Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
Section 9.89 - Concurrence in amendments by house of reference(a)Concurrence.-If a bill that has passed the house of origin is amended in the house of reference, it is sent back to the house of origin for its concurrence in the amendments. If the house of origin agrees to the amendments, the bill is ready for action by the Governor.(b)Nonconcurrence.-If the house of origin does not agree to the amendments, it so advises the house of reference, which may then either give up its amendments, which is known as "receding from its amendments," and agree to the bill in the form in which it passed the house of origin, or it may insist on its amendments, in which case the house of origin may either agree to the amendments or again refuse to agree to them, which is known as "insisting on its nonconcurrence in the amendments" of the house of reference.(c)Vote on concurrence.-Unless the house decides otherwise by unanimous consent, the vote on concurrence in amendments cannot be taken until the bills have been placed on the desks of the members and referred to on their calendars. The amendments must be concurred in by a majority vote of members elected to the house or, in the case of non-preferred appropriations, by a vote of two-thirds of the members elected to the house.