PRINTER'S NO. 3223
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
33
Session of
2022
INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, SAMUELSON, WEBSTER, MARKOSEK, STURLA,
SANCHEZ, McNEILL, SAPPEY, LONGIETTI, DeLUCA, HOHENSTEIN,
CIRESI, GALLOWAY, SCHWEYER, NEILSON, WARREN, KINKEAD,
DeLISSIO AND KIM, JUNE 9, 2022
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, JUNE 9, 2022
A RESOLUTION
Amending House Rule 53, further providing for discharge of
committees.
RESOLVED, That Rule 53 be amended to read:
RULE 53
Discharge of Committees
A member may present to the Chief Clerk a resolution in
writing to discharge a committee from the consideration of a
bill or resolution which has been referred to it 15 legislative
days prior thereto (but only one motion may be presented for
each bill or resolution). The discharge resolution shall be
placed in the custody of the Chief Clerk, who shall arrange some
convenient place for the signature of the members. A signature
may be withdrawn by a member in writing at any time before the
discharge resolution is entered in the Journal. When 25 members
of the House shall have signed the resolution, it shall be
entered in the Journal and the title of the bill or resolution
and the name of the committee to be discharged shall be printed
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on the calendar. Once filed, a discharge resolution shall be
valid to discharge the underlying bill or resolution from any
committee of the House without an additional intervening period,
not just the committee with possession of the bill or resolution
at the time of the filing.
Any member who has signed a discharge resolution which has
been on the calendar at least one legislative day prior thereto
and seeks recognition, shall be recognized for the purpose of
calling up the discharge resolution and the House shall proceed
to its consideration without intervening motion except one
motion to adjourn; however, no discharge resolution shall be
considered during the last six legislative days of any session
of the House. A majority vote of all the members elected to the
House shall be required to agree to a resolution to discharge a
committee. When any perfected discharge resolution has been
acted upon by the House and defeated it shall not be in order to
entertain during the same session of the House any other
discharge resolution from that committee of said measure, or
from any other committee of any other bill or resolution
substantially the same, relating in substance to or dealing with
the same subject matter.
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