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S.R. No. 60, as introduced: 88th Legislative Session (2013-2014) Posted on April 10, 2013




1.1A Senate resolution

         		1.2adopting Permanent Rules of the Senate.

         		1.3BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Minnesota:

         		1.4The Permanent Rules of the Senate for the 88th Legislature shall read as follows:

         		1.5PERMANENT RULES OF THE SENATE

         		1.688TH LEGISLATURE (2013 - 2014)

         		1.71.PARLIAMENTARY REFERENCE

         		1.8    The rules of parliamentary practice contained in Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure 

         		1.9(1989 edition) govern the Senate in all cases in which they are applicable, and in which they are 

         		1.10not inconsistent with these rules and orders of the Senate and the joint rules and orders of the 

         		1.11Senate and House of Representatives. 

         		1.122.REPORTING OF BILLS

         		1.13    Every bill, memorial, order, resolution or vote requiring the approval of the Governor must 

         		1.14be reported to the Senate on three different days before its passage. 

         		1.15    (a) The first report, called the first reading, is made when it has been received for introduction. 

         		1.16    (b) The second report, called the second reading, is made when it has been considered by 

         		1.17all the necessary standing committees and is ready for debate. 

         		1.18    (c) The third report, called the third reading, is made when it is ready for final passage. 

         		1.193.BILL INTRODUCTION

         		1.203.1Bills, memorials, and concurrent or joint resolutions may be introduced by a member 

         		1.21or by a standing committee. 

         		2.13.2The name of the author, authors, or committee must be written on the bill, memorial or 

         		2.2resolution. The number of authors may not exceed five. 

         		2.33.3An original and two copies are required for introduction. 

         		2.43.4A member or a committee desiring to introduce a bill, memorial or concurrent or joint 

         		2.5resolution shall deliver it to the office of the Secretary, and the Secretary shall promptly deliver 

         		2.6all the bills, memorials or concurrent or joint resolutions to the President who shall present 

         		2.7them to the Senate. 

         		2.83.5During the period between the last day of the session in any odd-numbered year and 

         		2.9the first day of the session in the following year, a bill filed with the Secretary for introduction 

         		2.10must be given a file number and may be unofficially referred by the President, with the approval 

         		2.11of the Chair of the Committee on Rules and Administration, to an appropriate standing committee 

         		2.12of the Senate. All bills filed for introduction during this period must be presented to the Senate 

         		2.13when it reconvenes and must be referred to the standing committees previously indicated by the 

         		2.14President, subject to objection to the referral under Rule 4.10. 

         		2.154.BILL REFERRAL

         		2.164.1The President shall refer each bill without motion to the proper standing committee 

         		2.17unless otherwise referred by the Senate. 

         		2.184.2A bill or resolution may not be referred to committee or amended until it has been 

         		2.19given its first reading. 

         		2.204.3A member may not object to a bill or resolution on its introduction. 

         		2.214.4All bills appropriating money, or obligating the state to pay or expend money, or 

         		2.22establishing a policy which to be effective will require expenditure of money, when referred to 

         		2.23and reported by any other than the Committee on Finance, must be referred before passage to 

         		2.24the Committee on Finance. 

         		2.254.5All bills delegating rulemaking to a department or agency of state government and 

         		2.26all bills exempting a department or agency of state government from rulemaking, when referred 

         		2.27to and reported by any other than the Committee on State Government Innovation and Veterans

         		2.28 and Local Government, must be referred before passage to the Committee on State Government 

         		2.29Innovation and Veterans and Local Government. 

         		2.304.6All bills creating a new commission, council, task force, board, or other body to 

         		2.31which a member of the legislature will be appointed must be referred before passage both to 

         		2.32the Committee on State Government Innovation and Veterans and Local Government  and to 

         		2.33the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

         		3.14.7All bills authorizing or increasing a sentence of imprisonment to a state correctional 

         		3.2institution must be referred before passage to the Committee on Judiciary. 

         		3.34.8All resolutions required to follow the same procedure as bills must be referred before 

         		3.4passage to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

         		3.54.9A bill introduced by a committee need not be referred to a standing committee unless a 

         		3.6question arises. It must lie over one day before being given its second reading. 

         		3.74.10A member may question the reference of a bill during the order of business of first 

         		3.8reading on the day of introduction. When a member questions the reference of a bill, the bill must 

         		3.9be referred without debate to the Committee on Rules and Administration to report the proper 

         		3.10reference. Upon adoption of the report of the Committee on Rules and Administration, the bill 

         		3.11must be referred accordingly. 

         		3.125.RECALL FROM COMMITTEE

         		3.135.1With the concurrence of the chief author of the bill, before the deadline for committee 

         		3.14action on a bill, a majority of the whole Senate may recall the bill from a committee and re-refer it 

         		3.15to any other committee or place it on General Orders. After the committee deadline for action 

         		3.16on a bill, 41 affirmative votes of the whole Senate may recall the bill from any committee and 

         		3.17re-refer it to any other committee or place it on General Orders. 

         		3.185.2By a report of the Committee on Rules and Administration adopted by the Senate, the 

         		3.19Committee on Rules and Administration, on request of the chief author, may remove a bill from 

         		3.20committee and re-refer it to any other committee or place it on General Orders. 

         		3.216.RESOLUTIONS

         		3.226.1Memorial resolutions addressed to the President or the Congress of the United States, 

         		3.23or a house or member of Congress, or a department or officer of the United States, or a state or 

         		3.24foreign government, joint resolutions, and resolutions requiring the signature of the Governor 

         		3.25must follow the same procedure as bills before being adopted. 

         		3.266.2A resolution may not be changed to a bill, and a bill may not be changed to a resolution. 

         		3.276.3When a member gives notice of intent to debate Upon the request of a member,  a 

         		3.28resolution not required to follow the same procedure as bills and not offered by the Committee 

         		3.29on Rules and Administration, the resolution must be referred to the Committee on Rules and 

         		3.30Administration. If the resolution is not referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration, 

         		3.31the resolution must lie over one calendar day without debate or other action, upon the request of 

         		3.32a member. 

         		4.16.4Upon the request of a member, the resolution must be referred to the proper committee. 

         		4.2If a question arises concerning the proper reference the procedure provided by Rule 4.10 applies. 

         		4.37.BUDGET TARGETS

         		4.47.1The Committees on Taxes and on Finance must hold hearings as necessary to determine 

         		4.5state revenues and appropriations for the fiscal biennium. 

         		4.67.2At least 15 days before the deadline for committees other than the Committee on 

         		4.7Finance to act favorably on omnibus appropriations bills Within 30 days after the last state general 

         		4.8fund revenue and expenditure forecast for the next fiscal biennium becomes available during the 

         		4.9regular session in the odd-numbered year, targets for the general fund budget must be publicly 

         		4.10announced by the Chair of the Committee on Finance or the Chair of the Committee on Rules and 

         		4.11Administration. Subsequent adjustments to the targets required under this rule shall be made by 

         		4.12public announcement of the chair of the Committee on Rules and Administration.

         		4.13 7.3The omnibus tax and appropriation bills are: 

         		4.14    (1) the omnibus tax bill; 

         		4.15    (2) the E-12 education appropriations bill; 

         		4.16    (3) the higher education and workforce development appropriations bill; 

         		4.17    (4) the health and human services appropriations bill; 

         		4.18(5) the environment, economic development and agriculture appropriations bill;

         		4.19(6) the judiciary appropriations bill; 

         		4.20(7) the state departments and veterans appropriations bill; 

         		4.21    (8) the transportation and public safety appropriations bill; and 

         		4.22    (9 ) the omnibus capital investment bill. 

         		4.23     An omnibus appropriation or tax bill may not be divided. 

         		4.247.4An amendment to an omnibus appropriation or tax bill that is a Senate file or an 

         		4.25unofficial engrossment of a House file is out of order if it will:

         		4.26(1)  increase net appropriations from a fund for a fiscal biennium, without a corresponding 

         		4.27increase in net revenue, compared to the bill as it was reported to the floor of the Senate, without a 

         		4.28corresponding increase in net revenue.;

         		5.17.5An amendment to an omnibus appropriation or tax bill that is a Senate file or an 

         		5.2unofficial engrossment of a House file is out of order if it will  (2) reduce net revenue to a fund for 

         		5.3a fiscal biennium, without a corresponding reduction in net appropriations, compared to the bill as 

         		5.4it was reported to the floor of the Senate, without a corresponding reduction in net appropriations.;

         		5.57.6An amendment to an omnibus appropriation or tax bill that is a Senate file or an 

         		5.6unofficial engrossment of a House file is out of order if it will  (3) change appropriations, transfers, 

         		5.7or revenues to an agency that was not in the bill as it was reported to the floor of the Senate,; or will

         		5.8(4) create or increase the amount of a tax expenditure by reducing appropriations, transfers, 

         		5.9or revenues to an agency that was not in the bill as it was reported to the floor of the Senate.

         		5.108.CONFIRMATIONS

         		5.118.1Every gubernatorial appointment requiring the advice and consent of the Senate must 

         		5.12be referred by the President to the appropriate committee. If a question arises as to the proper 

         		5.13committee, the appointment must be referred without debate to the Committee on Rules and 

         		5.14Administration for a report making the proper reference. 

         		5.158.2An appointment referred to committee and not reported to the Senate within 60 

         		5.16legislative days after it was referred is withdrawn from committee and placed on the confirmation 

         		5.17calendar for consideration by the Senate before adjournment of the regular session, unless the 

         		5.18appointee's term has expired or the appointee is no longer serving.

         		5.198.3The final question on the appointment is, "Will the Senate, having given its advice, 

         		5.20now consent to this appointment?" The question must not be put the same day the appointment is 

         		5.21received or on the day it is reported by committee except by unanimous consent. Confirmation of 

         		5.22the appointment requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Senate. 

         		5.239.STANDING COMMITTEES

         		5.24The standing committees of the Senate are as follows:

         		5.25Capital Investment

         		5.26Commerce

         		5.27Education 

         		5.28Environment and Energy

         		5.29Finance 

         		5.30Health, Human Services and Housing

         		5.31Higher Education and Workforce Development

         		5.32Jobs, Agriculture and Rural Development

         		5.33Judiciary

         		5.34Rules and Administration

         		6.1State and Local Government

         		6.2Taxes 

         		6.3Transportation and Public Safety

         		6.410.APPOINTMENTS TO STANDING COMMITTEES

         		6.510.1The majority and minority groups must each be represented on all standing committees 

         		6.6of the Senate substantially in proportion to their numbers in the Senate. The majority group shall 

         		6.7assign the number of positions the minority group will hold on each committee and budget division. 

         		6.8The minority group must be given adequate notice of its positions before the session begins. 

         		6.910.2Both the majority and minority groups shall appoint their own members to fill the 

         		6.10number of positions each group will hold on each committee and budget division. The minority 

         		6.11group shall transmit notice of its assignments to the majority group within 14 calendar days after 

         		6.12receipt of the notice of positions available. The minority group may designate a ranking member 

         		6.13for each committee. Nothing prohibits a member of the minority group from serving as chair or 

         		6.14vice chair of a committee, subcommittee, division, or commission. If the minority group for any 

         		6.15reason fails to make its appointments pursuant to this rule, the majority group may make all the 

         		6.16committee  and budget division assignments. 

         		6.1710.3The majority and minority committee assignments are subject to the uniform criteria 

         		6.18governing committee assignments applicable to both the majority and minority groups. The 

         		6.19uniform criteria must be adopted by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

         		6.2010.3 10.4  The Senate resolution establishing representation on all Senate standing 

         		6.21committees must set forth committee assignments as made by the majority and minority groups. 

         		6.2210.4 10.5  A member may not serve as the chair of the same standing committee or the 

         		6.23same division of a standing committee,  or a committee with substantially the same jurisdiction, 

         		6.24for more than three consecutive Senate terms. This limit does not apply to the Committee on 

         		6.25Rules and Administration. 

         		6.2610.5 10.6  After the organization of the Senate and after consultation with and the approval 

         		6.27of the minority leader, the Chair of the Committee on Rules and Administration may add members 

         		6.28to or delete members from a standing committee or division. 

         		6.2911.APPOINTMENTS BY SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

         		6.3011.1The Committee on Rules and Administration may constitute a standing Subcommittee 

         		6.31on Committees, the report of which within its jurisdiction has the effect of a report of the 

         		6.32Committee on Rules and Administration. The subcommittee consists of at least five members, 

         		6.33including members of the minority group substantially in proportion to their number in the Senate. 

         		7.111.2Unless otherwise provided, the Subcommittee on Committees shall appoint all 

         		7.2members of commissions or other bodies authorized to be appointed by the Senate and report the 

         		7.3appointments to the Senate. 

         		7.412.COMMITTEE MEETINGS

         		7.512.1All meetings of the Senate, its committees, committee divisions,  and subcommittees 

         		7.6are open to the public. A meeting of a caucus of the members of any of those bodies from the same 

         		7.7political party need not be open to the public. A caucus of the Hennepin county, Ramsey county, 

         		7.8or St. Louis county delegation is open to the public. For purposes of this rule, a meeting occurs 

         		7.9when a quorum is present and action is taken regarding a matter within the jurisdiction of the body. 

         		7.1012.2Any person may submit to the Chair of the Committee on Rules and Administration 

         		7.11a complaint that members have violated the open meeting requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 

         		7.12section 3.055. The complaint must be in writing. The Chair of the Committee on Rules and 

         		7.13Administration shall immediately forward the complaint in writing to the Subcommittee on 

         		7.14Ethical Conduct without disclosing the identity of the complainant. The complaint must not be 

         		7.15further disclosed without the consent of the complainant, except to the members against whom 

         		7.16the complaint was made, unless the complaint was made by a member of the Senate in writing 

         		7.17under oath, in which case the investigatory procedures of Rule 55 apply. 

         		7.1812.3To the extent practical, a committee or,  subcommittee, or division  shall announce 

         		7.19each meeting to the public at least three calendar days before convening. The notice must state 

         		7.20the name of the committee or,  subcommittee, or division, the bill or bills to be considered, and 

         		7.21the place and time of meeting. A bill may not be considered on the day it was introduced. The 

         		7.22notice must be posted on the Senate's Web site and on all Senate bulletin boards in the Capitol 

         		7.23and the State Office Building. A notice must be sent to the House of Representatives for posting 

         		7.24as it deems necessary. If the three-day notice requirement cannot be met, the committee or, 

         		7.25 subcommittee, or division  shall give simultaneous notice to all of the known proponents and 

         		7.26opponents of the bill as soon as practicable.

         		7.2712.4A Senate committee or,  subcommittee, or division  shall adjourn no later than midnight 

         		7.28each day, unless two-thirds of the members present vote to suspend this requirement. 

         		7.2912.5Committees and,  subcommittees, and divisions  may not meet while the Senate is in 

         		7.30session without permission of the Senate. The names of the members excused shall be printed 

         		7.31in the Journal. 

         		7.3212.6A majority of its members constitutes a quorum of a committee or,  subcommittee, 

         		7.33or division. 

         		8.112.7Each standing committee of the Senate, including a subcommittee  or division of the 

         		8.2committee, may at any time sit and act, investigate and take testimony on any matter within its 

         		8.3jurisdiction, report hearings held by it, and make expenditures as authorized by the Committee on 

         		8.4Rules and Administration. 

         		8.512.8A standing committee, but not a subcommittee or division, may require by subpoena 

         		8.6or otherwise the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of correspondence, 

         		8.7books, papers, and documents, in the manner provided by Minnesota Statutes, section 3.153. 

         		8.812.9Upon the request of a member of a committee or,  subcommittee, or division  to which 

         		8.9a bill has been referred, or upon the request of the chief author of the bill, a record must be made 

         		8.10of the vote on the bill or any amendment in the committee or,  subcommittee, or division. 

         		8.1112.10Upon request of three members of the committee before the vote is taken, the record 

         		8.12of a roll call vote in a standing committee must accompany the committee report and be printed 

         		8.13in the Journal. 

         		8.1412.11A committee report may only be based on action taken at a regular or special meeting 

         		8.15of the committee. A report in violation of this rule is out of order. 

         		8.1612.12No Senate committee, division,  or subcommittee shall permit any appointed officer 

         		8.17or employee of the executive branch, registered lobbyist, or lobbyist principal to be seated at 

         		8.18the committee table with members of the Senate during an official meeting of a committee of 

         		8.19the Senate.

         		8.2013.HOUR OF CONVENING

         		8.21    If the Senate adjourns without setting a time to reconvene, the Senate shall convene on the 

         		8.22next legislative day at 11:00 a.m. 

         		8.2314.PRESIDENT

         		8.2414.1The President shall take the chair at the time to which the Senate adjourned. The 

         		8.25President shall immediately call the members to order and, on the appearance of a quorum, shall 

         		8.26proceed with the regular order of business. 

         		8.2714.2The President may call a member to preside. In the absence of the President, the 

         		8.28President Pro Tem, the Chair of the Committee on Rules and Administration, or the Chair's 

         		8.29designee, shall preside over the Senate. In the absence of the President and the Chair, the Senate 

         		8.30may select a member to perform the duties of the President. Substitutions do not extend beyond 

         		8.31adjournment. 

         		9.114.3The President shall preserve order and decorum, may speak on points of order in 

         		9.2preference to members, and shall also decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the 

         		9.3Senate by a member. 

         		9.414.4An appeal is decided by a majority vote of those present and voting. Upon an appeal 

         		9.5from the decision of the President, the question is, "Shall the decision of the President be the 

         		9.6judgment of the Senate?" 

         		9.714.5The President shall sign all acts, memorials, addresses and resolutions. All writs, 

         		9.8warrants, and subpoenas issued by the Senate must be signed by the President and attested by the 

         		9.9Secretary. 

         		9.1014.6Upon a finding by the Committee on Rules and Administration that the President 

         		9.11refuses or is unable to sign any of the documents described in this rule, the Chair of the Committee 

         		9.12on Rules and Administration, or some other member selected by the committee, shall assume the 

         		9.13duties of the President under this rule until the President is able to sign the documents described 

         		9.14or until the Senate elects a new President, whichever occurs first. 

         		9.1515.ADMISSION TO SENATE CHAMBER

         		9.1615.1The Senate Chamber is reserved for Senate use. 

         		9.1715.2A person may not be admitted to the Senate Chamber except as provided in these rules. 

         		9.18A member, an officer, the constitutional officers, ex-Governors of the State of Minnesota, members 

         		9.19of the House, judges of the trial and appellate courts and members of Congress may be admitted. 

         		9.2015.3Past members of Congress or of the state legislature who are not interested in any 

         		9.21claim or directly in a bill pending before the legislature may be personally admitted by a member 

         		9.22of the Senate. 

         		9.2315.4An employee of either house may be admitted at the request of a member or an 

         		9.24officer of the Senate. 

         		9.2515.5 A member of another state, provincial, or national legislative body may be admitted 

         		9.26to the floor by any member of the Senate. A member of another legislative body who is admitted 

         		9.27to the floor may be introduced to the Senate by the President. 

         		9.2815.6The President may designate and personally admit the person who will provide the 

         		9.29prayer and the person who will lead the Pledge of Allegiance.

         		9.3015.7When the Senate is not meeting, a person who is not a member may be admitted to the 

         		9.31floor at the request of a member or an officer. 

         		10.115.8Public hearings may not be held in the Senate Chamber. The Senate Chamber may 

         		10.2not be used for any commercial purpose. 

         		10.315.9The Retiring Room of the Senate is reserved for the exclusive use of the members of 

         		10.4the Senate at all times. The Sergeant at Arms shall strictly enforce this rule. 

         		10.515.10When a member-elect is sworn in, the member-elect may request that one guest be 

         		10.6admitted until the member-elect has been sworn in. 

         		10.716.CREDENTIALS FOR NEWS COVERAGE

         		10.816.1 The credentialing process for individuals and organizations who provide news 

         		10.9coverage of the legislature will be administered and the provisions of this rule enforced 

         		10.10exclusively by the Sergeant at Arms, with the exception of an appeal under Rule 16.4.

         		10.1116.2(a) The Secretary of the Senate shall provide a reasonable number of spaces on the 

         		10.12Senate floor and in the Senate gallery for individuals and organizations with credentials and 

         		10.13passes issued under this rule. The Sergeant at Arms may not issue credentials or day passes under 

         		10.14this rule 16.3 to political organizations. For the purposes of this rule, "political organization" 

         		10.15means an organization owned or controlled by a registered lobbyist, a political party, or any party 

         		10.16organization. "Political organization" also includes an organization registered with the Campaign 

         		10.17Finance Board, the Federal Election Commission, or an organization subject to Minnesota 

         		10.18Statutes, chapter 10A or 211A.

         		10.1916.3(b) Due to the limited space available for organizations or individuals providing news 

         		10.20coverage of the Senate, the Senate finds that there is a compelling public interest in limiting 

         		10.21credentials issued under this rule to organizations or individuals who demonstrate that they provide 

         		10.22frequent regular  news coverage of the legislature. For that reason, the following rules apply: For 

         		10.23session credentials, an organization or individual must submit an application to the Sergeant at 

         		10.24Arms. The Sergeant at Arms must review the application and approve or reject it within 14 days 

         		10.25after receipt. Upon the request of the Sergeant at Arms, an applicant for credentials must provide 

         		10.26evidence of the applicant's activities in providing regular news coverage of the legislature.

         		10.27(a) Organizations or individuals requesting credentials must furnish, upon the request 

         		10.28of the Sergeant at Arms, three  Evidence of regular news coverage must include examples of 

         		10.29news coverage of legislative matters produced by the organization or individual applicant. The 

         		10.30examples must include written, video, or audio coverage written or recorded in the past year, and 

         		10.31a description of how they were publicly distributed. Any opinion expressed in the examples is 

         		10.32not subject to review under this rule at any time. An organization requesting credentials may 

         		10.33include only one individual.

         		11.1(b) For session credentials, an organization or individual must submit an application to the 

         		11.2Sergeant at Arms. The Sergeant at Arms must review the application and approve or reject it 

         		11.3within 14 days after receipt.

         		11.4(c) If an application is rejected, the Sergeant at Arms must state the reason for the rejection 

         		11.5in writing and notify the applicant, the Secretary of the Senate, the Majority Leader, and the 

         		11.6Minority Leader in writing.

         		11.7(d) An appeal of a denial of credentials must be made in writing to the Secretary of the 

         		11.8Senate, the Senate Majority Leader, and the Senate Minority Leader. The Committee on Rules and 

         		11.9Administration shall review and decide the appeal within 14 days after receiving a letter of appeal.

         		11.10(d) 16.2 The Sergeant at Arms may grant day passes upon the request of a member or upon 

         		11.11the request of an individual or organization who has not applied for credentials and who is not 

         		11.12prohibited from receiving credentials under Rule 16.2 Rule 16.1, paragraph (a).

         		11.1316.4An appeal of a denial of credentials must be made in writing to the Secretary of the 

         		11.14Senate, the Senate Majority Leader, and the Senate Minority Leader. The Committee on Rules and 

         		11.15Administration shall review and decide the appeal within 14 days after receiving a letter of appeal.

         		11.1616.5For individuals and organizations with credentials and passes issued under this rule, 

         		11.17The Secretary of the Senate shall provide at least six spaces on the Senate floor and at least ten 

         		11.18spaces in the Senate gallery. Because of limited space on the floor, at least four spaces must be 

         		11.19reserved for credentialed individuals from news organizations with leases in the Capitol press 

         		11.20area. At least four seats in the gallery must be reserved for credentialed individuals from television 

         		11.21news stations with leases in the Capitol press area. All other gallery access will be provided on a 

         		11.22first-come, first-served basis to individuals and organizations with credentials and passes issued 

         		11.23under this rule. The Sergeant at Arms shall ensure that an opportunity to register for access under 

         		11.24this rule is publicly available outside the main doors of the Senate Chamber at all times. This 

         		11.25procedure will be used to determine floor access priority for individuals with credentials whose 

         		11.26organizations do not lease space in the Capitol press area. If the designated floor and gallery space 

         		11.27is full, the Sergeant at Arms may limit access for an organization to one individual in order to 

         		11.28provide space for individuals from other organizations. Individuals with session credentials have 

         		11.29priority for admission over individuals with day passes. All credentialed individuals shall be 

         		11.30admitted to the floor when the Senate is not meeting in the same manner provided for credentialed 

         		11.31individuals who have been admitted to the floor when the Senate is meeting. The documents 

         		11.32provided to credentialed individuals present on the floor when the Senate is meeting shall be made 

         		11.33available in the Senate Information Office to other credentialed individuals.

         		12.116.6 16.3The Secretary shall compile and distribute to the public a directory of individuals 

         		12.2and organizations who have been issued credentials under Rule 16.3 16.1 to provide news 

         		12.3coverage from the Senate floor. The directory must include each individual's picture and 

         		12.4organization and a brief biography. 

         		12.516.7 16.4The Secretary must issue each individual or organization with credentials an 

         		12.6identification badge showing the individual's name and organization. The individual must wear 

         		12.7the badge when in the Senate Chamber. 

         		12.817.DECORUM

         		12.917.1In case of a disturbance or disorderly conduct in the lobbies or galleries, the President 

         		12.10may order them cleared. 

         		12.1117.2A member may not introduce a visitor or visitors in the galleries from the floor or 

         		12.12rostrum of the Senate. 

         		12.1317.3Smoking is not permitted in the Senate Chamber or galleries, the Retiring Room, 

         		12.14hearing rooms, offices, or other spaces under the control of the Senate. 

         		12.1517.4During floor proceedings, picture taking by persons other than accredited news or 

         		12.16legislative photographers, picture taking with floodlights or flash units, and visual or audible 

         		12.17disruptions are prohibited. At all times, demonstrations and food or beverages are prohibited 

         		12.18in the Senate Chamber and in the galleries. 

         		12.1917.5Television recording or broadcasting on the Senate floor is under the direction of the 

         		12.20Secretary. 

         		12.2118.ORDER OF BUSINESS

         		12.2218.1The order of business is as follows: 

         		12.231. Petitions, letters, remonstrances.

         		12.242. Executive and official communications. 

         		12.253. Messages from the House of Representatives.

         		12.264. First reading of House bills. 

         		12.275. Reports of committees.

         		12.28(a) From standing committees. 

         		12.29(b) From select committees. 

         		13.16. Second reading of Senate bills. 

         		13.27. Second reading of House bills.

         		13.38. Introduction and first reading of Senate bills.

         		13.49. Motions and Resolutions.

         		13.510. Calendar. 

         		13.611. Consent Calendar. 

         		13.712. General Orders. 

         		13.813. Announcements of Senate interest. 

         		13.918.2Under the order of business of Motions and Resolutions, the Senate may by a majority 

         		13.10vote of the whole Senate temporarily revert or proceed to any other order of business. 

         		13.1119.PETITIONS AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS

         		13.1219.1In presenting a petition, memorial, remonstrance or other communication addressed 

         		13.13to the Senate, a member shall only state the general purpose of it. 

         		13.1419.2Every petition, memorial, remonstrance, resolution, bill and report of committee, must 

         		13.15have an appropriate title, and the name of the member presenting it written on it. 

         		13.1619.3Every written communication distributed to members in the Senate Chamber must 

         		13.17have the name of the member or officer distributing it displayed on it. 

         		13.1820.MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE

         		13.19    A message from the House of Representatives that a Senate bill has been amended, and the 

         		13.20amendment, must be printed and placed on the members' desks before a member may move to 

         		13.21concur in the House amendment. If the amendment has been printed in the House Journal for a 

         		13.22preceding day and is available to the members, the Journal copy may serve as the printed copy. 

         		13.2321.OBJECTIONS TO COMMITTEE REFERRALS

         		13.24    A member may question the proper reference of a bill at the time the bill is reported by a 

         		13.25standing committee to which it was previously referred. When a member questions the reference 

         		13.26of a bill, the bill must be referred without debate to the Committee on Rules and Administration 

         		13.27to report the proper reference. Upon adoption of the report of the Committee on Rules and 

         		13.28Administration, the bill must be referred accordingly. 

         		14.122.GENERAL ORDERS

         		14.222.1The Secretary shall make a list of all bills, resolutions, reports of committees, and 

         		14.3other proceedings of the Senate that are referred to the Committee of the Whole and number 

         		14.4them. The lists are called the "General Orders". 

         		14.522.2Items on General Orders may be taken up in the order in which they are numbered, as 

         		14.6ordered by the Chair of the Committee on Rules and Administration, or as otherwise ordered by a 

         		14.7majority of the committee. 

         		14.822.3General Orders, together with all bills required to be included on it, must be 

         		14.9electronically available or printed at least one calendar day before being considered in Committee 

         		14.10of the Whole. 

         		14.1122.4With the concurrence of the chief author of the bill, a majority of the whole Senate 

         		14.12may at any time take a bill from the table and place it on General Orders. 

         		14.1323.COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

         		14.1423.1All bills, memorials, orders, resolutions and votes requiring the approval of the 

         		14.15Governor must, after a second reading, be considered in Committee of the Whole before they are 

         		14.16finally acted upon by the Senate, unless considered on the Consent Calendar or as a Special Order. 

         		14.1723.2The President may call a member to the Chair when the Senate resolves itself into the 

         		14.18Committee of the Whole. 

         		14.1923.3The rules observed in the Senate govern, as far as practicable, the proceedings of the 

         		14.20Committee of the Whole, and the Chair of the Committee of the Whole has the powers of the 

         		14.21President, as appropriate. However, a member may speak more than twice on the same subject 

         		14.22and a call for the previous question may not be made. 

         		14.2323.4A member may request a roll call vote. The vote must be recorded in the Journal 

         		14.24along with the amendment. 

         		14.2523.5The recommendations of the Committee of the Whole must be reported to the Senate. 

         		14.26The question is on the adoption or rejection of the report, and no other question may be admitted. 

         		14.27The question may be divided to permit separate Senate action on the report as to any bill. 

         		14.2823.6On adoption of the report of the Committee of the Whole, all bills recommended to 

         		14.29pass must be placed on the Calendar. 

         		15.124.CALENDAR

         		15.224.1The Secretary shall make a Calendar of all bills, resolutions and other matters 

         		15.3approved by the Committee of the Whole for final action. The Secretary shall place them on the 

         		15.4Calendar in the order in which they have been acted upon in Committee of the Whole. 

         		15.524.2The Calendar must be electronically available or printed at least one calendar day 

         		15.6before the matters on it are considered. 

         		15.725.CONSENT CALENDAR

         		15.825.1If a committee determines that a bill it recommends to pass is not likely to be opposed, 

         		15.9the committee may recommend that the bill be placed on the Consent Calendar. If the committee 

         		15.10report is adopted, the bill must be electronically available or printed and placed on the Consent 

         		15.11Calendar after its second reading. On the question of adoption of the report, the question of 

         		15.12accepting the recommendation that the bill be placed on the Consent Calendar may be divided 

         		15.13from the question of adopting the report in other respects. 

         		15.1425.2A majority of the whole Senate, or the Chair of the Committee on Rules and 

         		15.15Administration, may order a bill on General Orders placed on the Consent Calendar. 

         		15.1625.3The Consent Calendar must be electronically available or printed at least one calendar 

         		15.17day before the matters on it are considered. 

         		15.1825.4If a member objects to consideration of a bill on the Consent Calendar at any time 

         		15.19during its consideration in the Senate before the question on final passage is put, and that objection 

         		15.20is supported by at least two other members, the bill is referred to the Committee of the Whole, and 

         		15.21the Secretary shall place it at the bottom of General Orders subject to Rule 22.2, except that it 

         		15.22need not lie over one calendar day before consideration in the Committee of the Whole. 

         		15.2326.SPECIAL ORDERS

         		15.2426.1The Chair of the Committee on Rules and Administration, or the Chair's designee, 

         		15.25may designate a special order for a bill that has been given its second reading. 

         		15.2626.2A special order may provide that the bill be considered immediately, at a time certain, 

         		15.27or after specific other business is completed. 

         		15.2826.3During consideration of a special order, Rule 36.5 is suspended. 

         		15.2926.4As nearly as applicable, debate on the bill and all proceedings including amendments 

         		15.30and substitutions must be conducted as in the Committee of the Whole. 

         		15.3126.5On any question, a member may request a roll call vote, which must be entered 

         		15.32in the Journal. 

         		16.126.6Unless it is otherwise disposed of, after consideration a bill on Special Orders must 

         		16.2immediately proceed to its third reading and final passage. 

         		16.327.MOTIONS

         		16.427.1A motion or amendment must be written if a member requests. It must identify the 

         		16.5member or committee offering it. 

         		16.627.2When a motion is made, it must be stated by the President. If it is in writing, it must 

         		16.7be handed to the Secretary and read to the members. 

         		16.827.3After a motion is stated by the President, or read by the Secretary, it is in possession 

         		16.9of the Senate, but may be withdrawn by the author at any time before decision or amendment. 

         		16.1028.PRECEDENCE OF MOTIONS

         		16.1128.1When a question is under debate no motion may be made, except: 

         		16.121. To adjourn. 

         		16.132. To recess. 

         		16.143. To reconsider.

         		16.154. To lay on the table. 

         		16.165. For the previous question. 

         		16.176. To refer. 

         		16.187. To postpone to a day certain. 

         		16.198. To amend. 

         		16.209. To postpone indefinitely. 

         		16.2128.2Motions numbered 1, 2, 4 and 5 above are not debatable. 

         		16.2228.3These motions have precedence in the foregoing order; but when a motion for the 

         		16.23previous question has been made, or the main question ordered, a motion to lay on the table 

         		16.24is not in order. 

         		16.2528.4A motion to postpone to a day certain, to refer, to postpone indefinitely, or to amend, 

         		16.26having been decided, may not again be put on the same day, nor at the same stage of the bill 

         		16.27or proposition. 

         		17.129.MOTION TO ADJOURN

         		17.2    A motion to adjourn or a motion to adjourn to a time certain is always in order. The latter 

         		17.3motion is debatable solely as to the time. When either motion is rejected, it may not be renewed 

         		17.4until further business has been transacted. 

         		17.530.MOTION TO RECONSIDER

         		17.630.1When a motion or question has been decided, a member who voted with the prevailing 

         		17.7side may move for reconsideration:

         		17.8(1) on the same day on which the vote was taken;

         		17.9(2) within the next two calendar days; or

         		17.10(3) if after the time provided under clause (1) or (2), on the first day the Senate meets 

         		17.11after the vote was taken. The motion takes precedence over all other questions except a motion 

         		17.12to adjourn or recess. 

         		17.1330.2When a motion to adjourn is adopted before the disposition of a motion for 

         		17.14reconsideration, the motion for reconsideration must lie over until the next succeeding day the 

         		17.15Senate meets except as provided in this rule. 

         		17.1630.3 When notice of intent to move reconsideration of the final action of the Senate on a 

         		17.17question is given by a member, the Secretary shall retain the subject of the notice until after the 

         		17.18expiration of the time during which the motion can be made. 

         		17.1930.4 A notice of intent to move for reconsideration is not in order after the Tuesday before 

         		17.20the third Saturday in May, but a motion to reconsider may be made. 

         		17.2130.5 A motion for reconsideration having been once voted on may not be made again 

         		17.22nor reconsidered. 

         		17.2331.MOTION FOR THE PREVIOUS QUESTION

         		17.2431.1Unless a motion for the previous question is made specifically applicable to a 

         		17.25subsidiary motion, it must be in this form: "Shall the main question now be put?" If the motion 

         		17.26for the previous question is supported by a majority of the members present, its effect is to put an 

         		17.27end to all debate and bring the Senate to a direct vote upon all pending amendments in their order 

         		17.28and then upon the main question. 

         		17.2931.2On a motion for the previous question, a call of the Senate is in order before the 

         		17.30President submits the question to the Senate. 

         		18.131.3On a motion for the previous question there is no debate. All incidental questions 

         		18.2of order, arising after a motion is made for the previous question, and pending the motion, must 

         		18.3be decided, whether on appeal or otherwise, without debate. 

         		18.432.MOTION TO REFER

         		18.5    A bill or resolution may be referred to committee at any time before its passage. If an 

         		18.6amendment is reported on the referral to any committee other than the Committee of the Whole, it 

         		18.7must again be read the second time, considered in Committee of the Whole, read the third time and 

         		18.8placed on final passage. If the referral is to the Committee of the Whole it must be placed at the 

         		18.9head of General Orders, except when the referral is from the Consent Calendar under Rule 25.4. 

         		18.1033.MOTION TO AMEND BILL OR RESOLUTION

         		18.1133.1A motion to amend must be written if a member requests. It must identify the 

         		18.12member offering it. 

         		18.1333.2In drawing an amendment to a bill or resolution, reference must be made, first to 

         		18.14the number of the bill, then to the page, and then to the line or lines where language is to be 

         		18.15stricken or inserted. 

         		18.1633.3In filling blanks, the largest sum, the longest time and the greatest distance must be 

         		18.17first taken. 

         		18.1833.4The title to a bill may be amended by the Secretary at any time the bill is amended 

         		18.19by the Senate. 

         		18.2033.5An amendment is not in order to a bill on the Calendar or after third reading without 

         		18.21the unanimous consent of the Senate unless it:

         		18.22(1) fills a blank;

         		18.23(2) amends the title;

         		18.24(3) is proposed to the chief author of the bill by the Revisor of Statutes to correct technical 

         		18.25defects found by the Revisor while engrossing earlier amendments to the bill; or 

         		18.26(4) is proposed to a bill on the Consent Calendar before the bill is given its third reading. 

         		18.2734.MOTION TO SUSPEND RULES

         		18.2834.1A rule may be suspended by a vote of at least two-thirds of the whole Senate. 

         		18.2934.2A motion to suspend the rules for the purpose of advancing a bill may be made only 

         		18.30under the order of business, "Motions and Resolutions". 

         		19.135.GERMANENESS

         		19.235.1An amendment proposed to the Senate or to the Committee of the Whole that is 

         		19.3not germane is out of order. 

         		19.435.2A non-germane amendment includes one that:

         		19.5(1) relates to a substantially different subject; or 

         		19.6(2) is intended to accomplish a substantially different purpose, than that of the original 

         		19.7bill to which it is proposed. 

         		19.835.3An amendment to insert a constitutional amendment is not germane to a bill that does 

         		19.9not already include a constitutional amendment. 

         		19.1035.4Whether an amendment is germane is to be decided by the President, who may put the 

         		19.11question to the body if the President chooses. 

         		19.1235.5A motion to remove an amendment placed on a House bill under Rule 45.1 is out of 

         		19.13order if removal of the amendment would make a portion of the House bill not germane to the 

         		19.14Senate companion for which it was substituted. 

         		19.1535.6If a House amendment to a Senate bill is not germane to the Senate bill, a motion to 

         		19.16concur in the House amendment is out of order. 

         		19.1736.DEBATE

         		19.1836.1When a member is about to speak to the Senate, the member shall rise and respectfully 

         		19.19address "Madam (or Mr.) President." The member may not proceed to speak further until 

         		19.20recognized by the President. 

         		19.2136.2The member shall speak only to the question under debate and avoid personality. 

         		19.2236.3The member may inform the Senate of the Governor's position on a bill and on its 

         		19.23status in the House of Representatives. 

         		19.2436.4In discussing a resolution, each member is limited to ten minutes. 

         		19.2536.5A member may not speak more than twice on the same question on the same day 

         		19.26without permission of the Senate. 

         		19.2736.6When a member is speaking, no one may stand between the member speaking and the 

         		19.28President. 

         		19.2936.7A member may not speak without using a microphone. 

         		19.3036.8All remarks during debate shall be addressed to the President. 

         		20.136.9When the President puts a question, or addresses the Senate, no one may walk out of 

         		20.2or cross the Chamber. 

         		20.336.10When a member is called to order, the member shall be silent until it is determined 

         		20.4whether or not the member is in order. If a member is called to order for words spoken in debate, 

         		20.5the words excepted to must be taken down in writing by the Secretary immediately. 

         		20.636.11Debate on the report of a conference committee is in order at any time after the 

         		20.7report has been made available electronically or printed and placed on the desk of each member, 

         		20.8or at an earlier time agreed to by a majority of the whole Senate.

         		20.937.ABSENCE OF MEMBERS

         		20.10    A member or officer of the Senate may not be absent from a session of the Senate unless 

         		20.11excused by the Senate. The name of a member excused must be printed in the Journal. 

         		20.1238.CALL OF THE SENATE

         		20.1338.1A member may impose a call of the Senate requiring the attendance of all members 

         		20.14before any further proceedings occur except a motion to adjourn. 

         		20.1538.2Upon the imposition of a call, a member may request a record of those present and the 

         		20.16Sergeant at Arms shall bring in the absent members. 

         		20.1738.3When the Senate has been placed under call, a member may demand that the doors be 

         		20.18closed and that no member be permitted to leave the Chamber until the matter or question, if any, 

         		20.19under consideration at the time of the call is disposed of, or until the call is lifted by a majority of 

         		20.20the whole Senate, or until the Senate adjourns. 

         		20.2138.4A majority of the whole Senate may excuse members not answering the call. 

         		20.2238.5A call may not be imposed after voting has commenced. 

         		20.2339.DIVISION OF QUESTION

         		20.2439.1A member may call for a division of the question when the division is possible. 

         		20.25A motion to strike and insert is indivisible. 

         		20.2639.2The defeat of a motion to strike does not preclude an amendment nor a motion to 

         		20.27strike and insert. 

         		20.2840.VOTING

         		20.2940.1The President shall distinctly state the question before taking the vote. The President 

         		20.30shall declare the result of the vote. If a member questions the result of a vote, the President 

         		20.31shall order a division. 

         		21.140.2A member may vote on a question or be counted on a division only at the member's 

         		21.2own seat in the Senate Chamber. 

         		21.340.3At any time before the start of voting on a question, a member may request a roll call 

         		21.4vote, which must be entered in the Journal, unless at the time the request is made, the Senate is 

         		21.5taking a roll call vote using the electrical voting system. 

         		21.640.4Unless otherwise ordered, a roll call vote, except upon elections, may be taken by 

         		21.7means of the electrical voting system under the control of the President. 

         		21.840.5A roll call vote may not be interrupted except to close the roll as provided in Rule 41.3. 

         		21.940.6A member or other person may not proceed to or remain by the Secretary's desk while 

         		21.10a roll call or division is being taken. 

         		21.1141.MEMBERS TO VOTE UNLESS EXCUSED

         		21.1241.1Every member who is in the Senate Chamber during a roll call, including in the 

         		21.13Committee of the Whole, shall vote upon the request of another member unless excused by 

         		21.14the Senate. 

         		21.1541.2A motion by a member to be excused from voting must be made before the question is 

         		21.16put. A member wishing to be excused from voting may make a brief statement of the reason for 

         		21.17making the request. The question on the motion to excuse must be taken without further debate. 

         		21.1841.3When members have had an opportunity to vote and fail to do so, a majority of the 

         		21.19whole Senate may, by motion, direct the President to close the roll. 

         		21.2041.4The vote on a motion to close the roll must be taken without debate. No member 

         		21.21is required to vote on the motion. 

         		21.2242.FINAL PASSAGE

         		21.23    The final question on a bill or other matter requiring action by both Houses after its first and 

         		21.24second reading, and after the consideration in Committee of the Whole, is on its final passage. 

         		21.2543.TRANSMITTING BILLS TO THE HOUSE

         		21.2643.1Except when a motion to reconsider has been made as provided in Rule 30, 

         		21.27immediately after the passage of a bill or other matter in which the concurrence of the House of 

         		21.28Representatives is requested, the Secretary shall transmit it to the House. 

         		21.2943.2On the concurrence of a bill or other matter of the House by the Senate, or on the 

         		21.30concurrence or disagreement in a vote of the House, the Secretary shall notify the House. 

         		22.144.ENGROSSING AND ENROLLING OF BILLS

         		22.244.1The Secretary and the Engrossing Secretary shall ensure that every bill, memorial, or 

         		22.3resolution originating in the Senate is carefully engrossed before it is transmitted to the House 

         		22.4of Representatives for concurrence. 

         		22.5    All engrossing and enrolling of bills shall be done at the direction and under authority of 

         		22.6the Senate. 

         		22.744.2The Secretary shall ensure that every bill, memorial, or resolution originating in the 

         		22.8Senate is carefully enrolled by the Revisor of Statutes before it is presented to the Governor 

         		22.9or filed with the Secretary of State. 

         		22.1045.COMPARISON AND SUBSTITUTION OF BILLS

         		22.1145.1A House bill, after its first reading, must be referred as follows, unless there is a 

         		22.12motion by the Chair of the Committee on Rules and Administration or a designee of the Chair: 

         		22.13    (a) If there is no Senate companion bill, the House bill must be referred to the appropriate 

         		22.14standing committee, unless there is objection under Rule 4.10. 

         		22.15    (b) If there is a Senate companion bill, the House bill must be referred to the standing 

         		22.16committee possessing the Senate companion. 

         		22.17    (c) If the Senate companion bill has been reported to the Senate, the House bill must be 

         		22.18referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration, which shall report whether the House bill 

         		22.19is identical to the Senate companion bill. If the bills are identical, the report must recommend that 

         		22.20the House bill be given its second reading and substituted for the Senate companion bill and the 

         		22.21Senate companion bill be indefinitely postponed. If the House bill is not identical to the Senate 

         		22.22companion bill, the report of the committee must recommend an amendment to the House bill 

         		22.23that when adopted will render the House bill identical to the Senate bill. Upon adoption of a 

         		22.24committee report containing the proposed amendment, the House bill as amended must be given 

         		22.25its second reading and substituted for the Senate companion bill and the Senate companion 

         		22.26bill must be indefinitely postponed. 

         		22.2745.2The Secretary shall prepare and submit reports under this rule on behalf of the 

         		22.28Committee on Rules and Administration. 

         		22.2945.3A House bill placed on the Calendar by substitution must not be given its third reading 

         		22.30on the same day as the substitution. 

         		23.146.CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

         		23.246.1The Committee on Rules and Administration may constitute a standing Subcommittee 

         		23.3on Conference Committees, the report of which within its jurisdiction has the effect of a report of 

         		23.4the Committee on Rules and Administration. The subcommittee consists of three members, one 

         		23.5of whom must be a member of the minority group.

         		23.646.2The Subcommittee on Conference Committees shall appoint all conference 

         		23.7committees of the Senate and report the appointments to the Senate. In the appointment of 

         		23.8members of conference committees between the two houses, the Subcommittee on Conference 

         		23.9Committees shall appoint those who are in accord with the position of the Senate. Whenever 

         		23.10practical, the subcommittee shall give preference to authors of bills in dispute and to members of 

         		23.11standing committees in which the bills were considered.

         		23.1247.DISPOSITION OF BILLS ON ADJOURNMENT

         		23.13    Adjournment of the regular session in an odd-numbered year to a date certain in the following 

         		23.14year is equivalent to daily adjournment, except that a bill on the Calendar, Consent Calendar, 

         		23.15General Orders, or table, other than a bill laid on the table after being vetoed by the governor or 

         		23.16after its conference committee has been discharged under Joint Rule 3.02, must be returned to the 

         		23.17standing committee other than the Committee on Rules and Administration from which it was last 

         		23.18reported to the Senate, unless otherwise provided for by motion before adjournment. 

         		23.1948.PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF BILLS

         		23.2048.1Unless otherwise ordered by the Senate, all Senate bills that have been reported upon 

         		23.21favorably or without recommendation by a committee must be electronically available or printed 

         		23.22before consideration by the Senate or the Committee of the Whole. 

         		23.2348.2A House bill amended by the Senate must be unofficially engrossed and electronically 

         		23.24available or printed when placed on General Orders. 

         		23.2548.3A bill may be electronically available or printed by order of the Secretary when 

         		23.26amended after second reading. 

         		23.2748.4A bill must be electronically available or printed when ordered by the Senate. 

         		23.2848.5Action by the Senate on a bill that has not been printed is a waiver of the printing 

         		23.29requirement. 

         		23.3048.6To the extent practical, the Secretary shall provide a copy of any bill to the public 

         		23.31and may charge a reasonable fee. 

         		24.149.JOURNAL AND INDEX

         		24.249.1The Secretary shall keep a correct Journal of the proceedings of the Senate and shall 

         		24.3perform other duties assigned to the Secretary. 

         		24.449.2The Secretary shall not permit Journal records, accounts or papers to be taken out of 

         		24.5the Secretary's custody, other than in the regular mode of business. If a document in the Secretary's 

         		24.6charge is missing, the Secretary shall report the fact to the President, so that inquiry may be made. 

         		24.749.3The Secretary shall supervise the recording of proceedings in the Journal, the 

         		24.8engrossing, transcribing and copying of bills and resolutions, and generally perform the duties of 

         		24.9Secretary, under direction of the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

         		24.1049.4The Journal of each day's proceedings is open for correction at any time during the 

         		24.11session of the next day the Senate meets. Unless corrected on that day, the Journal stands approved. 

         		24.1249.5The Secretary shall keep a record of all Senate and House bills showing the status 

         		24.13of each bill pending, until its final passage. 

         		24.1450.ELECTRONIC RECORDINGS

         		24.1550.1The Secretary shall cause to be recorded on electronic media the proceedings of the 

         		24.16Senate, the Committee of the Whole, and each standing committee and,  subcommittee, and 

         		24.17division. Each electronic record must be clearly labeled to show the name of the body whose 

         		24.18proceedings are recorded and the dates the proceedings occurred. Each electronic record of 

         		24.19the proceedings of the Senate and the Committee of the Whole must be accompanied by a log 

         		24.20showing the number of each bill considered and the places on the record where consideration 

         		24.21of the bill occurred. 

         		24.2250.2Within two working days after each Senate session, the Secretary shall make a copy 

         		24.23of the electronic record and corresponding log of proceedings of the Senate and the Committee 

         		24.24of the Whole available to the Legislative Reference Library. 

         		24.2550.3Within one week after each meeting of a standing committee or,  subcommittee, or 

         		24.26division, the Secretary shall make the electronic record of the meeting available to the Legislative 

         		24.27Reference Library, together with an agenda showing bills considered and any action taken on them. 

         		24.2850.4 Upon completion and approval of the minutes of the meeting of a standing committee, 

         		24.29subcommittee, or division, the Secretary shall ensure that the completed minutes of the meeting 

         		24.30are made available to the public. By October 1st of each year, the Secretary shall promptly

         		24.31 deliver a copy of the minutes for each meeting held in that calendar year before October 1st to 

         		24.32the Legislative Reference Library. 

         		25.150.5The Secretary shall keep a record of each session of the Senate and the Committee 

         		25.2of the Whole, each meeting of a Senate standing committee or,  subcommittee, or division  and 

         		25.3the date on which the electronic record of the session or meeting was made available to the 

         		25.4Legislative Reference Library. The Library shall keep a similar record of all electronic records 

         		25.5to which it has been given access. 

         		25.650.6The Library shall provide committee staff with reasonable access to Senate electronic 

         		25.7records and shall provide the public with convenient facilities to listen to them. 

         		25.850.7The Secretary shall make copies of Senate electronic records available to the public 

         		25.9for a fee determined by the Secretary to be adequate to cover the cost of preparing the copies. A 

         		25.10copy must be provided free to a member of the Senate upon request for use in legislative business. 

         		25.1150.8The Secretary shall keep the original electronic record and log of each session of the 

         		25.12Senate and the Committee of the Whole until the end of the period for which the members of the 

         		25.13existing House of Representatives have been elected, at which time the electronic record may be 

         		25.14preserved or disposed of as the Secretary sees fit. The Legislative Reference Library shall keep 

         		25.15electronic records, logs, and minutes forwarded to it until two years after the end of the period 

         		25.16for which the members of the existing Senate have been elected, at which time they may be 

         		25.17preserved or disposed of as the Library sees fit. 

         		25.1850.9The Senate intends that testimony and discussion preserved under this rule not be 

         		25.19admissible in any court or administrative proceeding on an issue of legislative intent. 

         		25.2051.OTHER DUTIES OF SECRETARY

         		25.2151.1The Secretary shall not issue a certificate authorizing the payment of money by virtue 

         		25.22of a motion or resolution, unless the motion or resolution is voted for by a majority of the whole 

         		25.23Senate on a roll call vote. 

         		25.2451.2The Secretary and the Engrossing Secretary shall correct all mistakes in numbering 

         		25.25the sections and reference to them, whether the errors occur in the original bill or are caused 

         		25.26by amendments to it. 

         		25.2751.3The Secretary is the agent of the Senate for the purchase of supplies and services. The 

         		25.28Secretary's records on purchase of supplies and services are open for inspection. 

         		25.2951.4The Secretary shall adopt administrative controls to ensure that each member is 

         		25.30accountable for the member's own long distance telephone calls and that Senate telephones 

         		25.31are used only for Senate business. 

         		26.151.5By the 15th day of April, July, October, and January of each year, the Secretary shall 

         		26.2submit a detailed report of Senate expenditures during the previous quarter to the Committee on 

         		26.3Rules and Administration. 

         		26.451.6The Secretary's public records may be inspected during normal business hours. 

         		26.552.SERGEANT AT ARMS

         		26.6    The Sergeant at Arms shall:

         		26.7(1) execute all orders of the President;

         		26.8(2) perform all assigned duties connected with the police and good order of the Senate 

         		26.9Chamber;

         		26.10(3) exercise supervision over the entry and exit of all persons to and from the Chamber; 

         		26.11(4) see that messages are promptly delivered; 

         		26.12(5) see that the hall is properly ventilated and the temperature is properly regulated;

         		26.13(6) see that the Chamber is open for the use of members of the Senate at least one-half 

         		26.14hour before the start of a session; and 

         		26.15(7) perform all other services pertaining to the office of Sergeant. 

         		26.1653.BUDGET AND EXPENDITURES

         		26.1753.1The Committee on Rules and Administration shall adopt an operating budget for 

         		26.18the Senate and post it on the Senate Web site. 

         		26.1953.2All propositions for the appointment and payment of employees of the Senate or for 

         		26.20expenditures of the legislature, other than those provided by law, must be referred without debate 

         		26.21to the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

         		26.2254.EMPLOYEES

         		26.2354.1The Committee on Rules and Administration shall establish positions, set 

         		26.24compensation, appoint employees, and authorize expense reimbursement for employees as it 

         		26.25deems necessary to carry out the work of the Senate. At the request of any committee member, an 

         		26.26action of the committee must be submitted as a Senate resolution for adoption by the Senate. 

         		26.2754.2The Secretary shall keep a roster of all employees of the Senate, including positions 

         		26.28and compensation, which must be open for inspection by the public. 

         		26.2954.3The Secretary shall post, in a public place in the Capitol or on the Senate Web site, 

         		26.30a notice of every vacant position on the permanent staff of the Senate. The notice must remain 

         		26.31posted for at least two weeks one week, and no vacancy may be filled until the period of posting 

         		26.32has elapsed. 

         		27.154.4Except as otherwise provided in these rules, the Committee on Rules and 

         		27.2Administration has full and exclusive authority over, and charge of all employees of the Senate both 

         		27.3elected and appointed. The committee has the sole and exclusive power and authority to assign 

         		27.4them to duties other than for which they were elected or appointed as the committee may provide. 

         		27.554.5The committee may make employment rules and regulations. In case of violation of 

         		27.6an order of the committee by an employee, or in case of a violation of a rule or regulation made 

         		27.7by the committee, or in case of misconduct or omission by an employee, the Committee on Rules 

         		27.8and Administration may hear complaints and discharge the employee or impose discipline, a fine, 

         		27.9or other punishment upon the employee. The committee may, by a vote of a majority of the 

         		27.10members of the committee, discuss an employee disciplinary proceeding under this rule in an 

         		27.11executive session to which the open meeting requirements of Rules 12.1 to 12.3 do not apply.

         		27.1254.6The Secretary shall supervise the employees under the direction of the Committee on 

         		27.13Rules and Administration. 

         		27.1455.SUBCOMMITTEE ON ETHICAL CONDUCT

         		27.1555.1The Committee on Rules and Administration shall appoint a Subcommittee on Ethical 

         		27.16Conduct of the Committee on Rules and Administration consisting of four members, two from the 

         		27.17majority group and two from the minority group. 

         		27.1855.2The subcommittee shall serve in an advisory capacity to a member or employee upon 

         		27.19written request and shall issue recommendations to the member or employee. A member may 

         		27.20request the subcommittee to provide its advice on a potential conflict of interest to the member in 

         		27.21private. If so requested, the subcommittee shall conduct its proceedings on the advisory opinion 

         		27.22in private. The request, proceedings on the request, and any advice given by the subcommittee 

         		27.23in response to the request must remain private. The member may not use an advisory opinion 

         		27.24from the subcommittee as a defense to a complaint under this rule unless the opinion has been 

         		27.25adopted by the subcommittee at a public meeting. 

         		27.2655.3The subcommittee shall investigate a complaint made in writing by a member of the 

         		27.27Senate under oath. The complaint must be received before adjournment sine die in the last year of 

         		27.28a senate term or during a special session held after that time regarding improper conduct by a 

         		27.29member or employee of the Senate. The subcommittee has the powers of a standing committee 

         		27.30to issue subpoenas under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.153. 

         		27.3155.4Within 30 calendar days after receiving a complaint, the subcommittee must meet and 

         		27.32either make a finding of no probable cause, vote to defer action until a certain time, or proceed 

         		27.33with its investigation. 

         		28.155.5In order to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that improper conduct 

         		28.2has occurred, the subcommittee may, by a vote of three of its members, conduct a preliminary 

         		28.3inquiry in executive session to which the open meeting requirements of Rules 12.1 to 12.3 do 

         		28.4not apply. The executive session may be ordered by a vote of three of its members whenever 

         		28.5the subcommittee determines that matters relating to probable cause are likely to be discussed. 

         		28.6The executive session must be limited to matters relating to probable cause. Upon a finding of 

         		28.7probable cause, further proceedings on the complaint are open to the public. 

         		28.855.6The subcommittee may appoint special counsel to provide expert advice on how 

         		28.9to conduct its proceedings. The subcommittee may appoint a suitable person to conduct the 

         		28.10investigation and report findings of fact and recommendations for action to the subcommittee. 

         		28.1155.7If, after investigation, the subcommittee finds the complaint substantiated by the 

         		28.12evidence, it shall recommend to the Committee on Rules and Administration appropriate 

         		28.13disciplinary action. 

         		28.1455.8To minimize disruption of its public proceedings, the subcommittee may require that 

         		28.15television coverage be pooled or be provided by Senate media services. 

         		28.1655.9If criminal proceedings relating to the same conduct have begun, the subcommittee 

         		28.17may defer its proceedings until the criminal proceedings have been completed. 

         		28.1855.10The Senate intends that proceedings of the Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct not be 

         		28.19admissible in any criminal proceeding. 

         		28.2056.STANDARDS OF ETHICAL CONDUCT

         		28.2156.1Members shall adhere to the highest standard of ethical conduct as embodied in the 

         		28.22Minnesota Constitution, state law, and these rules. 

         		28.2356.2A member shall not publish or distribute written material if the member knows or 

         		28.24has reason to know that the material includes any statement that is false or clearly misleading, 

         		28.25concerning a public policy issue or concerning the member's or another member's voting record 

         		28.26or position on a public policy issue. 

         		28.2756.3Improper conduct includes conduct that violates a rule or administrative policy of the 

         		28.28Senate, that violates accepted norms of Senate behavior, that betrays the public trust, or that tends 

         		28.29to bring the Senate into dishonor or disrepute. 

         		28.3056.4 Members of the Senate shall disclose potential conflicts of interest in the discharge of 

         		28.31senatorial duties as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
         10A.07.

         		29.157. LOBBYISTS

         		29.257.1 A lobbyist shall not appear before a Senate committee pursuant to the lobbyist's 

         		29.3employment unless the lobbyist is in compliance with the law requiring lobbyist registration, 

         		29.4Minnesota Statutes, sections 10A.03 to 10A.06. A lobbyist, when appearing before a committee, 

         		29.5shall disclose to the committee on whose behalf the lobbyist speaks and the purpose of the 

         		29.6lobbyist's appearance. 

         		29.757.2 A lobbyist shall not knowingly, either directly or through a third party, furnish false 

         		29.8or misleading information or make a false or misleading statement that is relevant and material 

         		29.9to a matter before the Senate or any of its committees, subcommittees, or divisions  when the 

         		29.10lobbyist knows or should know it will influence the judgment or action of the Senate or any of its 

         		29.11committees or,  subcommittees, or divisions. 

         		29.1257.3 The Subcommittee on Ethical Conduct shall investigate a complaint by a member of 

         		29.13the Senate in writing under oath received before adjournment sine die in the last year of a Senate 

         		29.14term or during a special session held after that time that a lobbyist has violated Rule 57.1 or 57.2. 

         		29.15The investigatory procedures of Rule 55 apply, except as provided in this rule. The complaint 

         		29.16and proceedings on the complaint are private until the subcommittee has found probable cause to 

         		29.17believe that a violation of Rule 57.1 or 57.2 has occurred, unless they are made public by the 

         		29.18lobbyist whose conduct is the subject of the complaint or by the vote of at least three members 

         		29.19of the subcommittee. 

         		29.2058. AMENDMENTS TO RULES

         		29.21    Every proposition to amend a rule of the Senate must be referred to the Committee on Rules 

         		29.22and Administration. The proposition may not be acted upon until the report of the committee 

         		29.23is received by the Senate.