SLS 15RS-3860 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 215
BY SENATOR LAFLEUR
SENATE. Provides relative to selection of the officers of the Senate.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To amend and readopt Senate Rule 3.2(A) of the Rules of Order of the Senate and to adopt
3 Senate Rule 3.1.1 of the Rules of Order of the Senate relative to the selection of the
4 officers of the Senate; to provide for nomination of officers by secret ballot prior to
5 election and to provide for the time of nomination and election.
6 BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana amends and
7 readopts Senate Rule 3.2(A) and adopts Senate Rule 3.1.1 of the Rules of Order of the
8 Senate to read as follows:
9 Rule 3.1.1. Nomination of officers; selection procedure
10 A. Immediately after the members take the oath of office on the second
11 Monday in January, after their election every four years, the members of the
12 Senate shall nominate for selection, by secret ballot, and in the order named,
13 a President, President Pro Tempore, Secretary and Sergeant At Arms. A
14 nominee for each office shall be selected and nominated by a majority vote of
15 the members elected.
16 B. In the event there are more than two candidates nominated for
17 selection for an office and if after balloting no candidate receives a majority
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1 vote for nomination to an office, a second ballot shall be cast between the two
2 candidates receiving the highest number of votes for selection and nomination
3 for an office.
4 C. Upon the selection of one nominee for each office, the nominee shall
5 be elected as provided in Rules 3.2, 3.4, 3.6 and 3.8.
6 Rule 3.2. President; election; removal; vacancy
7 A. Immediately after the members take the oath of office on the second
8 Monday in January after their election every four years , the The President shall be
9 elected by the affirmative vote of at least twenty members. The vote shall be viva
10 voce.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Yolanda J. Dixon.
DIGEST
SR 215 Original 2015 Regular Session LaFleur
Present rule provides that the officers of the Senate shall be elected immediately after the
members of the Senate take the oath of office in January after the members have been
elected every four years. Provides that the election shall be by the affirmative vote of at
least 20 members and that the vote shall be viva voce.
Proposed rule retains present rule but provides that immediately after taking the oath of
office, the members shall nominate for selection the officers of the Senate by secret ballot.
Specifies the order of nomination and specifies that a nominee for each office shall be
nominated and selected by a majority vote of the members elected.
Proposed rule provides that if there are more than two candidates nominated for selection
for an office and if after balloting no candidate receives a majority vote for nomination to
an office, a second ballot shall be cast between the two candidates receiving the highest
number of votes for selection and nomination for office. Provides that upon the selection
of one nominee for each office, the election of the officers shall occur as provided in present
rules.
(Amends Senate Rule 3.2(A); adds Senate Rule 3.1.1)
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