HR 3 Text

House Resolution No. 3

(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegate Staton)

[Introduced January 20, 2004.]

H. R. 3 - "Amending House Rule 70a, relating to the Consent Calendar and specifying that no bill may be removed therefrom on third reading."
Resolved by the House of Delegates:
That Rule 70a of the rules of the House of Delegates be amended to read as follows:
Consent Calendar
70a. The Committee on Rules may direct that bills of either house be divided on the Calendar between the designations "Consent Calendar", "Special Calendar" and "House Calendar" and be considered in such order after the Eighth Order of Business or the Local Bill Calendar shall have been acted upon. When such a division is directed for bills on the Calendar, the Consent Calendar shall not include any bill (a) which received a dissenting vote in committee; (b) to which objection is made by any member; or (c) to which any amendment is offered other than amendments recommended by committee or an amendment or amendments of a purely technical nature, provided that such bill with proposed committee amendments shall have been reported from committee without a dissenting vote. To assist in preparation of the Consent Calendar, the Clerk shall be notified in writing, to be included on the committee report, that such bills have received the unanimous recommendation of the committee from which they are being reported. Any bill on first or second reading shall be removed from the Consent Calendar and be placed on the same reading on the House Calendar at the request of any member, such request to be made in writing and presented during a session of the House, or upon written request of the Chair of the committee reporting the bill or bills, such request by the Chair to be indicated on the report of the committee. Any written requests to remove items from the Consent Calendar filed in accordance with the provisions of this rule shall be announced by the Clerk at such time or times during a session of the House as shall be directed by the Speaker. Once removed, such bill shall not again be placed on the Consent Calendar. All bills appearing on the Consent Calendar shall be voted upon en bloc, to be decided without debate, and in no event shall a Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State be placed upon the Consent Calendar., nor may any bill on third reading of the Consent Calendar be removed therefrom.

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