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Committee discusses meeting procedure norms: "wave reading," unanimous consent and queue order
Summary
Members used a Rules Committee session to ask and clarify assembly practices — when the clerk reads titles ("wave reading"), when to seek unanimous consent, handling the speaker queue, and which rules can be suspended.
The Assembly Rules Committee on Sept. 11 held an informal question-and-answer discussion about assembly meeting procedures, including what counts as "reading" an ordinance, when unanimous consent is appropriate and how the speaking queue should be managed.
Members asked whether reading the title instead of the full ordinance changes notice; committee Chair Christopher Constance and clerk staff said modern practice interprets reading to mean the title or gist of an ordinance. “We need descriptive titles for…
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