Commentaries: Art. 76

Any assembly member may submit proposals on a pending matter for consideration in the council and in the committee responsible for the preliminary examination. He or she may apply to the relevant committee for the submission of a parliamentary initiative or of a committee motion. 1bis. A bill may only be submitted with a proposal if thereby: a. a pending bill is to be divided up; b. a counter-proposal is to be made to a popular initiative on the same constitutional issue (Art. 101).¹
Proposals that relate to procedure (points of order) must normally be dealt with immediately.
A reconsideration of any decision made may be requested by means of a point of order until a council has concluded its deliberations on an item of business.²
A point of order requesting the reconsideration of a decision on introduction is not permitted.³
A point of order requesting the repeat of a vote concluding the Council’s deliberations on an item of business may only be made immediately after the vote.⁴
Proposals that have been rejected by the majority of a committee may be submitted as minority proposals.

Inserted by No I of the FA of 21 June 2013 (Improvements in the Organisation and Procedures of Parliament), in force since 25 Nov. 2013 (AS 2013 3687;BBl 2011 6793,6829). ↩
Amended by No I of the FA of 15 June 2018, in force since 26 Nov. 2018 (AS 2018 3461;BBl 2017 6797,6865). ↩
Inserted by No I of the FA of 15 June 2018, in force since 26 Nov. 2018 (AS 2018 3461;BBl 2017 6797,6865). ↩
Inserted by No I of the FA of 15 June 2018, in force since 26 Nov. 2018 (AS 2018 3461;BBl 2017 6797,6865). ↩

Art. 76