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Establish Standing Orders for the 24th Congress
The people of Democracy Craft, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:
BILL
To
Establish Standing Orders for the 24th Congress
The people of Democracy Craft, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:
1 - Standing Orders
(1) These Standing Orders of the House of Representatives are extant until amended. These Standing Orders will be the House Rules for the sessions to come, unless decided otherwise by House vote.
(2) Amending the Standing Orders
(a) Standing Orders can be amended during the entire duration of the House session. Changes need to be agreed upon by a simple majority in the House.
2 - Election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives
(1) The most senior Representative is to assume the chair of the Congress and ask for those who wish to be elected Speaker to nominate themselves by notifying the Chair. The most senior Representative is to be the Representative who:
(i) Has served the most terms; or if equal:
(ii) of the most terms and who has the largest popular vote; or if equal:
(iii) by common agreement among them or by an informal House vote; and if still undecided:
(iv) The Clerk will serve in place of the Senior Representative.
(b) Should only one member be nominated then they shall be declared Speaker of the House at the end of the nomination period.
(a) The nomination period shall last for 24 hours unless all Representatives inform and reply on the Nomination.
(3) Should only one member be nominated then they shall be declared Speaker of The House.
(4) Should more than two members be nominated, all members are to vote for the
Speaker by instant run-off vote within 24 hours. The winner of the ballot is to be declared the Speaker of the Congress. In the event of a tie or in case of a failure for a candidate to reach an absolute majority, the election shall be redone with the top two candidates. If this still results in a tie, there shall be another runoff until a Speaker is decided.
(5) Upon certifying the election of the Speaker, the Speaker is to assume the authority to
enforce these standing orders and call the Congress to order.
3 - Election of the Deputy Speaker
(1) After the selection of the Speaker, the Speaker is to assume the chair of the Congress and ask for those who wish to be elected Deputy Speaker to nominate themselves by notifying the Speaker.
(a) The nomination period shall last for 24 hours unless all Representatives inform and reply on the Nomination.
(3) Should only one member be nominated then they shall be declared Deputy Speaker of Congress.
(4) Should more than two members be nominated, all members are to vote for the Deputy Speaker by instant run-off vote. The winner of the ballot is to be declared the Deputy Speaker of the Congress.
(5) Upon certifying the election of the Deputy Speaker, the Deputy Speaker shall be vested with the power to enforce the rules of the Congress in the absence of the Speaker.
(a) The Speaker shall be presumed absent only in the case that they make a statement to the Deputy Speaker regarding the absence, or have not made any sort of contact with a member of the House of Representatives for over four (4) days.
4 - Proposing a Motion
(1) Any motion will be proposed in the chamber and the presiding officer will be notified.
(2) The presiding officer will post the motion to the house-floor and Representatives will be notified.
(3) Representatives will vote on the motion. The motion needs a simple majority in 24 hours to pass.
5 - Repealed
(1) A 'Repealed' prefix will be made available to the presiding officers' Office
(2) This prefix may be applied to bills by the Presiding Officers' Office where a bill has been repealed. Bills with the repealed prefix will be moved to the Discarded Bills forum.
6 - Rejection / Pass / Quorum of Bills
(1) Rejection, pass, and quorum shall be defined as follows:
(a) Rejection: Any bill that does not receive a quorum or simple majority, or majority otherwise provided outside of these standing orders.
(b) Pass: Any bill that receives a simple majority, or majority otherwise provided outside of these standing orders.
(c) Quorum: Shall be defined as a majority of members elected to the House of Representatives.
7 - Standing Committees of the House
(1) The following standing committees shall be established:
(a) House Appropriations Committee (HAC)
(b) House Executive Oversight Committee (HEOC)
(c) House Judiciary Committee (HJC)
(2) The Speaker of the House shall appoint the Committee Chair and members to committees according to the partisan make-up of the House of Representatives.
(3) No standing committee shall consist of more than 5 members.
8 - Special Committees of the House
(1) The Speaker of the House, or the whole House by majority vote, may create special committees of the House for the purpose of accomplishing a task not within the scope of the standing committees.
(a) The Speaker shall appoint the chair and members of any special committee that is created.
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