Done when a bill is introduced. Catch Title and the name(s) of the sponsor(s) are read.
The first presentation of a bill or its title for consideration. In some states, the first reading is done at the time of introduction.
The stage in parliamentary proceedings at which permission is obtained to proceed with a Bill.
When a bill is introduced in a chamber and "read across the desk" for the first time and assigned to a standing committee.
The recitation on the chamber floor of the measure number, title, and sponsor by the reading clerk upon introduction of a measure in either house (sponsor name is read only in the Senate; the House reads just measure number and title). After the first reading, the measure is referred to committee by the Speaker or President. According to House rules, a bill must go to a relevant substantive committee.
The first time a Bill is reported out of Committee the Legislature votes to accept or reject the Report of the Committee and any Committee Amendments or Floor Amendments from the other body.
the first presentation of a bill in a legislature
The State Constitution requires a bill to be read three times before it is passed. The first reading is one of three times a bill is read by its title when it is introduced.
A stage of the legislative process when a bill is introduced, before referral to a committee for study. In contemporary practice, bills are no longer read aloud when introduced. First reading dates back to the very early English parliamentary practice when bills had to be read aloud because many delegates could not read.
Each bill introduced must be read three times before final passage. The first reading of a bill occurs when the measure is introduced.
The reading of the bill's number, title, and sponsor by the reading clerk in either house. After the first reading, the measure is sent to a committee by the Speaker or President.
the reporting of a bill to the body at the time of its introduction and referral to committee.
When the Clerk of the Parliament formally reads aloud the short title of a Bill introduced into the Legislative Assembly immediately after the Bill's sponsoring Minister has moved that the Bill be read a first time. (For more detail about the first reading, and the stages of the passage of a Bill generally, see The Queensland Parliamentary Procedures Handbook.)
The depth of the first useable reading or value recorded on a curve at the onset of the survey.
Each bill must be read on the rostrum three times before final passage. In Washington, first reading takes place when the bill is introduced. Also referred to as "introduction."
The initial reading of a measure on the floor of a chamber that is followed by a second reading. There is no floor debate on a bill in its first reading if a favorable committee report has been accepted.
the first of the stages that a bill must go through in order to become an Act. The clerk reads the full title of the bill out loud.
