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)
Examples of 'second reading' in a sentence
second reading
Peers were being urged last night to defy convention and vote against the Bill during its second reading.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We urge the government and MPs to support this bill at its second reading next Friday.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
With the Bill receiving a second reading, the issue will now rumble on in the background for months.