This rules resolution modifies House Rules.
This resolution:
- authorizes the presiding officer, on the first day of the annual general session, to direct legislation directly to a standing committee or to one of the House calendars;
- modifies the process by which a standing committee chair allows a response to motions;
- amends the definition of "nonbinding resolution";
- clarifies that reinstating a word or words does not count toward the word limit under a verbal amendment;
- allows legislation assigned to the consent calendar to be reassigned to the third reading calendar, under certain circumstances;
- modifies the prohibited references on the floor; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.