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Amend HR 4 (adopting the permanent rules of the house) on page 128 as follows:
(1) On line 5, between "CALENDAR." and "Within", insert "(a)".
(2) Between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:
(b) Notwithstanding the time limit provided by Subsection (a) of this section, when voting to place bills or resolutions on the last daily house calendar or local, consent, and resolutions calendar on which the house may consider bills or resolutions on second reading under Rule 8, Section 13, the appropriate calendars committee must vote on all bills or resolutions that are in the committee, regardless of the number of days since the date the bill or resolution was referred to the committee, other than a bill or resolution for which the committee has previously voted against placement.
(c) A calendars committee may not vote against placement of a bill or resolution on a calendar except by a separate record vote for each bill or resolution and the minutes of the committee must identify each member voting against placement of a specific bill or resolution on a calendar.