HOUSE RULES

Adopted on 14 December 2010

Select House Rule to View  PREAMBLE I. Convening and Organizing the House II. Membership III. Officers IV. The Speaker V. The Deputy Speakers VI. The Secretary General VII. The Sergeant-at-Arms VIII. The Electoral Tribunal and The Commission on Appointments IX. The Committees X. Bills, Resolutions, Messages, Memorials and Petitions XI. The Session XII. Decorum and Debate XIII. Motions and Their Precedence XIV. Suspension of the Rules XV. Voting XVI. Privilege Hour XVII. Question Hour XVIII. Committee of the Whole House XIX. Discipline, Ethics, Accountability XX. Proposals to Amend the Constitution XXI. Papers, Books and Records XXII. Broadcasting the House XXIII. Response to Subpoenas XXIV. Session Hall, Conference Rooms, Lounges, Lobbies and Rooms XXV. Precedents and Suppletory Provisions XXVI. The Mace and the Official Seal XXVII. Amendments XXVIII. Effectivity  

Section 140. Proposals. The Congress, upon a vote of three-fourth (3/4) of all its Members, may propose amendment(s) to or revision of the Constitution.

Section 141. Form of Proposals and Procedure for Adoption. Proposals to amend or revise the Constitution shall be by resolution which may be filed at any time by any Member. The adoption of resolutions proposing amendments to or revision of the Constitution shall follow the procedure for the enactment of bills.

Section 142. Constitutional Convention. The Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all its Members, call a constitutional convention or, by a majority vote of all its Members, submit to the electorate the question of calling such a convention.