Georgia 2023 1st Special Session

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1	1		23 LC 33 9552
2	2		Senate Resolution 1EX
3	3		By: Senators Kennedy of the 18th and Gooch of the 51st
4		-	ADOPTED SENATE
5	4		A RESOLUTION
6	5		Adopting the Rules of the Georgia Senate for the 2023 special session of the General
7	6		1
8	7		Assembly of Georgia; and for other purposes.2
9	8		BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the Rules of the Georgia Senate in effect at the3
10	9		adjournment of the 2023 regular session of the General Assembly are hereby adopted as the4
11	10		Rules of the Georgia Senate for the 2023 special session with the following amendments:5
12	11		SECTION 1.6
13	12		Senate Rule 2-8.3 is amended by revising subsection (b) as follows:7
14	13		"(b) All Committee of Conference reports shall be printed and distributed to the Senators8
15	14		on the legislative day prior to consideration of the same during the first thirty-six (36) days
16	15		9
17	16		of any regular session. During the thirty-seventh (37th) through the fortieth (40th) days of10
18	17		any regular session, such reports shall be printed and distributed to the Senators at least two11
19	18		(2) hours prior to consideration of the same; provided that this two (2) hour requirement12
20	19		may be suspended by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members to which the Senate13
21	20		is entitled."14
22	21		S. R. 1EX
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24	23		SECTION 2.
25	24		15
26	25		Senate Rule 2-8.4 is amended by revising it as follows:16
27	26		"2-8.4 Time Limit; Discharge; Appointment of New Members17
28	27		After a Committee of Conference has been in existence for five (5) days
29	28		twenty-four hours18
30	29		and has failed to make a report to the Senate on the question under consideration, the19
31	30		President of the Senate may discharge the conferees and appoint new conferees, or after20
32	31		forty-eight hours, the Senate, on motion and by a majority vote of all members elected to21
33	32		the Senate, may discharge the Senate conferees and new conferees shall be appointed as22
34	33		provided in Rule 2-8.1, instruct said Senate conferees, or make any other motion not23
35	34		contrary to the Rules of the Senate; provided that, after the thirty-fifth (35th) legislative24
36	35		day, the above motions may be made and passed at any time, but not more often than every25
37	36		twenty-four hours."26
38	37		SECTION 3.27
39	38		Senate Rule 3-1.2 is amended by revising subsection (a) as follows:28
40	39		"(a)(1) Except for bills providing for Senate, House, or Congressional districts and except29
41	40		as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, no No bill or resolution30
42	41		requiring the concurring vote of the House for passage shall be introduced unless the31
43	42		same shall have been filed in the office of the Secretary before 4:00 P.M. on the previous32
44	43		business day; provided that the same shall be filed before 2:00 P.M. on Fridays.33
45	44		(2) On the first day of a special session, a bill or resolution requiring the concurring vote34
46	45		of the House of Representatives for passage may be introduced if it has been filed with35
47	46		the Secretary prior to the time for first reading and reference of Senate bills and36
48	47		resolutions in the order of business."37
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51	50		SECTION 4.
52	51		38
53	52		Senate Rule 4-2.6 is amended by revising it as follows:39
54	53		"4-2.6 Order for Second Reading; Second Reading After the 35th Day40
55	54		Any general bill or resolution shall be automatically passed to a second reading
56	55		Every41
57	56		general bill and resolution shall be read a second time on the same legislative day following42
58	57		the day that the bill or resolution is reported by the committee to which it was referred. 43
59	58		Except that after the thirty-fifth (35th) day of any regular session, every bill and resolution44
60	59		shall be read a second time on the same legislative day that the bill or resolution is reported45
61	60		by the committee to which it was referred. No debate shall be admitted upon any bill at the46
62	61		first or second reading."47
63	62		SECTION 5.48
64	63		Senate Rule 4-2.9 is amended by revising subsection (b) as follows:49
65	64		"(b) The Committee on Rules shall arrange and fix the calendar for each day's business50
66	65		after the fifth (5th) legislative day of each regular session of the General Assembly and for51
67	66		each day of the 2023 special session of the General Assembly. Such calendar shall be a52
68	67		standing and continuing special order during said period. No matter shall be taken up or53
69	68		acted on otherwise than in the order and manner fixed by such calendar, except by a54
70	69		three-fourths vote of those voting, provided such three-fourths constitutes a majority of the55
71	70		members elected to the Senate. This Rule may not be suspended by a two-thirds vote of56
72	71		the Senate."57
73	72		SECTION 6.58
74	73		Senate Rule 4-2.13 is amended by revising it as follows:59
75	74		"4-2.13 Transmittal to the House60
76	75		No bill or resolution shall be transmitted to the House on the day of passage thereof unless61
77	76		two-thirds of the Senators voting, provided the total vote constitutes a quorum, shall so62
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80	79		order; provided, however, that, after the thirty-seventh (37th) legislative day of any regular
81	80		63
82	81		session, and during the 2023 special session,
83	82		any bill, resolution, or other matter which64
84	83		requires action by the House shall be immediately transmitted to the House by the65
85	84		Secretary of the Senate. The Secretary shall also immediately transmit Senate bills and66
86	85		resolutions requiring House action on the crossover day after any notice to reconsider is67
87	86		disposed of."68
88	87		SECTION 7.69
89	88		Senate Rule 6-7.1 is amended by revising subsection (c) as follows:70
90	89		"(c) A notice of motion to reconsider a bill or resolution shall take precedence over a71
91	90		motion to transmit and shall have the effect of defeating the motion to transmit; except on72
92	91		the crossover day, and on legislative days thirty-eight (38) through forty (40) of any regular73
93	92		session, and during the 2023 special session, a Senator must give notice immediately of his74
94	93		or her intention to move to reconsider, and the President or the designee of the President75
95	94		shall set a time during the day when the motion will be entertained, so stating the time to76
96	95		the Senate; the time shall be at the discretion of the President or the designee of the77
97	96		President, but not less than ten minutes. If the Senate is considering any other business at78
98	97		the time the motion to reconsider has been set to be entertained, the motion will be taken79
99	98		up upon conclusion of that business."80
100	99		SECTION 8.81
101	100		Senate Rule 6-7.5 is amended by revising it as follows:82
102	101		"6-7.5 Effect of Motion; Return to General Calendar83
103	102		All bills and resolutions reconsidered shall take their place at the foot of the calendar of84
104	103		bills then in order for a third reading; however, after the fifth (5th) legislative day of each85
105	104		session, a reconsidered bill or resolution which was passed or adopted shall take its place86
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108	107		at the foot of the Rules Calendar, and a reconsidered bill or resolution which was defeated87
109	108		shall be placed on the General Calendar."88
110	109		SECTION 9.89
111	110		Senate Rule 7-1.6 is amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:90
112	111		"(e) During a special session, any proposed change to a bill providing for Senate, House,91
113	112		or Congressional districts offered by a Senator or Senators, must be a complete plan92
114	113		including all districts in the state and shall be a substitute; provided, however, that any93
115	114		Senator or Senators offering a substitute bill shall have been allowed appropriate time, as94
116	115		determined by the President of the Senate, to have the same prepared by the Legislative and95
117	116		Congressional Reapportionment Office and the Office of Legislative Counsel. An96
118	117		appropriate map must accompany the plan and give accurate information and data for each97
119	118		district, including the district number, total district population, percentage deviation from98
120	119		ideal district population, black population as a percentage of district population, and black99
121	120		voting age population as a percentage of district voting age population."100
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