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[Bill-IC] House of Representatives Standard Rules and Procedures
By: Neexus63 Date: September 1, 2015, 1:55 am
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Drafted by Montenegro Meraz
Whereas, abhorrently disgusted by the lack of professionalism
and structure the Congress and its members have displayed this
past session;
Whereas, noticing the complete lack of a standard and rules for
the House;
Whereas, taking advantage of this House's power to establish its
own rules and procedures;
Whereas, deeply disturbed at the complete disregard of any
current standing procedure as stated in the Constitution by this
institution;
CONGRESS HEREBY MANDATES that, in order to maintain and ensure
the efficiency, professionalism, and order of this House,
establish a clear set of rules and procedures as a basis for all
legislative actions taken place within this House and to clarify
any ambiguities and or precedents established in previous
sessions
Article I
Submission of Bills
Section I. Pursuant to the Standard For Proposing Bills Act, all
bills must follow the established format. "Any bill without any
of the above items is considered null and void, and must be
resubmitted with the edits," which shall be enforced by the
Speaker of the House. Actions of Impeachment and Appointment are
exempt from such formatting.
Section II. Any Bill presented before this House must at least
have acquired a sponsor from another member of the House. Any
Bill proposed which did not acquire the required sponsor will
not be put forth before the House for consideration.
Section III. Before any debate may begin on any given Bill, the
Bill must be seconded by a member of the House who did not take
part in the drafting of the bill or has agreed to sponsor said
bill. A bill shall also be considered "Dead" should it fail to
receive a second from another member. The appropriate time
needed to accurately determine whether there shall be no second
shall be left to the discretion of the Speaker.
Article II.
Debate and Voting
Section I. The Speaker of the House shall be charged with
moderating debate and preserving the decorum of the House. It is
the duty of the Speaker of the House to open floor for the
debate on a bill once the required second is obtained. Once the
Speaker feels the House has been given adequate amount of time
for debate, the Speaker shall pose the question, "Is the House
ready for the Question?" Should a substantial amount of support
be given for the extension of debate, the Speaker shall be
obligated the extend the time for debate to suit the needs of
the House.
Section II. The Speaker shall open up voting on a bill after
debate has concluded. Unless otherwise stated in the
Constitution, a majority of votes cast shall be needed for a
bill to pass. It shall be at the discretion of the Speaker for
how long the voting period shall last. At the end of each voting
period, the Speaker shall tally all the votes and announce the
results.
Article III.
Decorum of the House
Section I. Pursuant to Article II Section I of this Bill, the
Speaker shall have the ability to issue warnings to members who
disregard the authority of the Chair, actively pursue to incite
violence within the House, exert unruly and immature behavior
and who express inappropriate parliamentary language.
Section II. The Speaker shall have the ability to eject a member
of Congress given a majority vote from the House of
Representatives.
Article IV.
Robert's Rules
Section I. The House shall follow Robert's Rules to its current
edition and where there may be a conflict in rules, established
law shall come first.
Article V.
Amendments
Section I. The House reserves the right to amend or change any
part this bill given a 2/3's majority vote.
#Post#: 8821--------------------------------------------------
Re: [Bill-IC] House of Representatives Standard Rules and Proced
ures
By: Sparta Date: September 1, 2015, 6:17 am
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I second this well written bill
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Re: [Bill-IC] House of Representatives Standard Rules and Proced
ures
By: Columbia Confederates Date: September 1, 2015, 9:54 am
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I'd be happy to support this bill.
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Re: [Bill-IC] House of Representatives Standard Rules and Proced
ures
By: Neexus63 Date: September 1, 2015, 5:52 pm
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OOC: I should have mentioned this earlier, but this is sort of
the drafting phase. All ideas/edits etc. are welcome.
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Re: [Bill-IC] House of Representatives Standard Rules and Proced
ures
By: Columbia Confederates Date: September 1, 2015, 6:43 pm
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OOC: Well I think it's good as it is, but you're really right.
We can't get off topic so quickly. We have to cut down on the
OOC bickering we do, in fact I think we should make the Capital
Building a no OOC zone unless the bill is OOC.
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Re: [Bill-IC] House of Representatives Standard Rules and Proced
ures
By: Neexus63 Date: September 1, 2015, 6:59 pm
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I mean, there is still a lot more I can put on there.
OOC should be acceptable in cases for clarification or something
involving OOC. As such, I think it would inhibit rather than
help this chamber. (Easy access, that way we don't need to
switch between tabs)
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Re: [Bill-IC] House of Representatives Standard Rules and Proced
ures
By: Neexus63 Date: September 5, 2015, 2:57 am
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I'm done I think.
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