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Regular Session, 2011 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 4
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
A RESOLUTION
To amend and readopt Senate Rule 7.6(E) and 10.9(A) of the Rules of Order of the Senate
to provide relative to the procedure applicable to the adoption of resolutions.
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana that Senate Rule
7.6(E) and 10.9(A) of the Rules of Order of the Senate are amended and readopted to read
as follows:
Rule 7.6. Legislative instruments and other documents; introduction copies,
printing; language indicators in bills; deadline for legislation requests
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E. (1) On the day on which a bill appears on the regular calendar for final
passage, a copy thereof and any supplemental digest shall be placed in the Final
Passage Book on the desk of each member. Such The bills shall be arranged as listed
on the regular calendar, separately for Senate and House bills.
(2) On the day on which a resolution or concurrent resolution appears
on the regular calendar to be adopted, the resolutions or concurrent resolutions
shall be posted on the official legislative website, and shall be arranged as listed
on the regular calendar, separately for Senate and House resolutions and
concurrent resolutions. Resolutions and concurrent resolutions that pertain to
notifying the House of Representatives or the governor that the Senate has
convened or is ready to adjourn, or to the holding of a joint session of the
legislature, shall be exempt from this requirement.
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Rule 10.9. Resolutions; introduction and referral; suspension of laws SR NO. 4 ENROLLED
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A. Each resolution shall be read upon introduction in the Senate and shall be
referred to an appropriate committee on the next legislative day following the day
of introduction. The requirement of referral to committee shall not apply to
perfunctory resolutions, such as those pertaining to adjournment or to a resolution
introduced for the purpose of calling an election for the election of the President
pursuant to Rule 3.2, the election of the President Pro Tempore pursuant to Rule 3.4,
for the election of the Secretary pursuant to Rule 3.6 or for the election of the
Sergeant at Arms pursuant to Rule 3.8. A perfunctory Only a resolution pertaining
to notifying the House of Representatives or the governor that the Senate has
convened or is ready to adjourn or the holding of a joint session of the
legislature may be taken up and acted upon immediately upon introduction.
Otherwise, no resolution may be taken up and acted upon until it is listed on the
order of the day for that legislative day.
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE