Manner of passing bills; message of necessity for immediate vote

§ 14. No bill shall be passed or become a law unless it shall have\nbeen printed and upon the desks of the members, in its final form, at\nleast three calendar legislative days prior to its final passage, unless\nthe governor, or the acting governor, shall have certified, under his or\nher hand and the seal of the state, the facts which in his or her\nopinion necessitate an immediate vote thereon, in which case it must\nnevertheless be upon the desks of the members in final form, not\nnecessarily printed, before its final passage; nor shall any bill be\npassed or become a law, except by the assent of a majority of the\nmembers elected to each branch of the legislature; and upon the last\nreading of a bill, no amendment thereof shall be allowed, and the\nquestion upon its final passage shall be taken immediately thereafter,\nand the ayes and nays entered on the journal.\n For purposes of this section, a bill shall be deemed to be printed and\nupon the desks of the members if: it is set forth in a legible\nelectronic format by electronic means, and it is available for review in\nsuch format at the desks of the members. For purposes of this section\n"electronic means" means any method of transmission of information\nbetween computers or other machines designed for the purpose of sending\nand receiving such transmissions and which: allows the recipient to\nreproduce the information transmitted in a tangible medium of\nexpression; and does not permit additions, deletions or other changes to\nbe made without leaving an adequate record thereof.\n