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<baltimore-city-law heading="Rule 10-8 Committee reports – Report required">
  <section prefix="Rule" num="10-8" heading="Committee reports – Report required">
    <para num="(a)">In general. Each committee shall report to the Council on all bills on which it has taken a vote that has adopted one of the possible reports in subsection (b) of this Rule.</para>
    <para num="(b)">Options. The report on each bill shall be either:<para num="(1)">favorable;</para>
      <para num="(2)">favorable with amendments;</para>
      <para num="(3)">unfavorable; or</para>
      <para num="(4)">without recommendation.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)">Adoption.<para num="(1)">A committee may adopt a report only on the affirmative vote of a majority of all committee members present.</para>
      <para num="(2)">A committee member may vote on a report or other measure only if the member is physically present when the vote is called.</para>
    </para>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
