Amendments
No bill shall be amended so as to
change its original purpose. (Constitution, Article III, Section 1).
No motion or
proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be
admitted under color of amendment.
Any member may move
to amend a bill or resolution, provided the proposed amendment is germane to
the subject. Questions involving whether an amendment is germane to the subject
shall be decided by the House.
No amendment to an
amendment shall be admitted nor considered.
The sponsor of an
amendment shall explain the amendment prior to consideration by the House.
Before
consideration, nine typewritten copies of a proposed amendment signed by its
sponsor shall be presented to the Speaker, one copy of which shall be delivered
to the news media and a printed copy in typewritten form prepared by the
Legislative Reference Bureau shall be placed on the desk of each member if the
amendment is not available on the Legislative Data Processing floor system.
Amendments adopted
or defeated may not be considered again without first reconsidering the vote.
