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drafting proposals, authorized to use LRB services   51 (1)
expulsion requires 2/3 vote of members elected   12 (2)(b)
fiscal estimate, may raise issue that bill requires   49 (1)
vote of, recorded on all motions acted upon
in committee   31 (1)(d)
Member‐elect (of legislature), authorized to use LRB
drafting services   51 (1)
Members present, definition   99 (48)
Message, action on bill recalled from governor   5
Minority member on committee of conference   3 (1)(intro.)
Minority report on joint or conference committee
recommendation   31 (3)
Motion, definition   99 (49)
N
Nonconcurrence, definition   99 (50)
Notes, explanative, when reproduction with proposals
permitted   59
Notes, fiscal, see Fiscal estimates   41 to 50
Numeric references in legislation, to be corrected
when wrong   56 (3)(e)
O
Offer, definition   99 (50m)
Open meetings of legislative committees   27
Opinion of the attorney general, definition   99 (51)
Organization committee (of either house):
compensation and classification plan for
employees of house   91
daily calendar, may change format of   72
extraordinary session, both together may call   81 (2)(a)
introduction of reconciliation bills   82 (1m)(d)
display of text in reconciliation bills   64 (1)(a)
may contain explanative notes   59
reproduction of additional copies, may authorize for
specific proposals   62 (2)
senate committee, may schedule extraordinary session days
for action on pending governor's
appointments   81 (3)(b)
special session, introduction of proposals germane to
call   81 (2)(c)
veto review session, may introduce resolutions   82 (1m)(f)
Organization day for session biennium   81 (1)(a)
Organization, joint committee on legislative   23
compensation and classification plan for legislative
employees   91
stationary, reproduction of materials   14, 62
P
Pair, definition   99 (52)
Parliamentary inquiry, definition   99 (53)
Passage, definition   99 (54)
Passage of proposal, certification of   32 (3)
Penalty bill, fiscal estimate not required   41 (2)(b)
Pension bill passage (vote of 3/4 members elected
to both houses required)   12 (2)(am)
Petition, definition   99 (55)
Point of order, definition   99 (56)
Precedent, definition   99 (57)
Preservation of historically significant records   23 (3)
President, definition   99 (57d)
President of senate:
facsimile signature on enrolled joint resolution   66 (2)
joint convention of legislature, presides over   1
retirement system agent for senate chief clerk   92
unusual correction in legislation,
may authorize   56 (3)
President pro tempore, definition   99 (57m)
Presiding officer, definition   99 (57p)
Presiding officer:
fiscal estimate for bill not conforming, may direct
legislative reference bureau to obtain   49 (1)
supplemental fiscal estimate for amended bill,
may authorize   41 (3)(b)
unusual correction in legislation, may authorize   56 (3)
Principals, index by lobbyist, legislative reference
bureau prepares   77 (4)
Printing, see copying   71 to 78
Privileged motions and requests, definition   99 (59)
Proposal, definition   99 (60)
Public debt, bonding bill passage (majority of
elected membership)   12 (2)(f)
Public hearings, announced in schedule of committee
activities   27, 75
Q
Quorum, definition   99 (62)
Question before house: usually decided by the
majority of a quorum   12 (1), (3)
Question, definition   99 (61)
Quorum:
appropriation bills, quorum is 3/5 of elected membership,
ayes and noes required   11 (2)
generally   11 (1)
less than majority   11 (3)
vote required for banking bill, constitutional amendment,
expulsion of member, impeachment, judge or justice removal, retirement benefits increase, state debt and bonding, or
veto override   12 (2)
R
Recalling bill for further action:
from governor, joint resolution required   5
from other house, joint resolution required   6
Recede from amendment   2
Recess, definition   99 (63)
Recess in session for more than 3 days, joint resolution
required   13
Reconciliation of mutually inconsistent acts:
bill may include explanative notes   59
organization committee of either
house may offer bill for   81m (2)(b), 82 (1m)(d)
Reconsideration, definition   99 (64)
Regular order of business, definition   99 (65)
Regular session, definition   99 (66)
Rejection, definition   99 (67)
Relating clause (part of bill title), how treated in
amendment   52 (7)
Remain informal, definition   99 (68)
Report of committee on proposal or administrative rule   31
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