Nondebatable motions 67
O
Oath of office, speaker may administer 3 (1)(p)
Objections of governor sustained, adverse and final disposition 49 (1)(h)
Offer (definition) 95 (50m)
Offering of resolutions and other matters addressed to assembly 34, 39
Offering memorials to federal government prohibited 39 (1)
Officers:
assembly 1
majority and minority parties 2
Opening new regular biennial session:
chief clerk presides 5 (1)(a)
rules of prior session continue until amended or rescinded 92
Opinion of attorney general (definition) 95 (51)
Order and decorum, see Decorum
Order of business:
daily calendar 29
hour of meeting 28
regular orders 31
resumed at point of interruption 32 (4)
roll call of attendance, while in seats 30 (1)
special 32 (3), 33
variations in regular 32
Organization, committee on assembly 9 (3)
approves employee pay plan for assembly 7 (2)
corrective amendment offered by 23 (2)
engrossing or enrolling of proposal, supervises 5 (1)(e), 23 (2), (3)
examines appropriateness of legislative citation 96
joint resolution to recall proposal (after passage) for further action 23 (3)
permitted to introduce proposals in special,
extended, or extraordinary session 93 (2)
staffing pattern, establishes for assembly 7 (4)
substantive corrections in proposal 23 (2), (3)
supervises copying for assembly 38
P
Pair:
applicable to main questions unless otherwise specified 79 (3)
definition of "pair” 95 (52)
forms provided by chief clerk 79
invalidated if one party is present and votes
79 (2)
member signs and files with chief clerk 79
not applicable to amendments unless so specified 79 (3)
not applicable to procedural motions unless so specified 79 (3)
not counted as part of official result of vote 79 (4)
not counted to establish qualified majority or quorum 79 (5)
one or both parties thereto must be absent with leave
79 (1)
permitted on any question when members file a signed statement
with the chief clerk 79
read to assembly by chief clerk before vote is taken
79
Papers addressed to assembly, general requirements 34, 37
Parliamentary inquiry:
definition of "parliamentary inquiry” 95 (53)
may be made while member is speaking 57 (1)(e)
Parliamentary procedure, see also Points of order
91
Partial veto, see Veto
Party caucus officers, see also Majority leader, Minority leader 2
certified by party caucus chairperson 2 (3)
majority, minority caucus chairperson: member of organization committee 9 (3)
Passage:
definition 95 (54)
question, how stated 75 (1)(b)
subsequent recall of proposal for further action 23 (3), 51
Personal privacy, committee on (standing committee) 9 (1)(sc)
Personal privilege 61 (2)
precedence of question 65 (1)(h)
question of, interrupts debate 57 (1)(b)
question of, may be raised while member is speaking 57 (1)(b), 61 (2)
Personalities to be avoided in debate 56 (1)
Petition:
definition of "petition” 95 (55)
delivered to chief clerk 34, 37 (1)
information required: communicating person,
member introducing, subject matter 37 (1)
withdraw proposal from committee, requirements 15 (3), (4)
Pledge of allegiance 31
Point of order:
advisement, may be taken under 62 (3)(b)
expansion of question permitted 69 (4)
appeal of ruling:
debatable 62 (7)
member may 62 (6)
roll call required 62 (7)
definition of "point of order” 95 (56)
interrupts debate 57 (1)(c)
member limited to speaking once 62 (2)
overruling presiding officer requires
majority vote of members present and voting 62 (7)
presiding officer may speak in preference to others 62 (3)
presiding officer may vote on appeal 62 (7)
question on appeal of ruling, how stated 62 (6)
raised while member is speaking, may be 57 (1)(c)
time for ruling on 62 (3m)
timely only when raised before question is decided 62 (4)