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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
2013 Senate RESOLUTION 2
January 14, 2013 - Introduced by Senators S. Fitzgerald, Ellis and Grothman.
Referred to Committee on Senate Organization.
SR2,1,7 1To renumber senate rule 7 (2) to (5); to renumber and amend senate rule 7 (1);
2to amend senate rule 4 (6), senate rule 7 (title), senate rule 13m (4), senate rule
313m (8), senate rule 17 (6), senate rule 20 (1) (b) 2., senate rule 25 (1) (a), senate
4rule 46 (2) (c), senate rule 69 and senate rule 99 (77); and to create senate rule
513r, senate rule 18 (1b), senate rule 25 (5), senate rule 25 (6), senate rule 56m
6(title), senate rule 56m (1) and senate rule 56m (2m); relating to: the senate
7rules.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This resolution makes the following substantive changes to the senate rules:
Admittance to senate spaces
The resolution provides that any individual who violates senate rules or policies
or provisions in the senate policy manual in a senate space may be removed from the
senate space and not be allowed admittance to any senate spaces for a period of 24
hours. For a second violation, the individual may be removed from the senate space
and not be allowed admittance to any senate spaces until the first roll call day of the
next regularly scheduled floorperiod. For a third violation, the individual may be
removed from the senate space and not be allowed admittance to any senate spaces
for the remainder of the biennial legislative session. The resolution specifically
provides that senate spaces include the senate chamber, senate offices, senate

hearing rooms, and any other space in the capitol that is traditionally reserved for
the conduct of senate business.
Order and decorum
The resolution clarifies that the president and presiding officer must enforce on
all occasions the observance of order and decorum in the senate chamber, not just
among the senators.
Definition of senate chamber
The resolution provides that the parlor is included within the definition of
"senate chamber" for all purposes of the senate rules.