Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:3201 Primary Sponsor:McElveen Committee Number:29 Type of Legislation:HR Subject:House Rule Residing Body:House Current Committee:Rules Computer Document Number:436/11135.DW Introduced Date:Jan 10, 1991 Last History Body:House Last History Date:Jan 10, 1991 Last History Type:Introduced, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:McElveen Type of Legislation:House Resolution
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3201 House Jan 10, 1991 Introduced, referred to 29
Committee
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TO AMEND RULE 8.12 OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, RELATING TO THE MOTIONS TO ADJOURN, RECEDE, AND RECEDE SUBJECT TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR, SO AS TO CHANGE FROM FIFTEEN TO THIRTY MINUTES THE TIME THAT NO NEW MOTION TO ADJOURN OR RECESS IS IN ORDER.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
That Rule 8.12 of the House is amended to read:
"8.12 Motions to adjourn, to recede, and to recede subject to the call of the Chair, shall are always be in order, except while the House is actually engaged in deciding a question by ayes and nays, or in voting viva voce, or in balloting; but a motion to adjourn, or to take a recess, having been negatived, no new motion to adjourn or take a recess shall be is in order until fifteen thirty minutes shall have has elapsed from the decision of the former motion, even though such the motion to recede might be to recede to a different time."