ar95(9) (9) Call of the assembly or “call of the house.": A procedure for requiring the attendance of absent members.

ar95(10) (10) Certificate or “citation.": A formal legislative document of commendation, congratulations, or condolences.

ar95(11) (11) Chair: The position that the presiding officer fills.

ar95(12) (12) Chief clerk: The assembly officer elected to perform and direct the clerical and personnel functions of the assembly.

ar95(13) (13) Committee chairperson: The head of a committee.

ar95(14) (14) Committee executive action: The action of a committee on any proposal.

ar95(15) (15) Committee of the whole: The assembly membership organized in committee for the discussion of a specific matter.

ar95(16) (16) Concurrence: The action by which one house agrees to a proposal or action of the other house.

ar95(17) (17) Conference committee: A committee of representatives to the assembly and of senators, appointed to resolve differences on a specific proposal.

ar95(18) (18) Contested seat: An assembly district in which 2 or more persons claim the right to represent the district.

ar95(20) (20) Current membership: The members of the assembly, omitting those who have resigned, have been removed, or have died.

ar95(22) (22) Dilatory: To delay.

ar95(23) (23) Division of the question: To break a question into 2 or more separate propositions.

ar95(24) (24) Elected membership: The members of the assembly, certified as elected in the last general election, including those who have subsequently resigned, have been removed, or have died.

ar95(25) (25) Engrossed proposal: A proposal incorporating all adopted amendments and all approved technical corrections in the house of origin, whether or not it is reproduced as engrossed.

ar95(26) (26) Enrolled proposal: A proposal that was passed, or adopted, and concurred in, incorporating any amendments and corrections that were approved by both houses.

ar95(27) (27) Expunge: To remove material from the record and, thus, undo some assembly action.

ar95(27m) (27m) Extraordinary session: The convening of the legislature by the assembly and senate committees on organization or by petition or joint resolution of the legislature to accomplish the business specified in the action calling the session. When used to continue a floorperiod of the regular session for a limited purpose, the extraordinary session is referred to as an extended session.

ar95(28) (28) Fiscal estimate: A memorandum pursuant to joint rules 41 to 49, explaining the impact of a bill on state or local finances.

ar95(29) (29) Floor of the assembly: That portion of the assembly chamber that is reserved for members, assembly officers, and persons granted the privilege of the floor.

ar95(30) (30) Floor amendment: Any amendment offered for assembly consideration at the 2nd reading stage, or for committee consideration, but not drafted by the legislative reference bureau.

ar95(31) (31) Germaneness: The relevance or appropriateness of amendments.

ar95(32) (32) Hearing: A committee meeting at which the public is invited to testify on a proposal or issue.

ar95(33) (33) History: A record of actions on any given proposal.

ar95(33m) (33m) History file: The list of entries made by the chief clerk in the bulletin of proceedings, recording the actions of the legislature on a proposal.

ar95(34) (34) Incidental motions and requests: A group of motions and requests that generally relates to the proceedings, procedures, and subsidiary questions during debate, and that must be disposed of before proceeding to the main question under consideration. Incidental questions have lower precedence than privileged questions, but higher precedence than subsidiary and main motions.

ar95(35) (35) Indefinite postponement: A motion to kill a proposal in its house of origin for a legislative session.

ar95(36) (36) Introduction: The formal presentation of a bill before the assembly.