PRINTER'S NO. 701
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
14
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, DiGIROLAMO, SAMUELSON, MURT, DeLISSIO,
BOYLE, CIRESI, CONKLIN, DALEY, DAVIDSON, DeLUCA, DONATUCCI,
FRANKEL, HANBIDGE, HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN, HOWARD,
INNAMORATO, ISAACSON, KIM, KINSEY, KORTZ, McCARTER, McNEILL,
D. MILLER, MULLERY, MULLINS, NEILSON, O'MARA, PASHINSKI,
RABB, SANCHEZ, SAPPEY, SCHLOSSBERG, SCHWEYER, SHUSTERMAN,
SOLOMON, ULLMAN, VITALI, WARREN, WEBSTER, ZABEL, KIRKLAND,
OTTEN, BULLOCK, KENYATTA AND FITZGERALD, MARCH 5, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MARCH 5, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives, further
providing for discharge of committees.
RESOLVED, That Rule 53 of the Rules of the House of
Representatives 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may be withdrawn by a member in writing at any time before the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
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