Order
of Business
The daily order of
business shall be:
(1)
Prayer by the Chaplain.
(2)
Pledge of Allegiance.
(3)
Correction and approval of the Journal.
(4)
Leaves of absence.
(5)
Master Roll Call.
(6)
Reports of Committee.
(7)
First consideration bills.
(8)
Second consideration bills.
(9)
Third consideration bills, final passage bills (including both third
consideration and final passage postponed bills) and resolutions.
(10)
Final passage bills recalled from the Governor.
(11)
Messages from the Senate and communications from the Governor.
(12)
Reference to appropriate committees of bills, resolutions, petitions,
memorials, remonstrances and other papers.
(13)
Unfinished business on the Speaker's table.
(14)
Announcements.
(15)
Adjournment.
Any question may, by
a majority vote of the members elected, be made a special order of business.
When the time arrives for its consideration, the Speaker shall lay the special
order of business before the House.
In lieu of offering
House Resolutions on topics of importance to members, any member, without
unanimous consent, may address the House on such issue and have his or her
remarks entered into the record during a special period of time established
each week by the Speaker at the conclusion of House business on a specific day.
