2025 bills / S.R. 2
S.R. 2 Senate Rules Resolution - Legislative Process Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
What this bill does
This Senate rules resolution changes how the Senate handles its own procedures, including who may cosponsor bills, what may be brought into the gallery, and when committee meetings are open to legislators. It also adjusts calendars, debate limits, citations, and electronic participation, and removes outdated language.
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Official description
- defines terms
- clarifies the duties of the secretary of the Senate related to technical corrections to legislation
- repeals outdated language related to the daily order of business
- modifies procedures for obtaining a citation
- clarifies that a senator may not impugn the motives of another senator or a senator's guest
- prohibits certain items and activities in the Senate gallery
- requires that a senator obtain permission to cosponsor Senate legislation
- clarifies that the Senate Rules Committee, after sifting, makes recommendations about which legislation should be assigned to the second reading calendar
- clarifies which legislation the Senate may pass without receiving a favorable recommendation from a Senate standing committee
- modifies the circumstances under which a standing committee may recommend legislation for the consent calendar
- provides legislators the right to attend Senate committee meetings, subject to certain restrictions
- provides an exception during a special session to the prohibition on legislation being read a third time until at least the day after it is placed on the third reading calendar
- addresses procedures related to committee reports and Senate calendars
- clarifies procedures for the disposition of legislation voted on third reading
- clarifies procedures related to the consent calendar
- requires legislation to remain on the concurrence calendar at least overnight for the first 42 days of an annual general session
- clarifies the prohibition on senators speaking more than twice on the same legislation
- allows senators participating by electronic means to be considered present for the purpose of voting
- removes obsolete language
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 24 yes, 0 no, 5 absentFirst of two Senate votes · 2/21/2025 2:24 PMWho voted how
- 22 yes, 0 no, 7 absentFinal Senate vote · 2/24/2025 10:56 AM