Use of electronic devices
The resolution provides that individuals in the gallery must turn off all
electronic devices. Currently, the requirement applies only to cellular telephones
and pagers.
Points of order
The resolution clarifies that when a point of order is raised, and the point of
order concerns a proposal or a question currently pending on such proposal, taking
the point of order under advisement removes the proposal from further consideration
until the presiding officer announces the ruling on the point of order.
Messages from the assembly
The resolution provides that messages from the assembly or from the governor
may be received and read, and any proposal referenced in the messages that is an
assembly proposal initially received for consideration of the senate shall be referred.
Any other proposals referenced in the messages shall be taken up immediately
unless referred by the presiding officer to a standing committee. Under current
rules, no proposals referenced in the message may be immediately taken up by the
senate.
Committee on Senate Organization chairperson
The resolution provides that when the two major political parties are
represented in the senate by equal representation, the former majority leader shall
serve as chairperson of the Committee on Senate Organization.
Conduct of individuals in senate meeting rooms
The resolution provides that, unless otherwise ordered by a committee
chairperson, an individual in any room in which a senate meeting is being conducted
must be quiet at all times; must be seated at all times; and may not display signs or
other objects.
Rereferral of proposals and appointments
The resolution permits the president, with the consent of the chairperson of the
Committee on Senate Organization, to withdraw a proposal or appointment from the
standing committee to which it is referred and rerefer it to another standing

committee. Currently, the president also needs the consent of the chairperson of the
standing committee.
Senate rules and committee proceedings
The resolution provides that, insofar as applicable, the rules of the senate apply
to the procedures of standing committees and special committees.
Resolutions to change senate rules
The resolution clarifies that after the senate rules have been established at the
commencement of the biennial session, any resolution to change the senate rules
must lay over one week, regardless of whether the resolution is privileged.
SR2,3,1 1Resolved by the senate, That:
SR2,1 2Section 1. Senate rule 4 (6) is amended to read:
SR2,3,4 3Senate Rule 4 (6) Enforce on all occasions the observance of order and decorum
4among the members in the senate chamber.
SR2,2 5Section 2. Senate rule 7 (title) is amended to read:
SR2,3,6 6Senate Rule 7 (title) Presiding officer to preserve order; appeal.
SR2,3 7Section 3. Senate rule 7 (1) is renumbered senate rule 7 and is amended to
8read:
SR2,3,12 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
.
SR2,4 13Section 4. Senate rule 7 (2) to (5) are renumbered senate rule 56m (2) to (5).
SR2,5 14Section 5. Senate rule 13m (4) is amended to read:
SR2,3,16 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.
SR2,6 17Section 6. Senate rule 13m (8) is amended to read:
SR2,3,19 18Senate Rule 13m (8) Shall turn off all cellular telephones and pagers electronic
19devices
.
SR2,7
1Section 7. Senate rule 13r is created to read:
SR2,4,5 2Senate Rule 13r. Admittance to senate spaces. (1) Any individual who
3violates senate rules or policies or provisions in the senate policy manual in a senate
4space may be removed from the senate space and not be allowed admittance to any
5senate spaces for a period of 24 hours.
SR2,4,96 (2) Any individual who violates senate rules or policies or provisions in the
7senate policy manual in a senate space a 2nd time during a biennial legislative
8session may be removed from the senate space and not be allowed admittance to any
9senate spaces until the first roll call day of the next regularly scheduled floorperiod.
SR2,4,1310 (3) Any individual who violates senate rules or policies or provisions in the
11senate policy manual in a senate space a 3rd time during a biennial legislative
12session may be removed from the senate space and not be allowed admittance to any
13senate spaces for the remainder of the biennial legislative session.
SR2,4,1614 (4) Senate spaces shall specifically include the senate chamber, senate offices,
15senate hearing rooms, and any other space in the capitol that is traditionally
16reserved for the conduct of senate business.
SR2,4,1817 (5) This section shall not be construed to prevent any senator from fulfilling his
18or her constitutional duties in any senate space.
SR2,8 19Section 8. Senate rule 17 (6) is amended to read:
SR2,4,23 20Senate Rule 17 (6) Any action that would occur on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th,
217th, or 8th order of business during a daily session, but that actually occurs after the
22completion of the applicable order of business on that day, is considered to have
23occurred on the applicable order of business for the purpose of producing the journal.
SR2,9 24Section 9. Senate rule 18 (1b) is created to read:
SR2,5,5
1Senate Rule 18 (1b) Messages from the assembly or from the governor may be
2received and read, and any proposal referenced in the messages that is an assembly
3proposal initially received for consideration of the senate shall be referred. Any other
4proposals referenced in the messages shall be taken up immediately unless referred
5by the presiding officer to a standing committee.
SR2,10 6Section 10. Senate rule 20 (1) (b) 2. is amended to read:
SR2,5,9 7Senate Rule 20 (1) (b) 2. The former majority and minority leaders and former
8majority and minority assistant leaders. The former majority leader shall be the
9chairperson.
SR2,11 10Section 11. Senate rule 25 (1) (a) is amended to read:
SR2,5,12 11Senate Rule 25 (1) (a) A chairperson who determines to hold a hearing shall
12schedule the hearing as early in the session as practicable.
SR2,12 13Section 12. Senate rule 25 (5) is created to read:
SR2,5,15 14Senate Rule 25 (5) Unless otherwise ordered by the chairperson, an individual
15in any room in which a senate meeting is being conducted:
SR2,5,1616 (a) Shall be quiet at all times.
SR2,5,1717 (b) Shall be seated at all times.
SR2,5,1818 (c) May not display signs or other objects.
SR2,13 19Section 13. Senate rule 25 (6) is created to read:
SR2,5,21 20Senate Rule 25 (6) Insofar as applicable, the rules of the senate apply to the
21procedures of standing committees and special committees.
SR2,14 22Section 14. Senate rule 46 (2) (c) is amended to read:
SR2,6,6 23Senate Rule 46 (2) (c) After the time of initial referral by the president under
24rule 36 (2), the president may, with the consent of the chairperson of the standing
25committee and the
chairperson of the committee on senate organization, withdraw

1a proposal or appointment from the standing committee to which it is referred and
2rerefer it to another standing committee, except that such a withdrawal may not take
3effect during the 7 days preceding any scheduled committee hearing or the 7 days
4following the date on which a committee hearing is held. Rereferral under this rule
5may be made at any time, but may not be used to satisfy section 13.093 (1) of the
6statutes.
SR2,15 7Section 15. Senate rule 56m (title) is created to read:
SR2,6,8 8Senate Rule 56m (title) Points of order.
SR2,16 9Section 16. Senate rule 56m (1) is created to read:
SR2,6,13 10Senate Rule 56 (1) The presiding officer may speak to points of order in
11preference to others, rising for that purpose; and shall decide questions of order,
12subject to an appeal by a member, on which appeal each member may speak once not
13to exceed 5 minutes.
SR2,17 14Section 17. Senate rule 56m (2m) is created to read:
SR2,6,18 15Senate Rule 56 (2m) When the point of order concerns a proposal or a question
16currently pending on such proposal, taking the point of order under advisement
17removes the proposal from further consideration until the presiding officer
18announces the ruling on the point of order.
SR2,18 19Section 18. Senate rule 69 is amended to read:
SR2,6,25 20Senate Rule 69. Privileged motion or resolution. A Except as provided
21in rule 90, a
motion or resolution relating to the organization or proceedings of the
22senate, or to any of its officers, members, or committees, is privileged in that it need
23not lie over for consideration, but may be taken up immediately unless referred to
24the calendar or committee. Any such resolution shall be read at length unless copies
25of the full text of the resolution have been distributed to the members.
SR2,19
1Section 19. Senate rule 99 (77) is amended to read:
SR2,7,4 2Senate Rule 99 (77) Senate Chamber: The entire area south of the
3northern-most doors of the senate, including the floor, staff lobby, parlor, press lobby,
4visitor's galleries, and hallways, but excluding the offices of the senate officers.
SR2,7,55 (End)
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