87S20176 TJB-D
By: Slaton H.R. No. 16
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 87th
Texas Legislature, That the permanent rules of the House of
Representatives of the 87th Legislature are amended as follows:
(1) Rule 6, Section 20, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 20. TIME LIMIT FOR VOTE TO PLACE ON A CALENDAR. Within
seven [30] calendar days after a bill or resolution has been
referred to the appropriate calendars committee, the committee must
vote on whether to place the bill or resolution on one of the
calendars of the daily house calendar or the local, consent, and
resolutions calendar, as applicable. A vote against placement of
the bill or resolution on a calendar does not preclude a calendars
committee from later voting in favor of placement of the bill or
resolution on a calendar.
(2) Rule 6, Section 21(a), is amended to read as follows:
(a) When a bill or resolution has been in the appropriate
calendars committee for seven [30] calendar days, exclusive of the
calendar day on which it was referred, awaiting placement on one of
the calendars of the daily house calendar or on the local, consent,
and resolutions calendar, it shall be in order for a member to move
that the bill or resolution be placed on a specific calendar of the
daily house calendar or on the local, consent, and resolutions
calendar without action by the committee. This motion must be
seconded by five members and shall require a majority vote for
adoption.