A listing of non-controversial bills which have been through the consent calendar process (see THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS) and are to be considered before the regular order calendar on each legislative day.
A listing of non-controversial bills and resolutions. No debate is in order for any item on the consent calendar.
a portion of the agenda in which relatively noncontroversial bills are considered and quickly advanced to the next legislative stage. Usually, a bill on consent calendar can be debated for no more than 15 minutes.
File containing bills that received no dissenting votes in committee.
An easy way to handle noncontroversial bills. After three days on the Calendar they are voted upon without debate. Any member may have them removed to.
A procedure to vote on bills and resolutions as a single group on second and third readings.
A calendar on which bills considered to be noncontroversial are placed for an expedited voting procedure. The House of Representatives uses a "modified consent calendar" whereby the Majority and Minority Floor Leaders earlier record the votes of their caucus members for a series of noncontroversial bills and announce those votes when the vote is taken on the floor specifically naming only those members casting no votes.
Noncontroversial bills in the House, or resolutions in the Senate, which are scheduled for action and are not subject to amendment or debate.
File containing bills which have received no dissenting votes and which have received unanimous agreement to pass.
A list of non-controversial bills, passage of which may expedite the work of the legislature
A list of non-controversial bills which is voted on in a single roll call vote instead of roll calls on each bill on the list.
The Consent Calendar contains bills of a non-controversial nature. The Committee on Rules and Calendar usually sets such a calendar for Fridays. Bills may be stricken from the Consent Calendar by a written objection from any member.
a list of non-controversial bills that are waiting for their second reading. These bills bypass the Committee of the Whole and can receive final passage in one day.
A list of bills having had one (or two) reading(s), and on which members in attendance are presumed to vote yes unless they indicate a negative vote prior to the call of the roll.
A group of noncontroversial bills passed by a committee or the full Assembly or Senate on one vote.
A group of bills that all members of a committee or house agree to pass without debate with one roll call vote. A single member may have a bill removed from the consent calendar merely by asking.
The Senate Rules Committee reviews the bills that are eligible for second reading. The Senate Rules Committee may place non controversial bills on the consent calendar to be passed by the Senate all in one action. The equivalent calendar in the House is called the suspension calendar.
In the House, a bill that does not involve a gain or loss of revenue and that has received a unanimous “ought to pass” or “ought to pass as amended” committee report is placed on the consent calendar. If there is no objection, after two legislative days, the bill is considered passed to be engrossed.
A special calendar allowing consideration of bills without debate and requiring committee support and bill sponsor endorsement.
A listing of bills that already appear on the Union or House Calendars. Members of the House must request that such bills be placed on the Consent Calendar. Customarily, these bills are non-controversial and are called on the first and third Mondays of each month.