PRINTER'S NO. 699
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
12
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY SAMUELSON, BOYLE, BRIGGS, BULLOCK, CALTAGIRONE,
CEPHAS, CIRESI, COMITTA, CRUZ, DALEY, DAVIDSON, A. DAVIS,
T. DAVIS, DAWKINS, DEASY, DeLISSIO, DeLUCA, DiGIROLAMO,
DONATUCCI, DRISCOLL, FIEDLER, FITZGERALD, FLYNN, FRANKEL,
FREEMAN, GAINEY, GALLOWAY, HANBIDGE, HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN,
HOWARD, INNAMORATO, ISAACSON, KENYATTA, KIM, KINSEY,
KIRKLAND, KORTZ, KRUEGER, LEE, MADDEN, MALAGARI, McCARTER,
McCLINTON, McNEILL, MULLERY, MULLINS, MURT, O'MARA, OTTEN,
PASHINSKI, RABB, RAVENSTAHL, READSHAW, ROZZI, SANCHEZ,
SAPPEY, SCHLOSSBERG, SHUSTERMAN, SIMS, SOLOMON, ULLMAN,
VITALI, WARREN, WEBSTER, WILLIAMS AND ZABEL, MARCH 5, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MARCH 5, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives, providing
for priority bills.
RESOLVED, That the Rules of the House of Representatives be
amended by adding a rule to read:
RULE 21 (a)
Priority Bills
Upon a bill receiving the co-sponsorship of a majority of the
members elected to the House, the Chief Clerk shall notify the
Speaker, the Majority Leader, the Minority Leader and the chair
and minority chair of the committee to which the bill is
assigned of the bill's designation as a priority bill.
A priority bill shall, if in committee, be immediately
discharged from the committee to the Floor without being amended
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