A complete, new bill or resolution recommended by a committee in lieu of the original measure. A committee will report a committee substitute rather than a large number of individual amendments when the committee wishes to make a substantial number of changes to the original measure. The committee substitute must contain the same subject matter as the original measure.
A bill offered by a committee in lieu of another bill that was originally referred to the committee for consideration; technically, the committee substitute is an amendment to the original bill.
An amendment to a bill that replaces the original language or specific section of a bill.
Committee substitutes have difference meaning in each house. Senate: A bill going through the committee hearing process sometimes has numerous amendments, or the amendments change the original concept of the bill. In these instances the bill is rewritten and becomes a “committee substitute.†The next committee of reference may again rewrite the bill, and more than one bill may be combined. The committee substitute continues to carry the identifying number(s) of the original bill(s) filed. A CS/CS or C2 is a Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute. House: An amendment striking all language in a bill. It is produced by each committee considering a bill and is taken up by the next committee of reference as the bill before it for purposes of consideration.
A bill offered by a committee in lieu of a bill it has considered; technically, the committee substitute is an amendment to the original bill.
Short for committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
An MSP who substitutes for any other MSPs from his or her party on a particular committee. The party must have 5 or more MSPs. A committee substitute cannot be nominated for a private bill committee. An MSP cannot be nominated to be a committee substitute for more than 1 committee or for the members of a committee of which he or she is a member.
