Federal Act
on the Federal Assembly
(Parliament Act, ParlA)

¹ Draft amend­ments to the Con­sti­tu­tion and non-ur­gent fed­er­al acts are not nor­mally con­sidered for the first time by both cham­bers in the same ses­sion.

² The Con­fer­ence for Co­ordin­a­tion may in re­sponse to an ap­plic­a­tion by the Fed­er­al Coun­cil or a com­mit­tee de­cide that an item of busi­ness in ac­cord­ance with para­graph 1 will by way of ex­cep­tion be con­sidered by both cham­bers for the first time in the same ses­sion.