SR3,3,1 1Resolved by the senate, That:
SR3,1 2Section 1. Senate rule 4 (6) is amended to read:
SR3,3,4 3Senate Rule 4 (6) Enforce on all occasions the observance of order and decorum
4among the members in the senate chamber.
SR3,2 5Section 2. Senate rule 7 (title) is amended to read:
SR3,3,6 6Senate Rule 7 (title) Presiding officer to preserve order; appeal.
SR3,3 7Section 3. Senate rule 7 (1) is renumbered senate rule 7 and is amended to
8read:
SR3,3,12 9Senate Rule 7. The presiding officer shall preserve order and decorum; may
10speak to points of order in preference to others, rising for that purpose; and shall
11decide questions of order, subject to an appeal by a member, on which appeal each
12member may speak once not to exceed 5 minutes
.
SR3,4 13Section 4. Senate rule 7 (2) to (5) are renumbered senate rule 56m (2) to (5).
SR3,5 14Section 5. Senate rule 13m (4) is amended to read:
SR3,3,16 15Senate Rule 13m (4) May not display signs or other objects. If an individual
16brings a sign to the chamber, the sign shall be left in the gallery vestibule.
SR3,6 17Section 6. Senate rule 13m (8) is amended to read:
SR3,3,19 18Senate Rule 13m (8) Shall turn off all cellular telephones and pagers electronic
19devices
.
SR3,7 20Section 7. Senate rule 13r is created to read:
SR3,4,2 21Senate Rule 13r. Admittance to senate spaces. (1) Any individual who
22violates senate rules or policies or provisions in the senate policy manual in a senate

1space may be removed from the senate space and not be allowed admittance to any
2senate spaces for a period of 24 hours.
SR3,4,63 (2) Any individual who violates senate rules or policies or provisions in the
4senate policy manual in a senate space a 2nd time during a biennial legislative
5session may be removed from the senate space and not be allowed admittance to any
6senate spaces until the first roll call day of the next regularly scheduled floorperiod.
SR3,4,107 (3) Any individual who violates senate rules or policies or provisions in the
8senate policy manual in a senate space a 3rd time during a biennial legislative
9session may be removed from the senate space and not be allowed admittance to any
10senate spaces for the remainder of the biennial legislative session.
SR3,4,1311 (4) Senate spaces shall specifically include the senate chamber, senate offices,
12senate hearing rooms, and any other space in the capitol that is traditionally
13reserved for the conduct of senate business.
SR3,4,1514 (5) This section shall not be construed to prevent any senator from fulfilling his
15or her constitutional duties in any senate space.
SR3,8 16Section 8. Senate rule 17 (6) is amended to read:
SR3,4,20 17Senate Rule 17 (6) Any action that would occur on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th,
187th, or 8th order of business during a daily session, but that actually occurs after the
19completion of the applicable order of business on that day, is considered to have
20occurred on the applicable order of business for the purpose of producing the journal.
SR3,9 21Section 9. Senate rule 18 (1b) is created to read:
SR3,5,2 22Senate Rule 18 (1b) Messages from the assembly or from the governor may be
23received and read, and any proposal referenced in the messages that is an assembly
24proposal initially received for consideration of the senate shall be referred. Any other

1proposals referenced in the messages shall be taken up immediately unless referred
2by the presiding officer to a standing committee.
SR3,10 3Section 10. Senate rule 20 (1) (b) 2. is amended to read:
SR3,5,6 4Senate Rule 20 (1) (b) 2. The former majority and minority leaders and former
5majority and minority assistant leaders. The former majority leader shall be the
6chairperson.
SR3,11 7Section 11. Senate rule 25 (1) (a) is amended to read:
SR3,5,9 8Senate Rule 25 (1) (a) A chairperson who determines to hold a hearing shall
9schedule the hearing as early in the session as practicable.
SR3,12 10Section 12. Senate rule 25 (5) is created to read:
SR3,5,12 11Senate Rule 25 (5) Unless otherwise ordered by the chairperson, an individual
12in any room in which a senate meeting is being conducted:
SR3,5,1313 (a) Shall be quiet at all times.
SR3,5,1414 (b) Shall be seated at all times.
SR3,5,1515 (c) May not display signs or other objects.
SR3,13 16Section 13. Senate rule 25 (6) is created to read:
SR3,5,18 17Senate Rule 25 (6) Insofar as applicable, the rules of the senate apply to the
18procedures of standing committees and special committees.
SR3,14 19Section 14. Senate rule 56m (title) is created to read:
SR3,5,20 20Senate Rule 56m (title) Points of order.
SR3,15 21Section 15. Senate rule 56m (1) is created to read:
SR3,5,25 22Senate Rule 56 (1) The presiding officer may speak to points of order in
23preference to others, rising for that purpose; and shall decide questions of order,
24subject to an appeal by a member, on which appeal each member may speak once not
25to exceed 5 minutes.
SR3,16
1Section 16. Senate rule 56m (2m) is created to read:
SR3,6,5 2Senate Rule 56 (2m) When the point of order concerns a proposal or a question
3currently pending on such proposal, taking the point of order under advisement
4removes the proposal from further consideration until the presiding officer
5announces the ruling on the point of order.
SR3,17 6Section 17. Senate rule 69 is amended to read:
SR3,6,12 7Senate Rule 69. Privileged motion or resolution. A Except as provided
8in rule 90, a
motion or resolution relating to the organization or proceedings of the
9senate, or to any of its officers, members, or committees, is privileged in that it need
10not lie over for consideration, but may be taken up immediately unless referred to
11the calendar or committee. Any such resolution shall be read at length unless copies
12of the full text of the resolution have been distributed to the members.
SR3,18 13Section 18. Senate rule 99 (77) is amended to read:
SR3,6,16 14Senate Rule 99 (77) Senate Chamber: The entire area south of the
15northern-most doors of the senate, including the floor, staff lobby, parlor, press lobby,
16visitor's galleries, and hallways, but excluding the offices of the senate officers.
SR3,6,1717 (End)
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