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1. This Act shall be cited as the Procedural Rules of the Underhusen Act.

Underhusen Procedure

2. Any Underhusen representative may introduce legislation into the Underhusen.

3. Any legislative or non-legislative proposal introduced into the Underhusen must be considered by the Underhusen for a minimum of two days before a motion to vote may be made.
(a) In matters of urgency, this two day period may be waived if the Speaker of the Assembly makes a motion to expedite and the motion is seconded by a Underhusen representative.

4. Any Underhusen representative may motion to vote on any legislative or non-legislative proposal.
(a) A proposal shall proceed to a vote no more than five days after a motion to vote is seconded by another representative.
(b) The Speaker of the Assembly may not motion to vote or second a motion to vote.

5. Once brought to a vote, a proposal shall remain at vote for seven days or until the requisite number of Underhusen representatives have voted in favor of or against the proposal.

6. Underhusen representatives may cast one of the following votes on proposals before the Underhusen:
(a) Aye, indicating that the representative is voting in favor of the proposal;
(b) Nay, indicating that the representative is voting against the proposal;
(c) Abstain, indicating that the representative is voting neither in favor of or against the proposal but wishes his or her vote to be recorded.

The Speaker of the Assembly

7. The Speaker of the Assembly shall have the power to set an agenda for the Underhusen at the beginning of his or her term and to revise this agenda throughout the term.

8. The Speaker of the Assembly shall have the power to bring matters before the Underhusen to a vote within the parameters established by Section 4(a) of this Act.

9. The Speaker of the Assembly shall have the power to close votes and declare the official outcome of votes on matters before the Underhusen within the parameters established by Section 5 of this Act.
(a) The Speaker of the Assembly shall have the power to leave voting open for votes to the record after official voting has closed.

10. The Speaker of the Assembly shall have the power to invite any citizen to speak before the Underhusen for any duration that he or she deems necessary during the term.
(a) All members of the Royal Family shall have a standing invitation to speak before the Underhusen.

11. The Speaker of the Assembly shall have the power to determine procedure related to any matter that is not covered by this Act at his or her discretion.

12. The Speaker of the Assembly shall have the power to appoint a Speaker pro tempore from among the representatives of the Underhusen who shall, during a temporary absence of the Speaker of the Assembly, preside over the Underhusen.
(a) The Speaker pro tempore, whenever he or she is presiding over the Underhusen, shall be subject to all constitutional and statutory constraints placed upon the Speaker of the Assembly.
(b) Any Underhusen representative may make a motion to empower the Speaker pro tempore in the event that the Speaker of the Assembly is absent without notice for longer than five days. Such a motion shall be brought to a vote by the Speaker pro tempore immediately upon being seconded by another representative.
(c) The Speaker pro tempore shall cease to preside over the Underhusen upon the return of the Speaker of the Assembly.
(d) In the absence of both the Speaker of the Assembly and the Speaker Pro Tempore, the Underhusen may decide on a temporary Speaker pro tempore from its number by process of a majority vote.

This Bill is hereby introduced to the floor for debate. Any representative may motion to vote after 48 hours of debate. This Bill will go to a majority vote after the motion has been seconded.

This seems to be rather good, However would the term "For" or "Against" be the same as "Aye" or "Nay" , the section in question is located in Section 6, Sub-section a and b.

Also there are several references to a requisite of votes for a proposal to pass or to fail(such as: Underhusen Procedure, Section 5. and in Speaker of the Assembly-Section  12, Subsection d), however that is not defined.

This seems to be rather good, However would the term "For" or "Against" be the same as "Aye" or "Nay" , the section in question is located in Section 6, Sub-section a and b.

Also there are several references to a requisite of votes for a proposal to pass or to fail(such as: Underhusen Procedure, Section 5. and in Speaker of the Assembly-Section  12, Subsection d), however that is not defined.

Answer to your first question, yes... For and Against would be the same as Aye or nay... though when voting, Aye and Nay will be used.

To your second question, the number of votes required will be defined in either the constitution or the Bill itself, and therefore not here. I will always say how many votes are required for a bill to pass.

Alright. Do you know, as of now, What the amount to determine the fate of a bill or is it unknown?

It will depend on the type of bill.

Regular Bills will usually require a majority, but Constitutional amendments will most likely require a supermajority.

could you please define majority and Super-majority.

Majority: 51% or more vote in favor

Supermajority: Usually a 2/3 majority, though I've seen 3/4 used sometimes.

Alright, thank-you for stating them. I have no further questions

Just to clarify, according to the proposal Constitutional amendments will require a 2/3 super majority.

* Wintermoot retains the standing invitation for the Executive to address the legislature from Spiritus.

I like it

I believe it will be effective. i laymans' terms, I like it.

For the sake of getting this passed ASAP, I hereby motion to expedite this to a vote. Once this motion is seconded, this act will go to a vote.

I second it.

Seconded

The Motion to Expedite has been passed. This will now come to a vote.