first reading
noun
: the first submitting of a bill before a quorum of a legislative assembly usually by title or number only
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The Bastrop City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved on first reading the city’s budget and property tax rate for fiscal year 2024-2025, including funds to hire new police officers and other city staff.
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Aaron Sullivan, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Sep. 2024
Sarah Paulson next introduced Marc Jacobs for the fashion award, first reading a statement from Miuccia Prada.
—Kristen Tauer, WWD, 30 Oct. 2024
The producer Michael De Luca, at the time New Line Cinema’s head of production and now co-CEO of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, remembers the excitement of first reading The Sixth Sense.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 July 2024
At the bill’s first reading two weeks ago, Mr. Fatty bused in a group of young women to chant pro-cutting slogans outside Parliament.
—Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
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Aaron Sullivan, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Sep. 2024
Sarah Paulson next introduced Marc Jacobs for the fashion award, first reading a statement from Miuccia Prada.
—Kristen Tauer, WWD, 30 Oct. 2024
The producer Michael De Luca, at the time New Line Cinema’s head of production and now co-CEO of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, remembers the excitement of first reading The Sixth Sense.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 30 July 2024
At the bill’s first reading two weeks ago, Mr. Fatty bused in a group of young women to chant pro-cutting slogans outside Parliament.
—Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
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“First reading.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20reading. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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