For Second Reading we have terms and definitions in 4 topics. The topics are Advocacy, Congressional, Legislative Assembly and Parliamentary Procedure.

Second Reading (Advocacy)

The reading of a bill on the floor after the bill has completed the committee process. The second reading status serves as a notice that these bills will be eligible for a hearing at the next meeting of the house

Second Reading (Congressional)

Required reading of a bill or joint resolution to a chamber: in the House, in full before floor consideration in the House or Committee of the Whole (usually dispensed with by unanimous consent or special rule); in the Senate, by title only, before referral to a committee.

Second Reading (Legislative Assembly)

Like the First Reading, a recitation of the measure’s number, title, and sponsor by the reading clerk (in the House, just the measure number and title are read). Second Reading occurs after the measure has been referred to committee, worked on, and reported back to the floor (in the house where it originated) for a vote.

Second Reading (Parliamentary Procedure)

(deuxième lecture) - The stage in the passage of a bill at which the principle and object of a bill is either accepted or rejected. Detailed consideration is not given to the clauses of the bill at this stage. - Compare: scope (of a bill)

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