Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 46
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79th LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION
Sec. 4. REFERRAL OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION TO
COMMITTEE. All proposed legislation shall be referred by the speaker to an
appropriate standing or select committee with jurisdiction, subject to correction
by a majority vote of the house. A bill or resolution may not be referred
simultaneously to more than one committee.
Sec. 5. PRESERVATION OF ORDER AND DECORUM. The speaker
shall preserve order and decorum. In case of disturbance or disorderly conduct in
the galleries or in the lobby, the speaker may order that these areas be cleared. No
signs, placards, or other objects of similar nature shall be permitted in the rooms,
lobby, gallery, and hall of the house. The speaker shall see that the members of
the house conduct themselves in a civil manner in accordance with accepted
standards of parliamentary conduct and may, when necessary, order the
sergeant-at-arms to clear the aisles and seat the members of the house so that
business may be conducted in an orderly manner.
Sec. 6. RECOGNITION OF GALLERY VISITORS. On written request of
a member, the speaker may recognize persons in the gallery. The speaker shall
afford that recognition at a convenient place in the order of business, considering
the need for order and decorum and the need for continuity of debate. The request
must be made on a form prescribed by the Committee on House Administration.
The speaker may recognize, at a time he or she considers appropriate during floor
proceedings, the person serving as physician of the day.
Sec. 7. STATING AND VOTING ON QUESTIONS. The speaker shall
rise to put a question but may state it sitting. The question shall be put
substantially in this form: "The question occurs on " (here state the
question or proposition under consideration). "All in favor say 'Aye,"' and after
the affirmative vote is expressed, "All opposed say 'No."' If the speaker is in
doubt as to the result, or if a division is called for, the house shall divide: those
voting in the affirmative on the question shall register "Aye" on the voting
machine, and those voting in the negative on the question shall register "No." The
decision of the house on the question [S ee-le-te] shall [+e4] be printed in the
journal and shall include the yeas and nays if [ttles] a record [e.te] of the yeas
and nays is ordered in accordance with the rules.
Sec. 8. VOTING RIGHTS OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER. The speaker
shall have the same right as other members to vote. If the speaker, or a member
temporarily presiding, has not voted, he or she may cast the deciding vote at the
time such opportunity becomes official, whether to make or break a tie. If a
verification of the vote is called for and granted, the decision of the speaker, or a
member temporarily presiding, to cast the deciding vote need not be made until
the verification has been completed. In case of error in a vote, if the correction
leaves decisive effect to the vote of the speaker, or a member temporarily
presiding, the deciding vote may be cast even though the result has been
announced.
Sec. 9. QUESTIONS OF ORDER. (a) The speaker shall decide on all
questions of order; however, such decisions are subject to an appeal to the house
made by any 10 members. Pending an appeal, the speaker shall call a member to46
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1, legislative document, 2005; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth97462/m1/50/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.