Assembly

permitted to introduce proposals in special,
extended, or extraordinary session   93 (2)

staffing pattern, establishes for assembly   7 (4)

substantive corrections in proposal   23 (2), (3)

supervises copying for assembly   38

P

Pair:

applicable to main questions unless otherwise specified   79 (3)

definition of “pair"   95 (52)

forms provided by chief clerk   79

invalidated if one party is present and votes   79 (2)

member signs and files with chief clerk   79

not applicable to amendments unless so specified   79 (3)

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