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)
daily sessions, calls to order3m (1)(a)
legislative reference bureau chief presides when chief clerk
of preceding session not available5 (1)(a)
call of assembly, state question83 (4)
debate, maintains order during3m (1)(e)decides who has the floor (no appeal)
56 (2)
decorum, quiet, and order, preserves3m (1)(f), 26 (1)
definition95 (57m)
disturbances in chamber, instructs
sergeant at arms3m (1)(f), 6 (1)(g)
fiscal estimate, order legislative fiscal bureau to prepare99
germaneness of amendment, rules on when questioned54 (2)
joint survey committee, may refer proposals to one or more
simultaneously with referral to
standing committee42 (1)(b), 45 (4)
member designated by presiding officer may preside
temporarily4 (3)
messages from other branches of government, receives3m (1)(h)
motions, stated and put by3m (1)(c), 63
order, quiet, and decorum, preserves3m (1)(f), 26 (1)
parliamentary procedure, informs
members on3m (1)(g), 57 (1)(e)
presides over assembly3m (1)(a)
points of order, rules on3m (1)(g), 62 (3), (3m)
advisement, may take under62 (3)(b)
expansion of question permitted
69 (4)
time for ruling62 (3m)
proposal, refers to standing committee, special committee,
next calendar, or rules committee
on rules29 (1), 42, 45, 89 (2)
question for current action, stated by75
quiet, decorum, and order, preserves3m (1)(f), 26 (1)
recognition of members seeking floor, decides order of (no appeal)56 (2)
rereferral to committee45
respect to26 (2)
roll call vote:
may order on any question3m (1)(d), 76 (3)
required, when, see also Quick Finder
votes and is recorded in78
speaking: member not to cross or leave floor
26 (2)
