PRINTER'S NO. 706
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
19
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DeLISSIO, BRIGGS, CIRESI, CONKLIN, DALEY,
DAVIDSON, DAWKINS, DeLUCA, DONATUCCI, FITZGERALD, FRANKEL,
FREEMAN, HANBIDGE, HILL-EVANS, HOHENSTEIN, HOWARD,
INNAMORATO, ISAACSON, KENYATTA, KIM, KIRKLAND, McCARTER,
McNEILL, D. MILLER, MULLINS, NEILSON, O'MARA, OTTEN,
PASHINSKI, RABB, SAMUELSON, SANCHEZ, SAPPEY, SCHLOSSBERG,
SHUSTERMAN, SOLOMON, STURLA, ULLMAN AND WEBSTER,
MARCH 5, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MARCH 5, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Amending House Rule 27, further providing for amendments.
RESOLVED, That House Rule 27 be amended to read:
RULE 27
Amendments
No bill shall be amended so as to change its original
purpose. (Constitution, Article III, Section 1).
No motion or proposition on a subject different from that
under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
Any member may move to amend a bill or resolution, provided
the proposed amendment is germane to the subject. To determine
whether an amendment is germane, the question to be answered is
whether the amendment is relevant, appropriate and in a natural
and logical sequence to the subject matter of the original
proposal. To be germane, the amendment is required only to
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relate to the same subject. The amendment may entirely change
the effect of or be in conflict with the spirit of the original
motion or measure and still be germane to the subject. An
entirely new proposal may be substituted by amendment as long as
it is germane to the main purpose of the original proposal.
Questions involving whether an amendment is germane to the
subject shall be decided by the House.
No amendment to an amendment shall be admitted nor
considered.
The sponsor of an amendment shall explain the amendment prior
to consideration by the House.
Before consideration, nine typewritten copies of a proposed
amendment signed by its sponsor shall be presented to the
Speaker, one copy of which shall be delivered to the news media
and a printed copy in typewritten form prepared by the
Legislative Reference Bureau shall be placed on the desk of each
member if the amendment is not available on the Legislative Data
Processing floor system.
Amendments adopted or defeated may not be considered again
without first reconsidering the vote.
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