Guest Jim Boeve Posted January 6, 2011 at 12:16 AM Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 at 12:16 AM If a motion is defeated in a committee, can the body bring it up as a motion and be voted on...or does the committee defeating the motion keep it from being brought before the whole body for a vote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert B Fish Posted January 6, 2011 at 12:29 AM Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 at 12:29 AM If a motion is defeated in a committee, can the body bring it up as a motion and be voted on...or does the committee defeating the motion keep it from being brought before the whole body for a vote?The body is not bound by the committee's decision but the committee is not obligated to bring forward a motion that they opposed.-Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted January 6, 2011 at 01:17 AM Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 at 01:17 AM If a motion is defeated in a committee, can the body bring it up as a motion and be voted on...or does the committee defeating the motion keep it from being brought before the whole body for a vote?If a question has been referred to a committee, the committee should report back to the assembly as soon as it reaches a decision, whether it approves of the motion or not. It cannot keep the matter bottled up forever. When it reports, this places the question once more before the assembly, even if the committee disapproved of it. It's up to the assembly to decide whether to take the committee's advice, or not.If the committee fails to report, and the assembly is impatient, it can instruct the committee to report by a certain date (presuming it didn't set a deadline in the first place), or it can discharge the committee, i.e., take the motion back out of their hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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