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A discharge petition may only be brought after a measure has sat in committee for at least 30 legislative days [i] without being reported; if the petition is on a "special rule" resolution submitted to the Rules Committee, then the period is seven days instead. Once the requisite number of signatures is reached, the petition is placed on the ...
The House may under certain rules remove the bill or measure from committee (see discharge petition) if the committee fails to report the measure to the House Rules Committee or to the full House and a negative report to the full House does not terminate the bill. The phrase that a "bill has been killed in committee" is not completely accurate ...
In the tabling and wording of new law, procedures such as the House discharge petition process (the process of bringing a bill onto the floor without a committee report or mandatory consent from its leadership) are so laborious and technical that committees, today, dominate the draftsmanship and honing of the detail of many bills laid before ...
McGovern filed legislation on Feb. 15 that could be used as a vehicle for the discharge petition, a rarely used procedural tool that eventually could force a vote on the bill if at least 218 House ...
Graves and Spanberger have secured more than 170 of 218 signatures needed to force a vote since officially filing a petition Sept. 10 to discharge House Resolution 82 to the House floor.
When a committee refuses to vote a bill out of committee, a discharge petition can be passed by the broader membership. The specifics vary from state to state; for example, in 2004, a report found that New York State "places more restrictions than any other state legislature on motions to discharge a bill from a committee", [ 11 ] which led to ...
Aaron Kaufer, R-Kingston; Alec Ryncavage, R-Plymouth; and Dane Watro, R-Hazleton — on Wednesday said that they have signed the House discharge petition to get a voter ID constitutional amendment ...
When a committee refuses to vote a bill out of committee, a discharge petition can be passed by the broader membership. The specifics vary from state to state; for example, in 2004, a report found that New York State places more restrictions than any other state legislature on motions to discharge a bill from a committee, [ 19 ] which led to ...