QUESTIONS OF PRIVILEGE
House rules provide special privilege to questions of privilege. Questions of privilege are classified as those questions:
(1) Affecting the rights of the House collectively, its safety, dignity, and the integrity of its proceedings
(2) Affecting the rights, reputations, and conduct of Members, individually, in their representative capacity.
A question of privilege has been held to take precedence over all questions except the motion to adjourn. Questions of the privileges of the House, those concerning the rights of the House collectively, take the form of a resolution which may be called up by any Member after proper notice. A question of personal privilege, affecting the rights, reputation, and conduct of individual Members, may be raised from the floor without formal notice.
Debate
on a question of privilege proceeds under the hour rule, with debate on a
question of the privileges of the House divided between the proponent and the
leader of the opposing party or a designee.