[Point of order:]
Senator Chilsen moved that the rules be suspended and Senate Joint Resolution 14 be withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and considered for action at this time.
Senator Whittow asked unanimous consent that the motion to withdraw Senate Joint Resolution 14 from committee be laid on the table. Senator Chilsen objected.
Senator Whittow moved that the motion to withdraw Senate Joint Resolution 14 from committee be laid on the table.
614 Senator Knowles raised the point of order that a motion to suspend rules takes precedence over a motion to table and therefore a move to table would be out of order. The chair took the point of order under advisement.
Senate Journal of February 5, 1975 .......... Page: 231
As it relates to the point of order raised by Senator Knowles on February 4, the chair [Lt.Gov. Schreiber] ruled the point of order well taken as a motion to suspend rules may not have any subsidiary motions appended to it, or come before it. Therefore, pursuant to Mason's Manual Section 238 Paragraph 6, a motion to table a suspension of the rules would be out of order.
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Senate Journal of March 27, 1974 .......... Page: 2601
[Call re suspension of rules:]
Senator Bidwell moved that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 837 be considered for action at this time. [Intervening text omitted.]
The question was: Shall Assembly Bill 837 [relating to cancellation of franchises] be considered for action at this time?
Senator Steinhilber moved a call of the senate. [Display of roll call omitted; present-22, absent-10, with leave-1.]
Senate Journal of March 28, 1974 .......... Page: 2637
[Point of order:]
All members being present, the question was: Shall Assembly Bill 837 [relating to cancellation of franchises] be considered for action at this time.
Senator J. D. Swan raised the point of order that this required a suspension of the rules.
The chair [Lt.Gov. Schreiber] ruled the point of order not well taken.
Senate Journal of October 25, 1973 .......... Page: 1868
[Suspension of rules cannot be tabled:]
Senator Thompson moved that Senate Bill 732 be ordered immediately messaged.
Senator Steinhilber moved that the motion to immediately message be laid on the table.
[Point of order:]
Senator Chilsen raised the point of order that a motion to suspend the rules cannot be laid on the table.
The chair [Lt.Gov. Schreiber] ruled the point of order well taken.
Senate Journal of May 16, 1973 .......... Page: 1047
[Point of order:]
Senator Risser asked unanimous consent that Senate Bill 227 be engrossed and passed by one roll call vote. Senator Johnson objected.
Senator Risser moved that Senate Bill 227 be engrossed and passed by one roll call vote.
615 Senator Johnson asked unanimous consent that the motion be laid on the table. Senator Risser objected.
Senator Johnson raised the point of order that the motion was not a proper motion.
The chair [Lt.Gov. Schreiber] ruled the point of order not well taken.
Senator Johnson appealed the ruling of the chair. Senator Whittow moved a call of the senate [Display of roll call omitted; present-31, absent-1, with leave-1].
Senator Johnson asked unanimous consent that Senator LaFollette be granted a leave of absence for the balance of the day. Senator Risser objected.
Senator Johnson asked unanimous consent that Senator LaFollette be granted a leave of absence for 15 minutes. Senator Risser objected.
Senator Risser withdrew his motion that Senate Bill 227 be engrossed and passed by one roll call vote.
Senator Johnson withdrew his point of order and his appeal of the ruling of the chair on Senate Bill 227.
The question on which the call of the senate was put having been disposed of the call was raised.
Senate Journal of February 15, 1973 .......... Page: 434
[Point of order:]
Senator Risser moved that Assembly Joint Resolution 21 be considered for final action at this time.
Senator Johnson moved that the motion to suspend the rules and give Assembly Joint Resolution 21 its third reading be laid on the table.
Senator Risser moved a call of the senate. [Record of senate omitted; present-29, absent with leave-4.]
Senator Risser raised the point of order that a motion to suspend the rules cannot be laid on the table.
The chair [Lt.Gov. Schreiber] ruled the point of order well taken.
Tabling motion
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Assembly Journal of May 24, 1989 .......... Page: 179
Point of order:
Representative Welch rose to the point of order that the motion to table Assembly Bill 286 [relating to contributions to retailers by brewers and wholesalers of fermented malt beverages] was not properly before the assembly because the motion had been voted upon earlier. The chair took the point of order under advisement.
Ruling of the chair:
616 The chair [Rep. Clarenbach, speaker pro tem] ruled not well taken the point of order raised by Representative Welch that the motion to table Assembly Bill 286 had been acted
upon earlier and therefore was not properly before the assembly. The motion to table Assembly Bill 286 had not been before the assembly.
Point of order (p. 180):
Representative Welch rose to the point of order that the motion to table assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 286 was not properly before the assembly under Assembly Rule 88.
[Note:] Except for a point of order on a motion to table the entire bill, the most recent action on 1989 AB 286 had been the assembly's refusal to table the substitute amendment.
Although the assembly was not under a call of the house at that time (A.Rule 88 prohibits successive calls on same question), A.Rule 69 declares that
a motion or procedure used for the purpose of delay is "dilatory and out of order".
The chair [Rep. Clarenbach, speaker pro tem] ruled the point of order well taken.
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Senate Journal of March 6, 1990 .......... Page: 772
[Point of order:]
Senator Chilsen raised the point of order that the Chair is frustrating the will of the majority by permitting a motion to suspend the rules and withdraw a bill [Senate Bill 18] be withdrawn from from committee to be tabled. The Chair took the point of order under advisement.
Senate Journal of March 15, 1990 .......... Page: 861
Ruling of the chair:
On Tuesday, March 6, 1990, the Senator from the 29th, Senator Chilsen, raised the point of order that in accordance with Senate Rule 93 (5), a motion to table a motion to withdraw a bill from committee was out of order. The Chair took the point of order under advisement.
Senate Rule 93(5) reads as follows: No motion shall be entertained to postpone action to a day or time certain.
The motion to table does postpone action, however, it does not postpone action until a day or time certain. The purpose of the rule is not to postpone "definitely." A motion to table or postpone "indefinitely" is in order.
Therefore, it is the opinion of the Chair that the point of order raised by the Senator from the 29th is not well taken and the motion to table is properly before the Senate.
Senator Fred A. Risser
President of the Senate
The question was: Shall the motion to withdraw Senate Bill 18 from the committee on Judiciary and Consumer Affairs and refer to the committee on Senate Rules be laid on the table?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 20; noes, 13 [display of roll call vote omitted]. Tabled.
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Assembly Journal of March 17, 1988 .......... Page: 900
Point of order:
Representative Thompson rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 7 to assembly amendment 76 to assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 850 [relating to state finances and appropriations, constituting the 1988 annual budget bill, and making appropriations] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (c) [issue already decided] because it was substantially similar to assembly amendment 6 to assembly amendment 76 to assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 850.
The chair [Rep. Clarenbach, speaker pro tem] ruled the point of order not well taken because the tabling of assembly amendment 6 to assembly amendment 76 to assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 850 did not constitute "already acting upon".
Assembly Journal of June 26, 1987 .......... Page: 290
Point of order:
Representative Loftus rose to the point of order that the motion to table assembly amendment 70 to Senate Bill 100 [relating to state finances and appropriations, constituting the general executive budget bill of the 1987 legislature, and making appropriations] took precedence over consideration of an amendment (assembly amendment 1 to assembly amendment 70) offered subsequent to the motion to table. The chair took the point of order under advisement. [Intervening text omitted.]
The chair ruled that, under Assembly Rule 65 (2) and (3), the motion to lay assembly amendment 70 to Senate Bill 100 on the table took precedence over consideration of an amendment introduced subsequent to the motion to table. The chair ruled the point of order well taken.
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Assembly Journal of October 31, 1985 .......... Page: 544-45
Background:
Representative Hephner moved rejection of assembly amendment 2 to Senate Bill 1, October 1985 Spec.Sess. [relating to civil and criminal liability relating to alcohol beverages and providing penalties].
The question was: Shall assembly amendment 2 to Senate Bill 1, October 1985 Spec. Sess., be rejected? The roll was taken. [Display of roll call vote omitted; ayes-40, noes-49.] Motion failed.
Representative Hephner moved that assembly amendment 2 to Senate Bill 1, October 1985 Spec. Sess., be laid on the table.
The question was: Shall assembly amendment 2 to Senate Bill 1, October 1985 Spec. Sess., be laid on the table? The roll was taken. [Display of roll call vote omitted; ayes-45, noes-44.] Motion carried.
Representative T. Thompson moved that assembly amendment 2 to Senate Bill 1, October 1985 Spec. Sess., be taken from the table.
618 Speaker Loftus in the chair.
The question was: Shall assembly amendment 2 to Senate Bill 1, October 1985 Spec. Sess., be taken from the table? The roll was taken. [Display of roll call vote omitted; ayes-44, noes-44.] Motion failed.
Representative T. Thompson moved that Senate Bill 1, October 1985 Spec. Sess., be referred to the Joint Committee on Finance.
