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This resolution makes the following substantive changes to the assembly rules:

Casting of votes in committee

The resolution provides that votes in committee must be held open after the

adjournment of the committee session to permit an absent member to vote until 5:00

p.m. on the day on which the committee session is adjourned or 30 minutes after the

adjournment, whichever is earlier. The absent member must cast his or her vote in

the committee room where the meeting is held.

Committee notice for meeting on unintroduced proposals

The resolution requires that, if an unintroduced proposal will be considered at

a committee meeting, the committee chairperson must provide a copy of the

unintroduced proposal with the notice.

Provision of calendar to members

The resolution provides that, except during the final week of the last

general-business floorperiod, the calendar must be provided to each member at least

24 hours before the calendar is to be acted upon. The current requirement is 18

hours.

Questions of assembly or personal privilege

Current assembly rules governing floor debate provide that questions of

assembly or personal privilege have precedence only insofar as they require

immediate consideration. The resolution provides that these questions may not be

dilatory.

Power of speaker to make temporary committee appointments

The resolution authorizes the speaker of the assembly to make temporary

replacements of members on committees who are unable temporarily to serve on the

committee.

Determination of 24-hour notice rule for committee meetings

The resolution eliminates a rule that prohibited the counting of hours between

5:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. for purposes of calculating a 24-hour notice provision for

committee executive action on introduced proposals.

Posting of notice for committee meetings during special, extraordinary, or

extended sessions

The resolution provides that during a special, extraordinary, or extended

session a notice of a committee meeting is not required other than posting on the

legislative bulletin boards and the legislature's Internet site, and a schedule of

committee activities need not be published. The current rule applies this provision

only to committee hearings.

Power of assembly chief clerk during skeletal sessions

The resolution permits the assembly chief clerk to perform duties of the

presiding officer during skeletal sessions, other than any duty related to the

enactment of legislation or the adoption of a resolution.