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same rules as committee hearings, except that
subcommittees cannot issue subpoenas. A
subcommittee report must be distributed to committee
members at least 48 hours before consideration at a
formal committee meeting. Any amendment or
substitute adopted by the full committee is voided when
a bill is sent to subcommittee (Rule 4, secs. 43-50).
Committee reports
Every committee report must be addressed to the
speaker and contain the following:
* The record vote adopting the report;
* The committee's recommendations;
* The date on which the recommendations were made;
* The primary House sponsor and all joint sponsors or
cosponsors, for Senate bills;
* A detailed analysis, including background
information, of what the bill proposes to do and an
analysis of its content;
* A statement of differences between a committee
substitute and the original bill, if applicable;
* A statement indicating whether any rule-making
authority is expressly delegated by the bill and
identifying the sections that delegate the rulemaking;
* A summary of the committee hearing;
* A list of persons recognized to address the
committee;
+ A notation that the legislation has been forwarded for
preparation of a fiscal note or impact statement, if
applicable;
+ A brief explanation of each amendment adopted by
the committee; and
* Any recommendation that the bill be sent to the
Local and Consent Calendars Committee for placement
on an appropriate calendar.
All committee reports must be signed by the
committee chair or by a majority of committee
members (Rule 4, secs. 6, 32).Recommitment to committee
The House may recommit legislation to committee,
either by a routine motion or during floor
consideration of the legislation. The merits of the
legislation are not debatable, unless the motion is to
recommit "with instructions," such as for the
committee to report by a particular time or date (Rule
7, secs. 18, 19). After legislation has been
recommitted to committee and reported adversely, it
cannot be sent back to committee again unless a
minority report on the bill has been properly filed.
Adoption of a motion to recommit again under these
circumstances requires a two-thirds vote (Rule 7, sec.
20). By a majority vote the House may order a bill
reported adversely to be recommitted to committee,
even if no minority report was filed, if the author or
sponsor was given no opportunity to be heard before
the adverse report was made (Rule 4, sec. 30).
Legislation recommitted to committee on third
reading and reported again must start again on second
reading if considered again by the House (Rule 1 1,
sec. 5).
The Calendars System
All bills reported from committee are referred for
printing to the chief clerk, who is required to refer
them to either the Calendars Committee or the Local
and Consent Calendars Committee (Rule 4, sec. 37;
Rule 6, sec. 19). A substantive committee may
recommend by unanimous consent that a bill or
resolution be sent to the Local and Consent Calendars
Committee for possible placement on a Local or
Consent calendar (Rule 6, secs. 22, 23). All other
bills and joint resolutions go to the Calendars
Committee. Congratulatory and memorial resolutions
go to the Rules and Resolutions Committee.
Placement on a calendar for floor
consideration
Once a bill is reported from committee, it may be
considered by the House on second reading only if it
is placed on a calendar for floor consideration. Bills
may be placed on a calendar by either the Calendars
Committee or the Local and Consent Calendars
Committee or through a motion adopted by the House.
Within 30 days after a bill has been referred to one
of the calendars committees, the committee must vote
on whether to place the bill on a calendar for floorHouse Research Organization
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