Ruling
December 20, 1973
Committee report
Hon. Lucien Lamoureux
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
The Standing Orders provide for a substantive proposition to be considered by the House. This cannot be done, however, by way of a recommendation from a committee studying a bill. "... there is no authority to support the contention that a committee of the House when considering a bill should report anything to the House except the bill itself." The recommendation, which should probably be relevant to a clause of the bill, would have been more properly introduced to the committee as an amendment to that clause.
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Holding
"A committee studying a bill cannot include a substantive recommendation in its report to the House; such a proposition must be introduced as an amendment to a clause of the bill during the committee's proceedings."
AI Summary
This ruling establishes that a committee studying a bill can only report the bill itself, with any changes being formal amendments, not separate recommendations.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Sustained
- Tone
- Educational
- Procedural Stage
- Routine Proceedings
- Significance
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High