Usually fewer than 40 come from diocesan conventions. Only slightly more come from the House of Bishops. About a third come from the interim bodies, the committees and commissions of the church that work between conventions on various tasks and whose reports are published in the so-called Blue Book. The final category of resolutions, about half of the total, is from deputies. Resolutions by bishops must be endorsed by at least two other bishops, all three being from different dioceses.
Individual bishops can propose no more than three resolutions.
Similar rules apply to deputies, though all three signers may be from the same diocese. The A resolutions are contained in the Blue Book, which already has been distributed to deputies and bishops. It doesn't really matter where a resolution originates, but it often makes a great deal of difference which house considers it first. That is the responsibility of the committee on dispatch, which, as in the U.S. Congress, is very important. In 1994, General Convention began holding Bible study and Eucharist for all participants at the beginning of the legislative day.