Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 9.85 - Final passage(a)General.-If the bill is agreed to on third consideration without amendment, it usually immediately comes up for final passage which can be only in the form in which the bill then appears. If the bill is amended on third consideration, it lays over for vote on final passage until it is reprinted. Bills on final passage may not be amended except with the unanimous consent of all the members present. No bill may be declared passed unless a majority of all members elected to the house are recorded as voting for the same. Upon reversion to a prior print, a vote of final passage will not be taken until a copy of the bill containing the reverted printer's number is placed on the desks of the members.(b)Nonpreferred appropriation bills.-No bill appropriating moneys to charitable and educational institutions not under the absolute control of the Commonwealth may be declared passed unless two-thirds of all members elected to the house are recorded as voting for passage.