HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 9
(By Delegates Overington, Hall, McGraw, Evans, Armstead, Webb,
Harrison, Manchin, Schadler, Canterbury, L. Smith, Walters,
Prunty, Border, Carmichael, Trump, Fletcher, Louisos, Romine and
Ellem)
[Introduced March 1, 2001; referred to the
Committee on Rules.]
Amending Rule No. 42 of the Rules of the House relating to Yeas and
Nays.
Resolved by the House of Delegates:
That effective the day this resolution is adopted, Rule No. 42
of the House of Delegates be amended to read as follows:
Yeas and Nays
42. The yeas and nays shall be taken on motions to dispense
with the constitutional rule requiring a bill to be fully and
distinctly read on three different days and on fixing the effective
date of an act of the Legislature; on agreeing to a joint
resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State;
on the passage of a bill notwithstanding the objections of the
Governor; on the passage of a supplementary appropriation bill; on
the passage of a House bill amended by the Senate; on all questions
where a specific vote is required by the Constitution, the joint rules of the Senate and House of Delegates, or by these rules; on
the passage of a bill when requested except for those bills
providing for termination or continuation of agencies under the
state sunset law and those bills the sole content of which is rules
or amendments to rules submitted to the House pursuant to West
Virginia Code §29A-3-1 et seq.; on quorum calls; and on questions
when called for by one tenth of the members present.
The result of all votes taken by yeas and nays shall be
entered on the Journal. When the yeas and nays are inserted on the
Journal, the result of the vote as to total yeas, nays and
absentees shall be recorded, and the names of the Delegates voting
yea or nay, whichever is the smaller number, and the names of
Delegates absent and not voting shall be inserted on the Journal.
The names of Delegates omitted shall constitute the vote on the
prevailing side.
On all roll calls, when the voting machine is not used, before
the result is announced, the Clerk shall read to the House the
names of those who voted in the affirmative or in the negative,
whichever is the smaller number, and announce the names of those
absent and not voting, at which time any member may correct a
mistake committed in taking down his or her vote. The result shall
then be announced, but if the House so orders, the announcement of the result may be postponed to the succeeding day, with liberty to
absent members at any time before the result is announced by the
Speaker, to appear and vote "Aye" or "No," in the presence of the
House; and any member may, in the presence of the House, change his
or her vote before the result is announced.
When the yeas and nays are called for by a member on any
question, the Speaker shall hold this demand in abeyance until
debate has closed upon the question under consideration, or until
the previous question has been moved and sustained.
Upon calls of the House, in taking the yeas and nays, the
names of the members shall be called alphabetically, except the
name of the Speaker shall be called last.