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1	1	By: Williams S.R. No. 14
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4	4	SENATE RESOLUTION
5	5	BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, That
6	6	the Rules of the Senate of the 80th Legislature are adopted as the
7	7	Permanent Rules of the Senate of the 81st Legislature with the
8	8	following modifications:
9	9	1. Amend Rule 5.11 to read as follows:
10	10	SPECIAL ORDERS
11	11	Rule 5.11. (a) Any bill, resolution, or other measure
12	12	may on any day be made a special order for a future time of the
13	13	session by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members
14	14	present.
15	15	(b) A special order shall be considered at the time for
16	16	which it is set and considered from day to day until disposed of,
17	17	unless at the time so fixed there is pending business under a
18	18	special order, but such pending business may be suspended by a
19	19	two-thirds vote of all the members present. If a special order is
20	20	not reached or considered at the time fixed, it shall not lose its
21	21	place as a special order. All special orders shall be subject to
22	22	any Joint Rules and Rule 5.10.
23	23	(c) Upon the affirmative vote of four-fifths of the
24	24	members present, a special order may be reset to an earlier time
25	25	than previously scheduled.
26	26	(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this rule, a bill
27	27	or resolution relating to voter identification requirements
28	28	reported favorably from the Committee of the Whole Senate may be
29	29	set as a special order for a time at least 24 hours after the
30	30	motion is adopted by a majority of the members of the Senate.
31	31	2. Amend Rule 6.15 to read as follows:
32	32	WHEN RECORD VOTE REQUIRED; CALLS FOR YEAS
33	33	AND NAYS [REQUIRED]
34	34	Rule 6.15. (a)(1) A vote on [Upon the] final passage of
35	35	a bill, a resolution proposing or ratifying a constitutional
36	36	amendment, or a resolution other than a resolution of a purely
37	37	ceremonial or honorary nature, shall be by record vote, with the
38	38	vote of each member entered in the journal.
39	39	(2) A vote on [all amendments proposed to the
40	40	Constitution, all bills appropriating money or lands for any
41	41	purpose, all bills containing an immediate effect clause,] all
42	42	motions to suspend the constitutional three-day rule, [and] all
43	43	questions requiring a vote of two-thirds of the members elected,
44	44	all motions on whether to concur in House amendments to Senate
45	45	bills, and all motions on whether to adopt a conference committee
46	46	report shall be by record vote, with the vote of each member [the
47	47	presiding officer shall call for the yeas and nays, and they
48	48	shall be] entered in the journal.
49	49	(3) Upon all other questions requiring a vote of
50	50	two-thirds of the members present, including a motion to suspend
51	51	the rules, the presiding officer shall determine if there is
52	52	objection and, if so, call for the yeas and nays, but they shall
53	53	not be entered into the journal unless required under Subsection
54	54	(b) of this rule. If no objection is made, the journal entry
55	55	shall reflect a unanimous consent vote of the members present
56	56	without necessity of a roll call of yeas and nays.
57	57	(b) On any other question, at [At] the desire of any three
58	58	members present, the yeas and nays shall be entered on the
59	59	journal, and the names of the members present and not voting
60	60	shall be recorded immediately after those voting in the
61	61	affirmative and negative, and such members shall be counted in
62	62	determining the presence of a quorum. (Constitution, Article
63	63	III, Section 12)
64	64	(c)(1) Any nonprocedural motion adopted by voice vote,
65	65	without objection, or with unanimous consent shall be reflected
66	66	in the journal by showing members present as "yea", unless a
67	67	member registers otherwise with the Secretary of the Senate.
68	68	(2) The following statement shall be entered in the
69	69	journal after each vote taken as provided in Subdivision (1) of
70	70	this subsection:
71	71	"All members are deemed to have voted 'Yea' except as
72	72	follows:
73	73	Nays:
74	74	PNV:
75	75	Absent-Excused:
76	76	Absent:"
77	77	(d) A member must be on the floor of the Senate or in an
78	78	adjacent room or hallway on the same level as the Senate floor or
79	79	gallery in order to vote; but a member who is out of the Senate
80	80	when a record vote is taken and who wishes to be recorded shall be
81	81	permitted to do so provided:
82	82	(1) the member was out of the Senate temporarily,
83	83	having been recorded earlier as present;
84	84	(2) the vote is submitted to the Secretary of the
85	85	Senate prior to adjournment or recess to another calendar day;
86	86	and
87	87	(3) the recording of the member's vote does not
88	88	change the result as announced by the chair.
89	89	(e) Once begun, a roll call may not be interrupted for any
90	90	reason.
91	91	3. Amend Rule 16.07 as follows:
92	92	MATTERS REQUIRING VOTE OF MAJORITY
93	93	OF MEMBERS OF SENATE
94	94	Rule 16.07. A vote of the majority of the members of the
95	95	Senate is required to:
96	96	(1) pass a resolution initially adopting temporary
97	97	or permanent rules of the Senate; Rule 21.01
98	98	(2) adopt, amend, or rescind any Joint Rules of the
99	99	two Houses; Rules 21.02 and 22.02
100	100	(3) adopt resolution to suspend conference
101	101	committee rules; Rule 12.08
102	102	(4) commit or recommit bill, resolution, or
103	103	petition to a committee; Rule 6.08
104	104	(5) hold an executive session; Rule 15.02
105	105	(6) pass a resolution amending the Rules of the
106	106	Senate;[.] Rule 22.01
107	107	(7) set voter identification requirement bills for
108	108	special order; Rule 5.11(d).
109	109	_______________________________
110	110	President of the Senate
111	111	I hereby certify that the
112	112	above Resolution was adopted by
113	113	the Senate on January 14, 2009,
114	114	by the following vote: Yeas 18,
115	115	Nays 13.
116	116	_______________________________
117	117	Secretary of the Senate