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Glossary

Term Definition
HBEC

HOUSE BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE

SRC

Senate Rules Committee

SPAC

Senate Public Affairs Committee

SJC

Senate Judiciary Committee

SFC

Senate Finance Committee

SIAC

Senate Indian and Cultural Affairs Committee

SEC

Senate Education Committee

SCORC

Senate Corporations and Transportation Committe

SCONC

Senate Conservation Committee

HVEC

House Voters and Elections Committe

HTRC

House Taxation and Revenue Committee

HTPWC

House Transportation and Public Works Committee

HRC

House Rules and Order of Business Committee

HLC

House Labor and Human Resources Committee

HJC

House Judiciary Committee

HHGIC

Health, Government & Indian Affairs Committee (new in 2013 replacing  Health & Government Affairs HHGAC )

HENRC

House Energy and Natural Resources Committee

HEC

House Education Committee

HCPAC

House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee

HBIC

House Business and Industry Committee

HAGC

House Agriculture and Water Resources Committee

VETO(MAR. 7)

Vetoed by the Governor, with date of veto.

W/O REC

Committee report adopted without recommendation.

W/DRN H/CAL

Withdrawn from House calendar for subsequent action.

W/ DRN

Withdrawn from committee for subsequent action.

TBLD INDEF

Tabled indefinitely.

TBLD

Tabled temporarily by motion.

T

On the Speaker’s table by rule (temporary calendar). (This entry appears only on House action. By House Rule 11-20-1, legislation, except that on the Consent Calendar, is placed on the Speaker’s table for one calendar day before being placed on the House Calendar for action by the House.)

S/RCNSRD

Previous action reconsidered by the Senate.

SPREF

Senate Pre-file.

SGND(MAR. 4)CH.9

Signed by the Governor, date and chapter number.

SGND

Signed by one or both houses (for legislation not requiring the Governor’s signature).

SGND(C.A.2)

Constitutional amendment and its number.

S/FLD RECEDE

This procedure may follow if the Senate refuses to recede from its amendments.

SCS/H 18

Senate committee substitute for House Bill 18. (CS, preceded by the initial of the opposite house, indicates a substitute for a bill made by the other house. The listing, however, will continue under the original bill entry.)

S/CNCRD

Senate has concurred in House amendments on a Senate bill.

RE REF

Re-referred to committee for subsequent action.

RCLD FROM/H

Bill recalled from the House for further consideration by the Senate.

PASSED/S (OR/H)

Passed Senate (always followed by a vote: PASSED/S (39-0)).

H/FLD CNCR

House has failed to concur in Senate amendments on a house bill.

HPREF

House Pre-file.

GERMANE

Bills that fall within the purview of a 30 day session.

FL/A

Floor amendment adopted. (Example: Fl/aaa = three floor amendments were adopted.)

FL/

Floor Substitute. (A bill or committee substitute may be substituted on final passage by any legislator. Succeeding entries will record the action on the floor substitute.)

FAILED/H (OR/S)

Failed passage in the House or Senate (often followed by a vote: FAILED/H (22-48)).

DP/A

DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted.

DP

DO PASS committee report adopted.

DNP

DO NOT PASS committee report adopted.

CS/H 18

Indicates a committee substitute for a specific measure (in this example, for House Bill 18).

CS

Committee substitute. (This entry, following a DNP report, indicates the committee’s substitute bill. Succeeding entries will record the action on the committee substitute.)

[30]

Legislative day (as opposed to a calendar day).

**

Indicates when a committee is scheduled for a particular time that may be delayed due to an extended floor session.

*

Indicates an emergency clause.  This means that measures become effective as soon as they are signed by the Governor.  (Note: If a measure passes by less than the required two-thirds vote, this symbol is deleted.)

HAFC

Abbreviation for the House Appropriations & Finance Committee

CC

Conference Committee.  This entry follows when the Senate and House fail to agree on amendments to a bill.

SCC