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General Assembly Proposed Senate
Resolution No. 7
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 105
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.
RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF THE SENATE
CONCERNING DEBATE ON THE SENATE FLOOR FOR LEGISLATIVE
EFFICIENCY.
Resolved by the Senate:
That the rules of the Senate be amended to provide limitations on 1
debate in the chamber, including (1) a maximum of three hours of 2
debate time for each political party's members to discuss a single issue 3
after which a vote shall be called, (2) a prohibition on any individual 4
member speaking for more than one hour on a single topic during a 5
debate, and (3) a prohibition on an individual member deviating from 6
the relevant subject of the bill or resolution being debated, violation of 7
which shall initially result in a verbal warning, and continued violation 8
of which may result in the forfeiture of the member's allotted time to 9
debate. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To uphold the tradition of open debate in the General Assembly while
establishing reasonable limits on the use of filibusters and speaking time
to ensure legislative efficiency.