SECTIONS 9920-9925 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 9920-9925

9920. Rules
Each house of the Legislature shall adopt rules for its
proceedings for each regular and special session by resolution
adopted by an affirmative recorded vote of two thirds of the
membership of the house in question. No rule of either the Senate or
Assembly shall be amended except by resolution adopted by an
affirmative recorded vote of two thirds of the Members of that house.
Any standing rule of either house may be suspended temporarily by a
vote of two thirds of the Members of that house present and voting;
provided, that in no case may a rule be suspended in the absence of a
quorum. Any such temporary suspension shall apply only to the matter
under immediate consideration, and in no case shall it extend beyond
an adjournment.

9921. Joint Rules
The Senate and Assembly shall adopt rules for their joint
proceedings for each regular and special session by resolution
adopted by an affirmative recorded vote of two thirds of the
membership of each house. No joint rule so adopted may be amended
except by resolution adopted by an affirmative recorded vote of two
thirds of the membership of each house. The Senate and Assembly may
provide for temporary suspension of a joint rule by a single house
upon the affirmative recorded vote of two thirds of the members of
that house; provided, that the temporary suspension shall apply only
to the matter under immediate consideration, and in no case shall it
extend beyond an adjournment.

9922. Standing committees
All standing committees of both the Senate and the Assembly,
except the Senate Committee on Rules and the Assembly Committee on
Rules, shall be created and the size and jurisdiction thereof
established through the adoption of or amendment to the rules of the
respective houses by resolution, two thirds of the membership of the
house in question concurring. Committee membership shall be
determined in the following manner:
(a). The membership of each committee shall be proportional to the
partisan composition of the house in question.
(b). Majority party members of each committee shall be selected by
the majority party in a manner to be determined by the party caucus
in each house.
(c). Minority party members of each committee shall be selected by
the minority party or parties, in a manner to be determined by the
party caucus or caucuses in each house.
(d). The Assembly Committee on Rules and the Senate Committee on
Rules shall provide for the necessary and reasonable expenses of all
committees of their respective houses pursuant to the provisions of
Sections 9912 and 9916.
(e) The majority party in each house shall be that party with the
largest number of Members in that house. Each other party with
membership in the house shall be a minority party.

9923. Special and select committees; subcommittees
No special or select committees nor any subcommittee shall be
established in either the Senate or the Assembly except by
affirmative vote of two thirds of the Committee on Rules of the house
in question. Membership of special or select committees or
subcommittees shall be determined according to the provisions of
Section 9922. For purposes of this title, "special" and "select"
committees or subcommittees include all committees or subcommittees
which are not standing committees of either house or joint committees
of the two houses.

9924. Joint committees
No joint committee shall be established except by passage of
concurrent resolution, two thirds of the membership of each house
concurring. The membership of each joint committee shall be allocated
equally between the Senate and the Assembly, and the delegation from
each house shall be chosen pursuant to the procedures set forth in
Section 9922.

9925. Member voting
Each house of the Legislature shall provide in its rules for
appropriate voting procedures on the floor and in committees or
subcommittees; provided, that no Member shall be allowed to cast a
vote for another Member, nor shall any Member be allowed to change
his or her vote or add a vote to the roll after the vote is
announced, without the consent of four fifths of the membership of
the house, nor shall any vote be taken in any committee or
subcommittee of either house in the absence of a quorum, except a
vote to adjourn.