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Section 17. After the previous ques-
tion has been ordered, no motion shall
be in order until the question or ques-
tions upon which it was ordered have
been voted upon, except: (1) a mo-
tion for a call of the House, and mo-
tions incidental thereto, (2) a motion
to extend the time of a member clos-
ing on a proposition, (3) a motion to
permit a member \\ho has the right to
speak to yield his time or part of his
time to another member, (4) a re-
quest for and a verification of a vote,
and (5) a motion to reconsider the
vote by which the previous question
was ordered. A motion to reconsider
may be made only once and that must
be before any vote under the pre-
vious question has been taken.
Section 18. The motion to table a
motion to reconsider the vote by which
the previous question has been order-
ed shall be in order, and also the
double motion to reconsider and table
the vote by which the previous ques-
tion was ordered.
Section 19. When the House ad-
journs without a quorum under the
previous question, the previous ques-
tion shall remain in force and ef-
fect when the bill, resolution, or other
proposition is again laid before the
House.
RULE XV
OF RECONSIDERATION
Section 1. When a question has been
decided by the House, any member
voting with the prevailing side may,
on the same legislative day, or on
the next legislative day, move a re-
consideration; however, if a reconsid-
eration is moved on the next legisla-
tive day, it must be done before the
order of the day, as designated in
the eleventh item of Section 1 or
Rule XXI, is taken up. If the House
shall refuse to reconsider, or upon
reconsideration, affirm its decision,
no further action to reconsider shall
be in order.
Section 2. Every motion to recon-
sider shall be decided by a majority
vote, even though the vote on the
original question requires a two-thirds
vote for affirmative action. A motion
for reconsideration shall be subject
to a motion to table, which, if car-
ried, shall be a final disposition of
the motion to reconsider. If the mo-
tion to reconsider prevails, the ques-

tion then immediately recurs on the
question reconsidered.
Section 3. Where the Yeas and Nays
have not been called for and record-
ed, any member, irrespective of
whether he voted on the prevailing
side or not, may make the motion to
reconsider; however, even when the
Yeas and Nays had not been record-
ed, the following shall not be eligible
to make a motion to reconsider: (1)
a member who was absent, (2) a
member who was paired and, there-
fore, did not vote, and (3) a mem-
ber who recorded himself in the Jour-
nal as having voted on the losing side.
Section 4. If a motion for recon-
sideration be not disposed of when
made, it shall be entered upon the
Journal, and cannot, after that legis-
lative day, be called up and disposed
of unless one legislative day's notice
shall have been given. All motions to
reconsider made during the last sev-
enty-two hours of the session shall
be disposed of when made, otherwise,
the motion shall be considered as lost.
Section 5. A member voting on the
prevailing side may make a motion
to reconsider and spread on the Jour-
nal, which does not require a vote,
and upon the motion being made, it
shall be entered upon the Journal.
Any member, regardless of whether
he voted on the prevailing side or not,
desiring immediate action on a mo-
tion to reconsider which has been
spread on the Journal, can call it up
as soon as it is made, and demand
a vote upon it, or he can call it up
and move to table it if he desires a
final disposition of the matter.
Section 6. If the motion to table
the motion to reconsider is defeat-
ed, the motion to reconsider remains
spread upon the Journal for future
action; however, any member, regard-
less of whether he voted upon the
prevailing side or not, can call the
motion from the Journal for action
by the House, and if the motion to
reconsider is defeated, or if carried
and the House then affirms its ori-
ginal action on the question reconsid-
ered, no other motion to reconsider
can be made.
Section 7. Unless called up and dis-
posed of prior to seventy-two hours
before final adjournment of the ses-
sion, all motions for reconsideration

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