Introduced Version
House Resolution 6 History
| Email
Key: Green = existing Code. Red = new code to be enacted
House Resolution 6
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Thompson)
"Rescinding House Rule 70a, and abolishing the Consent Calendar."
Resolved by the House of Delegates:
That House Rule 70a, establishing a Consent Calendar, be hereby rescinded.
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
Clerk's Note: The following is included for informational purposes only:
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, or on the Special Calendar, if the Special Calendar be operative, 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 bill removed from first or second
reading, Consent Calendar, and transferred to either the House Calendar or the Special Calendar shall
be taken up on that Calendar on the same legislative day the transfer is ordered. 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 prior to the Consent Calendar being called up 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.