Bill Text: VA SR24 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Rules of the Senate; news media.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-11 - Left in Rules [SR24 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-SR24-Introduced.html

---

16104462D
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 24 Offered January 18, 2016  Amending Rules 17 (a) and 17 (b) of the Rules of the Senate, relating to the news media. ---------- Patron-- Garrett ---------- Referred to Committee on Rules ----------

RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That Rules 17 (a) and 17 (b) of the Senate be amended and readopted as follows:

17 (a). The Doorkeepers shall be constantly at their post during the daily sessions of the Senate and shall permit no one to enter freely or remain upon the floor of the Senate during the daily session, except the President of the Senate; members of the General Assembly; and officers and employees of the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates; and, representatives of the news media in such numbers as may be seated in accommodations provided for them at the press tables. The Committee on Rules shall consider and determine all matters concerning the news media in the Senate Chamber.

17 (b). Members of a Senator's family and such persons whom a Senator may invite shall be entitled to seats in a reserved section of the gallery. Representatives of the news media who cannot be accommodated with seats at press tables on the floor may also be entitled to seats in a reserved section of the gallery.