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| The act approving an amendment to the United States Constitution. | |
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| Each bill or proposed constitutional amendment must be read by title on three separate days in each legislative house before it can be voted on final passage. The first reading usually occurs when the bill title is published in the Journal, though it can also take place in the Chamber. After being favorably reported by the council of reference, a bill is read a second time in the Chamber. During the second reading, questions may be asked and amendments considered. If amendments are adopted, the bill is engrossed. Once a bill is read a third time in the Chamber, members may debate the bill and then a vote on final passage occurs. If amendments are proposed on third reading, a vote of two-thirds is required for the amendments to be adopted. | |
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| A request by either house for return of a bill from the other house or from the Governor’s Office. When the request is from one house to the other, a written message is sent to the other house. The adoption of a concurrent resolution is required to recall a bill from the Governor. | |
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The period occurring within a legislative day when a body that has been in session temporarily suspends its proceedings. | |
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| A vote by the citizen electors upon a measure that has been presented to them for either approval or rejection. | |
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The deletion by law of an entire section, subsection, or paragraph of language from the Florida Statutes. | |
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| Florida maintains a continuous revision of its statutes. The Division of Statutory Revision of the Office of Legislative Services introduces reviser's bills that propose grammatical, editorial, or other technical changes to the Florida Statutes. It may also remove certain obsolete, inconsistent, redundant, invalid, or superseded statutes and laws or parts thereof from the official statutes. | |
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| The calling of names of members of the Senate or the House, either to determine the presence of a quorum or to act upon a matter before that house. In the Chamber, the roll is typically recorded by an electronic voting machine. | |
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| The Constitution empowers each house to determine how it shall go about its daily conduct of business. Rules governing a legislative term are usually adopted at organization session. | |
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| A decision by the committee chair or the presiding officer concerning a question of order or procedure. | |
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