TO AMEND THE RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE SENATE AS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE III, SECTION 12 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895.

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the first undesignated paragraph of Rule 10 of the Senate Rules is amended to read:

Reports must be separately made on each Bill or Resolution and shall be signed by the Chairman or such Senator as the Chairman may designate. Bills and Resolutions receiving a majority favorable report from a Standing Committee shall be placed on the Consent Calendar or the Statewide Uncontested Calendar, as appropriate, for consideration the next legislative day.

Be it further resolved that Rule 16(3) of the Senate Rules is amended to read:

(3)    Second reading of Bills and Resolutions having the force and effect of law and third reading of such Bills and Resolutions that are substantively amended on third reading, however items on the Consent Calendar, for which no request to be moved to the Statewide Second Reading Calendar having been received nor amendments placed on the desk, shall be read individually and a single roll call vote shall be applied to each;

Be it further resolved that Rule 32(A)(9) of the Senate Rules is deleted.

Be it further resolved that Rule 39 of the Senate Rules is amended to read:

No Bill or Joint Resolution shall receive a second reading unless printed and made available to the members at least one day previous to such reading. Bills and Joint Resolutions first placed on the Consent Calendar for second reading consideration shall have a notation calling such status to the Senate's attention and shall not be considered for second reading.

Be it further resolved that the eighth item of the first undesignated paragraph of Rule 19(A) of the Senate Rules is amended to read:

Family and Veterans' Services General Committee - Titles 1 (state emblems and observances), 5 (cemeteries), 25, 26, 27 (cemeteries), 39 (blind persons), 43, 45, 52, 53, and 63 (children's services, childcare)

Be it further resolved that the first subitem of the third item of the first undesignated paragraph of Rule 19(H) of the Senate Rules is amended to read:

9:00 a.m. - Family and Veterans' Services General

Be it further resolved that Rule 44.1(E) of the Senate Rules is amended to read:

(E)    No ethics committee member may take part in consideration of any matter in which they are the respondent, complainant, witness, or otherwise involved. Should an ethics committee member be unable to take part in consideration of any matter due to a recusal, a disability, or any other reason, the most senior member of the same party as the member who is unable to participate will temporarily fill his seat on the ethics committee.

Be it further resolved that Rule 44(A)(4) of the Senate Rules is amended to read:

(4)    receive, investigate, and hear a complaint which alleges a possible violation of a breach of a privilege or a rule governing a Senate member or staff or legislative caucus committee, or Senate candidate, and enforce the appropriate provisions of the Senate's No Harassment Policy as approved by the Operations & Management Committee;

Be it further resolved that Rule 40 of the Senate Rules is amended to read:

Every Bill or Joint Resolution which shall propose the amendment or repeal of any Section, Chapter or Title of the General Statutes, or of any Act of Assembly or Joint Resolution, shall in its title express the subject matter of such Section, Chapter, Title, Act or Joint Resolution so sought to be amended or repealed. Every Bill or Joint Resolution proposing to amend any Section or Sections of any Chapter of the General Statutes, or of any Act or Joint Resolution, shall give the full text of the said Section or Sections, as it or they would read with such amendment or amendments inserted therein. After January 1, 2017, no No Act or Joint Resolution may include a provision designating that the Act or Joint Resolution may be referred to, cited as, or the like by reference to a person's or animal's given name or nickname.

Be it further resolved that the first undesignated paragraph of Rule 44 of the Senate Rules is deleted.

Be it further resolved that the first undesignated paragraph of Rule 26(E) of the Senate Rules is amended to read:

Any Bill or Resolution affecting the expenditure of money by the State shall, prior to receiving second reading, have attached to it in writing such comment of the State Budget Office State Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office as may appear appropriate regarding its effect on the finances of the State.