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2016 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 97
BY REPRESENTATIVE JAY MORRIS
HOUSE/RULES: Provides relative to the motion to lay on the table
1 A RESOLUTION
2To amend and readopt House Rule 9.8 of the Rules of Order of the House of Representatives
3 to provide relative to the motion to lay on the table.
4 BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana
5that House Rule 9.8 of the Rules of Order of the House of Representatives is hereby
6amended and readopted to read as follows:
7 Rule 9.8. Motion to lay on table
8 A. The motion to lay on the table shall be decided without debate.
9 B. The motion to lay on the table shall be in order in accordance with this
10 Chapter on any matter or motion in the possession of the House regardless of the
11 house of origin.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 97 Engrossed 2016 Regular Session Jay Morris
Abstract: Specifies that the motion to lay on the table shall be in order on any matter or
motion in the possession of the House regardless of the house of origin.
Present House Rules (House Rules 9.8 and 9.9) provide that the motion to lay on the table
shall be decided without debate and provide that a matter once laid on the table shall be
called from the table only upon the favorable vote of two-thirds of the members present and
voting. Present House Rules (House Rules 9.4 and 9.5) further provide that no more than one
substitute motion shall be in order at any one time and that motions having a higher
precedence shall be in order and motions having a lower precedence shall not be in order.
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Proposed House Rule retains present House Rules and further provides that the motion to
lay on the table shall be in order in accordance with present House Rules (Ch. 9 regarding
motions) on any matter or motion in the possession of the House regardless of the house of
origin.
(Amends House Rule 9.8)
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