Constitución en Inglés

110 constituteproject.org Colombia 2021 Every legislative bill shall refer to a single subject matter, and any provisions or amendments not germane to it shall be inadmissible. The chairman of the appropriate committee shall reject initiatives that are not in harmony with this principle, though his/her decisions shall be subject to appeal before the same committee. A law that is partially modified shall be published as a single text incorporating the approved amendments. A legislative bill that has been rejected in the initial reading may be considered by the respective house at the request of its author, a member of the house, the Government, or the spokesperson of the people proposing the bill in the case of a popular initiative. Between the first and second readings, a period of no less than eight days must have elapsed, and between the approval of the bill in either house and the initiation of the debate in the other, at least fifteen days must have elapsed. During the second reading, each house may introduce amendments, additions, and deletions that it deems necessary. In its report to the plenary house for the second reading, the rapporteur shall present all the proposals that were considered by the committee and the reasons they were rejected. Every bill for a law or constitutional amendment must include a sponsor´s report in the committee in charge of treating the bill, which must be circulated accordingly. No bill shall be put to a vote in a session different from the one that had been previously announced. The announcement that a bill ARTICLE 160 ARTICLE 159 ARTICLE 158