California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

House Resolution No. 1

Introduced by Assembly Member Gordon

December 1, 2014

House Resolution No. 1—Relative to the Standing Rules of the Assembly for the 2015–16 Regular Session.

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
following Rules be, and the same are hereby, adopted as the
Standing Rules of the Assembly for the 2015-16 Regular Session;
and be it further

Resolved, That these rules shall govern the operations of the
Assembly.

STANDING RULES OF THE ASSEMBLY
2015-16 REGULAR SESSION
I. LEGISLATIVE ORGANIZATION
Assembly General Officers

1. (a) The general officers of the Assembly are the following:

(1) Speaker

(2) Speaker pro Tempore

Assistant Speaker pro Tempore

Majority Floor Leader

Minority Floor Leader

(3) Chief Clerk

Sergeant at Arms

Chaplain

(b) Except for the officers listed in paragraph (2) of subdivision
(a), each officer listed in subdivision (a) shall be elected by a
majority vote of the duly elected and qualified Members.

(c) The Chief Clerk, subject to the approval of the Committee
on Rules, shall determine the names and titles that shall appear on
the front page of all publications.

Hours of Meeting

2. The Speaker, or, in his or her absence, the Speaker pro
Tempore, shall determine the time for convening the session, unless
otherwise ordered by a majority vote of the Members present and
voting.

Speaker to Call Assembly to Order

3. The Speaker, or, in his or her absence, the Speaker pro
Tempore, shall, at the hour appointed for meeting, call the
Assembly to order.

Rollcall and Quorum

4. Before proceeding with the business of the Assembly, both
of the following shall be completed:

(1) The roll of the Members shall be called, and the names of
those present shall be entered in the Journal. Forty-one Members
constitute a quorum.

(2) The presiding officer shall announce the names of all
Members who will be absent from that day’s session and the reason
for their absence.

Organization of Assembly

5. For the purposes of the organization of any regular session
of the Assembly pursuant to Section 9023 of the Government
Code, the person who was the Speaker when the previous regular
session adjourned sine die, if he or she is reelected to the Assembly,
shall be deemed to be the senior member elect.

II. RULES

Adoption of Standing Rules

6. The adoption of the Standing Rules requires an affirmative
recorded vote of a majority of the duly elected and qualified
Members. When once adopted, the Standing Rules shall remain
in effect unless suspended or amended as provided in these rules.

Suspension of Rules

7. Unless specified otherwise in these rules, any Standing Rule
of the Assembly not requiring more than a majority vote, except
Rule 8, may be suspended temporarily by a vote of a majority of
the Members of the Assembly. A rule requiring a two-thirds vote
may be temporarily suspended by a two-thirds vote of the Members
of the Assembly. A temporary suspension applies only to the matter
under immediate consideration, and in no case may it extend
beyond an adjournment.

Amending Standing Rules

8. A standing rule of the Assembly may not be amended except
by a resolution adopted by an affirmative recorded vote of a
majority of the duly elected and qualified Members.

Mason’s Manual

10. In all cases not provided for by the California Constitution,
by the Assembly Rules, by the Joint Rules of the Senate and
Assembly, or by statute, the authority is the latest edition of
Mason’s Manual.

III. ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEES
Standing Committees

11. Thirty-one standing committees of the Assembly are hereby
created, upon the several subjects, and titled respectively, as
follows:
Accountability and Administrative Review
Aging and Long-Term Care
Agriculture

Appropriations
Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media
Banking and Finance
Budget
Business and Professions
Education
Elections and Redistricting
Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials
Governmental Organization
Health
Higher Education
Housing and Community Development
Human Services
Insurance
Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy
Judiciary
Labor and Employment
Local Government
Natural Resources
Privacy and Consumer Protection
Public Employees, Retirement, and Social Security
Public Safety
Revenue and Taxation
Rules
Transportation
Utilities and Commerce
Veterans Affairs
Water, Parks, and Wildlife

Open Meetings

11.3. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this rule, all meetings
of the Assembly or a committee thereof shall be open and public,
and all persons shall be permitted to attend the meetings. As used
in this rule, “meeting” means a gathering of a quorum of the
Members of the Assembly or a committee in one place for the
purpose of discussing legislative or other official matters within
the jurisdiction of the Assembly or committee. As used in this rule,
“committee” includes a standing committee, joint committee,
conference committee, subcommittee, select committee, special
committee, research committee, or any similar body.

(b) Any meeting that is required to be open and public pursuant
to this rule, including any closed session held pursuant to
subdivision (c), may be held only after full and timely notice to
the public as provided by the Joint Rules of the Assembly and
Senate.

(c) The Assembly or a committee thereof may hold a closed
session solely for any of the following purposes:

(1) To consider the appointment, employment, evaluation of
performance, or dismissal of a public officer or employee, to
consider or hear complaints or charges brought against a Member
of the Legislature or other public officer or employee, or to
establish the classification or compensation of an employee of the
Assembly.

(2) To consider matters affecting the safety and security of
Members of the Legislature or its employees, or the safety and
security of any buildings and grounds used by the Legislature.

(3) To confer with, or receive advice from, its legal counsel
regarding pending or reasonably anticipated litigation, or whether
to initiate litigation, when discussion in open session would not
protect the interests of the Assembly or committee regarding the
litigation.

(d) A caucus of the Members of the Assembly that is composed
of members of the same political party may meet in closed session.

(e) A closed session may be held pursuant to paragraph (3) of
subdivision (c) under any of the following circumstances:

(1) An adjudicatory proceeding before a court, administrative
body exercising its adjudicatory authority, hearing officer, or
arbitrator, to which the Assembly or a committee, Member, or
employee thereof is a party, has been initiated formally.

(2) Based on existing facts and circumstances, a point has been
reached where, in the opinion of the Assembly or a committee
thereof, on the advice of its legal counsel, litigation against the
Assembly or a committee, Member, or employee thereof is
reasonably anticipated.

(3) Based on existing facts and circumstances, the Assembly or
a committee thereof has decided to initiate, or is deciding whether
to initiate, litigation.

(4) To confer with, or receive advice from, its legal counsel and
negotiator prior to the purchase, sale, exchange, or lease of real
property by or for the Assembly or a committee thereof regarding
the price and terms of payment for the purchase, sale, exchange,
or lease.

(f) Prior to holding a closed session pursuant to paragraph (3)
of subdivision (c), the presiding officer of the Assembly or the
chair of the committee, as appropriate, shall state publicly which
paragraph of subdivision (e) is applicable. If the closed session is
held pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (e), the presiding
officer or chair shall state the title of or otherwise specifically
identify the litigation to be discussed, unless the presiding officer
or chair states that to do so would jeopardize the ability to
effectuate service of process upon one or more unserved parties,
or that to do so would jeopardize the ability of the Assembly or
the committee to conclude existing settlement negotiations to its
advantage. If the closed session is held pursuant to paragraph (4)
of subdivision (e), the notice of the closed session shall identify
the real property that the negotiations may concern and the person
with whom the negotiations may take place.

(g) The legal counsel for the Assembly or the committee shall
prepare and submit to the Assembly or the committee a
memorandum stating the specific reasons and legal authority for
the closed session. If the closed session is held pursuant to
paragraph (1) of subdivision (e), the memorandum shall include
the title of or other identification of the litigation. If the closed
session is held pursuant to paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of subdivision
(e), the memorandum shall set forth the existing facts and
circumstances on which the closed session is based. The legal
counsel shall submit the memorandum to the Assembly or the
committee prior to the closed session, if feasible, or, in any case,
not later than one week after the closed session. The memorandum
is exempt from disclosure under the Legislative Open Records Act
contained in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 9070) of
Chapter 1.5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Government
Code.

(h) For purposes of paragraph (3) of subdivision (c), “litigation”
includes any adjudicatory proceeding, including eminent domain,
before a court, administrative body exercising its adjudicatory
authority, hearing officer, or arbitrator.

(i) For purposes of this rule, all expressions of the lawyer-client
privilege other than those provided in this rule are hereby
abrogated. This rule is the exclusive expression of the lawyer-client
privilege for the purposes of conducting closed-session meetings
pursuant to this rule.

(j) Disclosure of a memorandum required under this rule shall
not be deemed a waiver of the lawyer-client privilege provided
for under Article 3 (commencing with Section 950) of Chapter 4
of Division 8 of the Evidence Code.

Conference Committee Meetings

11.4. A Member may not participate in a meeting of a
conference committee considering any bill that is not open to the
public.

Assembly Investigating Committees

11.5. (a) The standing committees of the Assembly created
pursuant to Rule 11, with the exception of the Committee on Rules,
are hereby constituted Assembly investigating committees and are
authorized and directed to conduct oversight hearings and to
ascertain, study, and analyze all facts relating to any subjects or
matters which the Committee on Rules shall assign to them upon
request of the Assembly or upon its own initiative.

(b) Each of the Assembly investigating committees consists of
the members of the standing committee on the same subject as
most recently constituted. The chairperson and vice chairperson
is the chairperson and vice chairperson of the standing committee.
Vacancies occurring in the membership of the committee shall be
filled by the appointing authority.

(c) Each committee and any subcommittee, and its members,
have and may exercise all the rights, duties, and powers conferred
upon investigating committees and their members by law and by
the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly and the Standing Rules
of the Assembly as they are adopted and amended from time to
time, which rules are incorporated herein and made applicable to
the committee or subcommittee and their members.

(d) In order to prevent duplication and overlapping of studies
between the various investigating committees herein created, a
committee may not commence the study of any subject or matter
not specifically authorized herein or assigned to it unless and until
prior written approval thereof has been obtained from the
Committee on Rules.

(e) The Committee on Rules shall provide for the expenses of
the above committees and their members and for any charges,
expenses, or claims they may incur under this rule, to be paid from
the Assembly Operating Fund and disbursed, after certification by
the Chairperson of the Committee on Rules or his or her authorized
representative, upon warrants drawn by the Controller upon the
State Treasury.

Membership of Standing Committees

12. The Speaker shall determine the size, and appoint the
membership and the chairperson and vice chairperson, of all
standing committees and subcommittees. In appointing Members
to serve on committees, the Speaker shall consider the preferences
of the Members.

Committee on Rules

13. There is a Committee on Rules, which acts as the executive
committee of the Assembly. No regular member of the Committee
on Rules may simultaneously serve as a chairperson of any standing
committee. All meetings of the Committee on Rules that are
required to be open and public shall be held in a room of
appropriate size, and audio or video transmission of those meetings
shall be provided.

Organization of Party Caucuses

13.1. Within two days after the general election held in
November of each even-numbered year, the caucus of the political
party having the greatest number of Members in the Assembly,
and the caucus of the political party having the second greatest
number of Members, each shall meet for the purpose of selecting
their officers for the next regular session. The rules and procedures
of each caucus shall be determined by that caucus, but may not be
inconsistent with these rules.

Powers of the Committee on Rules

14. (a) The Committee on Rules has the following powers:

(1) To refer each bill and resolution to a committee, as provided
by these rules.

(2) To appoint all employees of the Assembly not otherwise
provided for by statute. It has authority to terminate, to discipline,
to establish, and to modify the terms and conditions of employment
of, or to suspend, with or without pay, any employee of the
Assembly.

(3) To make studies and recommendations designed to promote,
improve, and expedite the business and procedure of the Assembly
and of the committees thereof, and to propose any amendments to
the Rules deemed necessary to accomplish these purposes.

(4) To adopt additional policies or requirements regarding the
use of cameras and other recording equipment at committee
hearings or Assembly floor sessions.

(5) To contract with other agencies, public or private, as it deems
necessary for the rendition and affording of those services,
facilities, studies, and reports to the committee that will best assist
it to carry out the purposes for which it is created.

(6) To cooperate with and secure the cooperation of county,
city, city and county, and other local law enforcement agencies in
investigating any matter within the scope of these rules and to
direct the sheriff of any county to serve subpoenas, orders, and
other process issued by the committee.

(7) To report its findings and recommendations to the
Legislature and to the people from time to time and at any time.

(8) To do any and all other things necessary or convenient to
enable it fully and adequately to exercise its powers, perform its
duties, and accomplish the objects and purposes of these rules.

(9) To make available to the Assembly, or to any Assembly or
joint committee, or to any Member of the Assembly assistance in
connection with the duties of the committee or other legislative
matters as the personnel under direction of the committee or its
other facilities permit.

(10) To make available to and furnish to the Assembly, and to
Assembly investigating committees created at this session and to
each of the members thereof, clerical, secretarial, and stenographic
help as may be reasonably necessary for the Assembly to carry
out its work, and for the committees and each of the members
thereof, to make and carry on the studies and investigations
required by or of them by the resolutions creating the committees,
and for these purposes to employ additional stenographic and
secretarial assistants as may be necessary, assign, reassign, and
discharge these assistants and prescribe amounts, times, and
methods of payment of their compensation. The committee shall
allocate annually an amount for the operation of each investigating
committee, which shall constitute the annual budget of the
committee.

(b) During the times as the Assembly is not in session, the
committee is authorized and directed to incur and pay expenses
of the Assembly not otherwise provided for that the committee
determines are reasonably necessary, including the repair,
alteration, improvement, and equipping of the Assembly Chamber
and the offices provided for the Assembly in the State Capitol and
the Capitol Annex.

(c) The committee shall allocate sufficient moneys from the
Assembly Operating Fund to support the Assembly’s share of joint
operations.

(d) The Chairperson of the Committee on Rules shall appoint
a Chief Administrative Officer of the Assembly, subject to the
ratification of the Committee on Rules, who has duties relating to
the administrative, fiscal, and business affairs of the Assembly
that the committee shall prescribe. The Chairperson of the
Committee on Rules or a majority of the membership of the
Committee on Rules may terminate the services of the Chief
Administrative Officer at any time. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Speaker may appoint a temporary chief administrative officer
for up to 90 days following the beginning of the session.

(e) The Committee on Rules shall provide for the publication
of a compilation of the photographs of accredited press
representatives.

(f) The Committee on Rules may delegate powers to the Speaker
by a majority vote of the membership of the committee.

Subcommittee on Sexual Harassment Prevention and Response

14.5. (a) The Subcommittee on Sexual Harassment Prevention
and Response is created as a subcommittee of the Committee on
Rules. The subcommittee is composed of a total of six members,
with the following four members appointed by the Chairperson of
the Committee on Rules: two members of the Committee on Rules
from the political party having the greatest number of Members
in the Assembly and two members of the Committee on Rules
from the political party having the second greatest number of
Members. The two members from the political party having the
second greatest number of Members shall be appointed from a list
of nominees that the vice chairperson of the committee provides
to the chairperson. The co-chairs of the Assembly Legislative
Ethics Committee also shall be members of the subcommittee. The
Chairperson of the Committee on Rules shall designate one of the
members of the subcommittee to serve as chair of the
subcommittee.

(b) The subcommittee shall periodically review procedures for
the handling of complaints of sexual harassment lodged against a
Member of the Assembly or an Assembly employee and submit
any recommendations to the Committee on Rules for consideration.

(c) Following the submission of the recommendations pursuant
to subdivision (b), the chair of the subcommittee may cause the
subcommittee to convene to review and recommend further
changes in procedures as subsequent events may require.

Committee on Rules

15. The Committee on Rules shall continue in existence during
any recess of the Legislature and after final adjournment and until
the convening of the next regular session, and shall have the same
powers and duties as while the Assembly is in session. In dealing
with any matter within its jurisdiction, the committee and its
members have and may exercise all of the rights, duties, and
powers conferred upon investigating committees and their members
by the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly as they are adopted
and amended from time to time, which rules are incorporated herein
and made applicable to the Committee on Rules and its members.

Operating Fund Report

15.5. The Committee on Rules shall annually prepare a report
to the public of expenditures as required by Section 9131 of the
Government Code.

Independent Audit of Operating Funds

15.6. The Committee on Rules shall contract for an independent
audit of the revenues and expenditures, for each fiscal year, from
the Assembly Operating Fund. The organization performing the
audit shall be selected by a majority of the membership of the
Committee on Rules. The contract for the audit shall be awarded
through a competitive bidding procedure. The audit shall be
prepared in a manner and form to be determined by the organization
performing the audit, and shall be consistent with generally
accepted accounting principles.

The audit shall be completed and made available to the public
within 180 calendar days following the completion of the fiscal
year for which the audit is performed.

Performance Audit

15.7. In addition to the annual financial audit required by Rule
15.6, the Committee on Rules shall contract for an audit of the
administrative operations of the Assembly. The administrative
departments to be audited shall be determined by the Committee
on Rules. An organization performing an audit pursuant to this
rule shall be selected by a majority of the membership of the
Committee on Rules. A contract for an audit shall be awarded
through a competitive bidding procedure. Audits shall be prepared
in a manner and form to be determined by the organization
performing the audit, and shall be consistent with generally
accepted accounting principles.

All findings and recommendations reported by an auditing firm
shall be made available to Members and to the public.

Rules Committee Resolutions

16. The Committee on Rules, acting unanimously by
appropriate resolution, on behalf of and in the name of the
Assembly, may extend congratulations, commendations, sympathy,
or regret to any person, group, or organization, and may authorize
the presentation of suitably prepared copies of these resolutions
to the persons concerned and to their relatives.

Assembly Operating Fund

17. The Committee on Rules is the committee identified in
Section 9127 of the Government Code. The balance of all money
in the Assembly Operating Fund, including money now or hereafter
appropriated, except the sums that are made available specifically
for the expense of designated committees or for other purposes,
is hereby made available to the Committee on Rules for any
charges or claims it may incur in carrying out the duties imposed
upon it by these rules or by Assembly or concurrent resolution.
The money made available by this rule includes the unencumbered
balances of all sums heretofore made available to any Assembly
or joint committee by the Assembly, upon the expiration of that
committee, and shall be expended as provided in these rules.

Expenditures

18. A Member or committee may not incur any expense except
as authorized pursuant to these rules or the Joint Rules of the Senate
and Assembly, or as authorized by the Assembly or the Committee
on Rules.

The Committee on Rules shall provide, by rules and regulations,
for the manner of authorizing expenditures by Members,
committees, officers, and employees of the Assembly that are not
otherwise authorized by law, these rules, or the Joint Rules of the
Senate and Assembly. These rules and regulations shall incorporate
a provision whereby construction, alteration, improvement, repair,
or maintenance of real or personal property, and the purchase of
supplies and equipment, shall be governed by competitive bidding.
Further, the rules and regulations shall provide for the payment of
expenditures, as authorized by these rules and regulations, from
the Assembly Operating Fund upon certification of claims therefor
to the Controller by the Committee on Rules or its authorized
representative.

A Member may not be reimbursed for travel outside the State
of California without prior approval of the Speaker or the
Committee on Rules.

Rules and Regulations Governing Committees

20. All claims for expenses incurred by investigating
committees of the Assembly shall be approved by the Committee
on Rules, or its authorized representative, before the claims are
presented to the Controller.

All proposed expenditures, other than expenditures of the funds
of an investigating committee, shall be approved by the Committee
on Rules or its authorized representative before the expenses are
incurred, unless the expenditure is specifically exempted from this
requirement by the resolution authorizing it.

No warrant may be drawn in payment of any claim for expenses
until the approval of the Committee on Rules, or its authorized
representative, has been obtained in accordance with this rule.

The Committee on Rules shall adopt rules and regulations
governing the awarding of any contract by an investigating
committee, and rules and regulations limiting the amount, time,
and place of expenses and allowances to be paid to employees of
Assembly investigating committees or other Assembly committees.

These rules may provide for allowances to committee employees
in lieu of actual expenses.

Mileage is an allowance to a committee employee in lieu of
actual expenses of travel. When travel is by private conveyance,
mileage may be allowed only to the operator of, and not to
passengers in, a private vehicle. Claims for mileage by private
conveyance must be accompanied by the license number of the
vehicle and the names of state officers and employees riding as
passengers.

Copies of all rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this rule
shall be distributed to the chairperson of every investigating
committee and of any other Assembly committee that has
employees.

Fees for Witnesses

21. Each witness summoned to appear before the Assembly or
any of its committees shall be reimbursed at a rate set by the
Committee on Rules.

Assembly General Research Committee

22. (a) The Assembly General Research Committee is hereby
continued as a permanent factfinding committee pursuant to Section
11 of Article IV of the California Constitution. The committee is
allocated all subjects within the scope of legislative regulation and
control, but may not undertake any investigation that another
committee has been specifically requested or directed to undertake.
The Assembly General Research Committee may act through
subcommittees appointed by the Speaker in consultation with the
Committee on Rules, and each of these subcommittees may act
only on the particular study or investigation assigned by the
Speaker in consultation with the Committee on Rules to that
subcommittee. Each subcommittee shall be known and designated
as a select committee. The Speaker is the Chairperson of the
Assembly General Research Committee and may be a voting
member of any subcommittee. Each member of the Assembly
General Research Committee is authorized and directed to receive
and investigate requests for legislative action made by individuals
or groups, and to report thereon to the full committee. The
Committee on Rules is authorized to allocate to any subcommittee
from the Assembly Operating Fund those sums that the Committee
on Rules deems necessary to complete the investigation or study
conferred upon that subcommittee. The Committee on Rules shall
further allocate, from time to time, to the Assembly General
Research Committee from the Assembly Operating Fund those
sums that are necessary to permit the Assembly General Research
Committee and the members thereof to carry out the duties imposed
on them. The committee has continuous existence until the time
that its existence is terminated by a resolution adopted by the
Assembly, and the committee is authorized to act both during and
between sessions of the Legislature, including any recess.

(b) The committee and its members shall have and exercise all
the rights, duties, and powers conferred upon investigating
committees and their members by the Joint Rules of the Senate
and Assembly and the Standing Rules of the Assembly as they are
adopted and amended from time to time at this session, which
provisions are incorporated herein and made applicable to the
committee and its members.

(c) The committee has the following additional powers and
duties:

(1) To contract with other agencies, public or private, for the
rendition and affording of services, facilities, studies, and reports
to the committee as the committee deems necessary to assist it to
carry out the purposes for which it is created.

(2) To cooperate with and secure the cooperation of county,
city, city and county, and other local law enforcement agencies in
investigating any matter within the scope of this rule and to direct
the sheriff of any county to serve subpoenas, orders, and other
process issued by the committee.

(3) To report its findings and recommendations to the
Legislature and the people from time to time.

(4) To do any and all other things necessary or convenient to
enable it fully and adequately to exercise its powers, perform its
duties, and accomplish the objects and purposes of this rule.

Assembly Legislative Ethics Committee

22.5. (a) The Assembly Legislative Ethics Committee is hereby
created. The committee shall consist of six Members of the
Assembly, appointed by the Speaker. Notwithstanding any other
rule of the Assembly, three members of the committee shall be
from the political party having the greatest number of Members
in the Assembly and three members shall be from the political
party having the second greatest number of Members. Any
temporary or permanent vacancy on the committee shall be filled
within 10 days by a member from the same political party. All
appointments, including appointments to fill permanent or
temporary vacancies, of members from the political party having
the second greatest number of Members in the Assembly shall be
made from a list of nominees that the Minority Floor Leader
provides to the Speaker. The Speaker shall designate one member
of the committee from the political party having the greatest
number of Members in the Assembly and one member of the
committee from the political party having the second greatest
number of Members to serve as co-chairs of the committee. The
Speaker shall designate one of the co-chairs to serve as the
presiding officer at any meeting or hearing conducted by the
committee.

If a verified complaint is filed against a member of the
committee, the Speaker shall temporarily replace the member with
a Member from the same political party, who shall serve until the
complaint is dismissed or the Assembly takes final action on the
complaint, whichever occurs first.

(b) The provisions of this rule, and of Rule 11.5 related to
investigating committees, apply to the committee and govern its
proceedings.

Prior to the issuance of any subpoena by the committee with
respect to any matter before the committee, it shall, by a resolution
adopted by the committee pursuant to a vote in accordance with
subdivision (n), define the nature and scope of its investigation in
the matter before it.

(c) Funds for the support of the committee shall be provided
from the Assembly Operating Fund in the same manner that those
funds are made available to other committees of the Assembly.

(d) (1) The committee has the power, pursuant to this rule and
Article 3 (commencing with Section 8940) of Chapter 1 of Part 1
of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to investigate
and make findings and recommendations concerning violations
by Members of the Assembly of any provision of Article 2
(commencing with Section 8920) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division
2 of Title 2 of the Government Code or of any other provision of
law or legislative rule that governs the conduct of Members of the
Assembly, hereafter collectively referred to as “standards of
conduct.”

(2) The committee may, on its own action pursuant to a vote in
accordance with subdivision (n), initiate an investigation of a
Member of the Assembly.

(e) Any person may file with the committee a verified complaint
in writing, which shall state the name of the Member of the
Assembly alleged to have violated any standard of conduct, and
which shall set forth the particulars thereof with sufficient clarity
and detail to enable the committee to make a determination. The
person filing the complaint thereafter shall be designated the
complainant.

If a verified complaint is filed with the committee, the committee
promptly shall send a copy of the complaint to the Member of the
Assembly alleged to have committed the violation complained of,
who thereafter shall be designated the respondent.

A complaint may not be filed with the committee after the
expiration of 12 months from the date the alleged violation is
discovered or three years from the date of the alleged violation,
whichever occurs first.

(f) (1) If the committee determines that the verified complaint
does not allege facts, directly or upon information and belief,
sufficient to constitute a violation of any standard of conduct, it
shall dismiss the complaint and so notify the complainant and
respondent.

(2) (i) If the committee determines that the verified complaint
does allege facts, directly or upon information and belief, sufficient
to constitute a violation of any standard of conduct, the committee
promptly shall investigate the alleged violation and if, after this
preliminary investigation, the committee finds that reasonable
cause exists for believing the allegations of the complaint, it shall
fix a time for a hearing in the matter, which shall be not more than
30 days after that finding. The committee may, however, seek an
extension of this period, not to exceed an additional 30 days, which
may be granted by a majority vote of the Committee on Rules.

(ii) If, after preliminary investigation, the committee does not
find that reasonable cause exists for believing the allegations of
the complaint, the committee shall dismiss the complaint. In either
event, the committee shall notify the complainant and the
respondent of its determination.

(3) The committee shall make its determination under paragraph
(1) or (2) of this subdivision, pursuant to a vote in accordance with
subdivision (n), not later than 90 days after first receiving a
complaint that satisfies subdivision (e). The committee may,
however, seek an extension, not to exceed 30 days, which may be
granted by a majority vote of the membership of the Committee
on Rules. If the committee has requested a law enforcement agency
to investigate the complaint or if the committee knows the
complaint is being investigated by a law enforcement agency, the
time limits set forth in this subdivision shall be tolled until the
investigation is completed.

(4) The committee’s determination under paragraph (1) or (2)
of this subdivision shall be stated in writing, with reasons given
therefor, and shall be provided to the Assembly, and, in any case
concerning an alleged violation of Article 2 (commencing with
Section 8920) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the
Government Code, shall be provided to the appropriate law
enforcement agency. This written determination is a public record
and is open to public inspection.

(5) Any deliberations of the committee from the time of receipt
of a complaint until it decides to dismiss the complaint or to set a
hearing shall not be open to the public unless the respondent
requests a public meeting.

(g) After the complaint has been filed, the respondent shall be
entitled to examine and make copies of all evidence in the
possession of the committee relating to the complaint.

(h) If a hearing is held pursuant to subdivision (f), the
committee, before the hearing has commenced, shall issue
subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum at the request of any party
in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9400) of
Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Government Code. All of the
provisions of that chapter, except Section 9410 of the Government
Code, shall apply to the committee and the witnesses before it.

(i) At any hearing held by the committee:

(1) Oral evidence shall be taken on oath or affirmation.

(2) Each party shall have these rights: to be represented by legal
counsel; to call and examine witnesses; to introduce exhibits; and
to cross-examine opposing witnesses.

(3) The hearing shall be open to the public.

(j) Any official or other person whose name is mentioned at any
investigation or hearing of the committee, and who believes that
testimony has been given that adversely affects him or her, shall
have the right to testify or, at the discretion of the committee, to
testify under oath relating solely to the material relevant to the
testimony regarding which he or she complains.

(k) The committee shall have 15 days following the hearing
within which to deliberate and reach its final determination on the
matter as follows:

(1) If the committee finds that the respondent has not violated
any standard of conduct, it shall order the action dismissed, shall
notify the respondent and complainant thereof, and, in cases
concerning an alleged violation of Article 2 (commencing with
Section 8920) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the
Government Code, shall transmit a copy of the complaint and the
fact of dismissal to the appropriate law enforcement agency. The
complaint and the fact of dismissal transmitted pursuant to this
paragraph are public records and open to public inspection.

(2) If the committee finds that the respondent has violated any
standard of conduct, it shall state its findings of fact and submit a
report thereon to the Assembly. This report shall be accompanied
by a House Resolution, authored by the committee, which shall
be introduced at the Chief Clerk’s desk and then referred by the
Committee on Rules to the Ethics Committee. The House
Resolution shall include a statement of the committee’s findings
and the committee’s recommendation for disciplinary action.
Within seven days, the committee shall adopt the final form of the
House Resolution and report it to the Assembly for placement on
the Daily File. The committee also shall send a copy of those
findings and report to the complainant and respondent, and, in
cases concerning an alleged violation of Article 2 (commencing
with Section 8920) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 2
of the Government Code, shall report thereon to the appropriate
law enforcement agency. The report submitted pursuant to this
paragraph is a public record and open to public inspection.

After the receipt of a copy of the committee’s final report and
House Resolution, the Assembly expeditiously shall take
appropriate action with respect to the respondent.

(l) The filing of a complaint with the committee pursuant to this
rule suspends the running of the statute of limitations applicable
to any violation of any standard of conduct alleged in the substance
of that complaint while the complaint is pending.

(m) The committee shall maintain a record of its investigations,
inquiries, and proceedings. All records, complaints, documents,
and reports filed with or submitted to or made by the committee,
and all records and transcripts of any investigations, inquiries, or
hearings of the committee under this rule shall be deemed
confidential and shall not be open to inspection, without the express
permission of the committee, by any person other than a member
of the committee, or an employee of the committee or other state
employee designated to assist the committee, except as otherwise
specifically provided in this rule. The committee may, by adoption
of a resolution, authorize the release to the Attorney General or a
district attorney of the appropriate county of any information,
records, complaints, documents, reports, and transcripts in its
possession that are material to any matter pending before the
Attorney General or that district attorney. All matters presented
at a public hearing of the committee and all reports of the
committee stating a final finding of fact pursuant to subdivision
(k) shall be public records and open to public inspection. Any
employee of the committee who divulges any matter that is deemed
to be confidential by this subdivision shall be subject to discipline
by the Committee on Rules.

(n) The committee may take any action authorized by this rule
only upon the vote of not less than two members from the
registered political party having the greatest number of Members
in the Assembly and two members from the registered political
party having the second greatest number of Members. Any vacancy
on the committee does not reduce the votes required to take action.

(o) The committee may render advisory opinions to Members
of the Assembly with respect to the standards of conduct and their
application and construction. The committee may secure an opinion
from the Legislative Counsel for this purpose or issue its own
opinion. Any committee advisory opinion shall be prepared by
committee members or staff and shall be adopted by the committee
pursuant to subdivision (n).

(p) The committee shall conduct, at least semiannually, an
orientation course on the relevant statutes and regulations
governing official conduct. The curriculum and presentation of
the course shall be established by the Committee on Rules. At least
once each biennial session, each Member of the Assembly and
each employee of the Assembly shall attend one of these courses.

(q) Pursuant to Section 8956 of the Government Code, the
committee shall do each of the following:

(1) Conduct, at least semiannually, an orientation course on the
relevant ethical issues and laws relating to lobbying.

(2) Impose fees on lobbyists for attending the course specified
in paragraph (1) at an amount that will permit the participation of
lobbyists to the fullest extent possible.

Printing of Committee Reports

23. All requests for the printing of reports of Assembly
committees shall be referred to the Committee on Rules. The
Committee on Rules shall determine the number of copies needed,
whether the report shall be printed in the Journal, and whether the
report shall be distributed electronically. The Committee on Rules
shall authorize the distribution of reports electronically whenever
possible.

Assembly Employees

24. Every employee who works for a committee of the
Assembly or a subcommittee of a committee, for a Member of the
Assembly, for the Chief Clerk’s office, or for the Sergeant at Arms,
is an employee of the Assembly. All employees of the Assembly
serve at the pleasure of the Assembly and the terms and conditions
of their employment may be modified, or their employment may
be terminated at will, at any time and without notice, by the
Committee on Rules.

Every applicant for employment by the Assembly shall prepare
a formal application for employment on forms prescribed by the
Committee on Rules. The application shall include a statement of
his or her present employment, his or her employment during the
preceding two years, and other pertinent information that the
Committee on Rules may require. The application shall be certified
under penalty of perjury, and any willful false statement or
omission of a material fact shall be punishable as perjury. If the
application discloses any fact that indicates that the applicant has
a personal interest that would conflict with the faithful performance
of his or her duties, the applicant shall not be employed. All
applications shall be retained in the records of the committee.

Every employee shall complete the Assembly ethics course in
the first six months of his or her employment. Thereafter, every
employee shall take the course in the first six months of every
legislative session.

Every employee shall, within the first six months of every
legislative session, take a course on sexual harassment prevention.
The content of the course shall be determined by the Committee
on Rules and shall include the Assembly’s policy on sexual
harassment prevention and response.

An employee may not engage in any outside business activity
or outside employment that is inconsistent, incompatible, or in
conflict with his or her functions or responsibilities as an employee
of the Assembly. Any employee who engages in any outside
business activity or employment that is in any way related to his
or her functions or responsibilities as an employee shall promptly
notify the Committee on Rules of that business activity or
employment.

Assembly Proceedings

25. Accredited press representatives may not be excluded from
any public legislative meeting or hearing and may not be prohibited
from taking photographs of, televising, or recording the committee
or house hearings, subject to the following conditions:

(1) This rule shall extend to all public legislative meetings.

(2) Lights shall be used only when cameras are filming, and,
when possible, proceedings in hearing rooms and the Chamber
shall be filmed without lights.

(3) Every effort should be made to set up filming equipment
before hearings or sessions begin.

(4) The committee chairperson or the Speaker shall be notified,
as far in advance of the proceedings as possible, that recordings
and television cameras will be present and filming.

(5) To the extent practical, flash cameras shall not be used.

(6) Photographs shall be taken in an orderly and expeditious
manner so as to cause the least possible inconvenience to the
committee or to the Members in the Chamber.

IV. ASSEMBLY FUNCTIONS
A. Duties of Assembly Officers
Duties of the Speaker

26. (a) The Speaker possesses the powers and shall perform
the duties prescribed as follows:

(1) To preserve order and decorum; he or she may speak to
points of order in preference to the other Members, rising from
his or her chair for that purpose.

(2) To decide all questions of order subject to appeal to the
Assembly by any Member. On every appeal, the Speaker shall
have the right to assign the reason for his or her decision.

(3) To name any Member to perform the duties of the Speaker,
except that any substitution may not extend beyond adjournment.

(4) To have general direction over the Assembly chamber and
rooms set aside for the use of the Assembly, including the rooms
for use by Members as private offices.

(5) To allocate funds, staffing, and other resources for the
effective operation of the Assembly.

(6) To appoint the membership of all standing and special
committees, including the Committee on Rules, and their respective
chairpersons and vice chairpersons. The Speaker has approval
power over the appointment of subcommittees of standing and
special committees, except as otherwise provided in Rule 14.5.
The Committee on Rules consists of the Chairperson, Vice
Chairperson, and other Members who shall be appointed by the
Speaker in accordance with the process for appointing the
membership of standing committees pursuant to this rule. Two
alternate members of the Committee on Rules shall be appointed
in accordance with the process for appointing members to the
Committee on Rules. Members and alternates so appointed shall
remain in office until their successors are selected as provided for
in these rules. The Speaker may designate any member in lieu of
or in addition to the alternate member to fill a temporary vacancy.
An alternate member may serve when a committee member is
absent.

(7) To establish a schedule of meetings of standing committees
or subcommittees and to approve special meetings at a time
different from the scheduled time.

(8) To have general control and direction over the Journals,
papers, and bills of the Assembly and to establish a procedure in
accordance with Rule 118 for admitting employees of the
Legislature to the Assembly Chambers, including the Lobby in
the rear of the chambers and any hallway or area of the floor that
is adjacent to the desks occupied by the assistants to the Chief
Clerk.

(9) To act as Chairperson of the Committee of the Whole.

(10) To order the Lobby and Gallery cleared whenever he or
she deems it necessary.

(11) To authenticate by his or her signature, when necessary or
required by law, all bills, memorials, resolutions, orders,
proceedings, writs, warrants, and subpoenas issued by order of the
Assembly.

(b) The Speaker is an ex officio member of all Assembly and
joint committees with all of the rights and privileges of that
membership, except the right to vote. In counting a quorum of any
of those committees, the Speaker shall not be counted as a member.

(c) The Speaker shall, at each regular session, appoint a Member
of the Assembly to serve on the Judicial Council pursuant to
Section 6 of Article VI of the California Constitution.

Funerals and Other Ceremonies and Events

27. The Speaker may designate any one or more of the Members
of the Assembly as the representatives of the Assembly to attend
funerals and other ceremonies and events in appropriate
circumstances. The Members so designated shall receive their
expenses as provided in Joint Rule 35.

Selection of Officers

28. (a) The Speaker shall appoint all nonelected officers of the
Assembly except the Minority Floor Leader.

(b) The Minority Floor Leader shall be selected by the caucus
of the political party having the second greatest number of
Members in the Assembly.

Duties of the Speaker pro Tempore

29. The Speaker pro Tempore shall perform those duties
assigned by the Speaker, including the responsibility of presiding
over sessions of the Assembly and advising the Members on
parliamentary procedures of the house.

Duties of the Assistant Speaker pro Tempore

29.5. The Assistant Speaker pro Tempore shall perform those
duties assigned by the Speaker or Speaker pro Tempore, including
the responsibility of presiding over sessions of the Assembly and
advising the Members on parliamentary procedures of the house.

Majority Floor Leader

30. It is the duty of the Majority Floor Leader to make those
appropriate motions, points of order, or other arrangements that
may be necessary to expedite the proceedings of the Assembly,
and he or she is responsible for the presentation of all matters that
relate to the order of business, and to the promotion of harmony
among the membership.

Caucus Chairpersons

31. The chairperson of the caucus of the political party having
the greatest number of Members in the Assembly, and the
chairperson of the caucus of the political party having the second
greatest number of Members in the Assembly, shall perform those
duties that are prescribed by their respective party caucuses.

Chief Clerk

32. The Chief Clerk of the Assembly has the following duties,
powers, and responsibilities:

(a) To keep the bills, papers, and records of the proceedings and
actions of the Assembly and to have charge of the publication and
distribution of those publications related thereto.

(b) To supervise Assembly employees who are engaged in duties
related to subdivision (a).

(c) To act as Parliamentarian of the Assembly and to advise the
officers of the Assembly and the Committee on Rules on
parliamentary procedure and the Rules of the Assembly when
called upon to do so.

(d) To prepare all bills, resolutions, histories, journals, and
related publications for printing.

(e) To refuse to permit any bills, papers, or records to be
removed from his or her office or out of his or her custody, except
upon duly signed receipts from persons authorized.

(f) To send to each Member, upon the request of the Speaker
or the Committee on Rules, before the commencement of each
regular session of the Legislature, a blank form on which the
Member may indicate his or her committee preferences. After the
receipt of the forms, all those communications shall be held by the
Chief Clerk of the Assembly and the information contained in the
forms shall be forwarded to the Speaker.

(g) To perform other duties that are prescribed by law or the
Committee on Rules.

(h) To make technical changes in measures and amendments
pending before the Assembly. The Chief Clerk shall notify the
Speaker and the author of the measure of any such change.

(i) To compare all bills, ordered or considered engrossed by the
Assembly, with the engrossed copies thereof; before they pass out
of the possession of the Assembly, to see that each engrossed bill
is a true copy of the original, with those amendments that may
have been made thereto; and to see that all engrossed bills are
reported back in the order in which they were ordered engrossed.

(j) To assist the Committee on Rules, upon its request, in
recommending the reference of bills to the appropriate standing
committee.

The Assistant Chief Clerk shall have the powers and perform
the duties of the Chief Clerk during his or her absence.

Sergeant at Arms

33. The Sergeant at Arms has the following duties, powers,
and responsibilities:

(a) To attend the Assembly during its session, preserve order,
announce all official messengers, and serve all process issued by
authority of the Assembly and directed by the Speaker; the Sergeant
at Arms shall receive actual expenses for himself or herself, or for
an assistant, incurred in executing any process.

(b) To see that no person is admitted to the Assembly Chamber
except in accordance with these rules.

(c) To have general supervision over the Assistant Sergeants at
Arms and be responsible for their official acts and their
performance of and regular attendance upon their duties.

(d) To execute all commands of the Speaker.

(e) To perform all other duties pertaining to his or her office as
prescribed by law or Assembly rule.

The Chief Assistant Sergeant at Arms shall have the powers and
perform the duties of the Sergeant at Arms during his or her
absence.

Filling Interim Vacancies--Assembly Elected Officers

34. In the event a vacancy in any office, except Speaker, elected
by the membership of the Assembly occurs during joint recesses,
the Committee on Rules shall fill the office until the session
reconvenes. If a vacancy occurs in the office of the Speaker during
a joint recess, the Committee on Rules shall notify the membership
within 15 days from the time the vacancy occurs and shall call a
caucus of the membership of the Assembly for the purpose of
filling the vacancy. This caucus shall be held at the State Capitol
within 30 days from the time the vacancy occurs. Notice of the
caucus shall be in writing and shall be mailed not less than 10 days
prior to the meeting of the caucus. If the Committee on Rules fails
to act within 15 days from the time the vacancy in the office of
Speaker occurs, the Chief Clerk of the Assembly shall act in its
place, following the procedure set forth in this rule. Any person
selected to fill any vacancy pursuant to this rule holds the office
until the session reconvenes.

An affirmative recorded vote of a majority of the duly elected
and qualified Members is required for the selection by the
Assembly caucus of a person to fill a vacancy pursuant to this rule.
The procedure for selecting the Speaker at the caucus is the same
as the procedure required for the election of the Speaker at a
session.

B. Printing
Authority for Printing

35. The State Printer may not charge any printing or other work
to the Assembly other than as provided by law or Assembly rule,
except upon a written order signed by the Chief Clerk of the
Assembly or the Chief Administrative Officer of the Assembly.
All invoices for printing furnished to the Assembly shall be
itemized and rendered by the State Printer within 30 days after
completion of the printing. When necessary, the Chief Clerk of
the Assembly or the Chief Administrative Officer of the Assembly
may order certain printed matter completed in advance of its regular
order by the issuance of a rush order.

Ordering of Printing

36. The Chief Clerk is authorized to order, and is responsible
for ordering, the printing of bills, resolutions, journals, daily files,
histories, and related documents.

The Chief Clerk of the Assembly, or the Chief Administrative
Officer of the Assembly, shall order other printing as directed or
authorized by the Committee on Rules, and the written order for
that printing shall be countersigned by the Speaker or a person
designated by the Speaker. The Chief Clerk of the Assembly or
the Chief Administrative Officer of the Assembly shall also order
other printing as directed or authorized by resolution or motion of
the Assembly.

Printing Assembly History and Legislative Handbook

37. During the session, the Chief Clerk shall cause to be printed
and placed upon each Member’s desk, prior to convening on
Monday of each week, a complete history showing all actions
taken upon each measure up to and including the legislative day
preceding its issuance. For each legislative day intervening between
the issuance of each Weekly History, there shall be printed a Daily
Supplemental History showing only actions taken upon any
measure since the issuance of the preceding Weekly History.

The Chief Clerk of the Assembly shall, as soon as practicable,
in each even-numbered year, commence to compile a legislative
manual or handbook, pursuant to Section 9740 of the Government
Code.

Transmittal of Assembly Joint Resolutions

37.5. Whenever the Chief Clerk is directed to transmit copies
of an Assembly Joint Resolution to Members of the Legislature
or Members of Congress, the Chief Clerk may do one or both of
the following:

(a) Transmit the copies to the designated Members by electronic
means.

(b) Transmit one physical copy to the appropriate administrative
or legislative officer of the designated body.

V. LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE
Order of Business

40. (a) The order of business of the Assembly shall be as
follows:

1. Rollcall

2. Prayer by the Chaplain

3. Reading of the Previous Day’s Journal

4. Presentation of Petitions

5. Introduction and Reference of Bills

6. Reports of Committees

7. Messages From the Governor

8. Messages From the Senate

9. Motions and Resolutions

10. Business on the Daily File

11. Announcements

12. Adjournment

(b) With the exception of Special Orders of Business, the
Speaker may determine that a different order of business will result
in a more expeditious processing of the business of the Assembly
by ordering resolutions honoring an individual or an organization,
introductions, and adjournments in memory of individuals to be
taken up in a different order than that listed in subdivision (a).

Pledging of Allegiance to the Flag

41. At each session, following the prayer by the Chaplain, the
Members of the Assembly and its officers and employees present
in the Assembly Chamber shall pledge their allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America. The Speaker shall invite guests
present in the Assembly Chamber to join in the pledge of allegiance
to the Flag of the United States of America.

Reading and Correcting Journals

42. (a) The reading of the Journal of the previous day may be
dispensed with, on motion, by a majority vote of the Members
present and voting.

(b) All journals of the Assembly shall be corrected by the Minute
Clerk and delivered to the Chief Clerk.

(c) A motion to correct any day’s Journal or to print a letter in
the Journal shall always be in order and shall require a majority
vote of the Members present and voting.

Presentation of Petitions

43. Whenever petitions, memorials, or other papers are
presented by a Member, a brief statement of the contents thereof
may be made verbally by the introducer. Petitions are not debatable
and shall be filed, or referred to a committee as the Speaker shall
determine. Receipt of that presentation and its disposition shall be
noted in the Journal.

Upon receipt of a petition for the impeachment of any person
subject to impeachment by the Legislature, the Speaker shall,
without comment or debate, forthwith refer the petition to
committee.

Messages From the Governor

44. Messages from the Governor shall be delivered to the Chief
Clerk or an assistant, and shall be read and ordered printed in the
Journal unless otherwise ordered by an affirmative recorded vote
of 54 or more Members.

Messages From the Senate

45. Messages from the Senate shall be delivered to the Chief
Clerk or an assistant, and shall be read and ordered printed in the
Journal. The Committee on Rules shall refer each bill to a
committee, unless upon a motion the Assembly, by an affirmative
recorded vote of 41 or more Members, refers it to some other
committee. The action to refer a bill is not debatable. The reference
shall be entered in the Journal. Assembly bills that have been
passed without amendment by the Senate shall be ordered to
enrollment.

An Assembly bill amended by the Senate shall be placed upon
the unfinished business file but shall not be eligible to be acted
upon until it is on the unfinished business file for one calendar
day, except that when the Assembly bill is placed upon the
unfinished business file during the last two legislative days
preceding (1) the January 31 bill passage deadline specified by
Section 10 of Article IV of the California Constitution, (2) the
scheduled commencement of the interim study recess, or (3) the
scheduled commencement of the final recess as specified by the
Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly, it may be acted upon
immediately.

Presentation of Guests or Memorials in the Assembly

45.5. These rules do not prohibit the Speaker or Speaker pro
Tempore from permitting the introduction of a special guest or
guests. A request that a session of the Assembly adjourn in memory
of a person shall be made in writing. The request shall be read by
the presiding officer immediately prior to adjournment.

A. Bills and Resolutions
Bills Defined

46. (a) The word “bill,” as used in these rules, includes a
constitutional amendment, a concurrent resolution, and a joint
resolution, except as otherwise specifically provided.

(b) A concurrent resolution and a joint resolution, other than a
resolution ratifying proposed amendments to the United States
Constitution and a resolution calling for a constitutional
convention, shall be treated in all respects as a bill except as
follows:

(1) It shall be given only one formal reading.

(2) It shall not be deemed a bill within the meaning of
subdivision (a) of Section 8 of Article IV of the California
Constitution.

Introduction and Reference of Bills

47. (a) Each bill shall be signed by each Member who is an
author or coauthor of the bill before it is introduced. If any bill is
introduced that does not contain the signature of its author or
coauthor, the bill, on motion of the Member whose name appears
thereon without that signature, shall be stricken from the file by
an affirmative recorded vote of 41 or more Members.

(b) After the introduction of preprinted bills, and subject to the
provisions of the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly, any
Member desiring to introduce a bill, constitutional amendment, or
concurrent or joint resolution may at any time during a session
send the same to the Chief Clerk’s desk.

(c) When received at the Chief Clerk’s desk each bill shall,
under the proper order of business, be numbered, read the first
time, printed, and referred to a standing committee, and a copy
thereof shall be placed upon the desk of each Member before final
passage.

All bills and constitutional amendments introduced before the
standing committees of the Assembly are appointed shall be
referred to committee, the references to take effect when the
committees are appointed.

(d) The Committee on Budget may introduce a bill germane to
any subject within the jurisdiction of the committee in the same
manner as any Member. Any other standing committee may
introduce a total of five bills in each year of a biennial session that
are germane to any subject within the proper consideration of the
committee.

(e) No committee, except the Committee on Budget, may
introduce or author a House Resolution, Concurrent Resolution,
or Joint Resolution.

(f) A committee bill may not be introduced unless it contains
the signatures of a majority of all of the members, including the
chairperson, of the committee. If all of the members of a committee
sign the bill, at the option of the committee chairperson the
committee members’ names need not appear as authors in the
heading of the printed bill.

(g) Subdivision (d) or (e) of this rule may be suspended with
respect to a particular bill or resolution by approval of the
Committee on Rules.

Bills Authored by a Former Member

47.1. Whenever the author of a bill in the Assembly is no longer
a Member of the Legislature, upon a request of a committee or
current Member of the house in which the bill was introduced, the
Assembly Committee on Rules may authorize that committee or
Member to be the author of that bill. Absent that authorization, an
action may not be taken by a committee or the Assembly with
respect to a bill authored by a former Member.

Limitation on the Introduction of Bills

49. (a) A Member may introduce not more than 40 bills in the
regular session. As used in this rule, “bills” includes constitutional
amendments.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of this rule, a Member may
introduce not more than five resolutions in the regular session. As
used in this rule, “resolutions” include House, Concurrent, and
Joint Resolutions, but do not include resolutions introduced by a
Member for the specific purpose of organizing a session that is
convened pursuant to Article IV, Section 3(a) of the State
Constitution or resolutions introduced by the Speaker as part of a
session honoring a retiring Assembly Member.

(c) This rule may be suspended with respect to a particular bill
or resolution by approval of the Committee on Rules.

Reference of Bills to Committee

51. Except as otherwise provided in this rule, the Committee
on Rules shall refer each bill to a committee by a majority vote of
the membership of the committee, unless upon a motion the
Assembly, by an affirmative recorded vote of 41 or more Members,
refers it to some other committee. A motion to refer a bill is not
debatable, except as to the propriety of the motion, and it may not
open the main question to debate.

The Committee on Rules may require that, if a bill is reported
out of the committee to which it has been referred, it shall be
re-referred to another committee that shares jurisdiction of the
subject matter of the bill.

Spot Bills

51.5. A bill that upon introduction makes no substantive change
in or addition to existing law, and would not otherwise affect the
ongoing operations of state or local government, except a bill
stating legislative intent to make necessary statutory changes to
implement the Budget Bill, may not be referred to a committee by
the Committee on Rules. If the author subsequently proposes to
the Committee on Rules to make substantive changes in the bill
as introduced, the Committee on Rules may refer the bill to a
committee, together with the proposed changes for consideration
as author’s amendments. A vote on passage of the bill may not be
taken, however, until the bill with its amendments, if adopted, has
been in print for at least 15 days.

Delivery of Bills to State Printer

52. After introduction and first reading, all bills shall be
delivered to the State Printer.

Resolutions

53. All resolutions shall be numbered and may be referred to
the appropriate committee by the Committee on Rules.

Each resolution shall be signed by each Member who is an author
or coauthor of the resolution before it is introduced.

Resolutions by Member

54. A concurrent resolution or a house resolution may be
introduced relating to a present or former state or federal elected
official or a member of his or her immediate family. Other
resolutions for the purpose of commendation or congratulation of
any person, group, or organization, or for the purpose of expressing
sympathy, regret, or sorrow on the death of any person, shall be
prepared as a Rules Committee Resolution and presented to the
committee for appropriate action.

The Committee on Rules may approve exceptions to this rule
for house resolutions. The Chief Clerk may not accept for
introduction any house resolution that is contrary to this rule unless
it is accompanied by the approval of the Committee on Rules.

B. Standing Committee Functions
Standing Committee Rules

55. Subject to the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly, the
Rules of the Assembly shall govern the conduct of all committee
and subcommittee meetings.

Meetings of Standing Committees and Subcommittees

56. All standing committees and subcommittees shall meet at
the hour and place provided by the schedule established by the
Speaker, unless permission for a different hearing time is granted
by the Speaker. A committee or subcommittee may not meet during
any session of the Assembly, nor may any Member of the
Assembly attend a conference committee meeting on any bill
during any session of the Assembly without first obtaining
permission from the Assembly.

When an unscheduled meeting of a standing committee or
subcommittee has been so ordered, the meeting shall convene in
an area that is readily accessible to the public and the Assembly
shall take care that every effort is made to inform the public that
a meeting has been called. An unscheduled meeting of a committee
or subcommittee may not be held in the Assembly Chamber.

No bill may be set for hearing, nor may any notice thereof be
published by any Assembly committee or subcommittee, until the
bill has been referred to the committee or subcommittee. Nothing
in this paragraph shall prevent a committee or subcommittee from
acting with regard to a bill referred to it where the only action
taken is to cause the bill to be reported to the Assembly with the
recommendation that amendments be adopted and the bill be
reprinted as amended and re-referred to the committee or
subcommittee.

The several standing committees and subcommittees and their
chairpersons may adopt a procedure under which bills are
scheduled for hearing on the basis of like subject matter groupings.

Setting and Hearing Bills in Committee

56.1. All bills referred to a standing committee pursuant to Rule
51 shall be set and heard, if requested by the author, as specified
by the Joint Rules. If the analysis of an author’s amendment that
is subsequently adopted pursuant to Rule 68 discloses that the
amendment makes a substantial substantive change to the original
bill as referred by the Rules Committee, the bill as amended shall
either be set and heard by the committee having jurisdiction of the
bill as amended or re-referred to the Committee on Rules pursuant
to the Assembly Rules.

Committee Analyses

56.5. Except as otherwise provided in this rule, each standing
committee and subcommittee shall prepare an analysis of every
bill it has set for hearing, which shall be available to the public in
the office of the committee or subcommittee one working day prior
to the date on which the hearing is to be held. In the case of a
special meeting, or a meeting of the Committee on Appropriations
or the Committee on Budget, or their subcommittees, the analysis
shall be available to the public at the beginning of the hearing. No
question concerning a committee’s compliance with this rule with
regard to any bill shall be in order following a vote on passage of
the bill in that committee. As used in this rule, a “working day” is
any day on which a house file is published.

A copy of each committee analysis shall be transmitted by the
committee secretary to the Assembly Floor Analysis Unit at the
same time it is made available to the public.

Committee Consultants: Floor Analyses

56.6. Except as otherwise provided in this rule, the consultants
of a standing committee or subcommittee are responsible for
monitoring bills assigned to their respective committee or
subcommittee throughout the entire legislative process. Except for
resolutions and bills on the Consent Calendar, a consultant of the
appropriate standing committee shall prepare, in a timely fashion,
an analysis of every bill on third reading or the unfinished business
file, and of any amendment to a bill that is on the Assembly floor,
as directed by the Assembly Floor Analysis Unit.

The committee consultant who prepares the analysis shall
transmit a copy of the completed analysis to the Assembly Floor
Analysis Unit. The Assembly Floor Analysis Unit is responsible
for final editing for grammar and format of all floor analyses.

Consent Calendar

56.7. If the chairperson of a committee or subcommittee, in
advance of a hearing, proposes to recommend any bills for
consideration on the Consent Calendar without hearing testimony
on those bills in committee, a list of those bills shall be made
available to the public at the same time as the committee analysis
required under Rule 56.5.

Committee Quorum

57. Except as otherwise provided in this rule, a majority of the
membership of any standing committee constitutes a quorum for
the transaction of its business, including the decision to recommend
the adoption of any amendments to any bill. A majority of the
membership of the committee, or a subcommittee thereof, is
required to report a bill out of the committee or subcommittee,
respectively. Any vacancy on a standing committee shall not reduce
the votes required to take action on a bill in that committee.

Whenever a member is disqualified pursuant to Joint Rule 44
or the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9 (commencing with
Section 81000) of the Government Code) from voting or taking
any other action related to the passage, defeat, or amendment of
a bill in committee, that disqualification shall be treated the same
as a vacancy. The member shall advise the chairperson of a
disqualification, and the chairperson shall announce which
members are so disqualified at the commencement of the hearing
on the bill.

Reconsideration

57.1. After a committee has voted on a bill, reconsideration
may be granted only one time. Pursuant to subdivision (a) of Joint
Rule 62, reconsideration may be granted within 15 legislative days
or prior to the interim study joint recess, whichever occurs first.
A vote on reconsideration may not be taken without the same
notice required to set a bill for hearing unless that vote is taken at
the same meeting at which the vote to be reconsidered was taken
and the author is present. An action taken by a committee may not
be reconsidered except by a majority vote of the membership of
the committee.

Bills Reported Back to Assembly

58. All committees shall act upon bills referred to them as soon
as practicable, and when acted upon each bill shall be reported
back to the Assembly forthwith; the chairperson of each committee
is charged with the observance of this rule. The chairperson of
each committee shall, insofar as practicable, report back bills in
the same order as they were acted upon by the committee.

Appropriations Suspense File

58.2. The Committee on Appropriations may maintain a
suspense file, to which bills may be referred by vote of a majority
of the members of the committee present and voting, pending
further consideration by the committee. A bill may be taken off
the suspense file and heard, upon two days’ notice published in
the file, by a vote of a majority of the members of the committee
present and voting. A bill removed from the suspense file for the
purpose of amendment only, pursuant to Rule 68, shall be
re-referred to the committee and shall be placed on the suspense
file pending further consideration by the committee.

Voting in Committee

58.5. When a standing committee or subcommittee takes action
on a bill, including reconsideration, the vote may be by rollcall
vote only. All rollcall votes taken in a standing committee or
subcommittee shall be recorded by the committee secretary on
forms provided by the Chief Clerk of the Assembly. The record
of a rollcall vote shall show, for each proposal voted upon: all
votes for and against, all members absent, and all members not
voting. The chairperson of each standing committee or
subcommittee shall promptly transmit a copy of the record of the
rollcall votes to the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, who shall cause
the votes to be published in an appendix to the Journal on a
monthly basis.

The committee secretary of each standing committee or
subcommittee shall promptly transmit a copy of the record of the
rollcall votes to the Assembly Floor Analysis Unit.

A member may submit a written explanation of his or her vote,
absence, or failure to vote on any bill or resolution, and that
explanation shall be printed in the appendix to the Journal in the
appropriate place, provided that no explanation may exceed 50
words in length.

At the request of the author or any member of the committee,
the committee shall hold the roll open on any bill until the
adjournment of the committee meeting. At no time may a bill be
passed out by a committee without a quorum being present.

This rule does not apply to any of the following:

(a) Adoption of author’s amendments to a bill.

(b) Withdrawal of a bill from a committee calendar at the request
of an author.

(c) Return of bills to the house where the bills have not been
voted on by the committee.

(d) Votes of subcommittees of the Committee on Budget when
considering the Budget Bill.

(e) Votes of the Committee on Rules when referring bills to
committees.

Subject Matter of Bill Recommended for Interim Study

59. Whenever it is the decision of a standing committee that a
bill referred to that committee shall not be given a do-pass
recommendation, but that the subject matter of the bill should be
referred for study, that standing committee shall retain the bill in
its possession and report its recommendation to the Assembly that
the subject matter of the bill be referred to the Committee on Rules
for that committee’s assignment of the subject matter to an
appropriate committee.

Nothing in this rule shall be construed to prohibit a committee
from subsequently reporting the bill to the Assembly with a do-pass
or do-pass as amended recommendation or from reporting it out
of committee without further action on the final day of the session.

Committee Chairperson as Author

60. A chairperson of a standing committee may not preside at
a committee hearing to consider a bill of which he or she is the
sole author or the lead author, except that the Chairperson of the
Committee on Budget may preside at the hearing of the Budget
Bill by the Committee on Budget.

Reports of Committees

61. Specially prepared reports of standing and special
committees shall be delivered to the Chief Clerk or an assistant,
and shall be read and ordered printed in the Journal unless
otherwise ordered by the Speaker or a majority vote of the
Members present and voting.

When a report of a joint legislative committee is delivered to
the Assembly Desk, the Speaker shall refer it to a standing
committee for review and appropriate action.

Constitutional Amendments

62.5. All constitutional amendments shall be referred to the
policy standing committee having jurisdiction of that subject matter
and, upon being reported out of that committee, shall be re-referred
to the committee having constitutional amendments within its
jurisdiction.

C. Passage of Bills
Daily File

63. There shall be printed an Assembly Daily File for each
legislative day. The following listing shall constitute the order of
business on the Daily File:

1. Special Orders of the Day

2. Second Reading, Assembly Bills

3. Second Reading, Senate Bills

4. Unfinished Business

5. Third Reading, Assembly Bills

6. Third Reading, Senate Bills

All bills on the Daily File shall be called for consideration,
provided that Rule 58 has been complied with in the order of their
listing. All scheduled committee hearings, together with the list
of bills to be heard, shall be published in the Daily File.

Copies of Bills for Action on Floor

64. A bill may not be considered or acted upon on the floor of
the Assembly unless and until a copy of the bill as introduced, and
a copy of each amended form of the bill, has been distributed to
the desk of each Member in hard copy or in portable document
format (PDF) via computer.

Second Reading of Bills

66. All bills shall be read by title the second time in the order
of their appearance upon the second reading file. Upon second
reading, Assembly bills reported without amendments shall be
ordered engrossed, and Senate bills reported without amendments
shall be ordered to third reading. All bills reported out of committee
shall be placed on the second reading file for the next legislative
day, and may not be read a second time until the next legislative
day under that order of business. As used in this rule, “bill” does
not include a joint or concurrent resolution, but does include a
constitutional amendment.

Bills Requiring General Fund Appropriation

66.6. Until the Budget Bill has been enacted, the Assembly
may not send to the Governor for consideration any bill
appropriating funds for expenditure during the fiscal year for which
the Budget Bill is to be enacted, except emergency bills
recommended by the Governor or appropriations for the salaries
and expenses of the Legislature.

Passage of Budget Bill

66.7. The Budget Bill may not be voted upon for final passage
on the floor of the Assembly unless it complies with subdivision
(g) of Section 12 of Article IV and Sections 1.3 and 20 of Article
XVI of the California Constitution.

Committee Amendments

67. Committee amendments reported with bills shall be
considered upon their second reading, and the amendments may
be adopted by majority vote of the Members present and voting.
Assembly and Senate bills amended on second reading by
committee amendment shall be ordered reprinted and returned to
the second reading file. Assembly bills so amended shall be
engrossed after printing.

Committee amendments reported with bills shall be prepared,
or approved as to form, by the Legislative Counsel. Five copies
of the committee amendments to Assembly bills and five copies
of the committee amendments to Senate bills shall be delivered to
the Chief Clerk’s desk.

The Chief Clerk shall cause to be transmitted to the Assembly
Floor Analysis Unit a copy of each committee report and committee
amendment, unless the committee report or committee amendment
is relative to a joint, concurrent, or house resolution.

Adoption of amendments to any bill in the Assembly prior to
third reading, other than by a rollcall, shall not preclude subsequent
consideration in committee, or on the third reading by the
Assembly, of the bill, those amendments, or any part thereof.

Author’s Amendments

68. Upon request of the author of a bill, the chairperson of the
committee to which the bill has been referred may, by his or her
individual action taken independently of any committee meeting,
cause the bill to be reported to the Assembly with the
recommendation that amendments submitted by the author be
adopted and the bill be reprinted as amended and re-referred to
the committee.

Notwithstanding any other rule, a bill to be amended pursuant
to this rule may not be placed on the second reading file for the
adoption of those amendments.

Vote on Passage of Bill as Amended

68.5. Except as otherwise provided in this rule, a vote on
passage of any bill in a standing committee or subcommittee shall
be taken only when the bill is in print, including any previously
adopted amendments to the bill. A vote on passage of an amended
bill, when the amended form of the bill is not in print, may be
taken only if the sole effect of the amendment is to add coauthors
to the bill or if the committee determines that the effect of the
amendment upon the bill can be readily understood by all of the
members and audience present at the hearing. In that circumstance,
any member may require that the amendments be in writing at the
time of their adoption.

Bill Analysis Prior to Third Reading

68.6. A bill, concurrent resolution, or joint resolution may not
be considered on third reading unless and until an analysis of the
measure has been distributed by the Assembly Floor Analysis Unit
and placed upon the desks of the Members, unless otherwise
ordered by the Speaker.

Analysis of Conference Committee Amendments

68.7. A report of a conference committee on any bill, other
than the Budget Bill, that recommends the substantive amendment
of a bill may not be considered unless and until an analysis of the
proposed amendment has been distributed by the Assembly Floor
Analysis Unit and placed upon the desks of the Members, unless
otherwise ordered by the Speaker.

Printing of Conference Committee Reports

68.8. A conference report may not be heard by the Assembly
until it has been in print for two days prior to being taken up by
the house.

Conference Committee: Substantial Policy Change

68.9. (a) A conference committee on any bill, other than the
Budget Bill or a bill that is making statutory changes to implement
the Budget Bill, may not approve any substantial policy change
in any bill if that substantial policy change has been defeated in a
policy committee of the Assembly within the current legislative
session. For purposes of this rule, the most recent action of a policy
committee with regard to a substantial policy change is deemed
the only action taken when the policy committee has taken
inconsistent actions with respect to a substantial policy change.

(b) For purposes of subdivision (d) of Joint Rule 29.5, the term
“heard” means that a printed bill with substantially similar language
was before the appropriate committee and taken up at a regular or
special hearing of the committee during the current legislative
session; or that an amendment, which was drafted and given a
request number or approved as to form by the Legislative Counsel,
was before the committee and taken up at a regular or special
hearing of the committee.

Amendments From the Floor

69. (a) Any Member may move to amend a bill during its
second or third reading, and that motion to amend may be adopted
by a majority vote of the Members present and voting.

Amendments to a bill offered from the floor, except committee
amendments reported with bills, amendments offered with a motion
to amend and re-refer a bill to committee, amendments deleting
any number of words, or amendments previously printed in the
Journal, are not in order unless and until a copy of the proposed
amendments has been placed upon the desks of the Members. A
copy of a bill that has been amended only to add coauthors to the
bill is not required to be placed upon the desks of the Members if
both the Speaker and Minority Leader grant an exemption.

Amendments offered from the floor during a bill’s second or
third reading shall be prepared, or approved as to form, by the
Legislative Counsel.

Before debate five copies of the proposed amendment to
Assembly bills, and five copies of the proposed amendments to
Senate bills, shall be delivered to the Chief Clerk’s desk. One copy
of the proposed amendment shall be transmitted by the Chief Clerk
to the Assembly Floor Analysis Unit. Bills so amended upon
second or third reading shall be reprinted and re-engrossed. The
Chief Clerk shall order printed as many copies of all amended bills
as he or she may determine to be necessary.

(b) (1) Amendments from the floor during a bill’s second or
third reading that would make a substantive change in the bill shall
be submitted to the Chief Clerk’s desk by 5:00 p.m. or the time of
adjournment, whichever is later, the business day before the start
of session on the legislative day at which they are to be considered.

(2) Upon receipt of the proposed amendments by the Chief
Clerk, an analysis shall be prepared by the committee of origin in
conjunction with the Assembly Floor Analysis Unit, and a copy
of that analysis shall be distributed to each Member’s desk prior
to the beginning of debate on adoption of the proposed
amendments, unless otherwise ordered by the Speaker.

(3) As used in this subdivision, “bill” does not include a joint
or concurrent resolution, but does include a constitutional
amendment.

(c) Paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) does not apply to (1)
amendments to a bill taken up without reference to file, (2)
amendments to a bill to add or delete an urgency clause, (3)
amendments to a bill that are identical to other amendments
submitted to the Chief Clerk’s desk in accordance with the
requirements of this rule, (4) amendments to the Budget Bill or to
a bill that is making statutory changes necessary to implement the
Budget Bill, or (5) amendments to a bill to make the bill contingent
upon the enactment of another bill, or to incorporate one or more
statutory amendments proposed in another bill to avoid superseding
those amendments.

(d) Any bill amended on the second or third reading file shall
be ordered reprinted and returned to the third reading file, and may
not be acted on by the Assembly until the bill, as amended, has
been on the Daily File for one calendar day. This subdivision does
not apply to a bill that is amended to add or delete an urgency
clause or to a bill that is amended to make statutory changes to
implement the Budget Bill.

(e) A motion to amend a bill on the second or third reading file,
other than committee amendments reported pursuant to Rule 57,
is not in order on (1) the last two legislative days preceding the
January 31 bill passage deadline specified by Section 10 of Article
IV of the California Constitution or (2) the last seven days
preceding the scheduled commencement of the interim study recess
or the scheduled commencement of the final recess as specified
by the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly. This subdivision
may be suspended temporarily by two-thirds vote of the Members
present and voting. This subdivision does not apply to amendments
to a bill pursuant to Joint Rule 23.5, amendments to a bill to add
or delete an urgency clause, or amendments to a bill to incorporate
one or more statutory amendments proposed in another bill to
avoid superseding those amendments.

Consideration of Political Reform Act Bills

69.1. Pursuant to Section 81012 of the Government Code, any
bill that would amend the Political Reform Act of 1974 (Title 9
(commencing with Section 81000) of the Government Code) may
not be passed until, 12 days prior to being considered for passage,
the bill in its final form has been delivered by the Chief Clerk to
the Fair Political Practices Commission for distribution to the news
media and to every person who has requested the commission to
send a copy of any such bill to him or her.

Consideration of Bills Amending the California Stem Cell
Research and Cures Act

69.2. Pursuant to Section 8 of the California Stem Cell Research
and Cures Act (Proposition 71 of the November 2, 2004, statewide
general election), the following requirements apply to a bill that
would amend the provisions of that act:

(a) The bill may not be passed until, 14 days prior to the date
of passage, copies of the bill in its final form are made available
by the Chief Clerk to the public and the news media.

(b) Passage of the bill requires the affirmative votes of 56
Members.

Electronic Distribution of Bills, Conference Reports,
Amendments, and Analyses

69.5. Any requirement that bills, conference reports,
amendments, or an analysis be placed on the desks of the Members
is satisfied by electronic distribution of the same information in
portable document format (PDF) via computer to the desk of the
Members through the Assembly Floor System, unless otherwise
ordered by the Speaker.

Consideration of Bills Re-referred to Committee

70. Whenever a bill that has been amended and re-referred to
committee is reported out by that committee, it shall be placed on
the second reading file and may not be transferred therefrom to
the third reading file until the following day.

Uncontested Bills

71. A bill may not be placed on the Assembly Consent Calendar
unless it has met the requirements of Joint Rule 22.1 with respect
to each Assembly standing committee to which the bill has been
referred.

Consideration of Concurrent and Joint Resolutions

73. A concurrent or joint resolution may be amended by a
majority vote of the Members present and voting. The ayes and
noes may not be called upon the adoption of concurrent resolutions,
except those authorizing expenditures of money, unless regularly
demanded, or required by statute or the California Constitution.

Adoption of Resolutions

74. Any resolution upon which a rollcall vote is demanded
requires an affirmative recorded vote of 41 or more Members for
adoption.

The adoption of any resolution authorizing the expenditure of
money requires an affirmative recorded vote of 41 or more
Members.

Printing of Resolutions

75. When any previously printed house resolution is before the
Assembly for adoption, it may be printed in the Journal only if
amendments to it have been adopted, in which case it shall be
printed as amended. In the absence of those amendments, house
resolutions before the Assembly for adoption shall be referred to
by day and page of the Journal as printed upon introduction. For
the purposes of this rule, the adding of a coauthor shall not be
deemed an amendment.

Concurrence in Senate Amendments

77. Concurrence in any Senate Amendment to an Assembly
bill requires the same affirmative recorded vote as the vote required
by the California Constitution for the passage of the bill. A vote
on concurrence may not be taken until the bill has been on the
unfinished business file for one calendar day, except that when
the bill is placed upon the unfinished business file during the last
two legislative days preceding (1) the January 31 bill passage
deadline specified by Section 10 of Article IV of the California
Constitution, (2) the scheduled commencement of the interim study
recess, or (3) the scheduled commencement of the final recess as
specified by the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly, it may
be acted upon immediately. The vote on concurrence shall be
deemed the vote upon final passage of the bill.

Senate amendments to Assembly bills may not be concurred in
unless and until an analysis of the measure has been distributed
by the Assembly Floor Analysis Unit and a copy placed upon the
desks of the Members, unless otherwise ordered by the Speaker.
As used in this rule, “bill” does not include a joint or concurrent
resolution, but does include a constitutional amendment.

Digest of Bills Amended in Senate

77.1. Whenever the Senate amends and passes an Assembly
bill, the Legislative Counsel shall, within one day after the bill is
passed by the Senate, prepare and transmit to the Chief Clerk and
the Speaker a brief digest summarizing the effect of the Senate
amendment. Upon receipt from the Legislative Counsel, the Chief
Clerk shall cause the digest to be printed in the Daily File
immediately following any reference in the file to the bill covered
by the digest.

Substantially Amended Bills

77.2. If the analysis of an amendment adopted on the floor
discloses that the amendment makes a substantial substantive
change to a bill as passed by the last committee of reference, the
bill, as amended, may be referred by the Speaker to the appropriate
committee.

A bill that was previously reported from a policy or fiscal
committee of reference in compliance with Joint Rule 61 is not
subject to the deadlines in Joint Rule 61 if the bill is subsequently
referred to a policy or fiscal committee pursuant to this rule.

If the digest to an Assembly Bill that has been returned to the
Assembly by the Senate for concurrence in Senate amendments
discloses that the Senate has made a substantial substantive change
in the bill as first passed by the Assembly, the bill may be referred
by the Speaker to the appropriate committee.

Inactive File

78. Whenever a bill has been passed twice on the third reading
file on two successive legislative days, it shall be placed forthwith
upon a special file to be known as the inactive file. A bill also may
be placed on the inactive file at the request of the author. When a
bill has been placed on the inactive file, it may be returned to the
third reading file by request of the author. Notice of the request to
return the bill to the third reading file shall be published one day
in advance in the Assembly File. The bill, when returned to the
third reading file, shall then be placed at the foot of the third
reading file.

When a bill, placed on the inactive file from the second reading
file or the unfinished business file, is removed from the inactive
file, it shall be returned to the foot of the second reading file or
the unfinished business file, respectively, in the next published
Daily File.

Engrossing and Enrolling Bills

79. The Engrossing and Enrolling Clerk shall engross and enroll
all bills that come to his or her hands for that purpose, in
compliance with the provisions of Section 9503 of the Government
Code, and in the order of time in which the same shall be acted
upon by the Assembly.

After final passage by both houses, any Assembly bill not
amended by the Senate shall be ordered by the Speaker forthwith
to be enrolled, as provided in Sections 9508 and 9509 of the
Government Code. The Chief Clerk shall report both the day and
hour each enrolled bill is presented to the Governor, which report
shall be entered in the Journal.

VI. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE
A. Motions and Questions
Precedence of Motions During Debate

80. When a question is under debate or before the Assembly,
no motions shall be received but the following, which shall take
precedence in the order named:

First--To adjourn;

Second--To recess to a time certain;

Third--To lay on the table;

Fourth--For the previous question;

Fifth--To set as a special order;

Sixth--To postpone indefinitely;

Seventh--To refer to or to re-refer;

Eighth--To amend.

Questions of Order Decided Without Debate

81. All incidental questions of order, arising after a motion is
made for any of the questions named in Rule 80 and pending that
motion, shall be decided by the Speaker without debate, whether
on appeal or otherwise.

Appeal From Decision of the Speaker

82. Any Member may appeal from a decision of the Speaker
without waiting for recognition by the Speaker, even though
another Member has the floor. An appeal is not in order when
another is pending, or when other business has been transacted by
the Assembly prior to the appeal being taken. Upon the appeal
being seconded, the Speaker may give his or her reasons for the
decision, and the Member making the appeal may give his or her
reasons for the appeal, and the Speaker forthwith shall put one of
the following questions to the Assembly:

(1) “Shall the decision of the Speaker be sustained?”

(2) “Shall the decision of the Speaker be overruled?”

An appeal may not be amended and yields only to a motion to
recess or adjourn, or to lay on the table, or a question of personal
privilege. If an appeal is laid on the table, that action shall have
no effect on the pending question.

An appeal may not be debated when relating to indecorum, the
transgression of rules, or the priority of business. A majority vote
of the Members present and voting decides any appeal. In the event
of a tie vote, the appeal is lost.

Speaker Explains Order of Business

83. The Speaker may, on his or her own motion or the motion
of any Member, explain the order of business when the motion
pending before the Assembly is not debatable. That explanation
may not consume more than two minutes.

To Adjourn

84. A motion to adjourn is not debatable and may not be
amended, and is always in order, except: (a) when another Member
has the floor; (b) when the Assembly is voting; or (c) during a
call of the Assembly. The name of any Member moving an
adjournment, and the hour at which the motion was made and
adjournment taken, shall be entered in the Journal. A motion to
adjourn shall be adopted by a majority vote of the Members present
and voting.

When a motion to adjourn is made and seconded, it shall be in
order for the Speaker, before putting the question, to permit any
Member to state to the Assembly any fact relating to the condition
of the business of the Assembly which would seem to render it
improper or inadvisable to adjourn. That statement may not occupy
more than two minutes and is not debatable.

An affirmative recorded vote of a majority of the duly elected
and qualified Members is required to adjourn any session of the
Assembly sine die.

To Recess to a Time Certain

85. A motion to recess to a time certain is treated the same as
a motion to adjourn, except that the motion is debatable when no
business is before the Assembly, and can be amended as to the
time and duration of the recess. It yields only to a motion to
adjourn.

To Lay on the Table

86. A motion to lay on the table is not debatable and may not
be amended.

A motion to table a bill, constitutional amendment, or concurrent
or joint resolution is adopted by an affirmative recorded vote of
41 or more Members.

Any motion to lay on the table, if carried by 41 or more votes,
carries with it the main question and everything that adheres to it,
except that a motion to lay an amendment on the table, if adopted,
does not carry with it a bill, constitutional amendment, or
concurrent, joint, or house resolution.

A motion to lay an amendment on the table is adopted by a
majority vote of the Members present and voting.

A motion to lay on the table may not be applied with respect to
reconsideration.

The Previous Question

87. The previous question shall be put only when demanded
by five Members, and its effect, when sustained by a majority vote
of the Members present and voting, shall be to put an end to all
debate and bring the Assembly to a vote only on the question then
pending, except that the proponent of the matter pending shall be
allowed not more than five minutes to close the debate.

Motion to Set Special Order

88. A motion to set any matter before the Assembly as a special
order of business is adopted by an affirmative recorded vote of 54
or more members. The motion is debatable only as to the propriety
of setting the main question as a special order of business, and
may be amended only as to the time.

Motion to Postpone to a Time Certain

89. A motion to postpone to a time certain is deemed and treated
as a motion to set as a special order.

Motion to Postpone Indefinitely

90. The making of a motion to postpone indefinitely any bill,
motion, or amendment opens the main question to debate. If the
motion to postpone indefinitely prevails by an affirmative recorded
vote of 41 or more Members, the main question may not be acted
upon again during the session.

Motion to Amend

91. A motion to amend may itself be amended, but an
“amendment to an amendment” may not be amended. A motion
to substitute is deemed to be a motion to amend and is considered
the same as an amendment.

Only one substitute is in order when an amendment is pending.
A motion to amend or to substitute is debatable, except where the
main question to be amended is not debatable. Any motion to
amend may be adopted by a majority vote of the Members present
and voting.

A motion to amend that is decided in the negative is not again
in order on the same day, or at the same stage of proceeding. The
fact that a motion to amend by striking out certain words is decided
in the negative does not preclude a motion to amend by adding
words, or a motion to amend by striking out and inserting words,
except that in no case may a further amendment be substantially
the same as the one rejected.

Subject to the above provisions of this rule and Rule 69, a motion
to amend is in order during the second or third reading of any bill.

Amendment To Be Germane

92. An amendment to any bill, other than a bill stating
legislative intent to make necessary statutory changes to implement
the Budget Bill, whether reported by a committee or offered by a
Member, is not in order when the amendment relates to a different
subject than, is intended to accomplish a different purpose than,
or requires a title essentially different than, the original bill.

A motion or proposition on a subject different from that under
consideration may not be admitted as an amendment.

An amendment is not in order that changes the original number
of any bill.

A Member may not be added or deleted as an author or coauthor
of a bill or resolution without his or her consent.

Consideration of Motions

93. A motion, whether oral or written, may not be adopted until
it is seconded and distinctly stated to the Assembly by the Speaker.

Motions in Writing

94. Upon request of the Speaker, all motions shall be reduced
to writing and shall be read to the Assembly by the Speaker before
being acted upon.

Withdrawal of Motions

95. After a motion is stated by the Speaker, or a bill, resolution,
or petition is read by the Chief Clerk, it is in the possession of the
Assembly.

Motion to Withdraw or Re-refer Bills

96. (a) A motion to withdraw a bill or resolution from
committee, or to re-refer a bill or resolution from one committee
to another committee, may be made during the regular order of
business. A motion to re-refer may be debated only as to the
propriety of the reference, and shall require an affirmative recorded
vote of 41 or more Members.

(b) A bill or resolution may not be withdrawn from committee
and placed upon the file, unless a motion to withdraw has been
heard by, and has been approved by a majority vote of, the
Committee on Rules. This subdivision does not apply to a bill in
a fiscal committee that has been amended so as not to require its
reference to a fiscal committee, as indicated by the Legislative
Counsel’s Digest.

(c) A motion to continue a motion to withdraw a bill or
resolution from committee requires a majority of those members
present and voting. A motion to withdraw a motion to withdraw
is not in order.

Re-reference of Measures on File

97. A motion to re-refer a bill or resolution that is on the
Assembly Daily File to committee may be made during the regular
order of business. The motion is debatable only as to the propriety
of that reference and shall require an affirmative recorded vote of
41 or more Members.

Bills Stricken From File

98. A motion to strike from the file any bill or resolution
requires an affirmative recorded vote of 41 or more Members. That
bill or resolution may not be acted upon again during the session.

Motion to Rescind Action or Expunge Record

99. Previous to the approval of the Journal by the Assembly,
any action may be rescinded and its record ordered expunged by
the affirmative recorded vote sufficient to take that action
originally, except that an action may not be rescinded and the
record expunged by a vote less than an affirmative recorded vote
of 41 or more Members. A motion to rescind the action and
expunge the record may not be made twice on the same proposition.

A motion to rescind is not in order on any matter upon which a
vote to reconsider has previously been taken in the Assembly.

Whenever any action of the Assembly is rescinded and its record
ordered expunged, the record of the action expunged may not
appear in any form whatsoever, except that the record of the
proceedings on the motion to rescind and expunge shall appear in
the Journal as and when printed.

Reconsideration of Vote

100. (a) A motion to reconsider a vote on the next legislative
day shall be made on the same day the vote to be reconsidered was
taken. A motion to reconsider may not be adopted unless it receives
an affirmative recorded vote of 41 or more Members. A motion
to reconsider may be voted on without a second.

A motion to reconsider a vote shall be made by a Member voting
on the question, and takes precedence over all motions, except a
motion to adjourn. Upon that motion being made, the matter to be
reconsidered forthwith shall be placed upon the unfinished business
file, and further action may not be taken prior to the next legislative
day. When a motion to reconsider has once been made, the motion
is the property of the Assembly. When reconsideration is granted,
the matter to be reconsidered shall be before the Assembly in the
same status it had prior to the vote being reconsidered.

(b) (1) Interim Study Recess:

No motion to reconsider the vote whereby amendments are
concurred in on Assembly bills, the vote whereby a Senate bill is
passed and returned to the Senate, or the vote whereby a conference
committee report is adopted is in order on the last two legislative
days preceding the interim study recess.

A motion to reconsider the vote whereby amendments are refused
concurrence on Assembly bills, the vote whereby Senate bills are
refused passage, or the vote whereby a conference committee
report is refused adoption is in order on the last legislative day
preceding the interim study recess. The motion may be taken up
before the end of that legislative day.

As used in this paragraph, “bill” does not include a joint or
concurrent resolution.

(2) January 31--Even-numbered Year:

A motion to reconsider the vote whereby an Assembly bill is
passed to the Senate is not in order on the last two legislative days
preceding January 31 of the even-numbered year.

A motion to reconsider the vote whereby an Assembly bill is
refused passage on its third reading is in order on the last legislative
day preceding January 31 of the even-numbered year. The motion
must be taken up before the end of that legislative day.

As used in this paragraph, “bill” does not include a Senate bill,
a constitutional amendment, or a joint or concurrent resolution.

(3) Spring or Summer Recess:

A motion to reconsider the vote whereby a bill is passed is not
in order on the last two legislative days preceding the Spring or
Summer Recess as established by the Joint Rules of the Senate
and Assembly.

(4) Deadline for Passage by House:

A motion to reconsider the vote whereby an Assembly bill is
passed to the Senate is not in order on the last two legislative days
preceding the last day for the Assembly to pass a bill introduced
in the Assembly, as set forth in the Joint Rules of the Senate and
the Assembly.

As used in this paragraph, “bill” does not include a Senate bill,
a constitutional amendment, or a joint or concurrent resolution.

(5) Final Recess:

A motion to reconsider the vote whereby a bill is passed is not
in order on the last two legislative days preceding the final recess.

A motion to reconsider the vote whereby a bill is defeated is in
order on the day of the final recess. The motion must be taken up
before the end of that legislative day.

(c) Any Member voting on any matter may move to take up on
the same day the motion, previously made by another Member, to
reconsider the vote on that matter. A motion to take up on the same
day a motion to reconsider the vote on a bill requires an affirmative
recorded vote of at least 41 Members. A motion to take up on the
same day a motion to reconsider the vote on any motion,
amendment, Assembly resolution, or proposition other than a bill
requires an affirmative vote of a majority vote of the Members
present and voting. The motion to take up the reconsideration on
the same day takes precedence over the motion to reconsider and,
upon demand of any Member, the motion to take up the
reconsideration on the same day shall be put to an immediate vote.
If the motion to take up the reconsideration on the same day is
adopted, the motion to reconsider is the next order of business
before the Assembly.

(d) A second motion to reconsider the same question is not in
order, nor is a motion to reconsider reconsideration in order.

(e) A motion to continue a motion to reconsider requires a
majority vote of those Members present and voting.

Call of Assembly

101. After the roll has been called, and prior to the
announcement of the vote, any Member may move a call of the
Assembly. The Members present may order a call of the Assembly
by a majority vote of the Members present and voting, and the
Speaker shall immediately order the Sergeant at Arms to lock all
doors and direct the Chief Clerk to prepare a list of absentees as
disclosed by the last rollcall. The list of absentees shall be furnished
to the Sergeant at Arms, whereupon no Members shall be permitted
to leave the Assembly Chamber except by written permission of
the Speaker, and a person may not be permitted to enter except
Members, Senators, or officers, or employees of the Legislature
in the official performance of their duties.

Each Member who is found to be absent, and for whom a leave
of absence has not been granted, shall be forthwith taken into
custody wherever found by the Sergeant at Arms, his or her
assistants, or any person designated by the Sergeant at Arms,
including members of the California Highway Patrol, and sheriffs
or their deputies, and brought to the Assembly Chamber.

A recess or adjournment may not be taken during a call of the
Assembly. Additional business may be conducted and calls placed
regardless of the number of calls in effect. A call of the Assembly
may be dispensed with at any time upon a majority vote of the
Members present, that action to become effective upon the
completion of the rollcall and the announcement of the vote upon
the matter for which the call was ordered, unless, prior to the
announcement of the vote, the call is continued by a majority vote
of the Members present.

Division of Question

102. Any Member may call for a division of the question, and
the Speaker shall order the question divided if it comprehends
propositions in substance so distinct that, one being taken away,
a substantive proposition would remain for the decision of the
Assembly. This rule does not apply to an individual bill or
resolution.

B. Voting
Members Voting

104. Every Member in the Assembly Chamber when a rollcall
is required shall record his or her vote openly and without debate,
unless the Assembly excuses that member by a majority vote of
the Members present and voting.

A Member may not operate the voting switch of any other
Member, except that a Member presiding at the time of a rollcall,
who is not the Speaker or the Speaker pro Tempore, may direct
another Member on the floor to operate the voting switch of the
presiding Member, and any Member so presiding, including the
Speaker and the Speaker pro Tempore, may also operate the voting
switches at the rostrum of the Speaker and the Speaker pro
Tempore, at their direction.

The name of any Member who refuses to vote as required by
this rule, after being requested by the Speaker to do so, shall be
entered in the Journal, together with a statement that he or she was
present and did so refuse to vote. Any Member who refuses so to
vote may, if he or she so desires, and immediately after the
announcement of the vote, submit a written explanation of the
failure to vote and that explanation shall be printed in the Journal,
provided that no explanation may exceed 50 words in length.

In addition to the entry of his or her name in the Journal, any
Member who refuses so to vote when required, and who has not
been excused from doing so, may, immediately after the
announcement of the vote, at the discretion of the Speaker or upon
demand of any Member, be summoned to appear before the bar
of the Assembly for public censure by the Speaker or by any
Member designated by the Speaker. Censure of a Member as
provided by this rule does not constitute a bar to proceedings for
his or her expulsion from the Assembly pursuant to Section 5 of
Article IV of the California Constitution.

A Member may submit a written explanation of his or her vote
on any bill or house resolution, and that explanation shall be printed
in the Journal immediately following the vote, provided that no
explanation may exceed 50 words in length.

A Member, prior to adjournment on the same legislative day, in
the absence of any objection, may instruct the Chief Clerk to add
his or her vote to any previously announced vote that had been
taken during his or her absence, so long as the outcome of the vote
is not thereby changed. The Chief Clerk shall record any vote
additions or vote changes in the order signed by the Members at
the Clerk’s desk.

Ayes and Noes

105. The ayes and noes shall be recorded by the electrical voting
system on the final passage of all bills, when an affirmative
recorded vote of 41 Members or any vote above that number is
required, when demanded by three Members, or when ordered by
the Speaker. The names of the Members so voting shall be entered
in the Journal.

Voting and Vote Changes

106. When once begun, voting may not be interrupted, except
that, before the vote is announced, any Member may have the total
pending vote flashed on the visible vote recorder. Prior to the
announcement of the vote, the presiding officer shall instruct the
Chief Clerk to record verbal votes from Members not at their desks.
Any Member may move a call of the Assembly after the
completion of the roll. A Member, prior to adjournment on the
same legislative day, and in the absence of any objection, may
instruct the Chief Clerk to change his or her recorded vote after
the vote is announced, so long as the outcome of the vote is not
thereby changed. The Chief Clerk may record any vote change
only after the Member making the change has announced it to the
Assembly.

Tie Vote

107. In case of an equal division, or tie vote, the question shall
be lost.

VII. MEMBERS’ DECORUM AND PRIVILEGES
Order in Speaking to Questions

108. When a Member desires to address the Assembly, the
Member shall rise from his or her seat and respectfully address
himself or herself to “Mr. Speaker” or “Madame Speaker.” Upon
being recognized, the Member may speak, confining himself or
herself to the question under consideration. When two or more
Members rise at the same time, the Speaker shall designate the
Member who is entitled to the floor.

A Member may not speak more than once during the
consideration of any one question on the same day and at the same
stage of proceeding, except that the author of a bill or resolution
or the mover of a question has the right to open and close the debate
thereon. A Member may not be allowed to speak more than five
minutes to open and five minutes to close the debate on any
question, including amendments, and no Member other than the
author or the mover of the question may be allowed to speak more
than five minutes thereon. A Member may not yield to any other
Member the time for which he or she is entitled to speak on any
matter.

Rules of Decorum

108.1. (a) In accordance with Rule 10, Members of the
Assembly shall conduct themselves in accordance with the rules
of decorum specified in Sections 120 to 126, inclusive, of Mason’s
Manual of Legislative Procedure.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the Committee on Rules
may adopt additional rules of decorum by majority vote of the
membership of the committee.

Motions

109. When a Member desires to make a motion, the Member
shall obtain recognition as provided in Rule 108. Upon being
recognized, the Member shall open by stating his or her motion,
except in the case of a nomination, and in any other case may not
speak to the merits of the motion at that time, but shall confine his
or her remarks to those necessary to explain the motion. If the
motion is in order and is seconded, it shall be stated to the
Assembly by the Speaker. If the motion is debated, the Member
who made it shall then be entitled to recognition to open the debate
on the motion.

When a Member obtains the floor during debate upon any
question that is pending before the Assembly and addresses the
Assembly regarding the merits of the pending question, the
Member may not be permitted to conclude his or her debate by
making any motion or by demanding the previous question.

Leave of Absence

110. A Member may not absent himself or herself from
attendance at any session of the Assembly without leave of the
Assembly. A Member may not obtain that leave of absence or be
excused for nonattendance except by a vote of 54 or more Members
or by unanimous consent. A Member who obtains a leave of
absence for personal business, or is excused for nonattendance for
personal business, thereby waives his or her per diem allowance
for attendance upon any session of the Legislature for which he
or she secures that leave of absence or excuse. A Member may not
obtain a leave of absence for legislative business or be excused
for nonattendance for legislative business unless the Member has
filed with the Speaker a statement of the legislative business for
which he or she seeks that leave of absence or excuse. That
statement shall be printed in the Journal.

If a Member is not recorded on the attendance roll within 30
minutes after the scheduled start of the session, the Member shall
stand up before the Assembly and explain the reason he or she is
late before he or she is recorded on the rollcall for any vote. If a
Member does not explain his or her reason for being late, any other
Member may raise a point of order under this rule, whereupon the
tardy Member’s vote may not be recorded until an explanation is
made.

Personal Privilege

111. Any Member may rise to explain a matter of personal
privilege. A matter of personal privilege is a matter involving the
Member’s integrity, dignity, or honor. Upon rising to explain such
a matter, the Member forthwith shall be recognized by the Speaker,
but may not discuss a question in that explanation. Matters of
personal privilege yield only to a motion to recess or adjourn.

Objection to Reading of Any Paper

112. Any Member, upon recognition by the Speaker, may object
to the reading of any paper before the Assembly. When that
objection is made, the question of reading shall be determined
without debate by a majority vote of the Members present and
voting, upon a brief statement by the Speaker of the substance of
the objection.

Members at Chief Clerk’s Desk

113. A Member or other person may not be allowed at the Chief
Clerk’s desk while the ayes and noes are being recorded or the
votes counted.

Members Called to Order for Transgressing Rules

114. If any Member transgresses the Rules of the Assembly,
the Speaker shall, or any Member may, call the offending Member
to order. The Member so called to order immediately shall take
his or her seat, until the Speaker, without debate, has determined
whether the Member is in order. That decision by the Speaker shall
be subject to an appeal to the Assembly.

If any Member is called to order for offensive words spoken in
debate, the person calling him or her to order shall state to the
Assembly the words to which exception is taken. No Member may
be held to answer, or be subject to censure by the Assembly, for
language used in debate if other business has been transacted by
the Assembly prior to exception being taken to the words spoken.

VIII. MISCELLANEOUS
Committee of the Whole

115. The Assembly may resolve itself into a Committee of the
Whole at any time by a majority vote of the Members present and
voting. While sitting as that committee, persons other than
Members may address the committee. The Speaker of the
Assembly, or any Member named by the Speaker, shall preside as
Chairperson of the Committee of the Whole.

A motion that the Committee of the Whole “do now rise and
report back to the Assembly,” shall always be in order and shall
be decided without debate. All actions of the Committee of the
Whole shall be reported to the Assembly by the chairperson, but
may not be entered in the Journal except upon motion and a
majority vote of the Members present and voting.

Use of Assembly Chamber

116. The Assembly Chamber may not be used for any public
or private business, other than legislative matters, except upon
approval of the Speaker or the Chair of the Committee on Rules.

Use of Assembly Facilities: Smoking

117. The smoking of tobacco products is prohibited within any
building, or portion of a building, occupied or used by Assembly
Members or employees if the building or portion of the building
is under the jurisdiction or control of the Assembly. This smoking
prohibition shall apply to any outdoor area within five feet of an
entrance or exit to any building or portion of a building subject to
this rule. This smoking prohibition shall apply to the Assembly
Chamber, Assembly hearing rooms, and Assembly offices, and to
hallways, stairways, and bathrooms within any building or portion
of a building subject to this rule.

Telephones and Text Messages

117.5. While on the floor of the Assembly during any session
of the Assembly, or while serving on a committee during any
hearing of that committee, a Member may not do either of the
following:

(a) Use a cellular telephone to make or receive calls.

(b) Send text messages to, or receive text messages from, any
lobbyist.

Meeting of the Assembly: Firearms

117.7. A person, except a peace officer acting within the scope
of his or her employment, may not carry or possess a firearm on
the floor of the Assembly during any session of the Assembly or
in a committee hearing room during any meeting of a committee
or subcommittee.

Persons Admitted to Floor of the Assembly

118. A person other than Members of the Legislature, officers,
employees of the Legislature, accredited members of the press,
and guests may not be admitted to the floor of the Assembly during
any session of the Assembly. A guest of any Member may be
admitted only upon presentation of a guest card of the Member
countersigned by the Speaker. A guest card is valid only on the
legislative day for which it is issued. A lobbyist, as defined by
Section 82039 of the Government Code, may not, under any
circumstances, be admitted to the Assembly Chamber while the
Assembly is in session.

Persons admitted to the Assembly Chamber, other than Members,
may not be permitted to stand in the Lobby in the rear of the
Assembly Chamber while the Assembly is in session, but shall be
required to occupy the seats provided for them.

Guests may be seated only in the chairs in the back of the rail
in the rear of the Assembly Chamber, and may not be permitted
to sit at the desks of the Members. No person other than an
accredited newspaper representative may be permitted to sit at the
press desks. A special section in the balcony may be reserved for
those holding guest cards. Neither any person mentioned in this
rule nor any other person, except a Member of the Legislature,
may engage in influencing the passage or defeat of legislation in
the Assembly Chamber.

A person other than a Member of the Legislature, the Sergeant
at Arms or his or her assistants, the Chief Clerk or his or her
assistants, or the Legislative Counsel or his or her representatives,
may not be permitted in the area of the floor of the chamber which
is occupied by the desks of the Members.

Floor Attire

118.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Rules,
Members of the Legislature, officers or employees of the
Legislature, accredited members of the press, or any other persons
may be restricted from admission to the floor of the Assembly
during any session if they are inappropriately attired. The
Committee on Rules may, as necessary, adopt policies to
implement this rule.

Qualifications and Elections of Members

119. An affirmative vote of 41 or more Members shall be
required to determine the qualifications and election of any
Member pursuant to Section 5 of Article IV of the California
Constitution. A motion to disqualify a Member is not in order at
the convening of a legislative session until a Speaker has been
elected in accordance with Section 9023 of the Government Code.

Compensation and Expenses of Member Convicted of Felony

120. If a Member of the Assembly is convicted of a felony by
a superior court, his or her right to further compensation or
expenses is thereupon suspended, and his or her membership on
any committee is thereupon suspended. If the conviction becomes
final, the right of the Member to further compensation or expenses
shall terminate and any compensation or expenses withheld shall
be forfeited to the state. If the conviction is reversed by an appellate
court or a motion for a new trial is granted, and the Member is
thereafter found not guilty or the charges against him or her are
dismissed, the amounts of the withheld compensation or expenses
shall be paid to the Member and the suspension of his or her
committee membership shall terminate.

Whenever a Member is convicted of a felony in the superior
court, the Committee on Rules shall give written notice thereof to
the Controller, directing him or her to discontinue any further
payments to the Member unless and until the Committee on Rules
notifies the Controller that the Member has been found not guilty
or that the charges against him or her are dismissed. The Controller
may not draw any warrant payable to that Member except as
provided in this rule.

The Seal of the Assembly

121. The Seal of the Assembly may be used only by or on
behalf of a Member of the Assembly, or when specifically
authorized by the Committee on Rules.

Agency Reports: Electronic Copies

122. Pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, any
report required or requested by law to be submitted by a state or
local agency to the Members, or to the Legislature generally, shall
be submitted as an electronic copy to the Chief Clerk.