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not applicable to procedural motions unless so specified   79 (3)
not counted as part of official result of vote   79 (4)
not counted to establish qualified majority or quorum   79 (5)
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
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