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assembly rules ASSEMBLY RULES

* Under Assembly Rule 94 (3) (a), a pamphlet of this type will be printed following the adoption of any resolution “significantly changing" the assembly rules.

  The assembly rules were last readopted by 1983 A. Res. 12 on June 2, 1983. Subsequent changes, enacted by 1985 A. Res. 2, 1987 A. Res. 2, 1989 A. Res. 2, 11, and 27, 1991 A. Res. 2 and 3, 1993 A. Res. 2, 14, 16, and 24, 1995 A. Res. 2, 12, 14, and 31, 1997 A. Res. 2, 1999 A. Res. 2 and 3, 2001 A. Res. 2, 3, and 8, 2003 A. Res. 2 and 3, 2005 A. Res. 2, 2007 A. Res. 2 and 4, 2009 A. Res. 2, 2011 A. Res. 2, 2013 A. Res. 2, 3, and 4, 2015 A. Res. 3, 2017 A. Res. 2, 3, and 22, 2019 A. Res. 2, 12, and 13, and 2021 A. Res. 2 are recorded in notes following the affected rules.

As last affected by 2021 Assembly Resolution 2
Adopted January 4, 2021

Chapter 1: Election and Duties of Officers

Assembly officers Rule 1

Party officers; election, duties Rule 2

Duties of the speaker; speaker pro tempore Rule 3

Presiding officer Rule 3m

Other presiding officers Rule 4

Chief clerk's duties Rule 5

Sergeant at arms' duties Rule 6

Mandatory anti-harassment and ethics training formembers, officers, and employees Rule 6m

Employees; appointment and supervision Rule 7

Chapter 2: Committees of the Assembly

Committee of the whole Rule 8

Standing committees Rule 9

Special committees Rule 10

Committee procedures Rule 11

Committees not to meet during daily session Rule 12

Business referred to committee Rule 13

Public hearings Rule 14

Withdrawing a proposal from committee Rule 15

Claims against the state when presented to a memberof the assembly Rule 17

Executive action Rule 17d

Committee reports; time limits Rule 17m

Committee report with recommendations Rule 18

Committee report without recommendation Rule 19

Committee reports concerning proposed rules Rule 20

Special committee on ethics and standards of conduct Rule 21

Committee on assembly organization Rule 23

Committee on rules Rule 24

Chapter 3: Daily Sessions

Admission to the floor of the assembly Rule 25

Conduct in the chamber Rule 26

Absences and leaves Rule 27

Hour for convening Rule 28

Assembly calendar Rule 29

Call of the roll; quorum Rule 30

Regular orders of business Rule 31

Variations in the regular order; special orders Rule 32

Resolutions for special orders of business Rule 33

Chapter 4: General Procedures on Proposals and Related Matters

Chief clerk receives matters addressed to the assembly Rule 34

Proposals, amendments, and reports to beprovided before debate Rule 35

Clerical corrections to proposals or amendments Rule 36

Petitions and other documents Rule 37

Assembly publications and printing Rule 38

Chapter 5: Offering, Introduction, and Disposition of Proposals

Introduction and offering of proposals Rule 39

Readings of bills Rule 40

Readings of resolutions Rule 41

First reading and reference of proposals Rule 42

Privileged resolutions Rule 43

Vetoes Rule 44

Subsequent reference of proposals Rule 45

Second reading and amendment of proposals Rule 46

Main question before assembly Rule 47

Third reading and decisions on proposals Rule 48