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. —

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 See all Example Sentences for first reading