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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEARS

2023 AND 2024

     

     Introduced By: Representative David J. Place

     Date Introduced: January 10, 2025

     Referred To: House Rules

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     RESOLVED, that section 37(a) of the rules of the House of Representatives adopted by

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the House of Representatives at its January session, A.D. 2023, entitled “House Resolution

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Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the years 2023 and 2024”, be and the

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same is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     (37)(a) The presiding officer may refer to "Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure,"

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most recent edition, published by the National Conference of State Legislatures, for guidance as

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to procedure on the floor of the House in all cases in which its provisions are not inconsistent

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with applicable law or these rules. The presiding officer shall publish and make available to the

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House, a compilation of House procedure which is not addressed in either these rules or in

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"Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure."

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE YEARS

2023 AND 2024

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     This resolution would require the presiding officer to publish and provide to the House, a

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compilation of House procedures not addressed in the House rules or in Mason's manual of

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Legislative Procedures.

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