Amendment #3 to H2017

24 Hour Time Frame for Bills to Be Acted On

Representatives Jones of North Reading, Hill of Ipswich, Poirier of North Attleborough, Gifford of Wareham, Frost of Auburn and Smola of Warren move to amend the order by inserting, in proposed Rule 17A, in line 448,  after the word “meeting.” the following paragraph: “No matter reported to the House from an executive session or by the Rules committee in any session shall be taken up for consideration until twenty-four hours, not including Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, shall have elapsed from the time of its reporting, except in the cases of emergency, in which cases the provisions of this paragraph may be suspended by a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting.”.