,2219 (1) In the absence of a pertinent assembly or joint rule, questions of
20parliamentary procedure shall be are decided according to applicable rules of
21parliamentary practice in Jefferson's manual which are not inconsistent with
22constitutional or statutory provisions relating to the functioning of the legislature.
AR3,53,223 (2) Established precedents of both houses, long-established custom, opinions
24of the attorney general interpreting rules and precedents, and other leading

1parliamentary authorities such as Mason's manual may be used in the
2interpretation of both these the assembly rules and the rules in Jefferson's manual.
AR3, s. 88 3Section 88. Assembly rule 92 is amended to read:
AR3,53,8 4Assembly Rule 92. Continuity of assembly rules. The rules of the assembly
5shall remain in effect until amended or rescinded by the assembly. At the beginning
6of a new biennial session, the rules of the assembly in effect at the conclusion of the
7preceding regular session shall remain in force until superseded by assembly rules
8adopted in the new session of the legislature.
AR3, s. 89 9Section 89. Assembly rule 93 is amended to read:
AR3,53,16 10Assembly Rule 93. Special, extended, or extraordinary sessions. Unless
11otherwise provided by the assembly for a specific special, extended , or extraordinary
12session, the rules of the assembly adopted for the regular session shall, subject to the
13following modifications, apply to each special session called by the governor and to
14each extended or extraordinary session called by the assembly and senate
15organization committees on organization or called by a joint resolution approved
16adopted by both houses one house and concurred in by the other house:
AR3,53,1917 (1) No A proposal, or amendment thereto, may not be considered by the
18assembly unless it is germane to the session call or pertains to the organization of
19the legislature.
AR3,53,2220 (2) Proposals may be offered for introduction or introduced only by the
21assembly committees on finance, organization, or rules, or by the joint committees
22on employment relations, finance, or organization.
AR3,53,2523 (3) No A notice of hearings before committees shall be is not required other than
24posting on the legislative bulletin boards, and no a schedule of committee activities
25need not be published.
AR3,54,2
1(4) All measures proposals referred to a calendar may be taken up immediately.
2A calendar need not be provided.
AR3,54,43 (5) No A motion to postpone a proposal to a day or time certain shall may not
4be allowed.
AR3,54,75 (6) All motions to reconsider shall be taken up immediately unless a different
6time is set by majority vote of a majority of the members present and voting for a
7specific motion to reconsider.
AR3,54,108 (7) All motions to advance a proposal to its 3rd reading, and all motions to
9message a proposal to the other house may be adopted by a majority of the members
10present and voting.
AR3, s. 90 11Section 90. Assembly rule 94 (title), (1) and (3) are amended to read:
AR3,54,22 12Assembly Rule 94. (title) Content, format , and style of rules and manual.
13(1) The assembly manual shall be composed of pamphlets containing these and the
14assembly rules,
the joint rules, the session schedule, the state constitution,
15alphabetical indexes, and other information approved by the speaker or the
16committee on assembly organization. Whenever directed to do so by the speaker or
17the committee on assembly organization, the chief clerk shall recompile and
18republish any pamphlet part. In recompiling the assembly manual or any pamphlet
19thereof, the chief clerk shall make spelling and other minor corrections and shall
20consult with the legislative reference bureau to make any references to provisions
21of the constitution, statutes, joint rules, or assembly rules conform to the numbers
22then assigned to such the provisions.
AR3,55,323 (3) (a) Within one week from after the adoption of any resolution significantly
24changing the assembly rules, the chief clerk shall direct the reproduction of a new
25pamphlet incorporating the entire text of these the assembly rules as affected by that

1the resolution unless, in the judgment of the speaker, additional rule changes may
2soon be agreed to by the members. Each pamphlet edition shall contain a revised
3table of contents and index prepared by the legislative reference bureau.
AR3,55,54 (b) The chief clerk shall supervise the production of the book of these the
5assembly
rules for insertion into the assembly manual.
AR3,55,76 (c) As directed by the chief clerk, any resolution amending these the assembly
7rules may be engrossed and may be duplicated for distribution.
AR3, s. 91 8Section 91. Assembly rule 95 (intro.), (1), (6), (7), (9), (10), (11), (17), (20), (24),
9(25), (26), (27), (27m), (28), (29), (33m), (34), (35), (36), (37), (43), (44), (45), (46), (52),
10(56), (57), (58), (59), (60), (66), (69), (70), (71), (75), (76), (78), (80), (81), (87) to (92)
11and (94) are amended to read:
AR3,55,14 12Assembly Rule 95. Definitions. (intro.) The following are definitions of the
13major terms used in these the assembly rules or traditionally used in deliberations
14on the floor.
AR3,55,1715 (1) Act: A bill which that has passed both houses of the legislature, been
16enrolled, and been approved by the governor or passed over the governor's veto, or
17that becomes law without the signature of the governor,
and published.
AR3,55,2018 (6) Assembly chamber: The entire area west of the easternmost doors of the
19assembly, including the visitor's galleries, lobbies, offices of the speaker, majority
20leader, and minority leader, and hallways.
AR3,55,2521 (7) Bill: A proposed change of law originating in either house, requiring
22approval passage by both houses one house and concurrence of the other house of the
23legislature and approval of the governor, or passage notwithstanding the objections
24of the governor by a two-thirds vote in each house, or that becomes law without the
25signature of the governor,
before becoming effective.
AR3,56,2
1(9) Call of the assembly or "call of the house.": A procedure for requiring the
2attendance of absent members.
AR3,56,43 (10) Certificate or "citation.": A formal legislative document of
4commendation, congratulations, or condolences.
AR3,56,55 (11) Chair: The position that the presiding officer fills.
AR3,56,76 (17) Conference committee: A committee of representatives to the assembly
7and of senators, appointed to resolve differences on a specific proposal.
AR3,56,98 (20) Current membership: The members of the assembly , omitting those who
9have resigned, have been removed, or have died.
AR3,56,1210 (24) Elected membership: The members of the assembly , certified as elected
11in the last general election, including those who have subsequently resigned, have
12been removed, or have died.
AR3,56,1513 (25) Engrossed proposal: A proposal incorporating all adopted amendments
14and all approved technical corrections in the house of origin, whether or not it is
15reproduced as engrossed
.
AR3,56,1816 (26) Enrolled proposal: A proposal that was passed, or adopted, and
17concurred in, incorporating any amendments and corrections that were approved by
18both houses.
AR3,56,2019 (27) Expunge: To remove material from the record and, thus, undo some
20assembly action.
AR3,56,2521 (27m) Extraordinary session: The convening of the legislature by the
22assembly and senate organization committees on organization or by petition or joint
23resolution of the legislature to accomplish the business specified in the action calling
24the session. When used to continue a floorperiod of the regular session for a limited
25purpose, the extraordinary session is referred to as an extended session.
AR3,57,2
1(28) Fiscal estimate: A memorandum pursuant to joint rules 41 to 49,
2explaining the impact of any proposal a bill on state or local finances.
AR3,57,53 (29) Floor of the assembly: That portion of the assembly chamber which that
4is reserved for members, assembly officers, and persons granted the privilege of the
5floor.
AR3,57,76 (33m) History file: The list of entries made by the chief clerk in the bulletin
7of proceedings, recording the actions of the legislature on a proposal.
AR3,57,128 (34) Incidental motions and requests: A group of motions and requests which
9that generally relate relates to the proceedings, procedures, and subsidiary
10questions during debate, and which that must be disposed of before proceeding to the
11main question under consideration. Incidental questions have lower precedence
12than privileged questions, but higher precedence than subsidiary and main motions.
AR3,57,1413 (35) Indefinite postponement: A motion to kill a proposal in its house of origin
14for a legislative session in its house of origin.
AR3,57,1615 (36) Introduction: The formal presentation of a proposal bill before the
16assembly.
AR3,57,1817 (37) Joint convention, also called " joint session":; A joint meeting of the
18senate and the assembly.
AR3,57,1919 (43) Legislative day: Any day on which the legislature is in session.
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