PRINTER'S NO. 2208
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
502
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY REED, SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
INTRODUCED, SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Adopting a temporary rule of the House of Representatives
relating solely to amendments to the General Appropriation
Bill for the fiscal year 2015-2016, Senate Bill 1000 (2015).
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives adopt a temporary
rule to read:
TEMPORARY RULE
For all amendments offered to the General Appropriation Bill
for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2015, Senate Bill 1000
(2015), Rule 19(b) of the 2015-2016 General Operating Rules of
the House of Representatives shall not apply and this temporary
rule shall apply. In order to show the differences between Rule
19(b) and this temporary rule, Rule 19(b) is set forth with
bracketing and underscoring as follows:
RULE 19(b)
GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL AND NON-PREFERRED BILLS
This rule shall apply to all amendments offered to the
General Appropriations Bill for [each proposed fiscal year
including any amendments offered to or for supplemental
appropriations to prior fiscal years contained within the
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General Appropriation Bill, and shall also apply to all
amendments offered to any non-preferred appropriation bill for
the same fiscal year] the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2015,
Senate Bill 1000 (2015).
Any amendment offered on the floor of the House to [the
General Appropriation Bill] Senate Bill 1000 that proposes to
increase spending of State dollars for the Commonwealth's
proposed fiscal year [or prior fiscal years] above the levels
contained in [the General Appropriation Bill] Senate Bill 1000
as reported from the Appropriations Committee [plus any
aggregate if certified each year by the Appropriations
Committee] shall not be in order and may not be considered
unless the same amendment contains sufficient reductions in line
items of [that General Appropriation Bill] Senate Bill 1000 so
that the amendment offered does not result in a net increase in
the total proposed spending contained within [the General
Appropriation Bill plus any aggregate if certified by the
Appropriations Committee.
Any amendment offered on the floor of the House to any non-
preferred appropriation bill that proposes to increase spending
of State dollars for the current fiscal year above the levels
contained in that non-preferred appropriation bill as reported
from the Appropriations Committee shall not be in order and may
not be considered unless the same amendment contains sufficient
reductions in that non-preferred appropriation bill so that the
amendment offered does not result in a net increase in the total
proposed spending contained within that non-preferred
appropriation bill.
In order to be considered, amendments to the General
Appropriation Bill must be submitted to the Office of the Chief
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Clerk by 2:00 P.M. of the Monday of the week prior to the
scheduled vote of the General Appropriation Bill. The
Appropriations Committee for special and proper reason and by
majority vote, may waive this deadline. Members shall be
notified of the scheduled vote on the General Appropriation Bill
no later than 4:30 P.M. of the Wednesday preceding the above
noted Monday on which the amendments must be filed to the Bill.
Rule 21 of the Rules of the House, insofar as it applies to the
filing deadline for amendments and notice requirements for the
voting schedule for the General Appropriation Bill, shall not
apply to this rule. Rule 21 shall, however, apply to the non-
preferred appropriation bills.
If the amendment cannot be submitted in accordance with the
provision of the previous paragraph because it is still being
prepared by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the member must,
by 2:00 P.M. on the Monday of the week prior to the scheduled
vote, provide the Office of the Chief Clerk with a statement,
prepared by the member containing the factual content and exact
amounts of increases and decreases in line items which would be
proposed in the amendment, along with certification from the
Legislative Reference Bureau that the amendment was submitted to
the Legislative Reference Bureau prior to 2:00 P.M. on the
aforementioned Monday. This filing deadline does not apply to
amendments to any non-preferred appropriation bill.] Senate Bill
1000.
Rule 21 of the Rules of the House shall apply to Senate Bill
1000.
Debate on any debatable question related to [the General
Appropriation Bill or a nonpreferred appropriation bill] Senate
Bill 1000 shall be limited to five minutes each time a member is
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recognized. On the bill a sponsor of an amendment shall be
entitled to be recognized twice, a maker of a debatable motion
shall be entitled to be recognized twice, any other members
shall be entitled to be recognized once.
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