First_reading First_reading

First reading - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Allocution, Application, Barometer, Beam, Bibliomania, Canon, Check

A first reading is when a bill is introduced to a legislature. Typically in the United States, the bill is assigned a tracking number and immediately assigned to a committee, and is amended by committee between the first and second readings. In most British influenced legislatures (see: Westminster system), the committee consideration occurs between second and third readings.

In Canada, First Reading occurs in either the Senate or House of Commons. The bill is then printed.

See also: second reading, third reading

Example Usage of reading
angiecrobson: reading post secret is a sunday morning tradition. maybe I'll send in my own secret.
MissKate06: The problem with reading at work, is that you have to stop. I'll have to sneak in a few lines here and there....finding it difficult to stop
CicelyMitchell: is having coffee at Caribou Coffee and reading "The Astonishing Power of Emotions"...
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