2025 bills / H.R. 1
H.R. 1 House Rules Resolution - Amendments to House Rules (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
This House resolution changes the House's own rules. It renames the House Business and Labor Standing Committee to the House Business, Labor, and Commerce Standing Committee, and requires certain changes to bills to be made by substituting the whole bill rather than amending it. It also bars committee members from requesting a personal privilege during committee meetings and clarifies floor procedures for substitute and privileged motions.
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Official description
- updates outdated language
- changes the name of the House Business and Labor Standing Committee to the House Business, Labor, and Commerce Standing Committee
- requires certain changes to legislation to be made by a motion to substitute the legislation rather than a motion to amend the legislation
- prohibits a committee member from requesting a personal privilege during a committee meeting
- clarifies House floor procedures related to substitute and privileged motions
- makes technical and conforming changes
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What members get
- An alert the day H.R. 1 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When H.R. 1 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
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Every vote
- 73 yes, 1 no, 1 absentFinal House vote · Jan 21, 2025Who voted how
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