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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 105 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Senate | |
| 6 | 6 | Resolution No. 7 | |
| 7 | 7 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 8 | 8 | LCO No. 105 | |
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| 10 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 11 | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION | |
| 12 | 12 | AND ELECTIONS | |
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| 14 | 14 | ||
| 15 | 15 | Introduced by: | |
| 16 | 16 | SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist. | |
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| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 20 | RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF THE SENATE | |
| 21 | 21 | CONCERNING DEBATE ON THE SENATE FLOOR FOR LEGISLATIVE | |
| 22 | 22 | EFFICIENCY. | |
| 23 | 23 | Resolved by the Senate: | |
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| 25 | 25 | That the rules of the Senate be amended to provide limitations on 1 | |
| 26 | 26 | debate in the chamber, including (1) a maximum of three hours of 2 | |
| 27 | 27 | debate time for each political party's members to discuss a single issue 3 | |
| 28 | 28 | after which a vote shall be called, (2) a prohibition on any individual 4 | |
| 29 | 29 | member speaking for more than one hour on a single topic during a 5 | |
| 30 | 30 | debate, and (3) a prohibition on an individual member deviating from 6 | |
| 31 | 31 | the relevant subject of the bill or resolution being debated, violation of 7 | |
| 32 | 32 | which shall initially result in a verbal warning, and continued violation 8 | |
| 33 | 33 | of which may result in the forfeiture of the member's allotted time to 9 | |
| 34 | 34 | debate. 10 | |
| 35 | 35 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 36 | 36 | To uphold the tradition of open debate in the General Assembly while | |
| 37 | 37 | establishing reasonable limits on the use of filibusters and speaking time | |
| 38 | 38 | to ensure legislative efficiency. |