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'''''Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure''''', referred to as '''''Mason's Manual''''', is the official [[parliamentary authority]] of most [[State legislature (United States)|state legislature]]s in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Authority |url=https://www.ncsl.org/documents/legismgt/ILP/99Tab9Pt3.pdf |website=NCSL |access-date=August 8, 2022}}{{dead link|date=May 2023}}</ref> This book has been adopted as "the authority on questions of parliamentary law and procedure in California, it is to legislatures what ''[[Robert's Rules of Order]]'' is to club groups."{{Quote without source|date=May 2023}} The Manual covers [[Motion|motions]], procedures, vote requirements, the [[rules of order]], principles, precedents, and legal basis behind [[parliamentary law]] used by legislatures.

The author, [[Paul Mason (writer)|Paul Mason]] (1898–1985), was a scholar who worked for the [[California State Senate]]. He is best known for writing ''Constitutional History of California'' in 1951 and ''Manual of Legislative Procedure'' in 1935. The [[National Conference of State Legislatures]] (NCSL) was assigned copyright ownership by Mason prior to his death.