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
Partisan caucus 95 (53m)
dilatory 69 (1)
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 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)
Postpone, not permitted twice on same day at same stage
of proposal 72
Postpone to day or time certain:
not permitted in special, extended, or extraordinary
session 93 (5)
precedence of motion to 65 (2)(c)
Prayer beginning daily sessions
5 (1)(i), 31
Precedence of motions 65
Precedent (definition) 95 (57)
Presiding officer, see also Speaker, Speaker pro tempore
amendment, rules on admissibility when germaneness
is questioned 54 (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, announces
3m (1)(b)
chamber, maintains order,
decorum, and quiet in 3m (1)(f), 6 (1)(g)
chief clerk of preceding session presides
5 (1)(a)
daily sessions, calls to order 3m (1)(a)
legislative reference bureau chief presides when chief clerk
of preceding session not available 5 (1)(a)
call of assembly, state question 83 (2m), (4)
debate, maintains order during 3m (1)(e) decides who has the floor (no appeal) 56 (2)
decorum, quiet, and order, preserves
3m (1)(f), 26 (1)
definition 95 (57m)
disturbances in chamber, instructs
sergeant at arms 3m (1)(f), 6 (1)(g)
fiscal estimate, order legislative fiscal bureau to prepare 99
germaneness of amendment, rules on when questioned 54 (2)
joint survey committee, may refer proposals
to one or more simultaneously with
referral to standing committee 42 (1)(b), 45 (4)
member designated by presiding officer may preside
temporarily 4 (3)
messages from other branches of government, receives 3m (1)(h)
motions, stated and put by 3m (1)(c), 63
order, quiet, and decorum, preserves
3m (1)(f), 26 (1)
parliamentary procedure, informs
members on 3m (1)(g), 57 (1)(e)
presides over assembly 3m (1)(a)
points of order, rules on 3m (1)(g), 62 (3), (3m)
advisement, may take under 62 (3)(b)
expansion of question permitted
69 (4)
time for ruling 62 (3m)
proposal, refers to standing committee, special committee,
next calendar, or rules committee
on rules 29 (1), 42, 45, 89 (2)
question for current action, stated by
75
quiet, decorum, and order, preserves
3m (1)(f), 26 (1)
recognition of members seeking floor, decides
order of (no appeal) 56 (2)
rereferral to committee 45
respect to 26 (2)
roll call vote:
may order on any question 3m (1)(d), 76 (3)