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3	3	- 82nd Session (2023)
4	4	Senate Resolution No. 1–Senators Cannizzaro
5	5	and Seevers Gansert
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7	7	FILE NUMBER..........
8	8	SENATE RESOLUTION —Adopting the Standing Rules of the
9	9	Senate for the 82nd Session of the Legislature.
10	10	RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, That the
11	11	Senate Standing Rules are hereby adopted for the 82nd Session of
12	12	the Legislature as follows:
13	13
14	14	I. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
15	15
16	16	DUTIES OF OFFICERS
17	17
18	18	Rule No. 1. President.
19	19	The President shall take the chair and call the Senate to order
20	20	precisely at the hour appointed for meeting, and if a quorum is
21	21	present shall cause the Journal of the preceding day to be read.
22	22	The President shall preserve order and decorum, and in case of
23	23	any disturbance or disorderly conduct within the Senate Chamber,
24	24	shall order the Sergeant at Arms to suppress it, and may order the
25	25	arrest of any person creating any disturbance within the Senate
26	26	Chamber. The President may speak to points of order in
27	27	preference to members, rising from the President’s seat for that
28	28	purpose, and shall decide questions of order without debate,
29	29	subject to an appeal to the Senate by two members, on which
30	30	appeal no member may speak more than once without leave of the
31	31	Senate. The President shall sign all acts, addresses and joint
32	32	resolutions, and all writs, warrants and subpoenas issued by order
33	33	of the Senate; all of which must be attested by the Secretary. The
34	34	President has general direction of the Senate Chamber.
35	35
36	36	Rule No. 2. President pro Tempore and Other Presiding
37	37	Officers.
38	38	1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2:
39	39	(a) The President pro Tempore has all the power and shall
40	40	discharge all the duties of the President during his or her absence
41	41	or inability to discharge the duties of his or her office.
42	42	(b) If the President is unwilling to discharge the duties of his
43	43	or her office, the Senate may, by majority vote of the Senate, call
44	44	upon the President pro Tempore to serve as the President. Upon
45	45	such call, the President pro Tempore has all the power and shall
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50	50	discharge all the duties of the President during his or her
51	51	unwillingness to discharge the duties of his or her office.
52	52	(c) In the absence or inability of the President pro Tempore to
53	53	discharge the duties of the President’s office, the Chair of the
54	54	Standing Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections shall
55	55	serve as the presiding officer. In the absence or inability of the
56	56	Chair, the Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on Legislative
57	57	Operations and Elections shall serve as the presiding officer. In
58	58	the absence or inability of the Vice Chair of the Standing
59	59	Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections, the Senate
60	60	shall elect one of its members to serve as the presiding officer. A
61	61	member who is serving as the presiding officer has all the power
62	62	and shall discharge all the duties of the President until the
63	63	absence or inability which resulted in the member serving as the
64	64	presiding officer has ended.
65	65	2. When the President pro Tempore or another member is
66	66	serving as the presiding officer, the President pro Tempore or
67	67	other member may vote on any question for which he or she is
68	68	otherwise qualified to vote as a member. If the Senate is equally
69	69	divided on the question, the President pro Tempore or other
70	70	member may not give an additional deciding vote or casting vote
71	71	pursuant to Senate Standing Rule No. 31 or Section 17 of Article 5
72	72	of the Nevada Constitution.
73	73
74	74	Rule No. 3. Secretary.
75	75	1. The Secretary of the Senate is elected by the Senate, and
76	76	shall:
77	77	(a) Recruit, interview, select, train and supervise all staff
78	78	employed to assist with the work of the Senate.
79	79	(b) See that these employees perform their respective duties.
80	80	(c) Administer the daily business of the Senate, including the
81	81	provision of staff to its committees.
82	82	(d) Adopt such administrative policies as the Secretary deems
83	83	necessary to carry out the business of the Senate.
84	84	(e) Unless otherwise ordered by the Senate, transmit at the end
85	85	of each working day those bills and resolutions upon which the
86	86	next action is to be taken by the Assembly.
87	87	2. The Secretary is responsible to the Majority Leader.
88	88	3. The President and the Secretary are authorized to make
89	89	any necessary corrections and additions to the final Journal, Daily
90	90	History and committee minutes of the Senate.
91	91	4. In the absence of the Secretary and subject to the
92	92	discretion of the Majority Leader, the Assistant Secretary shall
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97	97	attest all writs, warrants and subpoenas issued by order of the
98	98	Senate and certify as to the passage of bills and resolutions; and in
99	99	the absence of both officers, the Majority Leader shall designate a
100	100	signatory.
101	101
102	102	Rule No. 4. Sergeant at Arms.
103	103	The Sergeant at Arms shall:
104	104	1. Attend the Senate during its sittings, and execute its
105	105	commands and all process issued by its authority.
106	106	2. Keep the secrets of the Senate.
107	107	3. Superintend the upkeep of the Senate’s Chamber, private
108	108	lounge and meeting rooms for committees.
109	109
110	110	Rule No. 5. Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Assistant Sergeants
111	111	at Arms.
112	112	The Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Assistant Sergeants at Arms
113	113	shall serve as doorkeepers and shall preserve order in the Senate
114	114	Chamber and shall assist the Sergeant at Arms. The Deputy
115	115	Sergeant at Arms and Assistant Sergeants at Arms shall keep the
116	116	secrets of the Senate. In the event that the Sergeant at Arms is
117	117	incapacitated or absent for any reason, the Deputy Sergeant at
118	118	Arms shall serve as the Sergeant at Arms until the incapacity or
119	119	absence has ended.
120	120
121	121	Rule No. 6. Continuation of Leadership and Standing Rules of
122	122	the Senate During the Interim Between Regular Sessions.
123	123	1. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 2, 3 and 4, the
124	124	tenure of the President pro Tempore, Majority Leader and
125	125	Minority Leader extends during the interim between regular
126	126	sessions of the Legislature.
127	127	2. The President pro Tempore, Majority Leader and Minority
128	128	Leader for the next succeeding regular session shall perform any
129	129	duty that is required of that officer by the Standing Rules of
130	130	the Senate and the Nevada Revised Statutes in the period between
131	131	the time of their designation after the general election and the
132	132	organization of the next succeeding regular session.
133	133	3. The Majority Leader and Minority Leader for the next
134	134	succeeding regular session shall appoint the regular and alternate
135	135	members to the Committee on Ethics as set forth in Senate
136	136	Standing Rule No. 23.
137	137	4. The Majority Leader shall:
138	138	(a) Determine the start time of the Senate’s organizational
139	139	session.
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144	144	(b) Refer prefiled bills and resolutions to committee, subject to
145	145	ratification by a majority vote of the members of the Senate once
146	146	the Senate is organized and ready for business.
147	147	(c) Appoint committees during the interim between regular
148	148	sessions of the Legislature for any proper purpose, including,
149	149	without limitation, taking testimony, compelling the attendance of
150	150	witnesses, punishing persons or entities for contempt and
151	151	reporting findings to the next session of the Legislature.
152	152	5. The Standing Rules of the Senate set forth herein shall
153	153	remain in full force and effect throughout the interim between
154	154	regular sessions of the Legislature and until new Standing Rules
155	155	of the Senate are adopted as part of the organization of a newly-
156	156	constituted Senate at the commencement of a session, unless a
157	157	conflict exists with a rule adopted by the Senate for a special
158	158	session occurring between regular sessions.
159	159
160	160	The next rule is 10.
161	161
162	162	II. SESSIONS AND MEETINGS
163	163
164	164	Rule No. 10. Time of Meeting.
165	165	1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the President
166	166	shall call the Senate to order each day of sitting at 11:00 o’clock
167	167	a.m., unless the Senate has adjourned to some other hour.
168	168	2. In the event an emergency occurs during a regular or
169	169	special session of the Legislature which requires a meeting of the
170	170	Senate, the Majority Leader shall call the members back to order
171	171	before the hour to which the Senate has adjourned.
172	172
173	173	Rule No. 11. Call of Senate—Moved by Three Members.
174	174	A Call of the Senate may be moved by three Senators, and if
175	175	carried by a majority of all present, the Secretary shall call the roll
176	176	and note the absentees, after which the names of the absentees
177	177	shall again be called over. The doors shall then be closed and the
178	178	Sergeant at Arms directed to take into custody all who may be
179	179	absent without leave, and all Senators so taken into custody shall
180	180	be presented at the bar of the Senate for such action as to the
181	181	Senate may seem proper.
182	182
183	183	Rule No. 12. Absence—Leave Required.
184	184	No Senator shall absent himself or herself from the service of
185	185	the Senate without leave, except in case of accident or sickness,
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190	190	and if any Senator or officer shall so absent himself or herself, the
191	191	per diem of the Senator shall not be allowed to him or her.
192	192
193	193	Rule No. 13. Open Meetings.
194	194	1. Except as provided in the Constitution of the State of
195	195	Nevada and in subsection 2, all meetings of the Senate and its
196	196	committees must be open to the public.
197	197	2. A Senate committee meeting may be closed to consider the
198	198	character, alleged misconduct, professional competence, or
199	199	physical or mental health of a person.
200	200
201	201	The next rule is 20.
202	202
203	203	III. DECORUM AND DEB ATE
204	204
205	205	Rule No. 20. Points of Order.
206	206	1. If any Senator, in speaking or otherwise, transgresses the
207	207	rules of the Senate, the President shall, or any Senator may, call
208	208	him or her to order. If a Senator is so called to order, he or she
209	209	shall not proceed without leave of the Senate. If such leave is
210	210	granted, it must be upon the motion, “That he or she be allowed to
211	211	proceed in order,” and the Senator shall confine himself or herself
212	212	to the proposal under consideration and avoid personality.
213	213	2. Every ruling on points of order made by the President is
214	214	subject to appeal, and a discussion of a question of order may be
215	215	allowed only upon the appeal of two Senators. In all cases of
216	216	appeal, the question must be, “Shall the ruling of the Chair stand
217	217	as the judgment of the Senate?”
218	218
219	219	Rule No. 21. Breaches of Decorum.
220	220	1. In cases of breaches of decorum or propriety, any Senator,
221	221	officer or other person is liable to such censure or punishment as
222	222	the Senate may deem proper.
223	223	2. If any Senator is called to order for offensive or indecorous
224	224	language or conduct, the person calling the Senator to order shall
225	225	report the offensive or indecorous language or conduct to the
226	226	presiding officer. No member may be held to answer for any
227	227	language used on the floor of the Senate if business has
228	228	intervened before exception to the language was taken.
229	229	3. Indecorous conduct or boisterous or unbecoming language
230	230	is not permitted in the Senate Chamber.
231	231
232	232	Rule No. 22. Reserved.
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237	237	Rule No. 23. Committee on Ethics; Legislative Ethics.
238	238	1. The Committee on Ethics consists of:
239	239	(a) Two members of the Senate appointed by the Majority
240	240	Leader from the majority political party;
241	241	(b) One member of the Senate appointed by the Minority
242	242	Leader from the minority political party; and
243	243	(c) Three qualified electors of the State, two of whom are
244	244	appointed by the Majority Leader and one who is appointed by the
245	245	Minority Leader, and none of whom is a present member of the
246	246	Legislature or employed by the State of Nevada.
247	247	 Not more than four members of the Committee may be
248	248	members of the same political party.
249	249	2. The Majority Leader shall appoint the Chair and Vice
250	250	Chair of the Committee. The Vice Chair shall serve as the acting
251	251	Chair if the Chair is unable to serve for any reason during the
252	252	consideration of a specific proposal.
253	253	3. The Majority Leader shall appoint an alternate member
254	254	with the qualifications set forth in paragraph (a) of subsection 1
255	255	and an alternate member with the qualifications set forth in
256	256	paragraph (c) of subsection 1. The Minority Leader shall appoint
257	257	an alternate member with the qualifications set forth in paragraph
258	258	(b) of subsection 1 and an alternate member with the
259	259	qualifications set forth in paragraph (c) of subsection 1. If a
260	260	member of the Committee is unable to serve for any reason during
261	261	the consideration of a specific proposal, the alternate appointed
262	262	with the qualifications from the same paragraph in subsection 1
263	263	shall serve as a member of the Committee during the
264	264	consideration of the specific proposal.
265	265	4. A member of the Committee is disqualified to serve during
266	266	the consideration of a specific proposal if:
267	267	(a) The member is the requester of advice concerning the
268	268	question of ethics or conflict of interest, or the member is the
269	269	subject of the complaint concerning the specific question; or
270	270	(b) A reasonable person in the member’s situation could not
271	271	exercise independent judgment on the matter in question.
272	272	5. The members of the Committee shall perform any duty
273	273	required in the period between the time of their appointment after
274	274	the general election and the organization of the next succeeding
275	275	regular session, or until the Majority Leader or the Minority
276	276	Leader appoint new members to the Committee, whichever occurs
277	277	first.
278	278	6. The tenure of the members of the Committee shall extend
279	279	during the interim between regular sessions of the Legislature.
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284	284	7. The Committee:
285	285	(a) May hear requests brought by Senators for advice on
286	286	specific questions of potential breaches of ethics and conflicts of
287	287	interest; and
288	288	(b) Shall hear complaints brought by Senators and others on
289	289	specific questions of alleged breaches of ethics and conflicts of
290	290	interest, including, without limitation, alleged breaches of the
291	291	Legislative Code of Ethical Standards in the Joint Standing Rules.
292	292	8. All proceedings held by the Committee to consider the
293	293	character, alleged misconduct, professional competence or
294	294	physical or mental health of any person on matters of ethics or
295	295	conflicts of interest and all materials related to those proceedings
296	296	are confidential, unless the person who is the subject of the
297	297	proceedings requests a public hearing or discloses the content of
298	298	the proceedings or materials.
299	299	9. An individual may file a complaint which alleges a breach
300	300	of ethics or a conflict of interest, including, without limitation, an
301	301	alleged breach of the Legislative Code of Ethical Standards in the
302	302	Joint Standing Rules. If the alleged breach of ethics or conflict of
303	303	interest involves the conduct of more than one person, separate
304	304	complaints must be filed regarding each person. A complaint must
305	305	be:
306	306	(a) Made in writing on a form provided by the Legislative
307	307	Counsel;
308	308	(b) Signed and verified under penalty of perjury by the
309	309	individual making the allegation; and
310	310	(c) Filed with the Legislative Counsel who shall review the
311	311	complaint and any other relevant information and consult with
312	312	the Chair of the Committee or, if the Chair is the subject of the
313	313	complaint, with the Vice Chair, to evaluate whether the Committee
314	314	has jurisdiction and whether an investigation is warranted in the
315	315	matter. If it is determined that the Committee:
316	316	(1) Does not have jurisdiction or that an investigation is not
317	317	warranted in the matter, the Legislative Counsel shall send written
318	318	notice of the determination to the individual who filed the
319	319	complaint.
320	320	(2) Has jurisdiction and an investigation is warranted in
321	321	the matter, the Legislative Counsel shall send written notice of the
322	322	determination and a copy of the complaint to the person who is the
323	323	subject of the complaint.
324	324	10. Each Legislator is subject, at all times, to the Legislative
325	325	Code of Ethical Standards in the Joint Standing Rules and, in
326	326	addition, must determine whether he or she has a conflict of
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331	331	interest upon any matter in question before the Legislator. In
332	332	determining whether the Legislator has such a conflict of interest,
333	333	the Legislator should consider whether the independence of
334	334	judgment of a reasonable person in his or her situation upon the
335	335	matter in question would be materially affected by the
336	336	Legislator’s:
337	337	(a) Acceptance of a gift or loan;
338	338	(b) Private economic interest; or
339	339	(c) Commitment to a member of his or her household or
340	340	immediate family.
341	341	 In interpreting and applying the provisions of this subsection, it
342	342	must be presumed that the independence of judgment of a
343	343	reasonable person in the Legislator’s situation would not be
344	344	materially affected by the Legislator’s private economic interest or
345	345	the Legislator’s commitment to a member of his or her household
346	346	or immediate family where the resulting benefit or detriment
347	347	accruing to the Legislator, or if the Legislator has a commitment
348	348	to a member of his or her household or immediate family,
349	349	accruing to those other persons, is not greater than that accruing
350	350	to any other member of the general business, profession,
351	351	occupation or group that is affected by the matter.
352	352	11. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 12, if a
353	353	Legislator knows he or she has a conflict of interest pursuant to
354	354	subsection 10, the Legislator shall make a disclosure of the
355	355	conflict of interest on the record in a meeting of a committee or on
356	356	the floor of the Senate, as applicable. Such a disclosure must be
357	357	entered:
358	358	(a) If the Legislator makes the disclosure in a meeting of a
359	359	committee, in the minutes for that meeting.
360	360	(b) If the Legislator makes the disclosure on the floor of the
361	361	Senate, in the Journal.
362	362	12. If, on one or more prior occasions during the current
363	363	session of the Legislature, a Legislator has made a general
364	364	disclosure of a conflict of interest on the record in a meeting of a
365	365	committee or on the floor of the Senate, the Legislator is not
366	366	required to make that general disclosure at length again regarding
367	367	the same conflict of interest if, when the matter in question arises
368	368	on subsequent occasions, the Legislator makes a reference on the
369	369	record to the previous disclosure.
370	370	13. In determining whether to abstain from voting upon,
371	371	advocating or opposing a matter concerning which a Legislator
372	372	has a conflict of interest pursuant to subsection 10, the Legislator
373	373	should consider whether:
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378	378	(a) The conflict impedes his or her independence of judgment;
379	379	and
380	380	(b) His or her interest is greater than the interests of an entire
381	381	class of persons similarly situated.
382	382	14. The provisions of this Rule do not under any
383	383	circumstances and regardless of any conflict of interest:
384	384	(a) Prohibit a Legislator from requesting or introducing a
385	385	legislative measure; or
386	386	(b) Require a Legislator to take any particular action before or
387	387	while requesting or introducing a legislative measure.
388	388	15. If a Legislator who is a member of a committee declares
389	389	on the record when a vote is to be taken by the committee that he
390	390	or she will abstain from voting because of the requirements of this
391	391	Rule, the necessary quorum to act upon and the number of votes
392	392	necessary to act upon the matter is reduced as though the
393	393	Legislator abstaining were not a member of the committee.
394	394	16. The standards and procedures set forth in this Rule which
395	395	govern whether and to what extent a Senator has a conflict of
396	396	interest, should disclose a conflict of interest or should abstain
397	397	from voting upon, advocating or opposing a matter concerning
398	398	which the Senator has a conflict of interest pursuant to
399	399	subsection 10:
400	400	(a) Are exclusive and are the only standards and procedures
401	401	that apply to Senators with regard to such matters; and
402	402	(b) Supersede and preempt all other standards and procedures
403	403	with regard to such matters,
404	404	 except that this subsection does not exempt any Senators from
405	405	the Legislative Code of Ethical Standards in the Joint Standing
406	406	Rules.
407	407	17. For purposes of this Rule, “immediate family” means a
408	408	person who is related to the Legislator by blood, adoption or
409	409	marriage within the first degree of consanguinity or affinity.
410	410
411	411	The next rule is 30.
412	412
413	413	IV. QUORUM, VOTING, ELECTIONS
414	414
415	415	Rule No. 30. Recorded Vote—Three Required to Call For.
416	416	1. A recorded vote must be taken upon final passage of a bill
417	417	or joint resolution, and in any other case when called for by three
418	418	members. Every Senator within the bar of the Senate shall vote
419	419	“yea” or “nay” or record himself or herself as “not voting,” unless
420	420	excused by unanimous vote of the Senate. A Senator who records
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425	425	himself or herself as “not voting” must make a full and complete
426	426	disclosure of a conflict of interest pursuant to Senate Standing
427	427	Rule No. 23.
428	428	2. The votes and names of those absent or recorded as “not
429	429	voting” and the names of Senators demanding the recorded vote
430	430	must be entered in the Journal.
431	431
432	432	Rule No. 31. President to Decide—Tie Vote.
433	433	A question is lost by a tie vote, but when the Senate is equally
434	434	divided on any question except the passage of a bill or joint
435	435	resolution, the President may give the deciding vote.
436	436
437	437	Rule No. 32. Manner of Election—Voting.
438	438	1. In all cases of election by the Senate, the vote must be
439	439	taken viva voce. In other cases, if a vote is to be recorded, it may
440	440	be taken by oral roll-call or by electronic recording.
441	441	2. When a recorded vote is taken, no Senator may:
442	442	(a) Vote except when at his or her seat;
443	443	(b) Explain his or her vote or discuss the question while the
444	444	voting is in progress; or
445	445	(c) Change his or her vote after the result is announced.
446	446	3. The announcement of the result of any vote must not be
447	447	postponed.
448	448
449	449	The next rule is 40.
450	450
451	451	V. LEGISLATIVE BODIES
452	452
453	453	Rule No. 40. Standing and Select Committees.
454	454	1. Except as otherwise provided in Senate Standing Rule No.
455	455	23, the Majority Leader shall appoint all standing and select
456	456	committees and shall determine the majority-minority party
457	457	composition of all standing and select committees. Appointments
458	458	to committees shall be made by the Majority Leader for the
459	459	majority party members and by the Minority Leader for the
460	460	minority party members. The Majority Leader shall designate
461	461	the Chair and Vice Chair of all standing and select committees.
462	462	2. The Majority Leader shall refer prefiled bills and
463	463	resolutions to committee, subject to ratification by a majority vote
464	464	of the Senate once the Senate is organized and ready for business.
465	465	3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the standing
466	466	and select committees of the Senate and their respective
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471	471	jurisdiction for the reference of bills and resolutions are as
472	472	follows:
473	473	(a) Commerce and Labor, eight members, with jurisdiction
474	474	over measures affecting primarily titles 52-55 of NRS, and
475	475	chapters 97-100, 118-119, 119B, 461, 461A, 489, 678A, 678B,
476	476	678D, 679A-693A, 694A-697, 711 and 712 of NRS, except
477	477	measures affecting primarily state and local revenue.
478	478	(b) Education, seven members, with jurisdiction over measures
479	479	affecting primarily chapters 353B, 378-380A, 385-386 and 388-
480	480	399 of NRS, except measures affecting primarily state and local
481	481	revenue.
482	482	(c) Finance, eight members, with jurisdiction over measures
483	483	affecting primarily chapters 1A, 387 and 400 of NRS,
484	484	appropriations, operating and capital budgets, state and federal
485	485	budget issues and bonding, except measures affecting primarily
486	486	state and local revenue, and over any measures carrying or
487	487	requiring appropriations and favorably reported by any other
488	488	committee.
489	489	(d) Government Affairs, five members, with jurisdiction over
490	490	measures affecting primarily titles 20, 21, 25, 27, 28, 30, 36 and 37
491	491	of NRS, and chapters 223-228, 232-233I, 234-237, 238-242, 271,
492	492	277-280, 286-289, 353, 353A, 353C-358, 381, 384, 472, 474, 477,
493	493	693B, 709, 710 and 720 of NRS, except measures affecting
494	494	primarily the provisions of the Nevada Administrative Procedure
495	495	Act that govern the adjudication of contested cases, the Tahoe
496	496	Regional Planning Compact and the Tahoe Regional Planning
497	497	Agency, state and local revenue and state and federal budget
498	498	issues.
499	499	(e) Growth and Infrastructure, five members, with jurisdiction
500	500	over measures affecting primarily title 44 of NRS, and chapters
501	501	403-405, 408, 410, 459A, 476, 480-487, 490 and 701-708 of NRS,
502	502	except measures affecting primarily state and local revenue.
503	503	(f) Health and Human Services, five members, with
504	504	jurisdiction over measures affecting primarily titles 38 and 39 of
505	505	NRS, chapters 439-442 of NRS, NRS 444.002-444.430 and
506	506	chapters 446-453C, 454-458A, 460, 583-585 and 678C of NRS,
507	507	except measures affecting primarily state and local revenue.
508	508	(g) Judiciary, eight members, with jurisdiction over measures
509	509	affecting primarily the provisions of the Nevada Administrative
510	510	Procedure Act that govern the adjudication of contested cases,
511	511	titles 2-7, 9, 11-16 and 41 of NRS, and chapters 1, 2-7, 101-104A,
512	512	111-117, 119A, 120, 120A, 475, 719, 721 and 722 of NRS, except
513	513	measures affecting primarily state and local revenue.
514	514	– 12 –
515	515
516	516
517	517	- 82nd Session (2023)
518	518	(h) Legislative Operations and Elections, five members, with
519	519	jurisdiction over measures affecting primarily titles 17, 24 and 29
520	520	of NRS, chapters 281-285 of NRS, and the operation of the
521	521	legislative session, except measures affecting primarily state and
522	522	local revenue.
523	523	(i) Natural Resources, five members, with jurisdiction over
524	524	measures affecting primarily titles 26 and 45-50 of NRS, chapters
525	525	383, 407 and 407A of NRS, NRS 444.435-444.650, chapters 444A-
526	526	445D, 459, 488, 581, 582 and 586-590 of NRS, and the Tahoe
527	527	Regional Planning Compact and the Tahoe Regional Planning
528	528	Agency, except measures affecting primarily state and local
529	529	revenue.
530	530	(j) Revenue and Economic Development, five members, with
531	531	jurisdiction over measures affecting primarily title 32 of NRS,
532	532	chapters 231, 231A, 237A, 271A-274 and 453D of NRS, and state
533	533	and local revenue.
534	534	4. The Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance may
535	535	assign any portion of a proposed executive budget to any of the
536	536	other standing or select committees of the Senate for review. Upon
537	537	receiving such an assignment the standing or select committee
538	538	shall complete its review expeditiously and report its findings and
539	539	any recommendations to the Standing Committee on Finance for
540	540	its independent evaluation.
541	541
542	542	Rule No. 41. Appointment of Alternates.
543	543	If the Chair or any member of a committee is temporarily
544	544	unable to perform his or her duties, the Majority Leader shall
545	545	appoint an alternate of the same political party to serve in the
546	546	Chair’s or the member’s place for such time as is determined by
547	547	the Majority Leader.
548	548
549	549	Rule No. 42. Committee Expenses.
550	550	No committee shall employ assistance or incur any expense,
551	551	except by permission of the Majority Leader previously obtained.
552	552
553	553	Rule No. 43. Duties of Committees.
554	554	The several committees shall acquaint themselves with the
555	555	interests of the State specially represented by the committee and
556	556	shall present such bills and reports as in their judgment will
557	557	advance the interests and promote the welfare of the people of the
558	558	State.
559	559
560	560	Rule No. 44. Reserved.
561	561	– 13 –
562	562
563	563
564	564	- 82nd Session (2023)
565	565	Rule No. 45. Reserved.
566	566
567	567	Rule No. 46. Forming Committee of the Whole.
568	568	In forming the Committee of the Whole, the Senator who has
569	569	so moved shall name a Chair to preside. All amendments proposed
570	570	by the Committee shall be reported by the Chair to the Senate.
571	571
572	572	Rule No. 47. Rules Applicable to Committee of the Whole.
573	573	The Rules of the Senate shall apply to proceedings in
574	574	Committee of the Whole, except that the previous question shall
575	575	not be ordered, nor the yeas and nays demanded, but the
576	576	Committee may limit the number of times that any member may
577	577	speak, at any stage of proceedings, during its sitting. Messages
578	578	may be received by the President while the Committee is sitting; in
579	579	which case the President shall resume the chair and receive the
580	580	message. After receiving the message, the President shall vacate
581	581	the chair in favor of the Chair of the Committee.
582	582
583	583	Rule No. 48. Motion to Rise Committee of the Whole.
584	584	A motion that the Committee rise shall always be in order, and
585	585	shall be decided without debate.
586	586
587	587	Rule No. 49. Reference to Committee.
588	588	When a motion is made to refer any subject, and different
589	589	committees are proposed, the subject may be referred to the
590	590	committee with jurisdiction over the subject as set forth in Senate
591	591	Standing Rule No. 40, or to a different committee, upon a majority
592	592	vote of the members present.
593	593
594	594	Rule No. 50. Return From Committee.
595	595	1. Any bill or other matter referred to a committee of the
596	596	Senate must not be withdrawn or ordered taken from the
597	597	committee for consideration by the Senate, for re-referral, or for
598	598	any other reason without a majority vote of the Senate, and at
599	599	least one day’s notice of the motion therefor.
600	600	2. No such motion is in order:
601	601	(a) If the bill to be withdrawn or ordered taken from the
602	602	committee may no longer be considered by the Senate; or
603	603	(b) On the last day of the session, or on the day preceding the
604	604	last day of the session.
605	605	3. This Rule does not take from any committee the rights and
606	606	duties of committees provided for in Senate Standing Rule No. 43.
607	607
608	608	– 14 –
609	609
610	610
611	611	- 82nd Session (2023)
612	612	Rule No. 51. Reserved.
613	613
614	614	Rule No. 52. Reserved.
615	615
616	616	Rule No. 53. Committee Rules.
617	617	1. The rules of the Senate, as far as applicable, are the rules
618	618	of committees of the Senate. Procedure in committees, where not
619	619	otherwise provided in this Rule, must follow the procedure of the
620	620	Senate. For matters not included in the rules of the Senate or
621	621	these rules, Mason’s Manual of Legislative Procedure must be
622	622	followed.
623	623	2. A majority of any committee constitutes a quorum for the
624	624	transaction of business.
625	625	3. A meeting of a committee may not be opened without a
626	626	quorum present.
627	627	4. In addition to regularly scheduled meetings of a committee
628	628	or those called by the Chair of the committee, meetings may be set
629	629	by a written petition of a majority of the committee and filed with
630	630	the Chair of the committee.
631	631	5. A bill may be passed from a committee only by a majority
632	632	of the committee membership. A simple majority of those present
633	633	and voting is sufficient to adopt committee amendments.
634	634	6. Subcommittees may be appointed by the Chair of a
635	635	committee to consider subjects specified by the Chair and shall
636	636	report back to the committee. If a member of a subcommittee is
637	637	not a member of the standing or select committee for which the
638	638	subcommittee is created, the approval of the Majority Leader is
639	639	required for that member’s appointment. If a subcommittee is so
640	640	appointed, the Chair of the committee shall determine whether the
641	641	subcommittee shall keep minutes of its meetings. Any minutes
642	642	required to be kept pursuant to this subsection must comply with
643	643	the provisions of subsection 12.
644	644	7. A committee shall act only when together, and all votes
645	645	must be taken in the presence of the committee. A member shall
646	646	not be recorded as voting unless the member was actually present
647	647	in the committee at the time of the vote. The Chair of the
648	648	committee must be present when the committee votes to take any
649	649	final actions on bills or resolutions, but the Chair is not required
650	650	to vote. In addition to the use of remote-technology systems
651	651	pursuant to Senate Standing Rule No. 136, upon approval of the
652	652	Majority Leader, a committee may meet together by video
653	653	conference or other appropriate remote-technology systems. A
654	654	member who is actually present in the committee at a posted video
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656	656
657	657
658	658	- 82nd Session (2023)
659	659	conference or other remote location is present and in attendance
660	660	at the meeting for all purposes. A member who is participating in
661	661	a committee meeting with all committee members participating
662	662	through the use of a remote-technology system pursuant to the
663	663	direction of the Majority Leader shall participate in the committee
664	664	meeting from a location other than a committee meeting room.
665	665	The provisions of this subsection do not prohibit the prefiling of
666	666	legislative bills and resolutions on behalf of a committee in the
667	667	manner prescribed by the Legislative Commission.
668	668	8. All committee and subcommittee meetings are open to the
669	669	public, except as otherwise provided in Senate Standing
670	670	Rule No. 13.
671	671	9. Before a Chair of a committee reports a bill or resolution
672	672	to the Senate, the committee may reconsider its action. A motion to
673	673	reconsider must be made by any member who voted on the action.
674	674	10. The Chair of a committee shall determine the agenda of
675	675	each meeting of the committee except that a member of the
676	676	committee may request an item for the agenda by communicating
677	677	with the Chair at least 4 days before the meeting. A majority of a
678	678	committee may, by vote, add an item to the agenda of the next
679	679	regularly scheduled meeting.
680	680	11. Secretaries to committees shall give notices of hearings
681	681	on bills to anyone requesting notices of particular bills.
682	682	12. All committees shall keep minutes of meetings. The
683	683	minutes must cover members present and absent, subjects under
684	684	discussion, witnesses who appear, committee members’ statements
685	685	concerning legislative intent, action taken by the committee, as
686	686	well as the vote of individual members on all matters on which a
687	687	vote is taken. Upon approval of the Chair, any member may
688	688	submit to the secretary additional remarks to be included in the
689	689	minutes and records of committee meetings. Upon completion of
690	690	the minutes, the Chair will review for approval. At the conclusion
691	691	of the legislative session, the Secretary of the Senate shall deliver
692	692	all minutes and records of committee meetings in his or her
693	693	possession to the Research Library of the Legislative Counsel
694	694	Bureau.
695	695	13. In addition to the minutes, the committee secretary shall
696	696	maintain a record of all bills, including:
697	697	(a) Date bill referred;
698	698	(b) Date bill received;
699	699	(c) Date set for hearing the bill;
700	700	(d) Date or dates bill heard and voted upon; and
701	701	(e) Date report prepared.
702	702	– 16 –
703	703
704	704
705	705	- 82nd Session (2023)
706	706	14. Each committee secretary shall file the minutes of each
707	707	meeting with the Secretary of the Senate as soon as practicable
708	708	after the meeting.
709	709	15. All committee minutes and any subcommittee minutes
710	710	required to be kept pursuant to subsection 6 are open to public
711	711	inspection upon request and during normal business hours. The
712	712	official record of the committee meeting is the minutes approved
713	713	by the Chair.
714	714
715	715	Rule No. 54. Review of State Agency Programs.
716	716	In addition to or concurrent with committee action taken on
717	717	specific bills and resolutions during a regular session of the
718	718	Legislature, each standing committee of the Senate is encouraged
719	719	to plan and conduct a general review of selected programs of state
720	720	agencies or other areas of public interest within the committee’s
721	721	jurisdiction.
722	722
723	723	The next rule is 60.
724	724
725	725	VI. RULES GOVERNING MOTIONS
726	726
727	727	A. MOTIONS GENERALLY
728	728
729	729	Rule No. 60. Entertaining.
730	730	1. No motion may be debated until it is announced by the
731	731	President.
732	732	2. By consent of the Senate, a motion may be withdrawn
733	733	before amendment or decision.
734	734
735	735	Rule No. 61. Precedence of Motions.
736	736	When a proposal is under debate no motion shall be received
737	737	but the following, which shall have precedence in the order
738	738	named:
739	739	1. To adjourn.
740	740	2. For a call of the Senate.
741	741	3. To recess.
742	742	4. To lay on the table.
743	743	5. For the previous question.
744	744	6. To postpone to a day certain.
745	745	7. To refer to committee.
746	746	8. To amend.
747	747	9. To postpone indefinitely.
748	748	– 17 –
749	749
750	750
751	751	- 82nd Session (2023)
752	752	 The first three motions shall be decided without debate, and a
753	753	motion to lay on the table without question or debate.
754	754
755	755	Rule No. 62. When Not Entertained.
756	756	1. When a motion to postpone indefinitely has been decided,
757	757	it must not be again entertained on the same day.
758	758	2. When a proposal has been postponed indefinitely, it must
759	759	not again be introduced during the session unless this Rule is
760	760	suspended by a majority vote of the Senate.
761	761	3. There must be no reconsideration or recission of a vote on
762	762	a motion to postpone indefinitely.
763	763
764	764	B. PARTICULAR MOTIONS
765	765
766	766	Rule No. 63. To Adjourn.
767	767	A motion to adjourn shall always be in order unless a motion to
768	768	reconsider a final vote on a bill or resolution or any other action is
769	769	pending. The name of the Senator moving to adjourn, and the
770	770	time when the motion was made, shall be entered in the Journal.
771	771
772	772	Rule No. 64. Lay on the Table.
773	773	A motion to lay on or take from the table shall be carried by a
774	774	majority vote.
775	775
776	776	Rule No. 65. Reserved.
777	777
778	778	Rule No. 66. To Strike Enacting Clause.
779	779	A motion to strike out the enacting clause of a bill has
780	780	precedence over a motion to refer to committee or to amend. If a
781	781	motion to strike out the enacting clause of a bill is carried, the bill
782	782	is rejected.
783	783
784	784	Rule No. 67. Division of Proposal.
785	785	1. Any Senator may call for a division of a proposal.
786	786	2. A proposal must be divided if the Senate determines it
787	787	embraces subjects so distinct that if one subject is taken away, a
788	788	substantive proposal remains for the decision of the Senate.
789	789	3. A motion to strike out and insert must not be divided.
790	790
791	791	Rule No. 68. To Reconsider—Precedence of.
792	792	A motion to reconsider has precedence over every other
793	793	motion, including a motion to adjourn. A motion to reconsider a
794	794	final vote on a bill or resolution or any other action shall be in
795	795	– 18 –
796	796
797	797
798	798	- 82nd Session (2023)
799	799	order only on the day on which the final vote or action is taken
800	800	and the vote on such a motion to reconsider must be taken on the
801	801	same day.
802	802
803	803	Rule No. 69. Explanation of Motion.
804	804	Whenever a Senator moves to change the usual disposition of a
805	805	bill or resolution, he or she shall describe the subject of the bill or
806	806	resolution and state the reasons for requesting the change in the
807	807	processing of the bill or resolution.
808	808
809	809	The next rule is 80.
810	810
811	811	VII. DEBATE
812	812
813	813	Rule No. 80. Speaking on Proposal.
814	814	1. Every Senator who speaks shall, in his or her place,
815	815	address “Mr. or Madam President,” in a courteous manner, and
816	816	shall confine himself or herself to the proposal before the Senate.
817	817	2. No Senator may speak:
818	818	(a) More than twice during the consideration of any one
819	819	question on the same day, except for explanation.
820	820	(b) A second time without leave when others who have not
821	821	spoken desire the floor.
822	822	3. Incidental and subsidiary proposals arising during debate
823	823	shall not be considered the same proposal.
824	824
825	825	Rule No. 81. Previous Question.
826	826	The previous question shall not be put unless demanded by
827	827	three Senators, and it shall be in this form: “Shall the main
828	828	question be put?” When sustained by a majority of Senators
829	829	present it shall put an end to all debate and bring the Senate to a
830	830	vote on the proposal or proposals before it, and all incidental
831	831	proposals arising after the motion was made shall be decided
832	832	without debate. A person who is speaking on a proposal shall not
833	833	while he or she has the floor move to put that question.
834	834
835	835	The next rule is 90.
836	836
837	837
838	838
839	839
840	840
841	841
842	842	– 19 –
843	843
844	844
845	845	- 82nd Session (2023)
846	846	VIII. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
847	847
848	848	A. GENERALLY
849	849
850	850	Rule No. 90. Mason’s Manual.
851	851	The rules of parliamentary practice contained in Mason’s
852	852	Manual of Legislative Procedure shall govern the Senate in all
853	853	cases in which they are applicable and in which they are not
854	854	inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the Senate, and
855	855	the Joint Standing Rules of the Senate and Assembly.
856	856
857	857	Rule No. 91. Suspension of Rule.
858	858	No standing rule or order of the Senate shall be rescinded or
859	859	changed without a majority vote of the Senate and one day’s
860	860	notice of the motion therefor; but a rule or order may be
861	861	temporarily suspended for a special purpose by a majority vote of
862	862	the members present. When the suspension of a rule is called for,
863	863	and after due notice from the President no objection is offered, the
864	864	President can announce the rule suspended and the Senate may
865	865	proceed accordingly; but this shall not apply to that portion of
866	866	Senate Standing Rule No. 109 relating to the third reading of bills,
867	867	which cannot be suspended.
868	868
869	869	Rule No. 92. Notices of Bills, Topics and Public Hearings.
870	870	Adequate notice shall be provided to the Legislators and the
871	871	public by posting information relative to the bills, topics and
872	872	public hearings which are to come before committees. Notices
873	873	shall include the date, time, place and agenda, and shall be posted
874	874	conspicuously in the Legislative Building and shall be made
875	875	available to the news media. This requirement of notice may be
876	876	suspended for an emergency by the affirmative vote of a majority
877	877	of the committee members appointed.
878	878
879	879	Rule No. 93. Protest.
880	880	Any Senator, or Senators, may protest against the action of the
881	881	Senate upon any question, and have such protest entered in the
882	882	Journal.
883	883
884	884	Rule No. 94. Privilege of the Floor.
885	885	1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, to preserve
886	886	decorum and facilitate the business of the Senate, only the
887	887	following persons may be present on the floor of the Senate during
888	888	formal sessions:
889	889	– 20 –
890	890
891	891
892	892	- 82nd Session (2023)
893	893	(a) State officers;
894	894	(b) Officers and members of the Senate;
895	895	(c) Employees of the Legislative Counsel Bureau;
896	896	(d) Staff of the Senate; and
897	897	(e) Members of the Assembly whose presence is required for
898	898	the transaction of business.
899	899	2. Guests of Senators must be seated in a section of the upper
900	900	or lower gallery of the Senate Chamber to be specially designated
901	901	by the Sergeant at Arms. The Majority Leader may specify special
902	902	occasions when guests may be seated on the floor of the Senate
903	903	with a Senator.
904	904	3. A majority of Senators may authorize the President to have
905	905	the Senate Chamber cleared of all persons except Senators and
906	906	officers of the Senate.
907	907	4. The Senate Chamber may not be used for any business
908	908	other than legislative business during a legislative session.
909	909
910	910	Rule No. 95. Material Placed on Legislators’ Desks.
911	911	1. Only the Sergeant at Arms and officers and employees of
912	912	the Senate may place papers, letters, notes, pamphlets and other
913	913	written material upon a Senator’s desk. Such material must
914	914	contain the name of the Legislator requesting the placement of the
915	915	material on the desk or a designation of the origin of the material.
916	916	2. This Rule does not apply to books containing the legislative
917	917	bills and resolutions, the daily histories and daily journals of the
918	918	Senate or Assembly, or Legislative Counsel Bureau material.
919	919
920	920	Rule No. 96. Reserved.
921	921
922	922	Rule No. 97. Petitions.
923	923	The contents of any petition shall be briefly stated by the
924	924	President or any Senator presenting it. It shall then lie on the table
925	925	or be referred, as the President or Senate may direct.
926	926
927	927	Rule No. 98. Reserved.
928	928
929	929	Rule No. 99. Reserved.
930	930
931	931	Rule No. 100. Reserved.
932	932
933	933	Rule No. 101. Reserved.
934	934
935	935
936	936	– 21 –
937	937
938	938
939	939	- 82nd Session (2023)
940	940	Rule No. 102. Objection to Reading of Paper.
941	941	Where the reading of any paper is called for, and is objected to
942	942	by any Senator, it shall be determined by a vote of the Senate, and
943	943	without debate.
944	944
945	945	Rule No. 103. Questions Relating to Priority of Business.
946	946	All questions relating to the priority of business shall be
947	947	decided without debate.
948	948
949	949	B. BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
950	950
951	951	Rule No. 104. Reserved.
952	952
953	953	Rule No. 105. Reserved.
954	954
955	955	Rule No. 106. Skeleton Bills.
956	956	Skeleton bills may be introduced after the beginning of a
957	957	session when, in the opinion of the sponsor and the Legislative
958	958	Counsel, the full drafting of the bill would entail extensive
959	959	research or be of considerable length. A skeleton bill will be a
960	960	presentation of ideas or statements of purpose, sufficient in style
961	961	and expression to enable the Legislature and the committee to
962	962	which the bill may be referred to consider the substantive merits of
963	963	the legislation proposed.
964	964
965	965	Rule No. 107. Information Concerning Bills.
966	966	1. Bills introduced may be accompanied by information
967	967	relative to witnesses and selected persons of departments and
968	968	agencies who should be considered for committee hearings on the
969	969	proposed legislation. At the time of or after introduction of a bill, a
970	970	list of witnesses who are proponents of the bill together with their
971	971	addresses and telephone numbers may be given to the secretary of
972	972	the committee to which the bill is referred. This information may
973	973	be provided by:
974	974	(a) The Senator introducing the bill;
975	975	(b) The person requesting a committee introduction of the bill;
976	976	or
977	977	(c) The Chair of the committee introducing the bill.
978	978	2. The secretary of the committee shall deliver this
979	979	information to the Chair of the committee to which the bill is
980	980	referred. Members of the committee may suggest additional names
981	981	for witnesses.
982	982	– 22 –
983	983
984	984
985	985	- 82nd Session (2023)
986	986	3. The Legislator may provide an analysis which may
987	987	describe the intent, purpose, justification and effects of the bill, or
988	988	any of them.
989	989
990	990	Rule No. 108. Reserved.
991	991
992	992	Rule No. 109. Reading of Bills.
993	993	1. Every bill must receive three readings before its passage,
994	994	unless, in case of emergency, this rule is suspended by a two-thirds
995	995	vote of the Senate. The reading of a bill is by number, sponsor and
996	996	summary.
997	997	2. The first reading of a bill is for information, and if there is
998	998	opposition to the bill, the question must be, “Shall this bill be
999	999	rejected?” If there is no opposition to the bill, or if the question to
1000	1000	reject is defeated, the bill must then take the usual course.
1001	1001	3. No bill may be referred to committee until once read, nor
1002	1002	amended until twice read.
1003	1003	4. The third reading of every bill must be by sections.
1004	1004
1005	1005	Rule No. 110. Second Reading File—Consent Calendar.
1006	1006	1. All bills reported by committee must be placed on a Second
1007	1007	Reading File unless recommended for placement on the Consent
1008	1008	Calendar.
1009	1009	2. A committee shall not recommend a bill for placement on
1010	1010	the Consent Calendar if:
1011	1011	(a) An amendment of the bill is recommended;
1012	1012	(b) It contains an appropriation;
1013	1013	(c) It requires a two-thirds vote of the Senate; or
1014	1014	(d) It is controversial in nature.
1015	1015	3. A bill recommended for placement on the Consent
1016	1016	Calendar must be included in the Daily File listed in the Daily
1017	1017	History of the Senate at least 1 calendar day before it may be
1018	1018	considered.
1019	1019	4. A bill must be removed from the Consent Calendar at the
1020	1020	request of any Senator, without question or debate. A bill so
1021	1021	removed must be immediately placed on the Second Reading File
1022	1022	for consideration in the usual order of business.
1023	1023	5. When the Consent Calendar is called:
1024	1024	(a) The bills remaining on the Consent Calendar must be read
1025	1025	by number, sponsor and summary, and the vote must be taken on
1026	1026	their final passage as a group.
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1028	1028
1029	1029
1030	1030	- 82nd Session (2023)
1031	1031	(b) No remarks or questions are in order and the bills
1032	1032	remaining on the Consent Calendar must be voted upon without
1033	1033	debate.
1034	1034
1035	1035	Rule No. 111. Publications.
1036	1036	1. An appropriate number of copies of all bills and
1037	1037	resolutions of general interest must be printed for the use of the
1038	1038	Senate and Assembly. Such other matter must be printed as may
1039	1039	be ordered by the Senate.
1040	1040	2. Bill books will not be prepared for legislators unless they
1041	1041	qualify for and request the service. The service, if approved, will
1042	1042	be limited to the provision of one full set of bills, journals,
1043	1043	histories and indexes for the Senator’s desk in the Senate
1044	1044	chamber. Bill books will not be prepared for a Senator for
1045	1045	individual committees.
1046	1046	3. A Senator may request the provision of bill book service
1047	1047	pursuant to subsection 1 if either:
1048	1048	(a) The Senator has served in the Senate for 10 or more years;
1049	1049	or
1050	1050	(b) A physical or medical condition requires the Senator to use
1051	1051	the bill books rather than viewing bills on a laptop computer.
1052	1052	4. A request for bill book service must be made to the
1053	1053	Majority Leader of the Senate. If the Majority Leader determines
1054	1054	that the Senator qualifies for the service, the Majority Leader shall
1055	1055	direct the Legislative Counsel Bureau to provide the service.
1056	1056
1057	1057	Rule No. 112. Sponsorship.
1058	1058	1. A Senator may request that his or her name be added as a
1059	1059	sponsor of a bill or resolution that is introduced in the Senate if
1060	1060	the Senator has submitted to the Secretary of the Senate a
1061	1061	statement approving the request signed by the Senator who
1062	1062	introduced the bill or resolution, including, without limitation,
1063	1063	submission by electronic means. A Senator may make a request to
1064	1064	have his or her name added as a sponsor of:
1065	1065	(a) A resolution of the Senate, at any time after the resolution
1066	1066	is introduced in the Senate and before the resolution is passed by
1067	1067	the Senate.
1068	1068	(b) A bill or a joint or concurrent resolution:
1069	1069	(1) At any time after the bill or resolution is introduced in
1070	1070	the Senate and before the bill or resolution is passed out of the
1071	1071	Senate to the Assembly; and
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1076	1076	(2) At any time after the bill or resolution is returned to the
1077	1077	Senate following passage by the Assembly and before the bill or
1078	1078	resolution is enrolled.
1079	1079	2. A Senator who is a sponsor of a bill or resolution that is
1080	1080	introduced in the Senate may request that his or her name be
1081	1081	removed as a sponsor of the bill or resolution. A Senator may
1082	1082	make a request to have his or her name removed as a sponsor of:
1083	1083	(a) A resolution of the Senate, at any time after the resolution
1084	1084	is introduced in the Senate and before the resolution is passed by
1085	1085	the Senate.
1086	1086	(b) A bill or a joint or concurrent resolution:
1087	1087	(1) At any time after the bill or resolution is introduced in
1088	1088	the Senate and before the bill or resolution is passed out of the
1089	1089	Senate to the Assembly; and
1090	1090	(2) At any time after the bill or resolution is returned to the
1091	1091	Senate following passage by the Assembly and before the bill or
1092	1092	resolution is enrolled.
1093	1093	 In such case, if the Senator is the only sponsor of the bill or
1094	1094	resolution, another Senator may request that his or her name be
1095	1095	added to the bill or resolution as a sponsor without receiving the
1096	1096	approval from the original sponsor.
1097	1097	3. If a Senator makes a request to have his or her name
1098	1098	added or removed as a sponsor of a bill or resolution that was
1099	1099	introduced in the Senate, the request must be entered in the
1100	1100	Journal.
1101	1101	4. If a Senator who is the only sponsor of a bill or resolution
1102	1102	that was introduced in the Senate removes his or her name from
1103	1103	the bill or resolution while the bill is in the Senate and no other
1104	1104	Senator adds his or her name as the sponsor of the bill or
1105	1105	resolution at the time of the request for removal, no further action
1106	1106	on the bill or resolution is allowed for that legislative session.
1107	1107	5. Notwithstanding any provision of the Standing Rules of the
1108	1108	Senate or the Joint Rules of the Senate and Assembly, if all
1109	1109	Senators who are primary sponsors or cosponsors of a bill or
1110	1110	resolution remove their names as sponsors of the bill or resolution
1111	1111	while the bill or resolution is in the Senate and no other Senator
1112	1112	adds his or her name as a sponsor of the bill or resolution, the
1113	1113	names of the primary joint sponsor or sponsors and the non-
1114	1114	primary joint sponsor or sponsors, if any, must be removed from
1115	1115	the bill or resolution without an amendment.
1116	1116
1117	1117
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1123	1123	Rule No. 113. Reading of Bills—General File.
1124	1124	1. Upon reading of bills on the Second Reading File, Senate
1125	1125	and Assembly bills reported without amendments must be ordered
1126	1126	to the General File. Committee amendments reported with bills
1127	1127	must be considered upon their second reading and such
1128	1128	amendments may be adopted by a majority vote of the members
1129	1129	present. Bills so amended must be reprinted, engrossed or
1130	1130	reengrossed, and ordered to the General File. The File must be
1131	1131	made available to members of the public each day by the
1132	1132	Secretary.
1133	1133	2. Any member may move to amend a bill during its reading
1134	1134	on the Second Reading File or during its third reading and the
1135	1135	motion to amend may be adopted by a majority vote of the
1136	1136	members present. Bills so amended on second reading must be
1137	1137	treated the same as bills with committee amendments. Any bill so
1138	1138	amended upon the General File must be reprinted and engrossed
1139	1139	or reengrossed.
1140	1140	3. Committee amendments and all other amendments must be
1141	1141	made available to members of the public after the amendments are
1142	1142	submitted to the Secretary for processing in order to be considered
1143	1143	on the Second Reading File or the General File.
1144	1144	4. An appropriate number of copies of all amended bills must
1145	1145	be printed.
1146	1146
1147	1147	Rule No. 114. Referral of Bill With Special Instructions.
1148	1148	A bill may be referred to committee with special instructions to
1149	1149	amend at any time before taking the final vote.
1150	1150
1151	1151	Rule No. 115. Reconsideration of Vote on Bill.
1152	1152	1. A vote may be reconsidered on motion of any member.
1153	1153	2. Motions to reconsider a vote upon amendments to any
1154	1154	pending proposal and upon a final vote on a bill or resolution may
1155	1155	be made and decided at once.
1156	1156
1157	1157	Rule No. 116. Vetoed Bills.
1158	1158	Bills which have passed the Legislature, and forwarded by
1159	1159	letter, to the Senate by the Secretary of State or the Governor and
1160	1160	which are accompanied by a message of the Governor’s
1161	1161	disapproval, or veto of the same, shall become a special order and,
1162	1162	at which time, the said message shall be read, together with the bill
1163	1163	or bills so disposed or vetoed; and the message and bill shall be
1164	1164	read without interruption, consecutively, one following the other,
1165	1165	and not upon separate occasions; and no such bill or message
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1170	1170	shall be referred to any committee, or otherwise acted upon, save
1171	1171	as provided by rule, custom and law; that is to say, that
1172	1172	immediately following such reading the only questions (except as
1173	1173	hereinafter stated) which shall be put by the Chair is, “Shall the
1174	1174	bill pass, notwithstanding the objections of the Governor?” It shall
1175	1175	not be in order, at any time, to vote upon such vetoed bill without
1176	1176	the same having first been read; the merits of the bill itself may be
1177	1177	debated and the only motions entertained after the Chair has
1178	1178	stated the question are a motion for “The previous question,” or a
1179	1179	motion for “No further consideration” of the vetoed bill.
1180	1180
1181	1181	Rule No. 117. Different Subject Not Admitted as Amendment.
1182	1182	No subject different from that under consideration shall be
1183	1183	admitted as an amendment; and no bill or resolution shall be
1184	1184	amended by incorporating any irrelevant subject matter or by
1185	1185	association or annexing any other bill or resolution pending in the
1186	1186	Senate, but a substitute may be offered at any time so long as the
1187	1187	original is open to amendment.
1188	1188
1189	1189	Rule No. 118. Joint Resolutions.
1190	1190	1. Joint resolutions must be used to address Congress, or
1191	1191	either House thereof, or the President of the United States, or the
1192	1192	heads of any of the national departments, or to propose
1193	1193	amendments to the State Constitution. A roll call vote must be
1194	1194	taken upon final passage of a joint resolution and entered in the
1195	1195	Journal.
1196	1196	2. Upon introduction, the reading of a joint resolution is for
1197	1197	informational purposes and referral to committee, unless the joint
1198	1198	resolution is rejected or a member moves to immediately consider
1199	1199	the joint resolution for final passage. The motion to immediately
1200	1200	consider the joint resolution for final passage may be adopted by a
1201	1201	majority vote of the Senate.
1202	1202	3. Committee amendments reported with joint resolutions
1203	1203	may be adopted by a majority vote of the members present. Joint
1204	1204	resolutions so amended must be reprinted, engrossed or
1205	1205	reengrossed, and ordered to the Resolution File.
1206	1206	4. Any member may move to amend a joint resolution and the
1207	1207	motion to amend may be adopted by a majority vote of the
1208	1208	members present. Joint resolutions so amended must be treated
1209	1209	the same as joint resolutions with committee amendments. Any
1210	1210	joint resolution so amended must be reprinted and engrossed or
1211	1211	reengrossed, and ordered to the Resolution File.
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1216	1216	5. Committee amendments and all other amendments must be
1217	1217	available to members of the public after the amendments are
1218	1218	submitted to the Secretary for processing in order to be considered
1219	1219	for the Resolution File.
1220	1220	6. The Secretary shall make the Resolution File available to
1221	1221	members of the public each day.
1222	1222	7. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the State
1223	1223	Constitution must be entered in the Journal in its entirety.
1224	1224	8. An appropriate number of copies of all amended joint
1225	1225	resolutions must be printed.
1226	1226
1227	1227	Rule No. 118.2. Memorial Resolutions.
1228	1228	Once the sponsor has moved for the adoption of a memorial
1229	1229	resolution, not more than one member from each caucus, and,
1230	1230	upon request of a member of the body and the approval of the
1231	1231	Majority Leader, one additional member may speak on the
1232	1232	resolution.
1233	1233
1234	1234	Rule No. 119. Certain Resolutions Treated as Motions.
1235	1235	Except as otherwise provided in Senate Standing Rules Nos.
1236	1236	118 and 118.2, resolutions must be treated as motions in all
1237	1237	proceedings of the Senate.
1238	1238
1239	1239	Rule No. 119.2. Return From the Secretary of State.
1240	1240	A Senate resolution may be used to request the return from the
1241	1241	Secretary of State of an enrolled Senate resolution for further
1242	1242	consideration.
1243	1243
1244	1244	C. ORDER OF BUSINESS, SPECIAL ORDERS AND OTHER MATTERS
1245	1245
1246	1246	Rule No. 120. Order of Business.
1247	1247	1. Roll Call.
1248	1248	2. Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
1249	1249	3. Reading and Approval of the Journal.
1250	1250	4. Reports of Committees.
1251	1251	5. Messages from the Governor.
1252	1252	6. Messages from the Assembly.
1253	1253	7. Communications.
1254	1254	8. Waivers and Exemptions.
1255	1255	9. Motions, Resolutions and Notices.
1256	1256	10. Introduction, First Reading and Reference.
1257	1257	11. Consent Calendar.
1258	1258	12. Second Reading and Amendment.
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1263	1263	13. General File and Third Reading.
1264	1264	14. Unfinished Business.
1265	1265	15. Special Orders of the Day.
1266	1266	16. Remarks from the Floor; Introduction of Guests. A
1267	1267	Senator may speak under this order of business for a period of not
1268	1268	more than 10 minutes.
1269	1269
1270	1270	Rule No. 121. Privilege.
1271	1271	Any Senator may explain a matter personal to himself or
1272	1272	herself by leave of the President, but the Senator shall not discuss
1273	1273	any pending proposal in such explanation.
1274	1274
1275	1275	Rule No. 122. Reserved.
1276	1276
1277	1277	Rule No. 123. Reserved.
1278	1278
1279	1279	Rule No. 124. Preference to Speak.
1280	1280	When two or more Senators request to speak at the same time
1281	1281	the President shall name the one who may first speak—giving
1282	1282	preference, when practicable, to the mover or introducer of the
1283	1283	subject under consideration.
1284	1284
1285	1285	Rule No. 125. Special Order of Business.
1286	1286	The President shall call the Senate to order on the arrival of
1287	1287	the time fixed for the consideration of a special order, and
1288	1288	announce that the special order is before the Senate, which shall
1289	1289	be considered, unless it be postponed by a majority vote of the
1290	1290	Senate, and any business before the Senate at the time of the
1291	1291	announcement of the special order shall go to Unfinished
1292	1292	Business.
1293	1293
1294	1294	Rule No. 126. Reserved.
1295	1295
1296	1296	Rule No. 127. Reserved.
1297	1297
1298	1298	Rule No. 128. Seniority Among Senators.
1299	1299	1. The Senate shall determine seniority among the Senators
1300	1300	as follows:
1301	1301	(a) Credit total continuous service in the Senate first;
1302	1302	(b) Credit total noncontinuous service in the Senate second;
1303	1303	(c) Credit total continuous service in the Assembly third; and
1304	1304	(d) Credit total noncontinuous service in the Assembly fourth.
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1309	1309	2. In every case where there are ties, those ties are broken by
1310	1310	alphabetical order.
1311	1311
1312	1312	Rule No. 129. Reserved.
1313	1313
1314	1314	D. CONTESTS OF ELECTIONS
1315	1315
1316	1316	Rule No. 130. Procedure.
1317	1317	1. The Senate shall not dismiss a statement of contest for
1318	1318	want of form if any ground of contest is alleged with sufficient
1319	1319	certainty to inform the defendant of the charges he or she is
1320	1320	required to meet. The following grounds are sufficient, but are not
1321	1321	exclusive:
1322	1322	(a) That the election board or any member thereof was guilty
1323	1323	of malfeasance.
1324	1324	(b) That a person who has been declared elected to an office
1325	1325	was not at the time of election eligible to that office.
1326	1326	(c) That illegal votes were cast and counted for the defendant,
1327	1327	which, if taken from the defendant, will reduce the number of
1328	1328	legal votes below the number necessary to elect him or her.
1329	1329	(d) That the election board, in conducting the election or in
1330	1330	canvassing the returns, made errors sufficient to change the result
1331	1331	of the election as to any person who has been declared elected.
1332	1332	(e) That the defendant has given, or offered to give, to any
1333	1333	person a bribe for the purpose of procuring his or her election.
1334	1334	(f) That there was a possible malfunction of any voting or
1335	1335	counting device.
1336	1336	2. The contest must be submitted so far as may be possible
1337	1337	upon depositions or by written or oral arguments as the Senate
1338	1338	may order. Any party to a contest may take the deposition of any
1339	1339	witness at any time after the statement of contest is filed with the
1340	1340	Secretary of State and before the contest is finally decided. At least
1341	1341	5 days’ notice must be given to the prospective deponent and to the
1342	1342	other party. If oral statements are made at any hearing before the
1343	1343	Senate or a committee thereof which purport to establish matters
1344	1344	of fact, they must be made under oath. Strict rules of evidence do
1345	1345	not apply.
1346	1346	3. The contestant has the burden of proving that any
1347	1347	irregularities shown were of such nature as to establish the
1348	1348	probability that the result of the election was changed thereby.
1349	1349	After consideration of all the evidence, the Senate shall declare
1350	1350	the defendant elected unless the Senate finds from the evidence
1351	1351	that a person other than the defendant received the greatest
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1356	1356	number of legal votes, in which case the Senate shall declare that
1357	1357	person elected.
1358	1358
1359	1359	E. REMOTE-TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS
1360	1360
1361	1361	Rule No. 131. Reserved.
1362	1362
1363	1363	Rule No. 132. Reserved.
1364	1364
1365	1365	Rule No. 133. Reserved.
1366	1366
1367	1367	Rule No. 134. Reserved.
1368	1368
1369	1369	Rule No. 135. Reserved.
1370	1370
1371	1371	Rule No. 136. Authorized Use of Remote-Technology Systems
1372	1372	in Exceptional Circumstances.
1373	1373	1. As used in this Rule, “remote-technology system” means
1374	1374	any system or other means of communication that is:
1375	1375	(a) Approved by the Majority Leader and uses any electronic,
1376	1376	digital or other similar technology to enable a member of the
1377	1377	Senate from a remote location to attend, participate, vote and take
1378	1378	any other action in any proceedings of the Senate or the
1379	1379	Committee of the Whole even though the member is not physically
1380	1380	present within the Senate Chambers or at a meeting of the
1381	1381	Committee of the Whole.
1382	1382	(b) Approved by the chair of a committee, other than the
1383	1383	Committee of the Whole, and uses any electronic, digital or other
1384	1384	similar technology to enable a member of the Senate from a
1385	1385	remote location to attend, participate, vote and take any other
1386	1386	action in any proceedings of the committee even though the
1387	1387	member is not physically present at a meeting of the committee.
1388	1388	2. Upon request by a member of the Senate:
1389	1389	(a) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the
1390	1390	Majority Leader may authorize the member to use a remote-
1391	1391	technology system to attend, participate, vote and take any other
1392	1392	action in any proceedings of the Senate or the Committee of the
1393	1393	Whole if the Majority Leader determines that exceptional
1394	1394	circumstances warrant such use by the member. If the Majority
1395	1395	Leader grants such authorization:
1396	1396	(1) It must be entered in the Journal of the Senate.
1397	1397	(2) A member who uses a remote-technology system to
1398	1398	attend or participate in a proceeding of the Senate may not vote on
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1403	1403	any matter on which a vote is taken in that proceeding unless the
1404	1404	member is using the remote-technology system to attend or
1405	1405	participate in the proceeding from a location in this State.
1406	1406	(b) The chair of a committee, other than the Committee of the
1407	1407	Whole, with the approval of the Majority Leader, may authorize
1408	1408	the member to use a remote-technology system to attend,
1409	1409	participate, vote and take any other action in any proceedings of
1410	1410	the committee if the chair and the Majority Leader determine that
1411	1411	exceptional circumstances warrant such use by the member. If the
1412	1412	chair grants such authorization, it must be entered in the records
1413	1413	of the committee.
1414	1414	3. Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (2) of
1415	1415	paragraph (a) of subsection 2, if a member of the Senate uses a
1416	1416	remote-technology system to attend, participate, vote and take any
1417	1417	other action in any proceedings pursuant to this Rule, the member
1418	1418	shall be deemed to be present and in attendance at the proceedings
1419	1419	for all purposes.
1420	1420	4. For the purposes of voting in proceedings of:
1421	1421	(a) The Committee of the Whole, the Secretary of the Senate,
1422	1422	or an authorized assistant, shall call the roll of each member who
1423	1423	is authorized to use a remote-technology system for the
1424	1424	proceedings and, in accordance with the procedures of the Senate,
1425	1425	cause the member’s vote to be entered into the record for the
1426	1426	purposes of the records of the Committee of the Whole.
1427	1427	(b) A committee, other than the Committee of the Whole, the
1428	1428	committee secretary shall call the roll of each member who is
1429	1429	authorized to use a remote-technology system for the proceedings
1430	1430	and, in accordance with the procedures of the committee, cause
1431	1431	the member’s vote to be entered into the record for the purposes of
1432	1432	the records of the committee.
1433	1433	5. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 7 of Senate
1434	1434	Standing Rule No. 53, this Rule supersedes, takes precedence and
1435	1435	controls over any other rule, provision or principle of law to the
1436	1436	extent of any conflict with this Rule.
1437	1437	6. The Senate hereby finds and declares that:
1438	1438	(a) The Nevada Constitution invests each House of the
1439	1439	Legislature with certain plenary and exclusive constitutional
1440	1440	powers which may be exercised only by that House and which
1441	1441	cannot be usurped, infringed or impaired by the other House or by
1442	1442	any other branch of Nevada’s State Government. (Heller v.
1443	1443	Legislature, 120 Nev. 456 (2004); Commission on Ethics v. Hardy,
1444	1444	125 Nev. 285 (2009); Mason’s Manual of Legislative Procedure §§
1445	1445	2-3 & 560-564 (2010) (Mason’s Manual))
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1450	1450	(b) Section 6 of Article 4 of the Nevada Constitution invests
1451	1451	each House with plenary and exclusive constitutional powers to
1452	1452	determine the rules of its proceedings and to govern, control and
1453	1453	regulate its membership and its internal organization, affairs and
1454	1454	management, expressly providing that: “Each House shall judge
1455	1455	of the qualifications, elections and returns of its own members,
1456	1456	choose its own officers (except the President of the Senate),
1457	1457	determine the rules of its proceedings and may punish its members
1458	1458	for disorderly conduct, and with the concurrence of two thirds of
1459	1459	all the members elected, expel a member.”
1460	1460	(c) In addition to its plenary and exclusive constitutional
1461	1461	powers, each House possesses certain inherent powers of
1462	1462	institutional self-protection and self-preservation to govern,
1463	1463	control and regulate its membership and its internal organization,
1464	1464	affairs and management. (In re Chapman, 166 U.S. 661, 668
1465	1465	(1897); Mason’s Manual § 2; Luther S. Cushing, Elements of the
1466	1466	Law & Practice of Legislative Assemblies § 533 (1856) (Cushing’s
1467	1467	Legislative Assemblies))
1468	1468	(d) The inherent powers of each House are considered “so
1469	1469	essential to the authority of a legislative assembly, that it cannot
1470	1470	well exist without them; and they are consequently entitled to be
1471	1471	regarded as belonging to every such assembly as a necessary
1472	1472	incident.” (Cushing’s Legislative Assemblies § 533)
1473	1473	(e) The inherent powers of each House authorize it to take all
1474	1474	necessary and proper institutional actions that are “recognized by
1475	1475	the common parliamentary law.” (Cushing’s Legislative
1476	1476	Assemblies § 684)
1477	1477	(f) Thus, it is well established that each House is “vested with
1478	1478	all the powers and privileges which are necessary and incidental to
1479	1479	a free and unobstructed exercise of its appropriate functions.
1480	1480	These powers and privileges are derived not from the Constitution;
1481	1481	on the contrary, they arise from the very creation of a legislative
1482	1482	body, and are founded upon the principle of self-preservation.”
1483	1483	(Ex parte McCarthy, 29 Cal. 395, 403 (1866))
1484	1484	(g) Under the Nevada Constitution, there are no constitutional
1485	1485	provisions establishing a particular method for determining
1486	1486	whether a member of either House is present at legislative
1487	1487	proceedings.
1488	1488	(h) The United States Supreme Court has held that when there
1489	1489	are no constitutional provisions establishing a particular method
1490	1490	for determining whether a member of a legislative house is present
1491	1491	at legislative proceedings, “it is therefore within the competency of
1492	1492	the house to prescribe any method which shall be reasonably
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1497	1497	certain to ascertain the fact.” (United States v. Ballin, 144 U.S. 1,
1498	1498	6 (1892))
1499	1499	(i) The United States Supreme Court has also held that when a
1500	1500	legislative house adopts a rule establishing a reasonable method
1501	1501	for determining whether a member is present at legislative
1502	1502	proceedings, that rule must be given great deference by the courts
1503	1503	because:
1504	1504	Neither do the advantages or disadvantages, the wisdom or
1505	1505	folly, of such a rule present any matters for judicial
1506	1506	consideration. With the courts the question is only one of
1507	1507	power. The constitution empowers each house to determine
1508	1508	its rules of proceedings. It may not by its rules ignore
1509	1509	constitutional restraints or violate fundamental rights, and
1510	1510	there should be a reasonable relation between the mode or
1511	1511	method of proceeding established by the rule and the result
1512	1512	which is sought to be attained. But within these limitations
1513	1513	all matters of method are open to the determination of the
1514	1514	house, and it is no impeachment of the rule to say that some
1515	1515	other way would be better, more accurate, or even more just.
1516	1516	It is no objection to the validity of a rule that a different one
1517	1517	has been prescribed and in force for a length of time. The
1518	1518	power to make rules is not one which once exercised is
1519	1519	exhausted. It is a continuous power, always subject to be
1520	1520	exercised by the house, and, within the limitations
1521	1521	suggested, absolute and beyond the challenge of any other
1522	1522	body or tribunal.
1523	1523
1524	1524	(United States v. Ballin, 144 U.S. 1, 5 (1892))
1525	1525	7. The Senate hereby exercises its constitutional and inherent
1526	1526	powers and privileges and adopts this Rule to:
1527	1527	(a) Govern, control and regulate its membership and its
1528	1528	internal organization, affairs and management;
1529	1529	(b) Ensure its institutional self-protection and self-
1530	1530	preservation; and
1531	1531	(c) Establish a reasonable method for determining whether a
1532	1532	member of the Senate is present at legislative proceedings during
1533	1533	exceptional circumstances.
1534	1534
1535	1535	The next rule is 140.
1536	1536
1537	1537
1538	1538	– 34 –
1539	1539
1540	1540
1541	1541	- 82nd Session (2023)
1542	1542	IX. LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIONS
1543	1543
1544	1544	Rule No. 140. Compensation of Witnesses.
1545	1545	Witnesses summoned to appear before the Senate, or any of its
1546	1546	committees, shall be compensated as provided by law for witnesses
1547	1547	required to attend in the courts of the State of Nevada.
1548	1548
1549	1549	And be it further
1550	1550	RESOLVED, That this resolution becomes effective upon
1551	1551	adoption.
1552	1552
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