Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 96
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76th LEGISLATURE- REGULAR SESSION
Sec. 19. TERMS OF DEBATE ON MOTIONS TO REFER, REREFER,
COMMIT, OR RECOMMIT. A motion to refer, rerefer, commit, or recommit
is debatable within narrow limits, but the merits of the proposition may not
be brought into the debate. A motion to refer, rerefer, commit, or recommit
with instructions is fully debatable.
Sec. 20. RECOMMITTING TO COMMITTEE FOR A SECOND TIME.
Except as provided in Rule 4, Section 30, when a bill has been recommitted
once at any reading and has been reported adversely by the committee to
which it was referred, it shall be in order to again recommit the bill only if
a minority report has been filed in the time required by the rules of the
house. A two-thirds vote of those present shall be required to recommit a
second time.
CHAPTER B. MOTION FOR THE
PREVIOUS QUESTION
Sec. 21. MOTION FOR THE PREVIOUS QUESTION. There shall be a
motion for the previous question, which shall be admitted only when
seconded by 25 members. It shall be put by the chair in this manner: "The
motion has been seconded. Three minutes pro and con debate will be
allowed on the motion for ordering the previous question." As soon as the
debate has ended, the chair shall continue: "As many as are in favor of
ordering the previous question on (here state on which question or questions)
will say 'Aye,"' and then, "As many as are opposed say 'Nay."' As in all other
propositions, a motion for the previous question may be taken by a record
vote if demanded by three members. If ordered by a majority of the members
voting, a quorum being present, it shall have the effect of cutting off all
debate, except as provided in Section 23 of this rule, and bringing the house
to a direct vote on the immediate question or questions on which it has been
asked and ordered.
Sec. 22. DEBATE ON MOTION FOR PREVIOUS QUESTION. On the
motion for the previous question, there shall be no debate except as provided
in Sections 2 and 21 of this rule. All incidental questions of order made
pending decision on such motion shall be decided, whether on appeal or
otherwise, without debate.
Sec. 23. LIMITATION OF DEBATE AFTER PREVIOUS QUESTION
ORDERED. After the previous question has been ordered, there shall be no
debate upon the questions on which it has been ordered, or upon the
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, or, in the case of the absence of either of them, any other
member designated by such absentee, shall have the right to close the debate
on the particular proposition or amendment. Then a vote shall be taken
immediately on the amendments or other motions, if any, and then on the
main question.
Sec. 24. SPEAKING AND VOTING AFTER THE PREVIOUS QUESTION
ORDERED. All members having the right to speak after the previous
question has been ordered shall speak before the question is put on the first
proposition covered by the previous question. All votes shall then be taken
in the correct order, and no vote or votes shall be deferred to allow any96
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1, legislative document, 1999; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth97442/m1/100/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.