SEC. 256. BILLS READ AND REFERRED TO COMMITTEE. When a Senate bill has been received by the Assembly or an Assembly bill by the Senate, with a message announcing that the same has passed the Senate or Assembly, such bill shall be read the first time by the Secretary or Clerk and referred to a standing committee, unless otherwise ordered by the House. (Joint Rule No. 9.) SEC. 257. AFTER A BILL HAS BEEN PASSED BY THE SENATE OR ASSEMBLY. When a bill (if it be a Senate bill) has been received from the Senate by the Assembly, after its passage, or (if it be an Assembly bill) has been received from the Assembly by the Senate after its passage, it shall be taken up by the Senate or Assembly, as the case may be, under the regular order of business ("Senate messages" or "Assembly messages"), read the first time, unless otherwise ordered by the House, and shall then be assigned to the proper committee, unless otherwise ordered, who shall act upon the same as soon as practicable, and report the same back to the Senate or Assembly forthwith, and the chairman of each committee is charged with observance of this rule; provided, that the Senate or Assembly may, at any time order such bill reported back from any committee by a majority vote. (Joint Rule No. 11.) SEC. 258. DISPOSITION OF ASSEMBLY BILLS. When an Assembly bill has been received by the Senate, with a message announcing that it has passed the Assembly, such bill shall be read the first time and be referred by the President to a standing committee: provided, however, that when an Assembly bill is received, the text of which is stated by a member to be identical with that of a Senate bill, which has already been considered and reported by a standing committee of the Senate, such Assembly bill shall be referred to the Committee on Engrossment and Enrollment for comparison, which committee shall report without delay, whether or not such bill is identical with the Senate bill. If reported identical, such Assembly bill shall be substituted for the Senate bill, shall take its place on the second-reading file and be considered as having received the same committee recommendation as the Senate bill; provided, that the fact that the bills are identical shall be entered in the Journal. Such Senate bill shall thereupon be placed upon the file of unfinished business. Rule No. 31.) SEC. 259. DISPOSITION OF SENATE BILLS. When a Senate bill has been received by the House with a message announcing that the same has passed the Senate, such bill shall be referred to a standing committee; provided, however, that when a Senate bill is received the provisions of which are stated by a member to be identical with those of an Assembly bill which has already been considered and reported by a committee of the Assembly, such Senate bill shall be referred to the Committee on Engrossment and Enrollment for comparison, which committee shall report on the next legislative day, whether or not said bill is identical with the Assembly bill; and if reported identical, shall be read the second time, be substituted for the Assembly bill (the latter being considered withdrawn) shall take the latter's place on the Assembly file, and be considered as having received the same recommendation of the Assembly committee; provided, that the fact that the bills are identical shall be entered in the Journal. (Assembly Rule No. 9.) SEC. 260. BILL OR RESOLUTION IN ONE HOUSE, REJECTED IN THE OTHER, REQUIRES NOTICE. When a bill or resolution which shall have passed one House is rejected by the other, notice thereof shall be given immediately to the House in which the same shall have passed. (Joint Rule No. 4.) SEC. 261. (Form.) MESSAGES FROM THE ASSEMBLY.1 The following messages from the Assembly1 were taken up and read: ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, SACRAMENTO, March 25, 1915. MR. PRESIDENT2: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Assembly1 on this day passed Assembly1 Bill No. -An Act, etc. Also: Assembly1 Bill No. Also: Assembly Bill No. Also: Assembly' Bill No. -An Act. An Act. An Act. Chief Clerk of Assembly. read first time, and referred to Committee read first time, and referred to Committee read first time, and referred to Committee read first time, and referred to Committee Also: SACRAMENTO, March 25, 1915. -Providing for the MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Assembly on this day adopted Assembly' Concurrent Resolution No. appointment of a committee to devise an improved method of handling bills after introduction. By Resolution referred to Committee cn Rules. EXPLANATORY NOTE. 1Or Senate. Or other presiding officer. Chief Clerk of Assembly. Assistant Clerk. SEC. 262. (Form.) MESSAGES FROM THE ASSEMBLY-(OUT OF ORDER). On motion of Senator2_ the following messages from the Assembly1 were taken up and read, out of the regular order: -An Act. SACRAMENTO, April 2, 1915. MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Assembly2 on this day passed Assembly Bill No. -An Act. Also: Assembly Bill No. -An Act. -An Act. -An Act. Senator1 (Form.) WITHDRAWAL OF COMPANION BILL. asked for and was granted unanimous consent it being identical with to withdraw from the file Senate Bill No. Assembly Bill No. now before the Senate.2 ordered withdrawn and stricken from the file. CHAPTER VI. AMENDMENTS AND CONFERENCES. CHAPTER CONTENTS. PART I. AMENDMENTS. Sec. 264. Substitute regarded as amendment. (Assembly rule.) Sec. 267. Least sum and shortest time in filling blanks. (Senate rule; Assem (Senate rule; Assembly Sec. 268. Amendment of bills requiring two-thirds vote. (Senate rule.) bly rule.) (Form.) (Senate rule; Assem (Joint rule.) (Joint rule.) Sec. 271. Amendments to amended bills must be attached. (Form.) (Form.) Sec. 277. Motion to refer to special committee of one. Sec. 278. Reference to special committee of one (on recommendation of standing Sec. 281. Former action rescinded. (Form.) Sec. 282. Message from the Assembly. (Form.) Sec. 283. Consideration of Assembly amendments (out of order). (Form.) Sec. 284. Message from the Assembly (: (requesting Senate to recede from its amendments). (Form.) PART II. CONFERENCES. Sec. 285. When Senate or Assembly refuses to concur. (Joint rule.) Sec. 286. Committee on conference. (Joint rule.) (Joint rule.) Sec. 287. Committee on free conference. (Joint rule.) SEC. 264. PART I. AMENDMENTS. SUBSTITUTE REGARDED AS AMENDMENT. A motion to substitute shall be deemed and held to be a motion to amend, and be treated in all respects as such. (Assembly Rule No. 50.) SEC. 265. AMENDMENTS AND SUBSTITUTES-WHEN IN ORDER. Substitutes may be offered at any time when a bill or resolution is open to amendment, previous to engrossment; and when adopted shall take the place of the original bill or resolution, and shall be open to amendment. (Senate Rule No. 46.) SEC. 266. AMENDMENTS AND SUBSTITUTES-MUST BE GERMANE. A substitute or amendment must relate to the same subject as the original bill, resolution or constitutional amendment under consideration. (Senate Rule No. 47. Assembly Rule No. 51.) SEC. 267. LEAST SUM AND SHORTEST TIME IN FILLING BLANKS. In filling up blanks, the least sum or number and the shortest time shall be put first. (Senate Rule No. 48. Assembly Rule No. 55.) SEC. 268. AMENDMENT OF BILLS REQUIRING TWO-THIRDS VOTE.. A constitutional amendment or bill requiring a vote of two-thirds of the members elected to the Senate for final adoption or passage may be amended by a majority of those voting. (Senate Rule No. 49.) SEC. 269. AMENDMENT TO ORIGINAL QUESTION. An amendment may be laid on the table without prejudice to the bill. When an amendment proposed to any pending measure shall be laid on the table, it shall not carry with it or prejudice such measure. If the question in debate contains several propositions, any Senator may have the same divided; except a motion to strike out and insert shall not be divided. The rejection of a motion to strike out and insert one proposition shall not prevent a motion to strike out and insert a different proposition, nor shall it prevent a motion to simply strike out, nor shall the rejection of a motion to strike out prevent a motion to strike out and insert; but pending a motion to strike out and insert, the part to be stricken out and the part to be inserted shall each be regarded, for the purpose of amendment, as a question. Motions to amend the part to be stricken out shall have precedence. (Senate Rule No. 54.) SEC. 270. NO AMENDMENT ON THIRD READING, BUT MAY COMMIT. No amendment shall be received for discussion at the third reading of any bill; but it shall at all times be in order, before the final passage of such bill, to move its commitment under special instructions to amend. (Senate Rule No. 55. Assembly Rule No. 13.) SEC. 271. AMENDMENTS TO AMENDED BILLS MUST BE ATTACHED. Whenever a bill or resolution which shall have been passed in one house shall be amended in the other it shall immediately be reprinted as amended by the house making such amendment or amendments. |