PRINTER'S NO. 658
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
62
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY DeLUCA, HILL-EVANS, SANCHEZ, LONGIETTI, GALLOWAY,
CIRESI, NEILSON AND WARREN, FEBRUARY 26, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, FEBRUARY 26, 2021
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 A signature may be withdrawn by a member in writing at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
discharged shall be printed on the calendar. If two-thirds of
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