Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Sixtieth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 37
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bill, resolution or proposition to a vote
on its engrossment or third reading
and final passage. The previous ques-
tion cannot be ordered, however, on
the main proposition without includ-
ing other pending motions of lower
rank to it as given in Section 5 of
Rule XIII.
Section 5. After a motion to table
has been made, a motion for the pre-
vious question is not in order except
in a case where an amendment to a
main motion is pending, and a mo-
tion to table the amendment is made,
in which case it is in order to move
the previous question on the main
motion, the pending amendment and
the motion to table the amendment.
If a motion to table is made directly
to a main motion, the motion for the
previous question is not in order.
Section 6. There is no acceptable
substitute for a motion for the pre-
vious question, nor can other motions
be applied to it.
Section 7. The previous question
shall not extend beyond the final vote
on a motion or sequence of motions
to which the previous question has
been ordered.
Section 8. Amendments on the
Speaker's desk for consideration
which have not actually been laid be-
fore the House and read cannot be
included under a motion for the pre-
vious question.
Section 9. On the motion for the
previous question there shall be no de-
bate except as provided in Section 1
hereof and in Section 20 of Rule XIII;
and all incidental questions of order
after it is made, and pending deci-
sion on such motion, shall be decided,
whether on appeal or otherwise, with-
out debate.
Section 10. After the previous ques-
tion has been ordered, the following
shall be in order and shall be decided
by the House by a majority votethe incidental questions, except that
the mover of the proposition or any
of the pending amendments or any
other motions, or the member making
the report from the Committee, as
the case may be, or, in the case of
the absence of either of them, any
other member designated by such ab-
sentee, shall have the right to close
the debate on the particular proposi-
tion or amendment, after which a vote
shall be taken immediately on the
amendments or other motions, if any
there were, and then on the main
question.
Section 12. All members having
the right to speak after the previous
question has been ordered shall speak
before the question is put upon the
first proposition covered by the pre-
vious question. All votes shall then
be taken in the correct order, and
no vote or votes shall be deferred to
allow any member to close on any
one of the propositions separately
after the voting has commenced.
Section 13. When an amendment has
been substituted and the previous
question is then moved on the adoption
of the amendment as substituted, the
author of the amendment as sub-
stituted shall have the right to close
the debate on his amendment in lieu
of the author of the original amend-
ment.
Section 14. When the previous ques-
tion is ordered on a motion to post-
pone indefinitely or to amend by
striking out the enacting clause of a
bill, the member moving to postpone
or amend shall have the right to close
the debate on his motion or amend-
ment, after which the mover of the
proposition or bill proposed be so
postponed or amended, or the mem-
ber reporting same from the commit-
tee, as the case may be, or, in the
absence of either of them, any other
member designated by such absentee,
shall be allowed to close the debate
on the original proposition.without debate: (1) a motion to per-
mit a member who has the authority Section 15. No motion for an ad-
to speak under the previous question journment or a recess shall be in or-
to yield his time, or part of his time, der, after the previous question is
to another member, and (2) a motion ordered, until the final vote under
to extend the time of the member the previous question shall be taken,
speaking. unless the roll call shows the ab-
sence of a quorum.
Section 11. After the previous ques-
tion has been ordered, there shall be Section 16. A call of the House
no debate upon the questions on may be moved after the previous ques-
which it has been ordered, or upon tion has been ordered.January 10, 1967
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Sixtieth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1, legislative document, 1967; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth193874/m1/41/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.