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Utah Senate Bill SR0001

Utah 2025 Regular Session

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33 Senate Rules Resolution - Amendments to Senate Rules
44 2025 GENERAL SESSION
55 STATE OF UTAH
66 Chief Sponsor: Lincoln Fillmore
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1010 LONG TITLE
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14+The Legislative Process Committee recommended this bill.
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1217 General Description:
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1419 This resolution modifies Senate rules.
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1621 Highlighted Provisions:
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1823 This resolution:
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2025 ▸ requires certain changes to legislation to be made by a motion to substitute the legislation
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2227 rather than a motion to amend the legislation;
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2429 ▸ corrects a numbering error; and
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2631 ▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
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2833 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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3237 Other Special Clauses:
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3641 Legislative Rules Affected:
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3843 AMENDS:
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4045 SR3-2-406
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4247 SR4-3-301
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4449 SR4-4-201
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4651 SR5-2-101
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5055 Be it resolved by the Senate of the state of Utah:
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5257 Section 1. SR3-2-406 is amended to read:
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5459 SR3-2-406 . Amending legislation -- Amendments must be germane.
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5661 (1)[(a) Except as provided in Subsection (2), ]
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5863 (a) Subject to the provisions of this rule, and if recognized by the chair during the
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60-presentation phase or the committee action phase, a committee member may make a
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62-motion to amend the legislation that is under consideration. S.R. 1 Enrolled Copy
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64-(b)(i) A committee member may propose a verbal amendment to the legislation under
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67+motion to amend the legislation that is under consideration.
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69+(b)(i) A committee member may propose a verbal amendment to the legislation
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71+under consideration if the amendment contains 25 or fewer words.
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6873 (ii) Unless an amendment contains 25 or fewer words, before proposing a motion to
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7075 amend, a committee member shall ensure that a copy of the proposed amendment
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7277 is available online.
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7479 (2)(a) A committee member may only make a motion to amend that is germane to the
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7681 subject of the legislation under consideration.
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7883 (b) A committee member who believes that an amendment is not germane to the subject
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8085 of the legislation may make a point of order or appeal as described in SR3-2-506.
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8287 (3)(a) A committee member may not propose an amendment to legislation that:
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8489 (i) adds or removes an entire section from the legislation; or
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8691 (ii) modifies the legislation's effective date.
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8893 (b) To change legislation as described in Subsection (3)(a), a committee member may,
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9095 subject to SR3-2-407, make a motion to substitute the legislation.
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9297 Section 2. SR4-3-301 is amended to read:
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9499 SR4-3-301 . Amendments in order on second or third reading -- 10 word rule --
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96101 Passage of amendments by a majority vote.
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98103 (1) [A] Subject to Subsections (2) through (4), a motion to amend a piece of legislation is in
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100105 order on second or third reading.
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102107 (2)(a) [Except as provided in Subsection (3) or (4), a] A senator may, if recognized by
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104109 the presiding officer while the Senate is debating a piece of legislation, make a
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106111 motion to amend the legislation.
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108113 (b)(i) A senator may verbally propose an amendment to a piece of legislation if the
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110115 amendment contains 10 [ ]or fewer words.
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112117 (ii) Unless the amendment contains 10 or fewer words, before a senator makes a
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114119 motion to amend, the senator shall ensure that a copy of the proposed amendment
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116121 is available online.
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118123 (3)(a) The senator making the motion to amend shall ensure that the amendment is
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120125 germane to the subject of the original legislation under consideration.
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122127 (b) If a senator believes that an amendment is not germane to the subject of the original
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124129 legislation, the senator may raise a point of order alleging that the amendment is not
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126131 germane.
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128133 (c) The presiding officer shall rule on the point of order by determining whether or not
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130136 the amendment is germane to the subject of the original legislation.
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133138 (4)(a) A senator may not propose an amendment to legislation that:
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135140 (i) adds or removes an entire section from the legislation; or
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137142 (ii) modifies the legislation's effective date.
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139144 (b) To change legislation as described in Subsection (4)(a), a senator may, subject to
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141146 Part 2, Substitute Legislation, make a motion to substitute the legislation.
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143148 [(4)] (5) A constitutional amendment, resolution, or bill requiring a constitutional two-thirds
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145150 vote for final passage may be amended by a majority vote.
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147152 [(5)] (6) When legislation is amended by the Senate, the secretary of the Senate shall:
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149154 (a) for each page of the legislation modified by a Senate amendment, cause a new page
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151156 to be printed that clearly identifies each Senate amendment to that page; and
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153158 (b) print that new page on tan paper on the second reading and on goldenrod-colored
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155160 paper on the third reading.
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157162 Section 3. SR4-4-201 is amended to read:
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159164 SR4-4-201 . Third reading calendar -- Procedures.
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161166 (1)[(a)] For the third reading on a piece of legislation, the secretary of the Senate or the
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163168 secretary's designee shall read the legislation by title, unless the Senate suspends this
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165170 requirement by a two-thirds vote.
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167172 (2) When the secretary of the Senate or the secretary's designee has completed the third
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169174 reading of the legislation, the legislation is before the Senate for debate.
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171176 (3) When debate on the legislation is complete, the presiding officer shall:
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173178 (a) pose the final question: "This bill (resolution) has been read three times. The
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175180 question is: Shall the bill (resolution) pass?"; and
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177182 (b) place the question as a roll call vote.
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179184 Section 4. SR5-2-101 is amended to read:
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181186 SR5-2-101 . Lobbyist code of ethics.
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183188 A lobbyist, volunteer lobbyist, or government official may not:
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185190 (1) attempt to influence any legislator or legislative employee by means of deceit or by
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187192 threat of violence or economic or political reprisal against any person or property, with
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189194 intent by doing so to alter or affect the legislator's or legislative employee's decision,
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191196 vote, opinion, or action concerning any matter that is to be considered or performed by
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193198 the legislator, the legislative employee, or the agency or body of which the legislator or
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197202 (2) knowingly provide false information to any legislator or legislative employee as to any
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199205 material fact pertaining to any legislation;
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202207 (3) knowingly omit, conceal, or falsify in any manner information required by the lobbyist
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204209 registration and lobbyist disclosure reports;
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206211 (4) participate in leadership races of the Senate;
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208213 (5) cause or influence the introduction of any bill or amendment for the purpose of
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210215 afterwards becoming employed to secure its passage or defeat;
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212217 (6) [engage in workplace discrimination or harassment, or in behavior that violates the
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214219 Legislature's workplace harassment policy] engage in discriminatory conduct, as defined
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216221 in Legislative Management Committee Policy E -- Legislative Workplace
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218223 Discrimination Prevention, toward a senator or legislative employee;
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220225 (7) offer employment that would require or induce a legislator or legislative employee to
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222227 disclose records classified as private, protected, or controlled;
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224229 (8) use or disclose for any purpose any records classified as private, protected, or controlled
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226231 that were obtained from a legislator or legislative employee or conspire with any person
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228233 for that purpose; or
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230235 (9) induce or seek to induce any legislator or legislative employee into committing a
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232237 violation of any provision of this Senate Rule.
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234239 Section 5. Effective Date.
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236241 This resolution takes effect upon a successful vote for final passage.
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