Third
Consideration and Final Passage Bills
Bills on third
consideration shall be considered in their calendar order and shall be subject
to amendment only when an amendment is necessary to make the document
internally consistent, to clear up an ambiguity, to correct grammar or to
correct a drafting error or is necessary for purposes of statutory
construction. An amendment under this paragraph shall not be subject to the
filing deadlines under Rule 21.
A bill having
received consideration by the House on three different days and having been
agreed to may be called by the Speaker to receive action on final passage;
however, a bill may not receive action on final passage until at least 24 hours
have elapsed from the time the bill was amended unless the amendment was a
technical amendment permitted under the first paragraph of this rule. Upon
being called to receive action on final passage, the title and a brief
description of a bill shall be read. A bill on final passage shall not be
subject to amendment, but shall be subject to debate. At the conclusion of
debate, the Speaker shall then state the question as follows:
"This
bill has been considered on three different days and agreed to and is now on
final passage.
The
question is, shall the bill pass finally?
Agreeable
to the provision of the Constitution, the yeas and nays will now be
taken."
When more than one
bill shall be called for action on final passage at the same time, prior to
voting, the title or a brief analysis of each bill shall be read.
The Speaker shall
then state the question as follows:
"These
bills have been considered on three different days and agreed to and are now on
final passage.
The
question is, shall the bills on the uncontested calendar pass finally?
Agreeable
to the provision of the Constitution, the yeas and nays will now be
taken."
