Placed on Calendar

Each chamber works from a daily calendar that lists bills by stage — Second Reading, Third Reading, Concurrence and so on (House Rule 31). A bill a committee reports favorably is placed on the order of Second Reading (House Rule 24(a)); after its second reading it moves to Third Reading, where the vote on passage happens.

Placement makes a bill eligible to be taken up; it does not schedule a vote. A bill still on the calendar when its deadline passes is re-referred — to the Rules Committee in the House (House Rule 19(a)), to Assignments in the Senate (Senate Rule 3-9(a)).

In the House, “Short Debate” means floor debate on the bill is limited to a two-minute presentation, a two-minute response and one minute to close (House Rule 52).