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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 168
BY SENATOR AMEDEE
A RESOLUTION
To amend and readopt the introductory paragraph of Senate Rule No. 3.7(B) and (B)(4),
Senate Rule Nos. 3.7(C)(2), 8.1, 9.4, 9.5(B), 9.6, 10.9, 10.10, 13.4(3)(o), (p), and (q),
(5)(i), (6)(d) and (i), (8), (9) and (10)(p), (17)(i), (j), (k), (l) and (m), 13.95 and 14.3,
to adopt Senate Rule Nos. 10.17.1, 13.4(16)(t) and (17)(n) and to repeal Senate Rule
Nos. 3.7(D)(5), 13.4(3)(r) and 14.7 of the Rules of Order of the Senate; to delete
references to the interim calendar; to provide relative to the duties of the Secretary
relative to the interim calendar; to provide for the distribution of the daily journal;
to provide for the order or consideration of proposed floor amendments; to provide
that resolutions may be read by title upon introduction and printed in the journal by
title; to provide for the consideration of certain instruments under the "Bagneris
Rule"; to change certain terminology referring to persons with disabilities and other
exceptionalities; to provide for the referral and recommital of certain legislative
instruments; to provide for the committee documents which shall be maintained; and
to provide for an effective date.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
amends and readopts the introductory paragraph of Senate Rule No. 3.7(B) and (B)(4),
Senate Rule Nos. 3.7 (C)(2), 8.1, 9.4, 9.5(B), 9.6, 10.9, 10.10, 13.4(3)(o), (p) and (q), (5)(i),
(6)(d) and (i), (8), (9) and (10)(p), (17)(i), (j), (k), (l) and (m), 13.95 and 14.3, adopts Senate
Rule Nos. 10.17.1, 13.4(16)(t) and (17)(n) and repeals Senate Rule Nos. 3.7(D)(5), 13.4(3)(r)
and 14.7 of the Rules of Order of the Senate as follows:
Rule 3.7. Duties of Secretary
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B. The Secretary shall exercise the following duties while the Legislature is
in session.:
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(4) Maintain the calendars of bills, resolutions, and joint resolutions to be
taken up and acted upon by the Senate, as provided in Senate Rules 14.6 and 14.7 .
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C. The Secretary shall exercise the following additional duties while the
Senate is convened:
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(2) Read the Journal daily, unless the reading is dispensed with by a majority
of the members present or the Journal is unavailable, as required by Senate Rule
14.5. The Journal shall be made available only electronically to the members.
No paper copies of the Journal shall be distributed to a member unless the
member specifically requests a paper copy.
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Rule 8.1. Amendments; how considered; order of consideration
A. Only one set of proposed amendments to a legislative instrument shall be
considered by the Senate at any one time.
B. Proposed floor amendments shall be considered in the order in which
they are received for consideration, except that amendments that have been
received prior to the consideration of the instrument that are proposed by the
lead author of a Senate instrument or by the Senate member handling a House
instrument shall be considered prior to other proposed floor amendments.
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Rule 9.4. Referral to committee
The President shall refer each prefiled instrument to the appropriate standing
committee in accordance with the Rules of Order of the Senate for presession study,
hearing, and consideration of such instrument by the committee. At the time of the
referral, the President shall notify the author in writing of the referral of the
instrument, naming the committee to which the instrument has been referred. The SR NO. 168 ENROLLED
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referral, the date thereof, and the name of the committee of reference shall be entered
in the Interim Calendar on the Joint Legislative Website. If a senator notifies the
President in writing within ten five days after publication of the referral in the
Interim Calendar and distribution of the calendar on the Joint Legislative Website
that he objects to the referral and states the reason for his objection, the President
may reconsider the referral and may refer to another committee. If the President
refers the instrument to another committee, he shall so notify the author and the
chairman of both committees affected by his action in writing, and the Secretary
shall enter the new referral in the next Interim Calendar on the Joint Legislative
Website.
Rule 9.5. Authority of author to withdraw
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B. The author of a prefiled instrument may withdraw it at any time prior to
introduction by written request to the Secretary. In such case, the Secretary shall
reclaim the instrument from the committee and enter its withdrawal in the Interim
Calendar on the Joint Legislative Website.
Rule 9.6. Presession committee hearings
Prior to the session, standing committees may hold hearings and consider
prefiled instruments referred to them if copies of such instruments have been made
available and distribution of the Interim Calendar indicating entry of the referral
thereof on the Joint Legislative Website has been made at least ten days before the
meeting. However, if objection is raised, as provided in Rule 9.4, the original
committee of reference shall not consider the instrument. If the President refers the
instrument to another committee, the instrument shall not be considered until at least
ten five days after distribution of the Interim Calendar in which the indicating the
second referral is entered on the Joint Legislative Website and appears.
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Rule 10.9. Resolutions; introduction and referral; suspension of laws
A. Each resolution shall be read by title upon introduction in the Senate and
shall be referred to an appropriate committee on the next legislative day following SR NO. 168 ENROLLED
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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. 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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Rule 10.10. Commitment or amendment; two prior readings required
No bill or joint resolution shall be committed or amended until it has been
read by title in open session of the Senate on two separate days.
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Rule 10.17.1. Returning to the calendar; "Bagneris Rule"
A. On any legislative day in the regular order and upon third reading
and final passage for any instrument, at the discretion of the President and
upon the motion of any member, the Senate may pass over any instrument that
any member objects to as controversial under the provisions of this rule, which
shall be referred to as the "Bagneris Rule".
B. The motion to operate under the Bagneris Rule shall be a
nondebatable motion and shall be approved by a majority of the members
present and voting.
C. Any instrument so passed over under the Bagneris Rule shall remain
on the regular calendar in the same numerical order on the next calendar day.
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Rule 13.4. Referral to standing committees; jurisdiction
Each legislative instrument or other matter to be referred to committee shall
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having jurisdiction thereof as provided in the following enumeration of subject
matter jurisdiction for the committees of the Senate:
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(3) Education Committee, all matters relating to:
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(o) Schools for the blind
(p) Schools for the deaf Special Schools
(q)(p) State and public libraries
(r)(q) Vocational-technical education
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(5) Finance Committee, all matters relating to:
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(i) Each legislative instrument with an estimated fiscal cost, as reflected in
the fiscal note prepared in accordance with Joint Rule No. 4, of five one hundred
thousand dollars or more annually in any one of the three ensuing fiscal years or with
a fiscal cost with, although unspecified in the fiscal note, is indicated in the fiscal
note to likely exceed five one hundred thousand dollars annually in any of the three
ensuing fiscal years, after initial consideration in committee of subject matter, if
different from Finance.
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(6) Health and Welfare Committee, all matters relating to:
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(d) Handicapped children's facilities Facilities for children with physical
disabilities
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(i) Mentally retarded institutions and services Institutions and services for
persons with intellectual disabilities
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(8) Judiciary A Committee, or
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(10) Judiciary C Committee, all matters relating to:
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(p) National Guard, Military affairs generally, Code of Military Justice, and
the Adjutant General
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(16) Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee, all matters relating to:
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(t) State buildings generally, including naming of state buildings
(17) Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee, all matters
relating to:
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(i) Public works Ports
(j) Railroads Public works
(k) Rules and regulations for highway, railroad, and air use Railroads
(l) Transportation, highways, and public works in general Rules and
Regulations for highway, railroad, and air use
(m) Water conservation districts Transportation, highways, and public
works in general
(n) Water conservation districts
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Rule 13.95. Permanent committee records; disposition
A. The permanent records of the committee shall include the audio tapes and
minutes of each meeting and a file on each instrument received by the committee.
The file on each instrument shall include a copy of the original instrument; a copy
of committee amendments proposed by any member, whether or not adopted, and the
disposition thereof; a copy of any fiscal note, actuarial note, or notice attached to an
instrument at the time of committee consideration; all prepared statements filed with
the committee chairman by members or interested parties; the minutes of the public
hearing held on the instrument and of the meeting at which the committee report
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B. The minutes, as approved by the committee, and other permanent records
of the committee shall be retained by the Senate staff and shall be public records ;
however the Secretary of the Senate shall be the official custodian of such
records.
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Rule 14.3. Journal; legislative instruments to be entered, form
The author(s) and the title of each bill or, joint resolution and the full text of
each, resolution or concurrent resolution introduced in the Senate shall be printed in
the Journal for the day on which the instrument was introduced. The title of the
instrument shall accompany each Journal entry of subsequent action taken upon the
instrument. Each The title of each resolution, concurrent resolution, and joint
resolution which originates in the Senate and which is ordered enrolled shall be
printed in full in the Journal, as enrolled, as part of the report on enrollments of the
Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule Nos. 3.7(D)(5), 13.4(3)(r), and 14.7
of the Rules of Order of the Senate are hereby repealed in their entirety.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall become effective on
August 1, 2014.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE