Plenary Meetings of the General Assembly

Except for actions requesting constitutional change, all decisions made by assembly committees by a 3/4 or better vote are placed on the assembly plenary consent agenda to be considered as the first order of plenary business following committee meetings. The purpose of the consent agenda is to dispense quickly with items of business [IOBs] expected not to be controversial, in order to save precious time for IOBs that require more debate.

Any commissioner can remove any IOB from the consent agenda for discussion. When the consent agenda comes up in the docket, time will be allowed for commissioners to remove items; note the IOB name and number and it will be removed, to be placed on the docket for consideration in a later plenary business meeting. [F.5.b] In order to exercise your right to remove an IOB, of course, you will need to review the reports of all the committees prior to Plenary 4 on July 5. 

Anyone requesting removal of an IOB from the consent agenda is expected to seek recognition to discuss it during the committee report in which the IOB is considered.