THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY TURZAI, JANUARY 26, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JANUARY 26, 2011  

A RESOLUTION

Amending the General Operating Rules of the House of

Representatives, further providing for standing committees

and subcommittees and tabling.

RESOLVED, That the eighth and ninth paragraphs of Rule 43 of

the General Operating Rules of the House of Representatives be

amended to read:

RULE 43

Standing Committees and Subcommittees

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Twenty-four standing committees of the House, each to consist

of [25] 24 members except the Committee on Appropriations, which

shall consist of 35 members, are hereby created. In addition,

there are hereby created 46 standing subcommittees.

All standing committees shall consist of 15 members of the

majority party and [10] nine members of the minority party,

except the Committee on Appropriations which shall consist of 21

members of the majority party and 14 members of the minority

party. The quorum for each of the standing committees and

subcommittees shall be no less than the majority of said

committees. The following are the standing committees and

subcommittees thereof:

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RESOLVED, That the fifth paragraph of Rule 45 be amended to

read:

RULE 45

Powers and Duties of Standing Committees

and Subcommittees

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No committee report, except a report of the Appropriations

Committee, shall be recognized by the House, unless the same has

been acted upon by a majority vote of the members of a standing

committee present at a committee session actually assembled and

meeting as a committee, provided such majority vote numbers at

least [11] ten members, and provided further a quorum is

present. No committee report of the Appropriations Committee

shall be recognized by the House, unless the same has been acted

upon by a majority vote of the members of such committee present

at a committee session actually assembled and meeting as a

committee, provided such majority vote numbers at least 16

members, and provided further a quorum is present.

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RESOLVED, That Rule 59 be amended to read:

RULE 59

Lay on the Table

A motion to lay on the table is debatable by the Majority

Leader[,] and the Minority Leader[, the maker of the motion, the

maker of the amendment under consideration and the prime sponsor

of the bill under consideration]. It is not subject to amendment

and carries with it the main question and all other pending

questions which adhere to it, except when an appeal is laid on

the table. The passage of a motion to lay an amendment on the

table shall not cause the subject bill or resolution and all

other amendments to be laid on the table.