PRINTER'S NO. 707
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
20
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY O'MARA, SOLOMON, McNEILL, FREEMAN, ULLMAN,
KENYATTA, D. MILLER, FRANKEL, ISAACSON, HILL-EVANS, WEBSTER,
SAMUELSON, DeLUCA, SAPPEY, VITALI, DALEY, HOHENSTEIN,
SCHWEYER, WARREN, CONKLIN, DAVIDSON, NEILSON, McCARTER,
CIRESI, SHUSTERMAN, SANCHEZ, HANBIDGE, PASHINSKI, DeLISSIO,
DiGIROLAMO, MALAGARI, MULLINS, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, RABB, KINSEY,
BRIGGS, ZABEL, HOWARD AND OTTEN, MARCH 5, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MARCH 5, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Amending House Rules 21 and 24, further providing for
consideration of bills and for third consideration and final
passage bills.
RESOLVED, That House Rules 21 and 24 be amended to read:
RULE 21
Consideration of Bills
(a) Every bill and every joint resolution shall be
considered on three different days. All amendments made thereto
shall be printed for the use of the members before the final
vote is taken thereon, and before the final vote is taken, upon
written request addressed to the presiding officer by at least
25% of the members elected to the House, any bill shall be read
at length. No bill shall become law and no joint resolution
adopted unless, on its final passage, the vote is taken by yeas
and nays, the names of the persons voting for and against it are
entered on the Journal, and a majority of the members elected to
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