Discharge

§ 7. Discharge. a. No standing committee shall be discharged from the consideration of a bill or resolution until after the printed bill or resolution has been assigned by the Index Clerk to the committee and only in accordance with the provisions of this section. b. A standing committee shall not be discharged from the consideration of a bill or resolution except upon motion and by a vote of a majority of all the members elected to the Assembly. No such motion shall be in order, until the committee has had sixty days from the date of referral to such committee to consider such bill nor shall such motion be in order on or after the first Tuesday in May except with unanimous consent of the members or in the discretion of the Speaker where proper notice has been given prior to the first Tuesday in May. c. (1) On any legislative day, not more than one motion to discharge shall be in order; (2) A motion to discharge may only be made by the sponsor of the bill or resolution who has timely filed a request for consideration pursuant to section five of this rule. d. Each motion to discharge, when timely made, shall be placed on the Motion to Discharge Calendar, which shall be printed within two legislative days. No motion to discharge may be considered by the House until such motion has been on such calendar for a period of five calendar legislative days.