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 permitted69 (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)
speaker and speaker pro tempore: election, term of office
1
temporary, elected when speaker, speaker pro tempore,
majority leader, assistant majority leader, and
majority caucus leader are absent4 (2)
votes and is recorded on all roll call votes
78
voting:
announces results of3m (1)(c)
roll call, may order on any question3m (1)(d), 76 (3)
roll call required, when, see also Quick Finder
states question75
Press, radio, and TV representatives admitted to floor of
assembly when engaged in reporting proceedings25 (3)
Printed documents, consent required to read from
59 (3), 90 (2)
Privilege: assembly, personal, or special
61
Privilege, questions of, see Questions of privilege
Privileged motions and requests (definition)
95 (59)
Privileged motions and requests during debate
65 (1)
Privileged resolution33 (3), 43
request to introduce and ask consideration of,
precedence of65 (1)(i)
to reprimand, censure, or expel a member, procedure
21, 43 (3)
Proposal (definition), see also Assembly resolution, Bill,
Joint resolution, Motion, and Petition95 (60)
Proposals to be available at least 24 hours before
consideration35 (1)
Proposals, executive action on 24 hours after made public17d
Public health and public safety, committee on
(standing committee)9 (1)(t)
Public hearing, see also Schedule of committee activities:
advance notice14 (2)
announced in schedule of committee activities
14 (2)
definition of "hearing"95 (32)
may be rescheduled for larger room11 (3)
not required for special, extended, or extraordinary
session proposals93 (3)
reproduced copies of proposal to be available to public
14 (3)
scheduled at discretion of committee chairperson
14 (1)
schedules posted on bulletin boards of assembly
14 (2), 93 (3)
Publication of assembly rules94
Publications of assembly, see also Joint Rules 71 to 7938
Q
Question (definition)95 (61)
Question before assembly conforms to committee
recommendation; exceptions47
Question, division of, see Division of the question
Question lost when vote results in tie81
Question on appeal of ruling by presiding officer, how stated62 (6)
Questions, how stated75
Questions of privilege:
assembly privilege explained61 (1)
personal privilege explained61 (2)
precedence limited to immediate consideration
61 (5)
precedence of61 (4)
privileged motions and requests (definition)
95 (59)
special privilege explained61 (3)
under control of presiding officer and assembly
61
when disposed of, assembly resumes business
at point of interruption57 (2), 61 (6)