The committee may recommend that the bill not proceed. If the Assembly ac- cepts the recommen- dation, the bill does not proceed. OR Committee Stage The Lieutenant Governor or their representative gives Royal Assent to the bill. Third Reading The Speaker is required to put all the questions to dispose of the main motion. Amendments must be read a first and second time prior to third reading of the bill. Leave is not required for a specified bill to be read a third time.

Policy Field Committee - Committee must convene to conclude examination of specified bill - Chair required to put question on outstanding questions, followed by combined question on remaining clauses - Quorum is not required - No additional amendments, new clauses, or new schedules may be moved - Bill reported with or without amendment to Assembly later that day If the motion for third reading is de- feated, the bill does not proceed. Legislative Process for Public Bills Specified for Voting Royal Assent If the motion for second reading is defeated, the bill does not proceed.

Specified bills are government bills introduced during the fall period of sittings, government bills introduced before Decemb er during the first session of a new legislature, or government bills necessary for the passage of the budgetary estimates. The rules pro- vide special procedures to complete consideration of any specified bill that meets a threshold on the day prior to completion day. Bills specified for voting under the rules require 20 hours of consideration and budget bills require five hours of considera tion.

This process is seldom utilized because most bills are voted on prior to the day before Completion Day. Procedure to Complete Consideration of Specified Bills Consideration of bills that meet the thresholds established by the rules shall be con- cluded by the following procedures. Second Reading If the bill remains in second reading, the Speaker is required to put the question to dispose of the main motion. The bill is automatically committed to Committee of the Whole on Bills for consid- eration later on that day.

Committee of the Whole on Bills - Chair required to put question on outstanding questions, followed by combined question on remaining clauses - No further debate permitted - No additional amendments, new clauses, or new schedules may be moved - Bill reported with or without amendment to Assembly for third reading