Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, Regular Session of the Sixty-First Legislature, Volume 1 Page: 69
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MONDAY, JAN1
bill may be pending may suspend this
Rule, the yeas and nays being taken
on the question of suspension and
entered upon the Journals. (Constitu-
tion, Art. 3, Sec. 32.)
ANNOUNCEMENT OF STAGE
OF BILL
31. The President shall, at each
reading, announce whether the bill
originated in the Senate or House of
Representatives, and whether it be
the first, second, or third reading.
FIRST READING AND REFER-
ENCE OF BILLS
32. A bill, when introduced, shall
be read and referred to a committee.
The first reading of a bill, if a Sen-
ate bill, shall be the reading thereof
when first introduced; if a House bill,
the reading thereof when submitted
to the Senate. And all House bills,
when received in the Senate, shall be
read and referred to a committee. No
action shall be taken upon a bill ac-
cepting, rejecting or amending the
same until it has been reported upon
by a committee. And it shall be the
duty of each committee of the Senate
when there has been referred to it
or is before it for consideration a
Senate bill and a House bill contain-
ing the same subject to consider first
and report upon the House bill. Dur-
ing the first sixty (60) (lays of the
session, a bill may be introduced by
filing same with the Secretary of the
Senate at any time whether the Sen-
ate is in session or not. A bill filed
with the Secretary of the Senate shall
be read on first reading at the ap-
propriate point in the Morning Call
during the next legislative day after
said bill has been filed.
MOTION TO PASS BILL IS
NOT NECESSARY
33. No motion shall be necessary
to pass a bill to its second reading.
The main question on the second read-
ing of the bill shall be, if a Senate
bill, "Shall this bill be engrossed
and passed to a third reading?" and
if it be a House bill, "Shall this bill
pass to a third reading?"
GERMANENSS
24. No motion or proposition on a
subject different from that under
consideration shall be admitted under
color of amendment or as a substi-
tute for the motion or proposition un-
der debate. (See Constitution, Art. 3,
Secs. 30 and 35.)UARY 27, 1969 69
SEVENTY-TWO AND TWENTY-
FOUR HOUR RULES
35. No bill shall be considered un-
less it has been referred to a com-
mittee and reported thereon, and no
bill shall be passed which has not
been presented and referred to and
reported from a committee at least
three days before the final adjourn-
ment of the Legislature. (Constitu-
tion, Art. 3, Sec. 37.) And no vote
shall be taken upon the passage of
any bill within the last twenty-four
hours of the session unless it be to
correct an error therein.
PRINTING OF BILLS
36. Every general bill reported fa-
vorably shall be printed, unless the
Senate, on the same day it is report-
ed or on the next legislative day, shall
order it not printed. Each local bill
shall be printed, unless the committee
reporting it recommends that it be
not printed, in which case the com-
mittee's recommendation shall be ef-
fective as an order of the Senate that
the bill be not printed. Copies of all
bills printed shall be placed on the
desks of Senators on the same day
the printed copies are delivered by
the printer. No bill except local bills
and except general bills that have
been ordered not printed by the Sen-
ate shall be considered by the Senate
until a printed copy thereof has been
on the desk of each Senator at least
twnt-four hours. Motions that bills
be not printed are privileged when
there is no other matter pending be-
fore the Senate.
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT ON
FINAL PASSAGE OF BILL
37. No amendment shall be adopt-
ed at the third reading of a bill with-
out the consent of two-thirds of the
Members present.
SIGNING OF BILLS AND RESOLU-
TIONS BY PRESIDING OFFICER
38. The Presiding Officer of each
House shall, in the presence of the
House over which he presides, sign
all bills and joint resolutions passed
by the Legislature, after their titles
have been publicly read before sign-
ing, and the fact of signing shall be
entered on the Journals. (Constitu-
tion, Art 3, Sec. 38.)
HOUSE SUBSTITUTES FOR
SENATE BILLS
39. When the House of Representa-
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