Order and decorum, see Decorum
Order of business:
daily calendar29
hour of meeting28
regular orders31
resumed at point of interruption32 (4)
roll call of attendance, while in seats
30 (1)
special32 (3), 33
variations in regular32
Organization, committee on assembly9 (3)
approves employee pay plan for assembly
7 (2)
corrective amendment offered by23 (2)
engrossing or enrolling of proposal,
supervises5 (1)(e), 23 (2), (3)
examines appropriateness of legislative citation
96
joint resolution to recall proposal (after passage) for
further action23 (3)
permitted to introduce proposals in special,
extended, or extraordinary session93 (2)
staffing pattern, establishes for assembly
7 (4)
substantive corrections in proposal23 (2), (3)
supervises copying for assembly38
P
Pair:
applicable to main questions unless otherwise specified
79 (3)
definition of "pair"95 (52)
forms provided by chief clerk79
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 quorum79 (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 clerk79
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 speaking57 (1)(e)
Parliamentary procedure, see also Points of order91
Partial veto, see Veto
Party caucus officers, see also Majority leader, Minority leader2
certified by party caucus chairperson2 (3)
majority, minority caucus chairperson: member of organization committee9 (3)
Passage:
definition95 (54)
question, how stated75 (1)(b)
subsequent recall of proposal for further action
23 (3), 51
Personal privilege61 (2)
precedence of question65 (1)(h)
question of, interrupts debate57 (1)(b)
question of, may be raised while member is
speaking57 (1)(b), 61 (2)
Personalities to be avoided in debate56 (1)
Petition:
definition of "petition"95 (55)
delivered to chief clerk34, 37 (1)
information required: communicating person,
member introducing, subject matter37 (1)
withdraw proposal from committee, requirements
15 (3), (4)
Pledge of allegiance31
Point of order:
advisement, may be taken under62 (3)(b)
expansion of question permitted69 (4)
appeal of ruling:
debatable62 (7)
member may62 (6)
roll call required62 (7)
definition of "point of order"95 (56)
interrupts debate57 (1)(c)
member limited to speaking once62 (2)
overruling presiding officer requires
majority vote of members present and voting62 (7)
presiding officer may speak in preference to others
62 (3)
presiding officer may vote on appeal62 (7)
question on appeal of ruling, how stated
62 (6)
raised while member is speaking, may be
57 (1)(c)
time for ruling on62 (3m)
timely only when raised before question is decided
62 (4)
Postpone, not permitted twice on same day at same stage
of proposal72
Postpone to day or time certain:
not permitted in special, extended, or extraordinary
session93 (5)
precedence of motion to65 (2)(c)
Prayer beginning daily sessions5 (1)(i), 31
Precedence of motions65
Precedent (definition)95 (57)
Presiding officer, see also Speaker, Speaker pro tempore
amendment, rules on admissibility when germaneness
is questioned54 (2)
announces order that members may speak (no appeal)56 (2)
appeal of ruling by (roll call required)
62 (7)
biennial session, inauguration day:
business before assembly, announces3m (1)(b)
chamber, maintains order,
decorum, and quiet in3m (1)(f), 6 (1)(g)
chief clerk of preceding session presides
5 (1)(a)