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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- H 5012 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000528 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 15 | 15 | | AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEARS |
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| 16 | 16 | | 2023 AND 2024 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Representatives J. Brien, Chippendale, Phillips, Craven, Noret, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Finkelman, Read, and Corvese |
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| 19 | 19 | | Date Introduced: January 10, 2025 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred To: House Rules |
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| 23 | 23 | | RESOLVED, that section 38(a) of the rules of the House of Representatives adopted by 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | the House of Representatives at its January session, A.D. 2023, entitled “House Resolution 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the years 2023 and 2024”, be and the 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | same is hereby amended to read as follows: 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Rules Pertaining to Admission to the Floor 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (38)(a) No person or persons, except currently elected members of the general assembly, 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | legislative staff assigned by the Speaker or Minority Leader and authorized representatives of 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the public press shall be admitted to the floor of the House during the session thereof, except by 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | the approval of the Speaker for a designated purpose. The Speaker may make special provision 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | for admission to the floor of the House during the session thereof for persons, who by reason of 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | disability, are unable to gain access to the House galleries. All persons so admitted by the Speaker 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | to the floor of the House during the session thereof shall be present for the sole purpose of 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | observing the proceedings of the House and shall remain seated, refrain from conversation, and 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | maintain the decorum of the House. No person so admitted shall contact, address, speak or 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | gesture to, or communicate in any way with any House member while present on the floor of the 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | House, or dress in a manner offensive to the decorum of the House. All Members of the House 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | shall observe appropriate attire: coat and tie for male members and dignified dress for female 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | members. No person on the floor of the chamber shall dress in a manner offensive to the decorum 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | of the House. Any House member who observes conduct in violation of the House Rules 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | shall immediately notify the Speaker thereof and the Speaker shall forthwith take appropriate 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | corrective action and may order the removal of the offending person. 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 54 | 54 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 55 | 55 | | OF |
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| 56 | 56 | | H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 57 | 57 | | AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEARS |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2023 AND 2024 |
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| 59 | 59 | | *** |
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| 60 | 60 | | This resolution would provide that any person admitted to the House floor dress in an 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | appropriate manner and would further require male members to wear a coat and tie and require 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | dignified dress for female members. 3 |
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