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CONSTITUTION OF 1867
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PROPOSED CONSTITUTION OF 1968
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Sec. 18. No Senator or Delegate shall
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See Section 3.14, Immunity, p. 3.
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be liable in any civil action, or criminal
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prosecution, whatever, for words spoken in
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debate.
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Sec. 19. Each House shall be judge of
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Section 3.16. Organization.
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the qualifications and elections of its mem-
bers, as prescribed by the Constitution and
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Each house shall be the judge of the qual-
ifications and selection of its members, as
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Laws of the State; shall appoint its own
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prescribed by this Constitution and the laws
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officers, determine the rules of its own
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of this State. Each house shall elect its
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proceedings, punish a member for dis-
orderly, or disrespectful behavior, and with
the consent of two-thirds of its whole num-
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officers and determine its rules of procedure,
and may permit its committees and subcom-
mittees to meet between sessions of the Gen-
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ber of members elected, expel a member;
but no member shall be expelled a second
time for the same offence.
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eral Assembly. Each house, by the affirmative
vote of a majority of all its members, may
compel the attendance and testimony of wit-
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nesses and the production of records and pa-
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pers either before the house as a whole or
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before any of its committees and subcommit-
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tees, provided that the rights and the records
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and papers of all witnesses in such cases are
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protected by law. Each house may punish a
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member for disorderly or disrespectful be-
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havior, by the affirmative vote of a majority
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of all its members. Each house may expel
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a member by the affirmative vote of three-
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fifths of all its members.
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Sec. 20. A majority of the whole
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Section 3.17. Quorum.
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number of members elected to each House
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A majority of all the members of a house
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shall constitute a quorum for the transac-
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shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
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tion of business; but a smaller number may
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of business in that house, but a smaller
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adjourn from day to day, and compel the
attendance of absent members, in such man-
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number may adjourn from day to day.
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ner, and under such penalties, as each
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House may prescribe.
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Sec. 21. The doors of each House, and
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of the Committee of the Whole, shall be
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open, except when the business is such as
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ought to be kept secret.
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Sec. 22. Each House shall keep a
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Section 3.18. Journals.
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Journal of its proceedings, and cause the
same to be published. The yeas and nays
of members on any question, shall at the
call of any five of them in the House of
Delegates, or one in the Senate, be entered
on the Journal.
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Each house of the General Assembly shall
prescribe by rule for a current daily journal
of its proceedings, which shall be open to
public inspection at all reasonable times.
Each house shall prescribe by rule that the
daily journal shall be published as soon as
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practicable. Each house shall prescribe by
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rule that all final committee votes on all
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bills shall be entered, by recorded votes of
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individual members, in the daily journal of
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that house. Each house shall prescribe by
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rule that on final passage of a bill or resolu-
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tion, including a proposal for a constitution-
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al amendment, the vote cast by each member
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