Usually means: Legislative stage for debating bill.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. second reading: Merriam-Webster
  2. second reading: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. second reading: Collins English Dictionary
  4. second reading: Vocabulary.com
  5. second reading: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. second reading: Dictionary.com
  7. Second Reading, Second reading: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. second reading: Rhymezone
  9. second reading: FreeDictionary.org
  10. second reading: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. second reading: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. second reading: Wiktionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Second Reading: GLOSSARY OF LEGISLATIVE TERMS

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Definitions from Wiktionary (second reading)

noun:  In the UK and various other countries, the second presentation of a bill (proposed legislation) to a parliament or legislature, or chamber thereof, subsequent to the initial announcement of the bill at first reading. It is the first opportunity for debate on the main principles of the bill, and in the UK precedes the committee stage, where the bill is scrutinised in more detail.

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