Reconsideration
A motion to
reconsider the vote by which a bill, resolution or other matter was passed or
defeated shall be made in writing by two members. The motion shall be in order
only under the order of business in which the vote proposed to be reconsidered
occurred and shall be decided on a roll-call vote by a majority vote. No motion
to reconsider shall be in order when the bill, resolution or other matter is no
longer in the possession of or is not properly before the House.
A motion to reconsider
any such vote must be made on the same day on which the initial vote was taken
or within the succeeding five days in which the House is in session, provided
such bill, resolution or other matter is still in the possession of or is
properly before the House.
When a motion to
reconsider any such vote is made within the aforesaid time limits and is
decided by the affirmative vote prescribed herein, the question immediately
recurs on the bill, resolution or other matter reconsidered.
Where a bill, resolution
or other matter has been initially defeated and a motion to reconsider is not
timely made, then such bill, resolution or other matter shall carry the status
of "defeated finally" and not properly before the House. Therefore,
it shall not be in order to entertain a motion to reconsider any such vote.
Where a timely made
motion to reconsider is lost, it shall not be in order to again entertain a
motion to reconsider any such vote, even though such second motion to
reconsider is timely made.
Where a bill,
resolution, or other matter has been initially defeated, and a timely made
motion to reconsider the vote is lost, or if no motion to reconsider the vote
was timely made, then it shall not be in order for the House thereafter to
receive or consider a new bill, resolution or other matter embracing therein a
subject or purpose basically identical to or of similar import to the subject
matter or purpose of the bill, resolution or matter initially defeated.
The vote on a bill
or resolution recalled from the Governor may be reconsidered at any time after
the bill or resolution has been returned to the House.
No bill, resolution
or other matter may be reconsidered more than twice on the same legislative
day.
