Order of business

§ 3. Order of business. a. The first business of each day's session shall be the reading of the Journal of the preceding day, and the correction of any errors that may be found to exist therein, provided, however, that such reading of the Journal may be waived, without debate, upon a majority vote of the members present and provided further that on any day on which bills on any order of third reading are before the House for final disposition, and a vote is to be taken thereon, a roll call of the members shall be taken for attendance purposes prior to the reading of such Journal. Such roll call may be taken by electronic device. Immediately thereafter, except on days and at times set apart for the consideration of special orders, the order of business, which shall not be departed from except by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, to be determined by a call of the roll, shall be as follows: (1) messages from the Governor and from the Senate, communications from State officers and reports from State institutions; (2) introduction of bills and reference to committee; (3) reports of committees; (4) bills on second reading; (5) bills on third reading; (6) Assembly bills amended by the Senate; and (7) introduction of original resolutions. b. At the commencement of each day's session the Majority Leader, or his or her designee, shall announce a schedule of legislation intended for consent and debate. All bills appearing on the order of third reading or the order of special second and third reading for the first time shall be included within such schedule. c. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision a of this section, messages from the Governor and Senate, communications and reports from State officers, reports from the Judiciary Committee which involve the right of a member to his or her seat and reports from the Committee on Rules shall be received at any time. d. When consideration of the orders of the day is not finished, those not acted upon shall be the orders for the next and each succeeding day until disposed of, and shall be entered first in the Calendar without change in their order. e. Any matter may be made a special order for any particular day by the assent of two-thirds of the members present. When so made, a similar vote shall be required to rescind or postpone such matter. f. Petitions, memorials and remonstrances may be presented to the Clerk of the Assembly at the close of each day's session.