~POINT OF ORDER

     Representative Hunt requested a ruling on whether the Senate amendment to Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2137 was beyond the Scope and Object of the bill.

~SPEAKERS' RULING

     Co-Speaker Chopp:  "The Speakers find that the bill is intended to include possession of explosives in the category of offenses for which a school student must be expelled for not less than one year.  The amendment strikes all of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2137 and deletes all references to explosives, as an alternative, the amendment adds all or parts of five other bills, none of which give exclusive consideration to the presence of explosives in schools.  The Speakers find that the amendment does go beyond the Scope and Object of Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2137.

     Representative Hunt, your Point of Order is well taken.  Speaker Ballard concurs in this ruling."

     There being no objection, the House refused to concur in the Senate Amendment(s) to Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2137 and asked the Senate to recede therefrom.