RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
SR 215 Enrolled 2015 Regular Session LaFleur
Prior rule provided 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. Provided 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 prior rule but provides that immediately after the members take the
oath of office on the second Monday in January, after their election every four years, the
senators shall be eligible for selection, by secret ballot, and in the order named, for President
and President Pro Tempore. Provides that the senators shall nominate for selection a
Secretary and a Sergeant at Arms. A nominee for each office shall be selected and nominated
by a majority vote of the members elected. The secretary shall conduct the nomination and
selection process for the nominees for each office. Provides that any senator may observe the
nomination and selection process.
Provides that in the event 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 an office.
Provides that upon the selection of one nominee for each office, the nominee shall be elected
as provided in prior rules.
(Amends Senate Rule 3.2(A); adds Senate Rule 3.1.1)