PRINTER'S NO. 1041
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
169
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, DONATUCCI, READSHAW, McNEILL, BRIGGS,
HILL-EVANS, SCHLOSSBERG, CALTAGIRONE AND CIRESI,
MARCH 25, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, MARCH 25, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Amending House Rule 53, further providing for discharge of
committees.
RESOLVED, That House 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] calendar 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 A signature may be withdrawn by a member in writing at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
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discharged shall be printed on the calendar. If two-thirds of
the members sign the discharge 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 on the
calendar and the bill or resolution shall be considered on the
next scheduled legislative day.
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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