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nate in either House during the last twenty eight THIRTY-FIVE
calendar days of a regular session, unless two-thirds of the members
elected thereto shall so determine by yeas and nays, and in addition the
two Houses by joint and similar rule may further regulate the right to
introduce bills during this period; nor shall any bill become a law until
it be read on three different days of the session in each House, un-
less two-thirds of the members elected to the House where such
bill is pending shall so determine by yeas and nays, and no bill
shall be read a third time until it shall have been actually engrossed
or printed for a third reading.

Each House may adopt by rule a "consent calendar" procedure
permitting bills to be read and voted upon as a single group on
both second and third readings, provided that the members of each
House be afforded reasonable notice of the bills to be placed upon
each "consent calendar." Upon the objection of any member, any
bill in question shall be removed from the "consent calendar."

28.

No bill, NOR SINGLE GROUP OF BILLS PLACED ON THE
"CONSENT CALENDAR," shall become a Law unless it be passed
in each House by a majority of the whole number of members elected,
and on its final passage, the yeas and nays be recorded, except that

this requirement shall not apply to a bill passed on the "consent"

calendar," the only requirement there being that on final passage
the yeas and nays on the entire group of bills be recorded; nor shall
any Resolution, requiring the action of both Houses, be passed ex-
cept in the same manner. AND ON FINAL PASSAGE OF THE
BILLS PLACED ON THE "CONSENT CALENDAR" THE YEAS
AND NAYS ON THE ENTIRE GROUP OF BILLS BE RE-
CORDED. A RESOLUTION REQUIRING THE ACTION OF
BOTH HOUSES SHALL BE PASSED IN THE SAME MANNER.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the aforegoing section
hereby proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of this State
shall be, at the next general election, to be held in this State in the
year 1972, submitted to the legal and qualified voters thereof for
their adoption or rejection in pursuance of the directions contained
in Article XIV of the Constitution of this State, and at the said
general election, the vote on the said proposed amendment shall be
by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be printed the words
"For the Constitutional Amendment" and "Against the Constitu-
tional Amendment," as now prescribed by law, and immediately after
said election, due returns shall be made to the Governor of the
vote for and against said proposed amendment, as directed by said
Article XIV of the Constitution.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 370
(Senate Bill 410)

AN ACT to propose certain amendments to the Constitution of
Maryland by repealing and re-enacting, with amendments, Sec-
tion 1 of Article 17, title "Quadrennial Elections," and by adding