TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 – DEFINITIONS ..................................................................................................... 1 1.1 "Bill" ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 "Day" ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 "Legislative Day" .............................................................................................................. 1 1.4 "Public Bill" ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.5 "Prime Sponsor" .............................................................................................................. 2 1.6 "President Pro Tempore" ................................................................................................ 2 1.7 "Deputy President Pro Tempore" .................................................................................... 2 1.8 "Reading Clerk"................................................................................................................ 2 1.9 "Secretary of the Senate" ................................................................................................ 2 1.10 "The Rise of the Senate" .................................................................................................. 2 1.11 "The Senate Chamber" or "Chamber" ............................................................................. 2 1.12 "Calendar Day" ................................................................................................................ 3 1.13 "Vote" or "Majority Vote" ............................................................................................... 3 SECTION 2 – PRESIDING OFFICER ........................................................................................ 3 2.1 Presiding Officer .............................................................................................................. 3 2.2 Duties of the Presiding Officer ........................................................................................ 3 2.3 Appealing the Ruling of Presiding Officer........................................................................ 4 SECTION 3 – ORDER OF BUSINESS ON THE SENATE FLOOR ............................................ 4 3.1 Commencement of Daily Session .................................................................................... 4 3.2 Reading the Journal ......................................................................................................... 4 3.3 Daily Business .................................................................................................................. 4 3.4 Final Adjournment ........................................................................................................... 5 3.5 Time for Sessions ............................................................................................................. 5 SECTION 4 – ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS ............................................................................... 5 4.1 Form of Bills ..................................................................................................................... 5 4.2 Explanation of Bills .......................................................................................................... 6 4.3 Copies of Bills................................................................................................................... 6 4.4 Filing with Secretary of the Senate ................................................................................. 6 4.5 Deadline for Introductions .............................................................................................. 7 4.6 Omnibus Claims Against the State .................................................................................. 7 4.7 Resolutions of Congratulations and Condolences ........................................................... 8 4.8 Enactment of Laws .......................................................................................................... 8 4.9 Electronic Availability of Public Bills--Requirements ....................................................... 8 4.9-1 Public Bills ........................................................................................................................ 8 4.9-2 Committee Amendments ................................................................................................. 8 4.9-3 Materially Altered Bills .................................................................................................... 8 4.10 Copies of Bills and Voting Records .................................................................................. 9 4.11 Requests for Funding of Community Service Objectives ................................................ 9 4.12 Death of a Member ......................................................................................................... 9 4.13 Limitation on Number of Bills Introduced ....................................................................... 9 SECTION 5 – COMMITTEES ................................................................................................. 10 5.1 Standing Committees .................................................................................................... 10 5.1-1 Committee on Judiciary ............................................................................................... 10 5.1-2 Committee on Finance ................................................................................................. 10 5.1-3 Committee on Housing and Municipal Government ................................................... 11 - i - TABLE OF CONTENTS 5.1-4 Committee on Labor .................................................................................................... 11 5.1-5 Committee on Special Legislation and Veterans’ Affairs ............................................. 11 5.1-6 Committee on Health and Human Services ................................................................. 12 5.1-7 Committee on Education ............................................................................................. 12 5.1-8 Committee on Commerce ............................................................................................ 12 5.1-9 Committee on Environment and Agriculture ............................................................... 13 5.1-10 Committee on Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight ............................................. 13 5.2 Committee Membership ............................................................................................... 14 5.3 Vacancies on Committees ............................................................................................. 14 5.4 Officers of Committees ................................................................................................. 14 5.5 Select Committees......................................................................................................... 15 5.6 Referral to Committee ................................................................................................... 15 5.7 Committees of Conference ........................................................................................... 15 SECTION 6 – PROCEEDINGS IN COMMITTEE .................................................................... 16 6.1 Time for Committee Meetings ...................................................................................... 16 6.2 Committee Agenda – Posting ........................................................................................ 17 6.3 Convening of Meeting ................................................................................................... 17 6.4 Public Participation ........................................................................................................ 17 6.4-1 Open Meetings ............................................................................................................. 17 6.4-2 Executive Sessions ........................................................................................................ 17 6.4-3 Public Hearings ............................................................................................................ 18 6.5 Hearing and Consideration of Bills ................................................................................ 18 6.6 Quorum ......................................................................................................................... 19 6.7 Minority Representation ............................................................................................... 19 6.8 Committee Votes ........................................................................................................... 19 6.9 Deadline for Consideration ........................................................................................... 19 6.10 Discharge from Committee ........................................................................................... 20 6.11 Compelling Committee Action ...................................................................................... 21 6.12 Defeat of a Bill ............................................................................................................... 21 6.13 Indefinite Postponement..............................................................................................