Version A final setup - Florida House of Representatives

RULE SIX—REFERENCE .......................................................................... 17
6.1—Speaker to Refer Legislation ............................................................ 17
6.2—Reference: Generally ....................................................................... 17
6.3—Reference: Exception ....................................................................... 17
6.4—Reference of Resolutions, Concurrent Resolutions: Exception ....... 17
6.5—Appropriations or Tax Measures: Withdrawal from a Fiscal
Committee or Subcommittee; Additional Reference ................................ 17
6.6—Reference of Veto Messages ............................................................ 18
RULE SEVEN—COMMITTEES AND SUBCOMMITTEES .................... 19
PART ONE—Organization ...................................................................... 19
7.1—Standing Committees and Subcommittees....................................... 19
7.2—Committee and Subcommittee Appointments ................................. 20
7.3—Powers of the Chair.......................................................................... 20
7.4—Absence of the Chair........................................................................ 20
7.5—Term of Appointment ...................................................................... 21
7.6—Creation of Select Committees ........................................................ 21
7.7—Ex officio Members .......................................................................... 21
7.8—Meetings of Committees and Subcommittees.................................. 21
7.9—Consideration of Proposed Committee and Subcommittee Bills ..... 21
7.10—Conference Committees ................................................................. 22
PART TWO—Procedures in Committees and Subcommittees ................ 22
7.11—Scheduling Committee and Subcommittee Meetings .................... 22
(a) Notice of Committee and Subcommittee Meetings.............................. 22
(b) Content of Meeting Notice .................................................................. 22
(c) Proposed Bills to be Available ............................................................ 23
(d) Notice Deadline between Sessions ...................................................... 23
(e) Notice Deadlines during Sessions ....................................................... 23
(f) Notice of Not Meeting. ......................................................................... 23
(g) Amended Notice and Cancellation. .................................................... 23
(h) Clerk Duties. ....................................................................................... 23
(i) Continuation after Noticed Time. ........................................................ 23
(j) Rules & Calendar Committee Exempt from Notice Deadline. ............ 23
7.12—Amendment Deadlines in Committee and Subcommittee ............. 23
7.13—Quorum of Committee or Subcommittee ....................................... 24
7.14—Meeting during House Sessions ..................................................... 24
7.15—Voting in Committee or Subcommittee ......................................... 24
7.16—Reconsideration in Committee or Subcommittee .......................... 25
7.17—Reports on Bills ............................................................................. 25
7.18—Bill Reported Unfavorably by a Committee or Subcommittee ...... 25
7.19—Committee and Subcommittee Substitutes .................................... 25
7.20—Subpoena Powers ........................................................................... 26
7.21—Administration of Oaths................................................................. 26
7.22—Procedure in Conference Committees ........................................... 26
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