Amedee SR No. 168
Prior Senate rules provided that the Secretary of the Senate shall maintain and distribute an
Interim Calendar and requires the Secretary to read the journal daily if it is unavailable.
New Senate rules delete the requirement that the Secretary maintain and distribute an Interim
Calendar and deletes references to the Interim Calendar. Provides that the Journal shall be
made only available electronically unless a paper copy is specifically requested.
Prior Senate rules specified that only one set of proposed amendments to a legislative
instrument shall be considered by the Senate at one time. New Senate rules add that
proposed floor amendments shall be considered in the order they are received, except that
amendments received prior to consideration of the instrument proposed by the lead author
of a Senate instrument or the member handling a House instrument shall be considered prior
to other proposed floor amendments.
Prior Senate rules provided that at the time of referral to committee, the President shall notify
the author in writing of the referral and the instrument shall be placed on the Interim
Calender. New Senate rules delete the requirement that the President notify the author in
writing of the referral and specifies that the instrument referral shall be entered on the Joint
Legislative Website.
Prior Senate rules required that each resolution upon introduction and each bill or joint
resolution be read on two separate days before it is committed or amended. New Senate
rules specify that each resolution and each bill or joint resolution be read by title rather than
in its entirety.
Prior Senate rules provided that the permanent records of committees include the audio tapes
of each meeting. New Senate rules delete the requirement of maintaining audio tapes.
Prior Senate rules provided for referral of certain legislative instruments relative to students
with special needs and "Schools for the Blind" and "Schools for the Deaf" to the Education
Committee. New rules retain prior rules but revises terminology and amends Senate Rules
to reflect the consolidation of those schools into the classification "Special Schools".
Prior Senate rules provided, relative to referral of certain instruments to the Health and
Welfare Committee, for those instruments relative to "Handicapped Children Institutions"
and "Mentally Retarded Institutions". New rules change the terminology to "Institutions for
persons with intellectual disabilities" or "Institutions for persons with physical disabilities".
New Senate rules provide that Judiciary A, B, and C committees may be referred all matters
relating to military affairs.
New Senate rules provide that Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee will be referred
all matters relating to state buildings, including the naming of state buildings.
New Senate rules provide that Transportation and Public Works Committees will be referred
all matters relating to ports, public works, railroads, rules and regulations for highway,
railroad, and air use, transportation, highways, and public works in general, and water
conservation districts.
New Senate rules provides in the regular order and upon third reading and final passage, at
the discretion of the President and upon the motion of any member, the Senate may pass over
any instrument that is objected to as controversial, referred to under the customs and usage
of the Senate, as the "Bagneris Rule". Specifies that the motion to operate under the
Bagneris Rule shall be nondebatable and approved upon a majority of the members present
and voting. Any instrument passed over while under the Bagneris Rule shall be placed on the
regular calender in the same numerical order on the next calendar day. Provides that while
under the Bagneris Rule, it is in order to consider any instrument after it has been voluntarily
or temporarily returned to the calendar without regard to its numerical order.
New Senate rules provide that only the title of each resolution, concurrent resolution, and
joint resolution originating in the Senate will be printed in the journal.
Effective August 1, 2014. (Amends Senate Rule Nos. 3.7(B)(intro para) 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), 17(i), (j), (k), (l) and
(m), 13.95 and 14.3; adopts 10.17.1, 13.4(16)(t) and (17)(n); repeals Senate Rule Nos.
3.7(D)(5), 13.4(3)(r), and 14.7)