Amendment #10 to H3930

Time to Review Technical/Perfecting Amendments

Representatives Jones of North Reading, Hill of Ipswich, Ferguson of Holden, Gifford of Wareham, Frost of Auburn and Smola of Warren move to amend the order in the second paragraph of Rule 33A by adding the following four sentences:-  "All amendments submitted to the Clerk after a formal session is called to order shall be made available by electronic means to all members of the House and the public; and provided further a duplicate copy of each such amendment shall be distributed to each member’s seat in the chamber.  No technical or perfecting amendment shall be considered by the House until the expiration of at least 30 minutes after the amendment shall have been filed with the Clerk and distributed to the members.  The House may consider an amendment that has not been so available for at least 30 minutes only upon a roll call vote of two-thirds of House members present and voting.  This rule shall not be suspended unless by unanimous consent of the members present."