ar87 Assembly Rule 87. Lifting a call. A call of the assembly terminates or is lifted when any of the following occurs:

ar87(1) (1) The sergeant at arms or the chief clerk reports that all who were absent without leave are present.

ar87(2) (2) A motion to lift the call is approved by a majority of the current membership.

ar87(3) (3) The assembly recesses or adjourns.

ar88 Assembly Rule 88. Successive calls on same question. Successive calls on the same question are not in order unless significant business, a recess, or an adjournment has intervened.

ar89 Assembly Rule 89. Changing assembly rules. Assembly rules may be rescinded or changed only with the approval of a majority of the current membership by roll call vote.

ar89(1) (1) Any proposed change of assembly rules shall be offered as a resolution.

ar89(2) (2) Any resolution affecting assembly rules shall be referred by the speaker or presiding officer to the calendar for the 2nd legislative day after it is offered, or to a committee. A resolution providing for the adoption of assembly rules at the commencement of a legislative biennium may be taken up immediately after it is offered if the resolution has been provided to the assembly members-elect of the new legislature at least one week before the convening of the session.

ar90 Assembly Rule 90. Suspension of the rules.

ar90(1)(1) Any assembly or joint rule may be suspended by the unanimous consent of the members present or by a two-thirds roll call vote of the members present.

ar90(2) (2) When a unanimous consent request is made or a suspension of the rules is moved, the purpose sought to be accomplished thereby shall be stated.

ar90(3) (3) When a unanimous consent request is granted or a motion to suspend the rules prevails, only those rules are suspended that otherwise would prevent the accomplishment of the stated purpose.

ar90(4) (4) Except as provided in rule 15 (2), a unanimous consent request or a motion to suspend the rules may be made at any time under any order of business by a member who obtains the floor, but not while the assembly is voting.

ar90(5) (5) Unanimous consent requests and motions to suspend the rules are not permitted for frivolous, indecorous, or clearly dilatory purposes.

[(1)(intro.) and (a) to (d) rn. from (intro.) and (1) to (4) 1995 A.Res. 31]
[(2) to (5) rn. from (1) (a) to (d) 1997 A.Res. 2]
[(4) am. 2019 A.Res. 12]

ar91 Assembly Rule 91. Authority and interpretation of the rules. The power to make rules governing its procedure is a constitutional power of each house of the legislature. The rules of the assembly, together with the joint rules, govern the assembly's parliamentary practice.

ar91(1) (1) In the absence of a pertinent assembly or joint rule, questions of parliamentary procedure are decided according to applicable rules of parliamentary practice in Jefferson's manual which are not inconsistent with constitutional or statutory provisions relating to the functioning of the legislature.

ar91(2) (2) Established precedents of both houses, long-established custom, opinions of the attorney general interpreting rules and precedents, and other leading parliamentary authorities such as Mason's manual may be used in the interpretation of both the assembly rules and the rules in Jefferson's manual.

ar92 Assembly Rule 92. Continuity of assembly rules. The rules of the assembly remain in effect until amended or rescinded by the assembly. At the beginning of a new biennial session, the rules of the assembly in effect at the conclusion of the preceding regular session remain in force until superseded by assembly rules adopted in the new session of the legislature.

ar93 Assembly Rule 93. Special, extended, or extraordinary sessions. Unless otherwise provided by the assembly for a specific special, extended, or extraordinary session, the rules of the assembly adopted for the regular session, subject to the following modifications, apply to each special session called by the governor and to each extended or extraordinary session called by the assembly and senate committees on organization or called by a joint resolution adopted by one house and concurred in by the other house:

ar93(1) (1) A proposal or amendment may not be considered by the assembly unless it is germane to the session call or pertains to the organization of the legislature.

ar93(2) (2) An assembly proposal may not be considered unless it is recommended to be introduced, offered, or considered by the assembly committees on finance, organization, or rules, or by the joint committees on employment relations, finance, or organization.

ar93(3) (3) A notice of a committee meeting is not required other than posting on the legislative bulletin boards and the legislature's Internet site, and a schedule of committee activities need not be published.

ar93(4) (4) All proposals shall be referred to the day's calendar and may be taken up immediately. A calendar need not be provided.

ar93(5) (5) A motion to postpone a proposal to a day or time certain may not be allowed.

ar93(6) (6) All motions to reconsider shall be taken up immediately unless a different time is set by vote of a majority of the members present and voting for a specific motion to reconsider.