Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 94
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76th LEGISLATURE- REGULAR SESSION
(6) to postpone to a day certain;
(7) to commit, recommit, refer, or rerefer;
(8) to amend by striking out the enacting or resolving clause, which,
if carried, shall have the effect of defeating the bill or resolution;
(9) to amend;
(10) to postpone indefinitely.
Sec. 4. STATEMENT OR READING OF A MOTION. When a motion has
been made, the speaker shall state it, or if it is in writing, order it read by
the clerk; and it shall then be in possession of the house.
Sec. 5. ENTRY OF MOTIONS IN JOURNAL. Every motion made to the
house and entertained by the speaker shall be reduced to writing on the
demand of any member, and shall be entered on the journal with the name
of the member making it.
Sec. 6. WITHDRAWAL OF A MOTION. A motion may be withdrawn by
the mover at any time before a decision on the motion, even though an
amendment may have been offered and is pending. It cannot be withdrawn,
however, if the motion has been amended. After the previous question has
been ordered, a motion can be withdrawn only by unanimous consent.
Sec. 7. MOTIONS TO ADJOURN OR RECESS. A motion to adjourn or
recess shall always be in order, except:
(1) when the house is voting on another motion;
(2) when the previous question has been ordered and before the final
vote on the main question, unless a roll call shows the absence of a quorum;
(3) when a member entitled to the floor has not yielded for that
purpose; or
(4) when no business has been transacted since a motion to adjourn
or recess has been defeated.
Sec. 8. CONSIDERATION OF SEVERAL MOTIONS TO ADJOURN OR
RECESS. When several motions to recess or adjourn are made at the same
period, the motion to adjourn carrying the shortest time shall be put first,
then the next shortest time, and in that order until a motion to adjourn has
been adopted or until all have been voted on and lost; and then the same
procedure shall be followed for motions to recess.
Sec. 9. WITHDRAWAL OR ADDITION OF A MOTION TO ADJOURN
OR RECESS. A motion to adjourn or recess may not be withdrawn when it
is one of a series upon which voting has commenced, nor may an additional
motion to adjourn or recess be made when voting has commenced on a series
of such motions.
Sec. 10. RECONSIDERATION OF VOTE TO ADJOURN OR RECESS.
The vote by which a motion to adjourn or recess is carried or lost shall not
be subject to a motion to reconsider.
Sec. 11. ADJOURNING WITH LESS THAN A QUORUM. A smaller
number of members than a quorum may adjourn from day to day, and may
compel the attendance of absent members.
Sec. 12. MOTION TO TABLE. A motion to lay on the table, if carried,
shall have the effect of killing the bill, resolution, amendment, or other
immediate proposition to which it was applied. Such a motion shall not be
debatable, but the mover of the proposition to be tabled, or the member94
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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/m1/98/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.