Bill Text: IA SR2 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A resolution relating to permanent rules of the senate for the eighty-fourth general assembly.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [SR2 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2011-SR2-Introduced.html

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Senate Resolution 2 - Introduced
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 2
BY COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
A Resolution relating to permanent rules of the senate
for the eighty-third eighty-fourth general assembly.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the permanent
rules of the senate for the eighty-third eighty-fourth
general assembly be as follows:
RULES OF THE SENATE
Rule 1
Quorum
A constitutional majority shall constitute a quorum
of the senate. Any senator may insist a quorum be
present.
Rule 2
Adoption and Amendment of Rules
Whenever the senate is operating under temporary
rules, the rules may be amended or repealed, or
permanent rules may be adopted, by a constitutional
majority of the senators. After adoption of permanent
rules of the senate during any general assembly, the
rules may be amended or repealed by a constitutional
majority of the senators voting on a simple resolution.
Rule 3
Rules of Parliamentary Procedure
In cases not covered by senate rules or joint rules,
Mason’s Manual of Legislative Procedure shall govern.
Rule 4
Sessions of the General Assembly
The election of officers, organization, hiring and
compensation of employees, and committees of the senate
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shall carry over from the first to the second regular
sessions and to any extraordinary sessions of the same
general assembly.
All bills and resolutions introduced in the first
regular session of a general assembly which are not
withdrawn, lost, or indefinitely postponed shall
carry over into the second regular session and to any
extraordinary session of the same general assembly.
Appointments received from the governor for senate
confirmation during any session of a general assembly
shall be acted upon prior to adjournment of that
session as provided by section 2.32 of the Code.
Except as provided by this rule, upon the adjournment
of the first regular session and any extraordinary
session, each bill or resolution shall be automatically
referred back to the committee to which it was
originally assigned. The secretary of the senate shall
publish in the Journal a list of the bills returned to
committee under this rule. Within seven days after
the first committee meeting after the convening of
the second regular session, committees shall either
authorize the chair to refer such bills and resolutions
to a subcommittee for consideration, indefinitely
postpone further consideration of such bills, or report
them out to the floor and place them on the calendar.
If the subcommittee is different than that appointed
during the first session, the committee chair shall
report to the senate the bill or resolution number and
the names of the subcommittee members.
Bills and resolutions which have been voted upon
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on final passage by either house in any session
shall remain on the calendar in the same status as at
the end of the session at any subsequent regular or
extraordinary session.
Rule 5
Regular Order of Daily Business
The following order shall govern, subject to any
special order:
1. Correction of the journal.
2. Senators to be excused.
3. Communications to the Senate.
4. Introduction of bills and resolutions.
5. Consideration of senate calendar.
Rule 6
Senate Calendar
1. Each legislative day the secretary of the senate
shall prepare a listing of bills to be known as the
“Senate Calendar”.
2. The senate calendar may contain a listing under
the category “Special Order” which shall be placed at
the head of the calendar. Bills in such category shall
be those which are specifically set for debate by the
majority leader with the consent of the senate on a
certain date and time. Bills shall be listed by the
secretary in numerical order.
3. The senate calendar shall include separate
listings for any bills and resolutions in the following
categories:
a. Conference Committee Report
b. Bills in Conference Committee
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c. House Amendment to Senate Amendment to House
File
d. House Refuses to Concur in Senate Amendment to
House File
e. Senate Files Amended by the House
f. Unfinished Business
g. Motions to Reconsider
h. Administrative Rules Nullification Resolutions
i. Veto Messages from the Governor
4. The secretary shall list bills and resolutions
in the above categories in numerical order. Upon
their first publication in the calendar, bills and
resolutions in the above categories may be called up
for debate at any time by the majority leader. Motions
to reconsider shall be called up as provided by Rule
24.
5. The senate calendar shall include a listing
of senate appropriations committee bills and bills
reported out by the senate appropriations committee.
The list shall be known as the “Appropriations
Calendar”. The secretary shall list the bills in
numerical order. Upon their first publication in the
calendar, bills on the appropriations calendar may be
called up for debate at any time by the majority leader
provided they are eligible under Rule 8.
6. The senate calendar shall include a listing
of bills which pertain to the levy, assessment or
collection of taxes sponsored by or initially assigned
to and reported out by the senate ways and means
committee. The list shall be known as the “Ways and
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Means Calendar”. The secretary shall list the bills in
numerical order. Upon their first publication in the
calendar, bills on the ways and means calendar may be
called up for debate at any time by the majority leader
provided they are eligible under Rule 8.
7. The senate calendar shall include a list of
bills and resolutions, known as the “Regular Calendar”,
which shall consist of bills and resolutions reported
out by a senate committee. The bills and resolutions
reported out each day shall be listed in numerical
order. Priority shall be given to senate over house
bills and resolutions. Upon their first publication
in the calendar, bills on the regular calendar may
be called up for debate at any time by the majority
leader, provided they are eligible under Rule 8.
A bill reported out of committee which is
subsequently referred to the ways and means or
appropriations committee and then reported out of that
committee, shall be returned to the regular calendar
in numerical order.
8. The senate calendar shall include a listing of
the governor’s appointees to state boards, commissions,
and other offices requiring senate confirmation. This
listing shall be known as the “Confirmation Calendar”.
Names on the confirmation calendar may be called up
for confirmation at any time by the majority leader
provided they are eligible under rule 59.
9. The majority leader, or in the absence of the
majority leader the assistant majority leaders, may
select from among the bills on the previous legislative
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day’s Senate calendar and from the bills selected
create a new listing which shall be known as the
“Debate Calendar”. The debate calendar shall list
bills as the majority leader expects to take them up.
A bill or resolution on the debate calendar may be
debated only when eligible under Rule 8.
10. The majority leader, or in the absence of the
majority leader the assistant majority leaders, may
create a list of bills or resolutions about which
no controversy is believed to exist which shall be
known as the “Proposed Noncontroversial Calendar”.
Bills or resolutions included on this listing may be
debated at any time upon being called up for debate
by the majority leader. Any bill or resolution which
appeared on the previous day’s Senate calendar may be
placed by any senator on the proposed noncontroversial
calendar, which shall be published. Any bill or
resolution on the proposed noncontroversial calendar
shall be stricken from the list if any senator files
a written objection with the secretary of the senate
on the first or second legislative day after it
appears on the proposed noncontroversial calendar.
Any bill stricken from the proposed noncontroversial
calendar shall be returned to its former place on
the Senate calendar. The secretary shall prepare the
noncontroversial calendar which shall consist of all
bills or resolutions on the proposed noncontroversial
calendar to which no objection was received.
11. If the senate shall not be in session on a day
assigned in paragraphs nine and ten for action upon a
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calendar, such assigned action shall occur on the next
succeeding legislative day.
12. On any bill called up for debate from any
calendar, debate may continue from day to day until
it is adopted, fails, or is postponed or deferred.
If further debate is postponed or deferred without a
time to continue being set, except for bills on the
debate calendar, the bill shall be listed as unfinished
business. Bills which are returned to the committee of
first referral or to a different committee after being
considered by the senate and classified as unfinished
business shall be returned to the unfinished business
calendar by that committee when the bill is reported
out of committee. The unfinished business date on
the calendar shall be the date on which the bill was
returned to committee. Bills on the debate calendar
upon which further debate is postponed or deferred
without a time to continue being set shall return to
the regular calendar.
Rule 7
Steering Committee
The senate may authorize the appointment of a
steering committee. The majority leader shall appoint
the majority party members to the steering committee.
The minority leader shall appoint the minority party
members to the steering committee. The function of the
steering committee shall be to create its own calendar
from the bills and resolutions on the regular calendar.
Bills and resolutions on the steering committee
calendar shall have priority over bills and resolutions
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on all other calendars, except the appropriations
calendar. Reserved.
Rule 8
When Eligible for Consideration
Bills, resolutions, and appointments shall be
eligible for consideration by the senate as follows:
1. An appointment by the governor which requires
senate confirmation shall be eligible on the
legislative day after it is first printed in the senate
calendar as provided by Rule 59.
2. A house or individually sponsored bill or
resolution reported out by a committee shall be
eligible on the legislative day after it is first
printed in the senate calendar.
3. A committee bill or resolution sponsored by
the appropriations committee shall be eligible on the
legislative day after it is first printed in the senate
calendar.
4. Any committee bill or resolution, other than
a bill or resolution sponsored by the appropriations
committee, shall be eligible on the third legislative
day it is printed in the senate calendar.
5. A bill that has been reported out to the
senate calendar, referred to a different committee
and reported out by that committee is eligible for
consideration by the senate on the day it would have
been eligible under subsection 2, 3, or 4, whichever
is applicable, as if the bill had been printed in the
calendar after having been reported out by the first
committee.
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Rule 9
Debate and Decorum
Before addressing the senate, the senator shall
request recognition by depressing the “speak” device
and, when recognized, rise and respectfully address the
chair.
The senator shall confine all remarks to the
question under debate and shall avoid discussing
personalities or implication of improper motives. No
questions except by the senator recognized shall be
entertained after a senator is recognized to give final
remarks.
Rule 10
Point of Personal Privilege
A point of personal privilege shall only be
recognized when there is no motion pending or other
business being considered by the senate. Points of
personal privilege shall not be in order during the
time when appropriation subcommittees are scheduled
to meet. Senators speaking on a point of personal
privilege shall be limited to ten minutes.
Rule 11
Introduction and Presentation of Guests
Only former members of the senate and former and
present members of Congress shall be presented to
the senate, except that the president of the senate
may present a visitor whose presence is of special
significance to the senate. The presence of school
groups accompanied by school officials shall be
announced by the president of the senate and shall
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be recorded in the journal upon written request of a
member of the senate. Senators may be recognized to
introduce guests in the galleries when there is no
motion pending or other business being considered by
the senate. Introductions shall be limited to one
minute.
Rule 12
Form and Withdrawal of Motions, Amendments and
Signatures
Motions need not be in writing unless required by
the president or by the senate. No motion requires
a second. Any amendment, motion (including a motion
to reconsider), or resolution may be withdrawn by the
mover if it has not been amended by the senate and if
no amendment is pending. All amendments to bills,
resolutions, and reports shall be in writing and filed
before being acted upon by the senate.
No amendment, resolution, bill, or conference
committee report shall be considered by the senate
without a copy of the amendment, resolution, bill, or
conference committee report being on the desks of the
entire membership of the senate prior to consideration.
However, after the fourteenth week of the first session
and the twelfth week of the second session, amendments
and senate resolutions may be considered by the senate
without a copy of the amendment or senate resolution
being on the desks of the entire membership of the
senate if a copy of the amendment or senate resolution
is made available to the entire membership of the
senate electronically. Such consideration shall
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be deferred until a copy of the amendment or senate
resolution is on the desks of the entire membership of
the senate upon the request of any senator.
All amendments, reports, petitions or other
documents requiring a signature shall have the name
printed under the place for the signature. Once a
signature is affixed and the document containing the
signature filed with the recording clerk in the well,
that signature shall not be removed.
When an amendment to a main amendment is filed that
would negate the effect of the main amendment and
thereby leave the bill unchanged, the presiding officer
shall have the authority to declare the amendment to
the main amendment out of order, subject to an appeal
to the full senate.
When a house amendment to a senate file is before
the senate, an amendment to the house amendment shall
be considered an amendment in the first degree.
Regardless of its origin, an amendment in the third
degree shall be ruled out of order.
When a ruling on germaneness is issued by the
presiding officer, it shall be accompanied by an
explanation of the ruling.
Rule 13
Order and Precedence of Motions and Amendments
When a question is under debate, no motion shall
be received but to adjourn, to recess, questions
of privilege, to lay on the table, for the previous
question, to postpone to a day certain, to refer,
to amend, to postpone indefinitely, to defer, or
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incidental motions. A substitute is not in order
unless it is in the form of a motion to substitute.
Such motions shall have precedence in the order in
which they are named. No motion to postpone to a
day certain, to refer, or postpone indefinitely,
being decided, shall be again allowed on the same
day with regard to the same question. A motion to
strike out the enacting clause of a bill shall have
precedence over all amendments and, if carried, shall
be considered equivalent to the rejection of the bill.
A motion to strike everything after the enacting
clause has precedence over a committee amendment and
all other amendments except one to strike the enacting
clause. A committee amendment has precedence over all
other amendments except as provided in this rule.
A motion to rerefer a bill to committee may specify
when the committee shall report the bill to the senate.
If the motion is adopted in such form, the committee
must report the bill by the date and time specified
with or without recommendation or the bill shall
automatically be returned to the calendar. When the
bill is returned to the calendar, it shall occupy
the same position it occupied at the time the bill
was rereferred to the committee. If the committee
to which the bill is rereferred submits an amendment
in its report, that committee amendment shall take
precedence over other amendments except if that
committee amendment is in conflict with amendments
previously adopted, the committee amendment shall
not be considered until consideration of motions to
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reconsider the previously adopted amendments result
in removing the conflict. A committee may not file
an amendment to a bill unless the bill is in the
committee’s possession.
Rule 14
MOTIONS BEFORE THE SENATE
Motions before the senate shall be displayed on the
electronic voting system display boards.
Rule 15
Nondebatable Motions
The following motions are not debatable:
Adjourn
Recess
Call of the Senate
Lay on Table or Take from Table
Previous Question
Reconsider vote by which bill was placed on last
reading.
A Motion to Reconsider and Lay the Motion to
Reconsider on the Table (Double-barreled Motion).
Rule 16
Division of the Question
Any senator may call for a division of a question,
which shall be divided if it includes propositions
so distinct that if one is taken away, a substantive
proposition shall remain in a technically proper form
for the decision of the senate. A motion to strike out
and insert is indivisible; but a motion to strike out,
if lost, shall not preclude amendments to the matter
attempted to be stricken or a motion to strike out and
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insert.
Rule 17
The Previous Question
The previous question shall be in this form: “Shall
debate be closed on the pending question?” A motion
for the previous question may be adopted by a majority
of the senators present and voting. Its effect shall
be to put an end to debate and bring the senate to a
direct vote upon the pending question. However, any
senator who has not previously spoken on the pending
question and who, after the main question is taken up
and before the motion for the previous question has
been made, requested recognition by depressing the
“speak” device may speak no longer than five minutes
on the pending question. If action on the pending
question continues into another legislative day or is
deferred, the previous question shall apply and the
requests to be recognized shall be honored.
When the motion applies to an amendment, the senator
proposing the amendment shall have five minutes to
close debate on the amendment.
The senator handling the measure under consideration
shall have ten minutes to close debate on the main
question.
Rule 18
Call of the Senate
Ten senators may file in writing a call of the
senate on any single item of legislative business.
A call of the senate requires the presence of every
senator and is in order at any time prior to the vote
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being announced by the president. The sergeant-at-arms
shall return promptly all absent senators. Debate
on the item may continue while absent senators are
returning, but no vote on the item is in order on
it until all have returned. Adoption of a motion to
recess or adjourn to a specific time will not lift
the call. The call may be lifted, or a senator may
be excused from the call without lifting the call, by
a vote of a constitutional majority of the senators.
Those senators excused prior to the filing of the call
are excused from the call.
Rule 19
Committee of the Whole
The senate may resolve itself into a committee of
the whole senate when it wishes to permit more free and
informal discussion. Persons other than senators may
appear and present information.
Any senator may move “that the senate now resolve
itself into a committee of the whole to consider” a
stated subject.
The president of the senate shall be chair of the
committee of the whole unless otherwise ordered by the
senate.
The procedure in committee of the whole is subject
to the rules of the senate. The previous question and
the motion to reconsider shall be in order.
The committee of the whole cannot take any final
action and its power is limited to recommendation to
the senate. The proceedings of the committee of the
whole, including any roll call vote, shall be printed
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in the journal.
Any senator may at any time, except while voting or
while a senator has the floor, move that “the committee
rise” which is equivalent to a motion to adjourn.
After adoption of the motion to rise, the chair
may report to the senate in the same manner as other
committee reports are given.
Rule 20
Last Reading and Passage of Bills
When a motion to place a bill on its last reading is
lost, the same motion shall be in order at any later
time. After the last reading of a bill, no amendment
shall be received. The vote on final passage shall be
taken immediately without debate.
Rule 21
Engrossment of Bills
An engrossment is a proofreading and verification in
order to be certain that a bill before the senate is
identical with the original bill as introduced with all
amendments which have been adopted correctly inserted.
In an engrossed bill, all obvious typographical,
spelling or other clerical errors are corrected and
section or paragraph numbers and internal references
are changed as required to conform the original bill
to any amendments which have been adopted. All such
corrections or changes shall be reported in the journal
by the secretary of the senate. The engrossed bill
shall be placed in the bill file with the original bill
and amendments.
Rule 22
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Manner of Voting
On voice vote, the question shall be distinctly put
in this form: “Those in favor of (the question) say
“aye”.” “Those opposed to (the question) say “no”.”
A non-record or record roll call vote may be
requested by any senator or ordered by the president
any time before the results are announced. A
non-record roll call shall be requested by asking for
a “division”. A record roll call shall be requested by
asking for a “record”. Upon request for a non-record
or record roll call vote, the president shall announce
that such a non-record or record roll call vote has
been requested and shall state the question to be put
to the senate. The president then shall direct the
secretary of the senate to receive the votes.
Senators present may cast their votes, either
by operating the voting mechanism located at their
assigned desk or by signaling the president if they are
unable to vote at their assigned desk. The president
shall enter the votes of senators signaling their
votes.
After sufficient time has elapsed for all senators
present to record their votes, the president shall
direct the secretary of the senate to close the voting
system. The president shall still enter the senators’
votes at any time prior to directing the secretary of
the senate to lock the voting system. The president
shall then immediately announce the vote.
During a non-record or record roll call vote, both
individual votes and vote totals shall be indicated
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openly on the display boards. On non-record roll
calls, only vote totals shall be printed in the
journal.
In the event the electronic voting system is not
in operating order, the president shall direct the
secretary of the senate to take the non-record or
record roll call by calling the names of the senators
in alphabetical order.
Rule 23
Duty of Voting
Every senator present when a question is put shall
vote “aye”, “no” or “present” unless previously excused
by the senate. Upon demand being made by any senator,
the secretary of the senate shall call in alphabetical
order the names of the senators not voting or voting
“present”. Those senators called shall vote “aye” or
“no” unless the senator states a personal interest in
the question or concludes that he or she should not
vote under the senate code of ethics.
Rule 24
Reconsideration
When a main motion has been decided by the senate,
any senator having voted on the prevailing side
may move to reconsider the vote on the same or next
legislative day. Motions to reconsider the vote on a
bill or resolution shall be in writing and filed with
the secretary of the senate.
Notwithstanding any time limitations applicable
to motions to reconsider main motions, a motion to
reconsider the vote on an amendment may be made at
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any time before final disposition of the motion to
be amended. Such motion shall be in writing and
filed with the secretary of the senate. A motion to
reconsider an amendment to a main motion shall be taken
up for consideration only prior to the disposition of
the main motion or upon reconsideration of the main
motion.
A constitutional majority by a record roll call is
necessary to reconsider a bill or joint resolution.
During three legislative days from the date the motion
to reconsider a bill or resolution is filed, only the
mover may call it up. Thereafter, any senator may call
up the motion. If a date for adjournment has been set
by resolution of the senate, any senator may call up
a motion to reconsider at any time within three days
prior to the date set for adjournment.
If the motion to reconsider a bill or resolution
prevails, motions to reconsider amendments thereto
shall be in order and shall be disposed of without
delay.
A motion that any action taken by the senate be
reconsidered and the motion to reconsider be laid upon
the table shall be a single and indivisible motion,
known as the double-barreled motion, which, if carried,
shall have the effect of preventing reconsideration
unless a motion to take from the table prevails.
A constitutional majority is necessary for the
double-barreled motion to prevail on a bill or joint
resolution. The double-barreled motion can only be
made from the floor after the vote is announced and the
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member who moved the final reading shall have priority
in making it.
A motion to reconsider and lay on the table shall
have priority over a motion to reconsider if they are
both filed on the same legislative day.
In the event that a motion to reconsider is pending
at the end of the first session or any extraordinary
session of any general assembly, or the general
assembly adjourns sine die, and the motion has not been
voted upon by the senate, it shall be determined to
have failed.
Rule 25
Suspension of Rules and Taking from Table
No standing rule , or rules incorporated by reference
under Rule 3 , or order of the senate shall be rescinded
or suspended, nor shall any matter, tabled upon motion,
be taken up, except by unanimous consent of the senate
or by an affirmative vote of a constitutional majority
of the senate voting on a simple resolution .
INTRODUCTION AND FORM OF BILLS
Rule 26
Time and Method of Introducing Bills and Amendments
All bills to be introduced in the senate shall be
typed in proper form by the legislative services agency
and shall be filed with the recording clerk.
All amendments shall be typed in proper form and
filed with the recording clerk not later than 4:30
p.m., or adjournment, whichever is later, in order to
be listed in the following day’s clip sheet.
An “impact amendment” is an amendment which
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reasonably could have an annual effect of at least one
hundred thousand dollars or a combined total effect
within five years after enactment of five hundred
thousand dollars or more on the aggregate revenues,
expenditures or fiscal liability of the state or its
subdivisions.
An impact amendment to a bill which has been on
the special order calendar for at least three full
legislative days prior to its consideration shall not
be taken up by the senate unless:
1) a fiscal note is attached, and the amendment is
filed at least one legislative day prior to the date
set for consideration of the bill; or
2) the amendment is an appropriation or other
measure where the total effect is stated in dollar
amounts.
Rule 27
Limit on Introduction of Bills
No bill or joint resolution, except bills and
joint resolutions cosponsored by the majority and
minority floor leaders, or companion bills and joint
resolutions sponsored by the majority floor leaders of
both houses, shall be introduced in the senate after
4:30 p.m. on Friday of the sixth fifth week of the
first regular session of a general assembly unless a
formal request for drafting the bill has been filed
with the legislative services agency before that time.
After adjournment of the first regular session, bills
may be prefiled at any time before the convening of the
second regular session. No bill shall be introduced
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after 4:30 p.m. on Friday of the first second week of
the second regular session of a general assembly unless
a formal request for drafting the bill has been filed
with the legislative services agency before that time.
However, standing committees may introduce bills and
joint resolutions at any time. A bill which relates
to departmental rules sponsored by the administrative
rules review committee and approved by a majority
of the members of the committee in each house may
be introduced at any time and must be referred to a
standing committee which must take action on the bill
within three weeks. Senate and concurrent resolutions
may be introduced at any time.
No bill, joint resolution, concurrent resolution
or senate resolution shall be introduced at any
extraordinary session unless sponsored by a standing
committee, the majority and minority floor leaders, or
the committee of the whole.
Rule 28
Introduction, Reading, and Form of Bills and
Resolutions
Every senate bill and resolution shall be introduced
by one or more senators or by any standing committee
of the senate and shall at once be given its first
reading.
If the senate is in session when a bill or
resolution is introduced, the first reading shall
consist of reading its file number, the title and
sponsor of the bill. If the senate is not in session
but a journal is published for the day, the first
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reading shall consist of a journal entry of the bill’s
file number, title, sponsor and the notation “Read
first time under Rule 28.”.
Any bill or resolution approved for introduction by
a standing committee during an interim period between
sessions of one General Assembly shall be introduced
without further action by the committee at the next
succeeding regular session of the same General Assembly
and placed immediately upon the regular calendar.
Every bill and resolution referred to committee
shall have received two readings before its passage.
The subject of every bill shall be expressed in its
title.
Rule 29
Explanations
No bill, except appropriation committee bills and
simple or concurrent resolutions, shall be introduced
unless a concise and accurate explanation is attached.
The chief sponsor or a committee to which the bill has
been referred may add a revised explanation at any time
before the last reading, and it shall be included in
the daily clip sheet.
Rule 30
Resolutions
A “senate resolution” is a resolution acted upon
only by the senate which relates to an accomplishment
of national or international status; the dedication
of a day by a statewide or national group; the
one hundredth, one hundred twenty-fifth, or one
hundred fiftieth anniversary of a local government
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or organization; the recognition of state ties
to other governments; the retirement of a senator
or long-time senate employee; or to rules and
administrative matters, including the appointment
of special committees , within the senate. A senate
resolution requires the affirmative vote of a majority
of the senators present and voting , unless otherwise
required in these rules . A senate resolution shall
be filed with the secretary of the senate. A senate
resolution shall be printed in the bound journal after
its adoption and in the daily journal upon written
request to the secretary of the senate by the sponsor
of the resolution. Other expressions of sentiment
or recognition may be made with the issuance of a
certificate of recognition.
Rule 31
Nullification Resolutions
A nullification resolution may be introduced
by a standing committee, the administrative rules
review committee, or any member of the senate.
A nullification resolution introduced by the
administrative rules review committee or a member
of the senate shall be referred to the same standing
committee it would be referred to if it was a bill.
Any nullification resolution may be referred to the
administrative rules review committee by a majority
vote of the standing committee which introduced it
or to which it was referred. The administrative
rules review committee may seek an agreement with the
affected administrative agency wherein the agency
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agrees to voluntarily rescind or modify a rule or rules
relating to the subject matter of the nullification
resolution. An agreement to voluntarily rescind
or modify an administrative agency rule shall be in
writing and signed by the chief administrative officer
of the administrative agency and a majority of the
administrative rules review committee members of each
house and shall be placed on file in the offices of
the chief clerk of the house, the secretary of the
senate and the secretary of state. If an agreement is
not reached, or the nullification resolution is not
approved by a majority of the administrative rules
review committee members of each house, within two
weeks of the date the resolution is referred to the
administrative rules review committee, the resolution
shall be placed on the calendar. If the nullification
resolution is approved by the administrative rules
review committee it shall be placed on the calendar.
A nullification resolution is subject to a motion to
withdraw the nullification resolution as provided in
rule 42.
A nullification resolution is debatable, but cannot
be amended on the floor of the senate.
Rule 32
Resolutions, Applicable Rules
All rules applicable to bills shall apply to
resolutions, except as otherwise provided in the rules.
Rule 33
Study Bills
1. A study bill is any matter which a senator
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wishes to have considered by a standing committee or
appropriations subcommittee for introduction as a
committee bill or resolution. The term “study bill”
includes “proposed bills” provided for in Rule 37 and
departmental requests prefiled in the manner specified
in section 2.16 of the Code.
2. A study bill shall bear the name of the member
who wishes to have the bill considered. A study bill
proposed by a state agency shall bear the name of the
agency. A committee chair may submit a study bill in
the name of that committee.
3. Upon first receiving a study bill from a
senator, a committee chairperson shall submit three
copies to the secretary of the senate. Study bills
received in the secretary of the senate’s office before
3:00 p.m. shall be filed, numbered, and reported in
the journal for that day. Study bills received in the
secretary of the senate’s office after 3:00 p.m. shall
be filed, numbered, and reported in the journal for the
subsequent day. The secretary shall number such bills
in consecutive order. The secretary shall maintain a
record of all study bills and their assigned number.
Committee records shall refer to study bills by the
number assigned by the secretary.
4. The secretary shall file a report in the journal
of each study bill received. The report shall show
the study bill number, its title or subject matter and
the committee which is considering it. If a study
bill is referred to a subcommittee, then the committee
chairperson shall report in the journal the names of
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the subcommittee members to which it is assigned.
5. If a committee bill or resolution is introduced
which was not previously the subject of a study bill
in the sponsoring committee, the majority leader may
re-refer the bill back to the committee.
6. A study bill not prepared by the legislative
services agency may be submitted to a standing
committee, but shall not be considered by the full
committee unless reviewed and typed in proper form by
the legislative services agency.
COMMITTEES AND COMMITMENT
Rule 34
Committee Appointments
Committee appointments shall be made by the majority
leader for majority party members, after consultation
with the president, and by the minority leader for
minority party members, after consultation with the
president. No senator shall serve on more than six
standing committees. The majority leader, after
consultation with the president, shall designate the
chairperson and vice-chairperson of each standing
committee. The minority leader, after consultation
with the president, shall designate the ranking member
of each standing committee from the minority membership
of that committee.
Rule 35
Standing Committees
The names of the standing committees of the senate
shall be:
Agriculture
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Appropriations
Commerce
Economic Growth /Rebuild Iowa
Education
Environment/Energy Independence
Government Oversight
Human Resources
Judiciary
Labor and Business Relations
Local Government
Natural Resources and Environment
Rebuild Iowa
Rules and Administration
State Government
Transportation
Veterans Affairs
Ways and Means
Rule 36
Committee on Rules and Administration
The committee on rules and administration shall
recommend rules and rule changes to the senate, shall
hire senate employees, shall recommend salary scales
for all senate employees, and shall oversee senate
budget and administration matters.
The committee on rules and administration will
select, for senate approval, an individual to serve as
secretary of the senate.
Upon authorization being given by the committee on
rules and administration, the minority party members
of the committee will select, for senate approval, an
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individual to serve as assistant parliamentarian.
The committee shall have the following standing
subcommittees:
1. Joint Rules
2. Senate Rules
3. Administrative Services
4. Caucus Services
The majority leader shall serve as chair of the
rules and administration committee and as chair of
the standing subcommittee on caucus services. The
president of the senate shall serve as vice-chair of
the rules and administration committee, and as chair of
the subcommittee on administrative services.
Rule 37
Appropriations Committee
The appropriations committee shall receive bills
committed to it and shall assign each to one of the
appropriations subcommittees.
The appropriations subcommittees shall be named:
Administration and Regulation
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Economic Development
Education
Health and Human Services
Justice System
Transportation, Infrastructure, and Capitals
The appropriations subcommittees shall receive
bills assigned to them or may originate proposed bills
within the subcommittee’s jurisdiction as defined by
the appropriations committee for consideration by the
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appropriations committee. Each subcommittee may submit
amendments to bills together with the subcommittee’s
recommended action to the appropriations committee.
If a bill or proposed bill is submitted to the
appropriations committee by an appropriations
subcommittee the appropriations committee may:
1. report the bill or approve the proposed bill for
introduction by the appropriations committee;
2. report the bill with any appropriations
committee-approved amendments incorporated;
3. draft a new bill for sponsorship by the
appropriations committee and report it; or
4. re-refer it together with the appropriations
committee’s objections to the appropriations
subcommittee from which it was originally referred or
which originated the draft bill.
The appropriations committee and subcommittees may
meet jointly with the appropriations committee of the
house of representatives.
Rule 38
First Reading and Commitment
Upon the first reading of an individual bill or
resolution, or a house committee bill or resolution,
the president shall refer the bill or resolution to an
appropriate standing committee unless otherwise ordered
by the senate . If the bill or resolution is a senate
committee bill or resolution, the president shall place
it on the calendar after its first reading. If the
subject of the bill or resolution is not germane to the
title of the committee presenting it, the president
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of the senate may refer it to a committee deemed
appropriate.
All bills carrying an appropriation for any purpose
or involving the expenditure of state funds shall be
referred to the committee on appropriations.
All bills pertaining to the levy, assessment or
collection of taxes or fees shall be referred to the
committee on ways and means.
Any bill which provides for a new state board,
commission, agency or department or makes separate or
autonomous an existing state board, commission, agency
or department, shall be referred to the committee
on state government. If the bill or resolution is
so referred after being sponsored or reported out
by another committee, and if the committee on state
government does not report out the bill or resolution
within ten legislative days after referral, the bill
or resolution shall automatically be restored to the
calendar with the same priority it had immediately
before referral.
This rule shall also apply when such provisions are
added to a bill or resolution by amendment adopted by
the senate.
Rule 39
Rules for Standing Committees
The following rules shall govern all standing
committees of the senate. Any committee may adopt
additional rules which are consistent with these rules:
1. A majority of the members shall constitute a
quorum.
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2. The chair of a committee shall refer each bill
and resolution to a subcommittee within seven days
after the bill or resolution has been referred to
the committee. The chair may appoint subcommittees
for study of bills and resolutions without calling a
meeting of the committee, but the subcommittee must be
announced at the next meeting of the committee. No
bill or resolution shall be reported out of a committee
until the next meeting after the subcommittee is
announced, except that the chair of the appropriations
committee may make the announcement of the assignment
to a subcommittee by placing a notice in the journal.
Any bill so assigned by the appropriations committee
chair shall be eligible for consideration by the
committee upon report of the subcommittee but not
sooner than three legislative days following the
publication of the announcement in the journal.
When a bill or resolution has been assigned to a
subcommittee, the chair shall report to the senate
the bill or resolution number and the names of the
subcommittee members and such reports shall be reported
in the journal. Subcommittee assignments shall be
reported to the journal daily. Reports filed before
3:00 p.m. shall be printed in the journal for that
day; reports filed after 3:00 p.m. shall be printed in
the journal for the subsequent day.
Where standing subcommittees of any committee have
been named, the names of the members and the title of
the subcommittee shall be published once and thereafter
publication of assignments may be made by indicating
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the title of the subcommittee.
3. No bill or resolution shall be considered by a
committee until it has been referred to a subcommittee
and the subcommittee has made its report unless
otherwise ordered by a majority of the members.
4. The rules adopted by a committee, including
subsections 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of this rule, may
be suspended by an affirmative vote of a majority of
the members of the committee.
5. The affirmative vote of a majority of the
members of a committee is needed to sponsor a committee
bill or resolution or to report a bill or resolution
out for passage.
6. The vote on all bills and resolutions shall be
by roll call unless a short-form vote is unanimously
agreed to by the committee. A record shall be kept by
the secretary.
7. No committee, except a conference committee, is
authorized to meet when the senate is in session.
8. A subcommittee shall not report a bill to the
committee unless the bill has been typed into proper
form by the legislative services agency.
9. A bill or resolution shall not be voted upon the
same day a public hearing called under subsection 10 is
held on that bill or resolution.
10. Public hearings may be called at the discretion
of the chair. The chair shall call a public hearing
upon the written request of one-half the membership of
the committee. The chair shall set the time and place
of the public hearing.
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11. A subcommittee chair must notify the committee
chair not later than one legislative day prior to
bringing the bill or resolution before the committee.
The committee cannot vote on a bill or resolution for
at least one full day following the receipt of the
subcommittee report by the chairperson.
12. A motion proposing action on a bill or
resolution that has been defeated by a committee shall
not be voted upon again at the same meeting of the
committee.
13. Committee meetings shall be open.
Rule 40
Voting in Committee
All committee meetings shall be open at all times.
Voting by secret ballot is prohibited. Roll call votes
shall be taken in each committee when final action on
any bill or resolution is voted, unless a short-form
vote is unanimously agreed to by the committee. A roll
call vote also shall be taken in each committee at the
request of a member upon any amendment or motion. All
results shall be entered in the minutes which shall
be public records. Records of these votes shall be
made available by the chair or the committee secretary
at any time. This rule also applies to the steering
committee and appropriations subcommittees.
The committee shall not authorize the introduction
of a committee bill or resolution until the members
have received final copies of the bill or resolution
with amendments or changes incorporated, and typed into
proper form by the legislative services agency. The
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committee may, by unanimous consent, dispense with
this requirement and instruct the legislative services
agency to file a report with the committee members
detailing the amendments or changes and this report
shall become a part of the committee report.
Rule 41
Announcement of Committee Meetings
It shall be in order for the chair of any committee
to announce to the senate the time and place of
committee meetings. The announcement shall include a
proposed agenda for the meeting. The sergeant-at-arms
shall post at the rear of the chamber the daily
schedule of committee meetings.
Rule 42
Withdrawal of Bills and Resolutions from Committee
The secretary of the senate shall note on each
bill and resolution the date of its reference to
committee. No bill or resolution shall be withdrawn
from any committee within fifteen legislative days
after the bill or resolution has been referred to the
committee and thereafter only upon written petition for
the withdrawal of such bill or resolution signed by
a constitutional majority of the senators, except as
provided in Rule 38. Only senators may circulate such
a petition.
Rule 43
Committee Reports
All committees shall file a report of committee
meetings. Such reports shall contain the following
information:
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a. The time the meeting convened;
b. Those senators who were present and absent at
the time the meeting convened, as well as the time any
senator, who was not present at the time the meeting
convened, arrives for the meeting;
c. The vote on any bill or resolution reported out
of the committee for floor action;
d. The title of the bill;
e. The file number of the bill or resolution (if
known);
f. Whether the committee recommends that the
bill or resolution be passed, amended and passed,
indefinitely postponed, or considered without committee
recommendation;
g. An indication of other bills or matters
discussed;
h. Such other matters as the committee chair shall
direct; and
i. The time the meeting adjourned.
No committee report shall be read, but all committee
reports shall be printed in the journal. Upon
printing, all committee reports shall then stand
approved unless the senate directs otherwise.
Rule 44
Bills or Resolutions Recommended for Indefinite
Postponement
No senate bill or resolution recommended for
indefinite postponement shall be considered in the
absence of the chief sponsor or, if a house bill or
resolution, in the absence of the senator representing
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the district in which the sponsor resides. When a
question is postponed indefinitely, it shall not be
again acted upon during that session of the general
assembly.
GENERAL RULES
Rule 45
Access to Senate Chamber and Decorum
The persons who shall have access to the senate
chamber, and the times access shall be available, and
the rules governing activities in the chamber and other
areas controlled by the senate shall be as prescribed
by the rules and administration committee pursuant to a
written policy adopted by the committee and filed with
the secretary of the senate.
Rule 46
Legislative Interns and Aides
Legislative interns for senators shall be allowed
on the floor of the senate in accordance with Rule 45;
provided that each intern first has obtained a name
badge from the secretary of the senate. The secretary
of the senate shall issue an appropriate badge to all
interns for senators.
Rule 47
Clearing of Lobby and Gallery
In case of disturbance or disorderly conduct in the
lobby or gallery, the presiding officer may order it
cleared.
Rule 48
Presentation of Petitions
Each petition shall contain a brief statement of its
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subject matter and the name of the senator presenting
it. Petitions shall be filed with the secretary of the
senate and noted in the journal.
Rule 49
Distribution of Printed Material
No general distribution of printed material in
the senate shall be allowed unless authorized by the
secretary of the senate or by a senator.
Rule 50
Concerning the Printing of Papers
Any paper, other than that contemplated by Section
10, Article III of the Constitution of the State of
Iowa, presented to the senate may, with the consent of
a constitutional majority, be printed in the journal.
Rule 51
Reprinting of Documents
When any bill has been substantially amended by the
senate, the secretary of the senate shall order the
bill reprinted on paper of a different color. All
adopted amendments inserting new material shall be
distinguishable.
The secretary of the senate may order the printing
of a reasonable number of additional copies of bills,
resolutions, amendments or journals.
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
Rule 52
Duties of the President
The senate shall elect, from its membership, a
president. The president shall call the senate to
order at the hour to which the senate is adjourned .
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Unless otherwise ordered by the senate, the president
and shall proceed with the regular order of daily
business. The president shall preserve order
and decorum and decide all questions of order and
corrections to the journal , subject to an appeal to the
senate . The president shall direct voting as provided
in rule 22. When a ruling on germaneness is issued by
the presiding officer, it shall be accompanied by an
explanation of the ruling. The president of the senate
shall be the chair of the committee of the whole unless
otherwise ordered by the senate, under rule 19.
Upon the first reading of an individual bill or
resolution, or a house committee bill or resolution,
the president shall refer the bill or resolution to the
appropriate standing committee unless otherwise ordered
by the senate . If the bill or resolution is a senate
committee bill or resolution, the president shall place
it on the calendar after its first reading. If the
subject of the bill or resolution is not germane to the
title of the committee presenting it, the president of
the senate may refer it to the appropriate committee.
The president shall sign legislative enactments upon
their enrolling.
The president of the senate shall serve as a member
of the legislative council and the senate rules and
administration committee. The president shall serve
on the rules and administration committee as chair of
the standing subcommittee designated to supervise the
secretary of the senate and other employees of the
administrative services division of the senate.
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Rule 53
The President Pro Tempore
The senate shall elect, from its membership, a
president pro tempore. When the president is absent,
the president pro tempore shall preside, except when
the chair is filled by temporary appointment by the
president or the majority leader.
The president pro tempore, when presiding, shall
perform duties as prescribed in rule 52, paragraphs 1
and 2.
The president pro tempore shall serve as a member of
the legislative council and as a member of the senate
committee on rules and administration.
Rule 54
Secretary of the Senate
The secretary of the senate shall be an a
nonpartisan officer of the senate and shall:
1. Serve as chief administrative officer of the
senate.
2. Have charge of the secretary’s desk.
3. Be responsible for the custody and safekeeping
of all bills, resolutions, and amendments filed, except
while they are in the custody of a committee.
4. Have charge of the daily journal.
5. Have control of all rooms assigned for the use
of the senate.
6. Keep a detailed record of senate action on all
bills and resolutions.
7. Insert adopted amendments into bills before
transmittal to the house of representatives and prior
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to final enrollment.
8. Prescribe the duties of and supervise all senate
employees.
9. Authorize all expenditures of funds within the
senate budget.
The secretary of the senate shall also act as senate
parliamentarian and shall:
1. Advise the presiding officer of the senate about
parliamentary procedures during deliberations of the
senate.
2. Perform other duties as prescribed by the
committee on rules and administration.
3. Process the handling of amendments when filed
and during the floor consideration of bills.
Rule 55
Legal Counsel
The legal counsel shall be the secretary of the
senate or a contractual employee of the senate and
shall:
1. Serve as attorney and counselor for the senate.
2. At the request of the majority or minority
leaders, research any legal issue in which the senate
has an interest. However, the legal counsel shall not
issue nor venture any opinions on unresolved questions
of law unless permitted by both the majority and
minority leaders.
Rule 56
Sergeant-at-Arms
The sergeant-at-arms shall be an employee of the
senate and shall:
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1. Wear the appropriate badge of his or her office.
2. Attend the senate during its sessions.
3. Aid in the enforcement of order under the
direction of the president of the senate and the
secretary of the senate.
4. Execute the commands of the senate.
5. See that no unauthorized person disturbs the
contents of the senators’ desks.
6. Supervise the doorkeepers, the assistant
sergeant-at-arms, and pages.
7. Announce all delegations from the governor or
house.
8. Supervise the seating of visitors and press
representatives.
Rule 57
Senate Secretaries
Every senator shall be permitted to employ for each
session of a general assembly a personally selected
secretary.
Rule 58
Use of Electronic Voting System
Any officer or employee of the senate, other than
a duly elected member of the senate, who operates the
electronic voting machine mechanism located at the
desk of said member of the senate shall be subject to
immediate termination from employment. The provisions
of this paragraph only shall apply during the taking
of a record or non-record roll call vote utilizing the
electronic voting system.
CONFIRMATION OF APPOINTMENTS
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Rule 59
Appointments
The secretary of the senate shall:
a. send, to each appointee submitted by the
governor for senate confirmation, a copy of a
senate questionnaire as approved by the rules and
administration committee;
b. receive completed questionnaires from appointees
and forward copies of the completed questionnaires to
appropriate committee members;
c. maintain “Confirmation Calendar” categories
on the senate calendar as directed under this rule,
senate rule 6, and by the committee on rules and
administration. No appointee shall be listed as
eligible on the confirmation calendar until the
secretary has received the appointee’s completed senate
questionnaire.
As soon as possible after the convening of a
session, and again within one week following March 15
1 , the secretary of the senate shall publish in the
senate journal the names of all nominees submitted
for confirmation. The secretary of the senate shall
maintain a file of all appointments received from the
governor for confirmation. The file shall contain
a description of the duties and the compensation
for each nominee. The file shall show the date an
appointment was received from the governor, the date
the appointment was published in the journal, whether
the nominee has been introduced, whether a committee
report has been filed, when the senate questionnaire
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was sent to the appointee, and shall include a copy of
the appointee’s completed senate questionnaire, upon
receipt.
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES. All appointments received
from the governor shall be referred to the rules
and administration committee by the secretary of
the senate on the same day they are published in
the senate journal. The rules and administration
committee shall establish an en bloc confirmation
calendar which must be filed with the secretary of
the senate. Within three (3) legislative days after
receiving an appointment, the committee shall either
place a nominee on the en bloc confirmation calendar
or assign the nominee to an appropriate standing
committee for further investigation, publishing notice
of such assignment in the senate journal for the next
legislative day. If the rules and administration
committee fails to take action on a nominee within the
three days, the nominee shall automatically be placed
on the en bloc confirmation calendar.
Within the three (3) legislative days after
an appointment has been referred to the rules and
administration committee, any ten senators may
require that the nominee be assigned to an appropriate
standing committee by filing a written, signed
request therefor with the chairperson of the rules and
administration committee. The committee chair shall
refer the appointment to a subcommittee within one (1)
legislative day after a standing committee receives
an appointment for further investigation, publishing
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notice of such assignment in the senate journal for the
next legislative day. Within ten (10) legislative days
after a standing committee receives an appointment for
further investigation the subcommittee shall file its
report with the standing committee.
Within fourteen (14) legislative days after a
standing committee receives an appointment for
further investigation, the committee shall conduct
an investigation of the nominee and file its report
thereon with the secretary of the senate, who shall
then place the nominee on the en bloc calendar or
individual confirmation calendar as directed by
the committee. The failure of a committee to file
its report within the prescribed time means that
the nominee is to be automatically placed, without
recommendation, upon the individual confirmation
calendar.
Any individual nominated to head a department
or agency of state government, whose appointment is
subject to senate confirmation, must be introduced
to the full senate prior to a vote on confirmation
of the nominee. Additionally, any five (5) senators
may request that any nominee be introduced to the
senate by filing a written request with the secretary
of the senate within ten (10) legislative days of
the nominee’s name appearing in the journal. Any
individual nominated to a position requiring senate
confirmation may request to be introduced to the
full senate by notifying the secretary of the senate
at least one (1) legislative day in advance of the
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nominee’s appearance. If an individual is nominated
both to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term and is
also nominated for reappointment to that position
during the same session, a single introduction is
sufficient for eligibility for confirmation to both
terms.
HEARINGS. Any member of a committee investigating
an appointment may, within five (5) legislative days
after the committee receives the appointment, obtain a
hearing with the nominee by filing a written request
with the secretary of the senate who shall forward it
to the chair of the standing committee and the chair
of the subcommittee. Notice of the hearing shall be
published in the journal at least two (2) legislative
days prior to the hearing. At the hearing, which
shall be before the subcommittee, the nominee may be
questioned as to his or her qualifications to fulfill
the office to which nominated and further questioned as
to his or her viewpoints on issues facing the office to
which nominated. Any senator may at the discretion of
the chair of the subcommittee be permitted to submit
oral questions. The public may, at the discretion of
the investigating committee, be permitted to submit
oral or written statements as to the qualifications of
the nominee.
Also, within five (5) legislative days after the
subcommittee receives an appointment for investigation,
any senator may submit written questions to be answered
by the nominee prior to consideration of the nominee’s
confirmation by the senate.
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INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS. After a nominee has been
placed on the calendar and prior to the vote on
confirmation, any senator may request an informational
meeting on the nomination which shall be held before
the subcommittee.
VOTING ON CONFIRMATIONS. Upon the motion of the
majority leader or his or her designee, the nominees on
the en bloc confirmation calendar shall be confirmed
en bloc by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the
members elected to the senate. The journal shall
reflect a single roll call accompanied by a statement
of the names of those individuals subject to the en
bloc confirmation vote.
Prior to an en bloc vote, any senator may request,
either in writing or from the floor, an individual vote
on any nominee on the en bloc confirmation calendar.
The senate shall vote separately on the nominee.
Nominees on the individual confirmation calendar
shall be confirmed by a two-thirds vote; however, the
senate shall take a separate roll call on each nominee,
unless by unanimous consent, it determines to take one
vote on all nominees under consideration. In any case,
the journal shall reflect a single roll call vote for
each nominee.
If an individual is nominated both to fill a vacancy
for an unexpired term and is also nominated for
reappointment to that position, and such appointment
and reappointment appear on the senate calendar as
eligible at the same time, a single vote is sufficient
for confirmation to both terms.
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Rule 60
Time of Committee Passage and Consideration of Bills
1. This rule does not apply to concurrent or
simple resolutions, joint resolutions nullifying
administrative rules, senate confirmations, bills
embodying redistricting plans prepared by the
legislative services agency pursuant to chapter
42, or bills passed by both houses in different
forms. Subsection 2 of this rule does not apply to
appropriations bills, ways and means bills, legalizing
acts, administrative rules review committee bills,
bills sponsored by standing committees in response to
a referral from the president of the senate or the
speaker of the house of representatives relating to
an administrative rule whose effective date has been
delayed until the adjournment of the next regular
session of the general assembly by the administrative
rules review committee, bills cosponsored by the
majority and minority floor leaders of the senate,
bills in conference committee, and companion bills
sponsored by the majority floor leaders of both houses
after consultation with the respective minority floor
leaders. For the purposes of this rule, a joint
resolution is considered as a bill. To be considered
an appropriations or ways and means bill for the
purposes of this rule, the appropriations committee or
the ways and means committee must either be the sponsor
of the bill or the committee of first referral in the
senate.
2. To be placed on the calendar in the senate a
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senate bill must be first reported out of a standing
committee by Friday of the 9th 8th week of the first
session and the 5th 8th week of the second session. A
house bill must be first reported out of a standing
committee by Friday of the 13th 12th week of the first
session and the 8th 11th week of the second session to
be placed on the senate calendar.
3. During the 11th 10th week of the first session
and the 9th week of the second session , the senate
shall consider only bills originating in the senate and
unfinished business. During the 14th 13th week of the
first session and the 12th week of the second session ,
the senate shall consider only bills originating in
the house and unfinished business. Beginning with the
15th 14th week of the first session and the 10th 13th
week of the second session, the senate shall consider
only bills passed by both houses, bills exempt from
subsection 2 and unfinished business.
4. A motion to reconsider filed and not disposed
of on an action taken on a bill or resolution which is
subject to a deadline under this rule may be called up
at any time before or after the day of the deadline by
the person filing the motion or after the deadline by
the majority floor leader, notwithstanding any other
rule to the contrary.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That should a system
of deadlines for the time of committee passage and
consideration of bills be adopted by joint action
of the senate and house at any time during the
eighty-third eighty-fourth general assembly, those
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provisions shall supersede the provisions of rule 60.
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