Glossary
Term | Definition |
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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W/DRN H/CAL | Withdrawn from House calendar for subsequent action.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W/ DRN | Withdrawn from committee for subsequent action.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 |