Rule 10-9 Committee reports – When reported
Current through 2024. Source: DLR publication. Published by the Baltimore City Department of Legislative Reference.
Balt., Md., Council Rules r. 10-9 (2026)
Rule 10-9 Committee reports – When reportedLinkCopy Citation
(a)
In general. The chair of a committee shall offer the committee’s report on a bill on the floor of the City Council at the next regular meeting after the committee’s action on the bill.
(b)
Exception. Subsection (a) of this rule does not apply if:
(1)
the committee otherwise directs by majority vote of the committee’s members; or
(2)
the committee’s action on the bill was taken too late to meet the next meeting’s deadline for submitting reports.
(c)
Committee amendments.
(1)
Order of motions. When presenting a committee report on a bill to the Council, the chair of a committee shall move any amendments recommended by the committee for approval. After the amendments have been adopted or not adopted by the Council as a whole, the chair of the committee shall move for approval of the bill, as amended by any approved amendments.
(2)
Summary of amendments. When delivering a committee report, the chair of a committee shall summarize any amendments that the committee recommended.
(3)
Distribution. Amendments recommended by a committee shall be distributed to all Councilmembers no less than 24 hours before the start of the Council meeting at which they will be considered, unless the committee hearing takes place within 24 hours of the Council meeting in which case the amendments shall be distributed as soon as possible after the end of the committee hearing.