second-reading

noun

the stage in the consideration of a legislative bill that provides an opportunity for debate and amendment.

Origin:
1640–50

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second reading

—n
	the second presentation of a bill in a legislative assembly, as to approve its general principles (in Britain), or to discuss a committee's report on it (in the US)

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