2018 -- S 2738 | |
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LC004952 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
AMENDING THE RULES OF THE SENATE | |
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Introduced By: Senators Nesselbush, Jabour, Euer, Sheehan, and Calkin | |
Date Introduced: March 20, 2018 | |
Referred To: Senate Rules, Government Ethics and Oversight | |
1 | RESOLVED, That the Rules of the Senate as adopted on March 30th, 2017 as Senate |
2 | Resolution 531 Substitute A, as amended, be and they are hereby amended as follows, to wit: |
3 | By deleting therefrom Rule 2.1 as it presently appears, to wit: |
4 | 2.1 Presiding Officer. |
5 | The president of the senate shall, unless absent from the chamber, be the presiding officer |
6 | of the sessions of the senate. In the absence of the president from the chair, the president pro |
7 | tempore shall preside over the senate. The president may appoint a member of the senate to |
8 | temporarily preside over the senate, but in no event shall such appointment continue beyond the |
9 | legislative day on which it is made. In case of a vacancy in the offices of president, president pro |
10 | tempore and the deputy president pro tempore, or in case all said officers are absent at the hour to |
11 | which the senate stands adjourned, the reading clerk shall call the senate to order, and shall |
12 | preside until a president pro tempore is elected, which election shall be the first order of business. |
13 | and inserting in place thereof the following, to wit: |
14 | Senate Rule 2.1 Senate Officers. |
15 | The president of the senate shall, unless absent from the chamber, be the presiding officer |
16 | of the sessions of the senate. In the absence of the president from the chair, the president pro |
17 | tempore shall preside over the senate. The president may appoint a member of the senate to |
18 | temporarily preside over the senate, but in no event shall such appointment continue beyond the |
19 | legislative day on which it is made. In case all said officers are absent at the hour to which the |
20 | senate stands adjourned, the reading clerk shall call the senate to order, and shall preside until a |
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1 | president pro tempore is elected, which election shall be the first order of business. |
2 | Resignation. |
3 | If the Senate president, president pro tempore or the deputy president pro tempore |
4 | resigns, he or she, immediately or within 3 days, shall notify the membership of said resignation |
5 | and its effective date. If the president, president pro tempore or the deputy president pro tempore |
6 | resigns, but does not or cannot notify the membership within 3 days, the chairperson of the Rules |
7 | Committee shall notify the membership of the resignation immediately or within 3 days. If the |
8 | chairperson of the Committee on Rules fails to so act within 3 days from the time the vacancy |
9 | occurs, the vice chairperson of the Rules Committee shall act instead, following the procedure set |
10 | forth in this rule. |
11 | Call for Party Caucuses. |
12 | In case of resignation or vacancy for any reason in the office of president, president pro |
13 | tempore or the deputy president pro tempore, the chairperson of the Committee on Rules shall |
14 | call for party caucuses for the purpose of filling the vacancy. |
15 | Party caucuses shall be held at the State Capitol not less than 10 days nor more than 30 |
16 | days from the time the vacancy occurs. All caucus voting shall be by secret ballot, and the votes |
17 | shall be tallied by the secretary of the senate and the reading clerk. If no one candidate receives a |
18 | majority of the votes, the secretary of the senate and the reading clerk shall call for another round |
19 | of voting. The Chair of the Rules Committee shall provide not less than 10 days' notice of the |
20 | caucuses in writing to the membership. If the Chair of the Committee on Rules fails to act within |
21 | 3 days from the time the vacancy occurs, the Vice Chair of the Rules Committee shall act instead, |
22 | following the procedure set forth in this rule. Any person selected to fill any vacancy pursuant to |
23 | this rule holds the office until another caucus is duly called for the purpose of electing officers of |
24 | the Senate. |
25 | Caucuses must follow these rules, as applicable to them, and must adopt written caucus |
26 | rules, by majority vote, before conducting the caucus. |
27 | Nominees Voted On the Floor: |
28 | Caucus nominees must be approved by a majority vote of all senators on the senate floor. |
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