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2828 SENATE RESOLUTION 2
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3030 TH LEGISLATURE
3131 - STATE OF NEW MEXICO -
3232 FIRST SESSION
3333 , 2025
3434 INTRODUCED BY
3535 Katy M. Duhigg and James G. Townsend
3636 A RESOLUTION
3737 AMENDING THE SENATE RULES TO PROVIDE FOR THE DAILY POSTING
3838 ONLINE OF A SHEET SHOWING BILLS PENDING BEFORE EACH STANDING
3939 COMMITTEE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION TO SENATORS COPIES
4040 OF ALL LEGISLATION AND OTHER DOCUMENTS TO BE ACTED UPON; TO
4141 ALLOW A SENATOR TO BE EXCUSED FROM A VOTE BEFORE THE VOTING
4242 COMMENCES; TO ALLOW FOR A SENATOR TO SIT WHEN PRESENTING BUT
4343 WHILE ANOTHER MEMBER IS RECOGNIZED; REGARDING CERTAIN BEHAVIORS
4444 IN THE CHAMBER; TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT WHEN A SENATOR
4545 IS CALLED TO ORDER FOR WORDS SPOKEN, THE WORDS EXCEPTED BE
4646 IMMEDIATELY TAKEN DOWN IN WRITING; TO ALLOW A SENATOR TO
4747 SOLICIT PERSONAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS DURING A SESSION;
4848 REGARDING BILLS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND INSTANCES THAT SUCH
4949 BILLS SHALL BE PLACED UPON THE REGULAR CALENDAR; REGARDING THE
5050 COMMITTEES' COMMITTEE VICE CHAIR, MEETING REQUIREMENTS AND
5151 APPOINTING OF SENATORS TO STANDING COMMITTEES; TO REMOVE THE
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7979 REQUIREMENT THAT CHAIRS OF COMMITTEES BE APPOINTED BY REQUEST
8080 OF THE SENIOR MEMBERS; TO REMOVE MENTIONS OF THE SENATE
8181 STREAMING OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE; TO REMOVE THE RULE PROHIBITING A
8282 MEMBER FROM RESIGNING FROM A STANDING COMMITTEE UNLESS THE
8383 MEMBER HAS ARRANGED TO SERVE ON ANOTHER STANDING COMMITTEE;
8484 REGARDING LIVE STREAMING; TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT EACH
8585 STANDING COMMITTEE HOLD MEETINGS TWICE EACH WEEK; TO ALLOW THE
8686 RULES COMMITTEE TO SIT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING
8787 CONFIRMATION; REGARDING PREFILING; REGARDING BILL INTRODUCTION
8888 PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS; REGARDING THE CALENDAR AND
8989 PROCEDURES OF THIRD READING; TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT
9090 THERE BE SEATS AVAILABLE AT THE CHIEF CLERK'S ROSTRUM FOR THE
9191 WRITING PRESS; TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT MEMBERS NOT
9292 INTRODUCE GUESTS OTHER THAN OFFICIALS; TO MODERNIZE LANGUAGE
9393 AND MAKE CLARIFYING CHANGES.
9494 WHEREAS, Senate Rule 24-1 provides that the rules of the
9595 senate may be amended by a two-thirds' vote of all the members
9696 of the senate or by a majority vote of the members of the
9797 senate upon the recommendation of the senate rules committee;
9898 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE
9999 OF NEW MEXICO that the provisions of this resolution become
100100 effective on the first day after the conclusion of the first
101101 session of the fifty-seventh legislature; and
102102 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 5-3 be amended to
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132132 "5-3 The chief clerk shall:
133133 (a) attend every session, call the roll and
134134 make a record of the senators present, absent or
135135 excused as provided by rule;
136136 (b) read or cause to be read all bills,
137137 amendments, memorials, resolutions and papers
138138 ordered to be read by the senate or the presiding
139139 officer;
140140 (c) prepare and furnish each member with a
141141 copy of the daily calendar which shall include all
142142 bills upon the general order, and all bills upon the
143143 third reading and such other matters as may be
144144 required by these rules;
145145 (d) see that all bills and general or special
146146 orders shall be acted upon by the senate in the
147147 order in which they were reported or stand upon the
148148 calendar, unless otherwise ordered by a majority
149149 vote of those senators present;
150150 (e) keep a correct journal of the proceedings
151151 of the senate, recording in full the messages from
152152 the governor other than the governor's annual
153153 message to the joint session and recording in full
154154 titles of bills, resolutions and memorials;
155155 (f) superintend all copying and work to be
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184184 done for the senate;
185185 (g) notify the house of representatives of the
186186 action by the senate on all matters originating in
187187 the house and requiring action on the part of the
188188 senate;
189189 (h) during the session, present to the
190190 governor and enter upon the journal those bills
191191 which have originated in the senate and been passed
192192 by both houses and, subject to the rules of the
193193 senate, transmit to the house of representatives all
194194 bills, joint resolutions and joint memorials which
195195 have passed the senate; provided that before doing
196196 so the chief clerk shall certify at the bottom
197197 thereof the fact and date of passage and the vote by
198198 which it passed;
199199 (i) during the session, have control of the
200200 rooms, passages and parts of the capitol set apart
201201 for the use of the senate;
202202 (j) assign, reassign or transfer all attaches
203203 and employees of the senate to their respective
204204 duties, with the exception of the sergeant at arms,
205205 assistant sergeant at arms and doorkeepers;
206206 (k) post online daily [on a bulletin board
207207 provided for such purposes a sheet ] showing, by
208208 number, the bills pending before each standing
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237237 committee and, by Friday of each week, publish for
238238 distribution to each member of the legislature and
239239 to the public, a schedule for the succeeding week of
240240 all senate committee hearings, showing by number and
241241 short title the bills to be heard, the name of the
242242 committee conducting the hearing and the time, date
243243 and place of hearing;
244244 (l) prepare a list showing the status of
245245 legislation either on the president's table or in
246246 committee at the time of final adjournment, which
247247 list shall be included in the journal;
248248 (m) *** ; and
249249 (n) do and perform any other duty required by
250250 these rules or ordered by the senate."; and
251251 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 6-5 be amended to
252252 read:
253253 "6-5 The sergeant-at-arms shall, at least one hour
254254 previous to the opening of the session, [place ]
255255 distribute copies of all bills, resolutions,
256256 memorials and other documents to be acted upon [on
257257 the desks of] to all senators."; and
258258 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 7-2 be amended to
259259 read:
260260 "7-2 A quorum of the senate is a majority of the members
261261 [elected] sworn and qualified. In case a less
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290290 number than a quorum of the senate shall convene,
291291 those present are authorized to send the sergeant at
292292 arms for the absent senators. In all cases of
293293 absence of senators during the sessions of the
294294 senate, the senators present may take such measures
295295 as they deem necessary to secure the presence of the
296296 absentees and, in addition to suspension for a given
297297 period, may inflict such censure or penalty as they
298298 may deem just on those who may not render sufficient
299299 excuse for their absence."; and
300300 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 7-6 be amended to
301301 read:
302302 "7-6 A senator desiring to be excused from voting may,
303303 when called upon and before voting commences , make a
304304 brief statement, not occupying over five minutes,
305305 explaining the senator's reasons for desiring to be
306306 excused. The question of excusal shall be taken
307307 without debate."; and
308308 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 7-8 be amended to
309309 read:
310310 "7-8 A senator rising to debate, to present a [petition
311311 or other papers] bill, resolution, memorial or
312312 amendment, to give a notice, to make a motion or to
313313 report shall address the president and shall not
314314 proceed further until recognized by the chair. A
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343343 senator rising to present a bill, resolution,
344344 memorial or amendment shall remain standing while
345345 addressing the president, but may sit while another
346346 member is recognized. "; and
347347 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 7-11 be amended to
348348 read:
349349 "7-11 The [author ] sponsor of a bill, motion, resolution
350350 or memorial has the privilege of closing the
351351 debate."; and
352352 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 7-12 be amended to
353353 read:
354354 "7-12 [A senator shall not speak to another senator,
355355 otherwise interrupt the business of the senate, or
356356 read any newspaper while the journals or public
357357 papers are being read. ] No senator shall walk out of
358358 the chamber [or across the chamber ] when the
359359 president is putting a question. No senator shall
360360 walk between a senator who is speaking and the
361361 chair."; and
362362 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 7-13 be amended to
363363 read:
364364 "7-13 When a senator is called to order, that senator
365365 shall take the regularly assigned seat until the
366366 president has determined whether that senator is in
367367 order or not, and if decided to be out of order,
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396396 that senator shall not proceed without the
397397 permission of the [senate ] president. Every
398398 question of order shall be decided by the president,
399399 subject to an appeal to the senate by any senator.
400400 No second appeal shall be determined until the
401401 original appeal is decided. [If a senator is called
402402 to order for words spoken, the words excepted to
403403 shall be immediately taken down in writing. ]"; and
404404 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 7-16 be amended to
405405 read:
406406 "7-16 No [member of the New Mexico senate ] senator may be
407407 barred from any meeting or executive session of any
408408 standing committee of the senate."; and
409409 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 17-7 be amended to
410410 read:
411411 "7-17 [No senator shall solicit personal campaign
412412 contributions or allow any other senator or senate
413413 employee to solicit campaign contributions on the
414414 senator's behalf during any regular or special
415415 session.]"; and
416416 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 8-4 be amended to
417417 read:
418418 "8-4 The senate shall have a consent calendar as follows:
419419 (a) If a committee determines that a bill it
420420 recommends to pass, without amendment or
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449449 substitution, is of a routine nature or otherwise of
450450 a nature which likely will not be opposed, it may in
451451 its report recommend that the bill be placed on the
452452 consent calendar. If such a report is adopted, the
453453 bill will be placed on the consent calendar. The
454454 recommendation that the bill be placed on the
455455 consent calendar may be divided from the question of
456456 adopting the committee report.
457457 (b) The consent calendar shall consist of all
458458 bills so placed upon it. Bills on such calendar
459459 shall be taken up for third reading and final
460460 passage in the order listed on that calendar
461461 immediately prior to that order of business known as
462462 "reports of committees". No more than five minutes
463463 shall be allotted for explanation of the bill, and
464464 no more than an aggregate of five minutes shall be
465465 allotted to each side for the debate prior to final
466466 passage of each bill on the consent calendar. If
467467 debate exceeds these time limits, the bill shall,
468468 without further action, be removed from the consent
469469 calendar and assigned a place upon the regular
470470 calendar of the senate.
471471 (c) If any five members object from the floor
472472 during any session to the consideration of a bill on
473473 the consent calendar at any time before the question
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502502 of its final passage is put to the senate, the bill
503503 shall, without further action, be removed from the
504504 consent calendar and assigned a place upon the
505505 regular calendar of the senate [as it would have
506506 been in the normal course of legislative
507507 procedure]."; and
508508 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 9-1 be amended to
509509 read:
510510 "9-1 There shall be [a ] an administrative committee known
511511 as the "committees' committee", which shall be
512512 composed of the president pro tempore, the majority
513513 floor leader, the majority whip, the minority floor
514514 leader, the minority whip and five members of the
515515 majority party and one member of the minority party
516516 appointed by the president pro tempore, by and with
517517 the consent of the senate; provided if a vacancy is
518518 created on the committees' committee for any reason,
519519 the president pro tempore or the appropriate caucus
520520 if the vacancy is that of a party leader, may fill
521521 the vacancy. The chair of the committees' committee
522522 shall be the president pro tempore. The vice chair
523523 shall be [selected by the members of the committees'
524524 committee] the majority floor leader. The
525525 committees' committee may meet at any time during a
526526 session or in the interim at the discretion of the
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555555 chair."; and
556556 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 9-1-2 be amended
557557 to read:
558558 "9-1-2 In appointing the standing committees, the
559559 committees' committee shall designate the chair,
560560 vice chair and the ranking member who shall be a
561561 member of the committee and who does not hold a
562562 leadership position in [either caucus or ] the
563563 chamber. The ranking member of a standing committee
564564 shall not be of the same political party as the
565565 chair. In designating the chair, vice chair or
566566 ranking member, the committees' committee shall
567567 consider the preference of each member's respective
568568 leader. No member designated to serve as the chair
569569 of a standing committee shall serve as chair on any
570570 other committee; provided that no vice chair of the
571571 senate finance committee may [be chair of another
572572 committee or] hold a leadership position in either
573573 caucus or the chamber."; and
574574 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 9-1-4 be amended
575575 to read:
576576 "9-1-4 Seniority of the members of the senate shall prevail
577577 at all times in committee assignments [and chairs of
578578 committees shall be appointed by request of the
579579 senior members]. All committee members shall be
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608608 placed on committee by rank of seniority. Should a
609609 vacancy occur, the next ranking member of the senate
610610 shall have priority on the requested committee.
611611 Seniority shall be governed by continuous service in
612612 the New Mexico senate. This rule can only be
613613 repealed or suspended by a three-fourths vote of the
614614 elected senate."; and
615615 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 9-2-1 be amended
616616 to read:
617617 "9-2-1 [The "senate streaming oversight committee",
618618 consisting of four members appointed by the
619619 committees' committee, is created. The two
620620 political parties having the greatest membership in
621621 the senate shall be equally represented on the
622622 committee. The committee shall monitor and review
623623 aspects of the production of the live audio and
624624 video streams of the senate floor and committee
625625 proceedings to ensure that the streams are produced
626626 and operated in an apolitical manner befitting the
627627 senate.]"; and
628628 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 9-3 be amended to
629629 read:
630630 "9-3 All members shall serve on two standing committees,
631631 except that members of the finance committee shall
632632 not serve on any other standing committee and
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661661 provided service on the committees' committee or the
662662 senate ethics committee [or the senate streaming
663663 oversight committee] shall not be counted as service
664664 on a standing committee; provided, a member may be
665665 temporarily assigned or reassigned by the
666666 committees' committee to serve on a third committee
667667 as a replacement for any member on that third
668668 committee who will be, or has been, excused by the
669669 senate from attending sessions for any period in
670670 excess of ten days."; and
671671 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 9-4 be amended to
672672 read:
673673 "9-4 [No member shall be allowed, after standing
674674 committee assignments have been approved by the
675675 senate, to resign from a committee unless the member
676676 has arranged to serve on another standing committee
677677 by trading assignment with another member of the
678678 same political party and after approval has been
679679 given by the committees' committee. Such transfers
680680 must be approved by the senate. ]"; and
681681 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 9-5-6 be amended
682682 to read:
683683 "9-5-6 Committee meetings shall be governed by the
684684 following:
685685 (a) All meetings of a quorum of members of any
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714714 committee or policymaking body of the senate held
715715 for the purpose of discussing public business or for
716716 the purpose of taking any action within the
717717 authority of or the delegated authority of such
718718 committee are declared to be public meetings open to
719719 the public at all times except for initial probable
720720 cause deliberations and hearings relating to
721721 allegations of unethical conduct brought before the
722722 senate ethics committee, unless [it ] an open meeting
723723 is requested by the senator against whom the
724724 allegation is made.
725725 (b) The provisions of Subsection (a) of this
726726 rule shall not apply to matters relating to
727727 personnel, or matters adjudicatory in nature, or to
728728 any bill, resolution or other legislative matter not
729729 yet presented to either house of the legislature.
730730 (c) Meetings of a committee on general
731731 appropriations bills may be closed by a majority
732732 vote of the committee.
733733 (d) For the purposes of Rule 9-5-6, "meeting"
734734 means a gathering of the members called by the
735735 presiding officer of a standing committee."; and
736736 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 9-5-8 be amended
737737 to read:
738738 "9-5-8 Live audio and video streams of senate standing
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767767 committee proceedings shall be accessible through
768768 the legislature's website in a manner befitting the
769769 senate, including an appropriate user interface. A
770770 stream shall begin as soon as practicable after the
771771 chair has called the meeting to order and shall
772772 terminate as soon as practicable after the committee
773773 has recessed or adjourned or upon order of the
774774 chair. The streams shall be publicly available
775775 through the legislature's website for five years
776776 following adjournment of the relevant session,
777777 subject to the financial capability of the senate.
778778 [A stream shall carry a notice to the effect that
779779 the stream is being produced for the benefit of the
780780 public and any political use is prohibited and that
781781 the stream is not an official record of the senate's
782782 proceedings.]"; and
783783 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 9-6 be amended to
784784 read:
785785 "9-6 Each standing committee shall hold regular meetings
786786 at a permanent time assigned by the committees'
787787 committee [twice each week ] and may hold such other
788788 meetings for the transaction of business before the
789789 committee as are announced in open session by the
790790 chair."; and
791791 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 9-8 be amended to
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820820 read:
821821 "9-8 The rules committee may sit at any time for the
822822 purpose of considering rule changes, confirmations
823823 or executive communications. Consideration of such
824824 reports shall always be in order. Debate on the
825825 adoption of such reports shall not exceed one hour;
826826 one-half hour for and one-half hour against; and no
827827 other motion is in order until the vote of the
828828 senate is had thereon."; and
829829 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 9-8-1 be amended
830830 to read:
831831 "9-8-1 After the recommendations of the rules committee
832832 that met in the interim have been submitted to the
833833 senate, they may be further referred to the standing
834834 senate rules committee before any action is taken by
835835 the senate; provided that during the session
836836 immediately following [an ] a general election at
837837 which members of the senate are elected , the
838838 recommendations shall be further referred to the
839839 standing rules committee unless this rule is
840840 suspended by a two-thirds vote of the senate."; and
841841 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 9-9 be amended to
842842 read:
843843 "9-9 The chair of the judiciary committee or some member
844844 of the committee designated by the chair shall:
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873873 (a) examine and correct bills for the purpose
874874 of avoiding repetition and for [insuring ] ensuring
875875 accuracy in the text. The chair or chair's designee
876876 shall report, upon request, whether the object
877877 sought to be accomplished can be secured without a
878878 special act under existing laws or by the enactment
879879 of a general law; and
880880 (b) revise and correct the journal."; and
881881 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 11-9 be amended to
882882 read:
883883 "11-9 Every bill shall be introduced by a senator, or on
884884 the report of a committee, or by message from the
885885 house of representatives, which message shall be
886886 announced [at the door of the senate ] by the
887887 presiding officer."; and
888888 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 11-11 be amended
889889 to read:
890890 "11-11 [Each bill, resolution and memorial when prefiled or
891891 introduced shall be accompanied by one copy
892892 thereof.]"; and
893893 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 11-12 be amended
894894 to read:
895895 "11-12 [Each bill, resolution and memorial when prefiled or
896896 introduced shall be sent to the chief clerk's desk
897897 to be taken up in the order in which it was prefiled
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926926 or introduced, unless the senate directs
927927 otherwise.]"; and
928928 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 11-14 be amended
929929 to read:
930930 "11-14 At the time of second reading, or any time
931931 thereafter, each bill shall be referred by the
932932 senate to a standing committee, a select committee
933933 or the committee of the whole [provided, however,
934934 that upon every bill, resolution or memorial
935935 introduced by any senator, such senator shall
936936 endorse the name of the appropriate committee to
937937 which the bill, resolution or memorial should be
938938 referred. The endorsement shall be as follows:
939939 "Referred to the . . . Committee "]. Should
940940 objection be made to the reference, [so endorsed ]
941941 the senate shall determine the committee to which
942942 such bill, resolution or memorial shall be referred.
943943 No bill shall be referred to more than two standing
944944 committees except upon two-thirds vote of the
945945 members present; provided, however, that a referral
946946 to the finance committee shall not be considered a
947947 committee referral within the two committee
948948 limitation."; and
949949 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 11-14-2 be amended
950950 to read:
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979979 "11-14-2 [When any bill concerning any subject matter for
980980 which an appropriation is therein sought to be
981981 levied has been referred to the committee to which
982982 bills of such subject matter properly should be
983983 referred, such bill when reported in by such
984984 committee, unless the report is unfavorable to its
985985 passage] Any bill containing an appropriation shall
986986 automatically be referred to the finance committee
987987 for its consideration."; and
988988 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 11-15 be amended
989989 to read:
990990 "11-15 [Following second reading, the bill shall be printed
991991 in English and a printed copy supplied to each
992992 senator.]"; and
993993 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 11-20-1 be amended
994994 to read:
995995 "11-20-1 If the committee report is favorable and the senate
996996 adopts the committee report, the bill, resolution or
997997 memorial shall be placed upon the calendar to be
998998 taken up on third reading [in its regular order ] or,
999999 if the bill, resolution or memorial has received
10001000 another committee referral, it shall be referred to
10011001 the other committee."; and
10021002 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 11-22 be amended
10031003 to read:
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10321032 "11-22 The calendar of bills on the order of third reading
10331033 shall consist of all bills which have been reported
10341034 by a committee and which are not deemed lost by
10351035 action of the senate pursuant to Rules 11-20-2 and
10361036 11-20-3. [The calendar of third reading shall also
10371037 consist of all bills which have been ordered placed
10381038 on the calendar by a vote of the senate, and also
10391039 all bills from the house of representatives which
10401040 having passed the senate have been subsequently
10411041 reconsidered upon recall from the governor and
10421042 thereupon amended by the house. ]"; and
10431043 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 11-22-2 be amended
10441044 to read:
10451045 "11-22-2 [No bill shall be read a third time out of its
10461046 order, unless on a vote of a majority of all the
10471047 senators present; and all resolutions which propose
10481048 any amendment to the constitution or ratify any
10491049 proposed amendment to the United States constitution
10501050 shall be treated in the form of proceedings on them
10511051 in the same manner as bills. ]"; and
10521052 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 11-24-3 be amended
10531053 to read:
10541054 "11-24-3 The question on the final passage on the bill shall
10551055 be taken immediately and without debate after the
10561056 third reading [and without debate ] and the member
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10851085 moves passage of the bill ."; and
10861086 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 11-25 be amended
10871087 to read:
10881088 "11-25 Immediately after the passage in both houses of any
10891089 bill, resolution or memorial which originated in the
10901090 senate, or any substitute for legislation which
10911091 [substitute] originated in the senate, it shall be
10921092 enrolled and engrossed by the senate [and thereupon
10931093 read publicly in full ] and signed by the presiding
10941094 officer of the senate in open session. The fact of
10951095 such [reading and] signing shall be entered in the
10961096 journal. Every interlineation or erasure shall be
10971097 [publicly announced in the senate by the presiding
10981098 officer and] entered in the journal."; and
10991099 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 11-27 be amended
11001100 to read:
11011101 "11-27 One capital outlay expenditures bill will be
11021102 introduced and one general obligation bond bill may
11031103 be introduced in the senate. The bills will be
11041104 referred to the senate finance committee. Except as
11051105 provided in this rule, any other request by a
11061106 senator to appropriate money for capital outlay
11071107 projects shall be submitted as a capital outlay
11081108 request prepared by the legislative council service.
11091109 Signed and numbered capital outlay requests shall be
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11381138 read into the journal and referred to the senate
11391139 finance committee for consideration for inclusion in
11401140 a capital outlay expenditures bill or a general
11411141 obligation bond bill [provided, capital outlay
11421142 requests may be referred also to the senate Indian,
11431143 rural and cultural affairs committee for its
11441144 consideration and recommendation ]. A capital outlay
11451145 request may be made by bill if there is broad
11461146 legislative interest in both houses in the matter or
11471147 if referral to several committees is desirable. All
11481148 such bills must be referred to the committees'
11491149 committee for a determination that the bill meets
11501150 such criteria. Capital outlay requests will be
11511151 treated as amendments, but shall be subject to the
11521152 limitations for the introduction of bills in Section
11531153 2-6-1 NMSA 1978 and Joint Rule 10-1."; and
11541154 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 19-1 be amended to
11551155 read:
11561156 "19-1 Except as provided in Rule 15-2, when a motion has
11571157 once been made and carried, in the negative or
11581158 affirmative, it shall be in order for any member
11591159 [of] voting in the majority to move for the
11601160 reconsideration thereof on the same or the next
11611161 succeeding calendar day during which the senate
11621162 shall be in session, and such motion shall take
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11911191 precedence over all other questions, except a motion
11921192 to adjourn or take a recess. No vote shall be
11931193 reconsidered upon either of the following motions:
11941194 to adjourn or to lay on the table. A motion to
11951195 reconsider a bill recalled from the governor or
11961196 house of representatives, for amendment, shall be
11971197 made only when such bill is received by the senate
11981198 on such recall."; and
11991199 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 23-3 be amended to
12001200 read:
12011201 "23-3 Passes shall be issued by the chief clerk to duly
12021202 accredited members of the press, radio and
12031203 television, which allow them the privileges
12041204 enumerated herein. [At the chief clerk's rostrum,
12051205 an area of four or five seats may be made available
12061206 for the writing press. ] During the committee of the
12071207 whole, television cameramen may be allowed on the
12081208 floor to photograph the speaker. Television and
12091209 still photographers may be allowed on the corners of
12101210 the lieutenant governor's rostrum for purposes of
12111211 photographing senators and senate activities. A
12121212 sergeant-at-arms shall be [posed ] posted to prohibit
12131213 visitors from the two press boxes. Passes shall
12141214 also be issued by the chief clerk at the request of
12151215 and to be countersigned by the senator or the
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12451245 or the president to members of the senator's or
12461246 president's family or special guests as evidence of
12471247 the privileges granted under other rules passed by
12481248 the senate granting such privileges."; and
12491249 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Senate Rule 23-5 be amended to
12501250 read:
12511251 "23-5 [The members of the senate and the presiding
12521252 officer, including the lieutenant governor, shall
12531253 not make any introduction of guests, with the
12541254 exception of officials. ]".
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