Overview of the Senate Rules
The Standing Rules of the Senate are contained in Senate Resolution 3
By Chris Micheli, May 1, 2022 7:59 am
On the first day of the start of each two-year legislative session, the Senate adopts rules for its internal procedures. For the 2021-2022 Session, the Standing Rules of the Senate are contained in Senate Resolution 3 (Atkins). The following are all of those rules:
1 – Hours of Meeting
2 – Calling to Order
3 – Attendance of Senators
4 – Order of Business
5 – Executive Sessions
6 – The President
7 – The President pro Tempore
8 – Presiding by Senators
9 – Secretary of the Senate
10 – Sergeant at Arms of the Senate
10.5 – Elected and Appointed Officers
10.6 – Officers and Employees Compensation: Approval
11 – Appointment of Committees
12 – Standing Committees
12.3 – Committee on Legislative Ethics
12.5 – General Research Committee
12.7 – Additional Committee on Rules Powers
13 – Committee on Rules
13.1 – Expenses of Senate Committees
13.2 – Alteration, Repair, and Improvement to Senate
13.3 – Rooms and Property of Senate
13.4 – Inventory of Senate Property
13.5 – Status of Standing Rules for Regular Session
13.6 – Operating Expense Fund
14 – Schedule of Committee Meetings
16 – Powers of Standing Committees
17.5 – Funerals
18 – Expenditures
18.5 – Printing of Reports
19 – Resolutions and Constitutional Amendments
20 – Parliamentary Rules
21 – Suspension of Rules or Amending of Rules
21.1 – Suspension of the Joint Rules
21.2 – Permission of Committee on Rules
21.5 – Rules Governing Standing Committees
21.6 – Additional Rules
21.7 – Reporting Measures Out of Committee
21.8 – Press Participation
22 – Introduction, First Reading, and Reference of Measures
22.5 – Bill Introduction Limitation
22.6 – Short Title
22.7 – Bills Assigning, Requesting, or Requiring Studies
23 – Introduction of Bills by a Committee
23.5 – Bill Introduction Deadline
24 – Introduction of Bills and Resolutions at Special Sessions
24.5 – Resolutions
25 – Senate Resolutions
26 – Bills Authored by a Former Member
27 – Author’s Amendments
28 – Withdrawing a Bill from Committee
28.3 – Consent Calendar
28.4 – Referral of Bills
28.5 – Measures to be Authored
28.7 – Vote in Committee
28.8 – Appropriations Committee
28.9 – State-Mandated Local Program Bills
28.10 – Display Bills
29 – Order of Making Files
29.2 – Strike from File
29.3 – Measures Amended from the Floor
29.4 – Bills Approving Memoranda of Understanding
29.5 – Amended Forms of Measures
29.6 – Conference Reports
29.7 – Conference Committee Meetings
29.8 – Analysis of Measures, Conference Reports, and Floor Amendments
29.9 – Consideration of Conference Reports
29.10 – Referral of Bills
30 – Special Order
31 – Messages from the Governor or Assembly
32 – Engrossing Measures
33 – Enrolling Measures
34 – Statement of Motion
35 – Regulations as to Speaking
36 – Order in Debate
37 – Right to Address the Senate
38 – Amendments to Measures
38.5 – Amendments to Be Germane
38.6 – Amendments from the Floor
39 – Motion to Lay on the Table
40 – Division of a Question
41 – The Previous Question
42 – Call of the Senate
43 – Reconsideration
43.5 – Rescinding
44 – Voting on Rollcall
45 – Excused from Voting
46 – Voting by Presiding Senator
47 – Vote Required
48 – Vote Required for Amendments
49 – Proceedings to Be Printed
50 – Titles of Measures to Be Printed
51 – Other Matters to Be Printed
52 – Duty of Secretary to Order Printing
53 – Printing Only on Written Orders; Rush Orders
55 – Admission to the Senate Chamber
56 – Procedures During Emergencies
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