1. Any Representative or
Senator may introduce a bill in his or her respective house.
2. The Recording Secretary numbers a bill introduced in the House of
Representatives. The Secretary of the Senate numbers a bill introduced in
the Senate.
3. The Speaker of the House or the President of
the Senate refers the bill to the proper committee.
4. A
House or Senate Committee may take the following action on a bill:
a. Recommendation of passage as
introduced;
b. Recommendation of passage with amendments;
c. Recommendation of passage of a substitute;
d. Recommendation of reference to another
committee;
e. Recommendation of indefinite postponement;
f. Reporting the bill to the floor and giving
no recommendation, in which case it stands or falls on its own merit;
5. A. bill goes on the calendar when a given
committee makes a recommendation of passage. Under the existing rules of the
Senate and House, all "Public Bills" are reproduced with a short explanation
attached thereto, for distribution to the members of the legislature.
6. After passage, in either the House or the Senate, the bill is
transmitted to the other house where it will follow the same procedure.
7. Upon passage in concurrence by the second house, a bill is forwarded
to the Governor.