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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019 | |
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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, and Bell | |
Date Introduced: March 14, 2019 | |
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, for any reason there is a vacancy in the offices of the Senate president, president pro |
4 | tempore or the deputy president pro tempore he or she, immediately or within three (3) days, shall |
5 | notify the membership of said resignation and its effective date. If the president, president pro |
6 | tempore or the deputy president pro tempore resigns, but does not or cannot notify the |
7 | membership within three (3) days, the chairperson of the Committee on Rules shall notify the |
8 | membership of the resignation immediately or within three (3) days. If the chairperson of the |
9 | Committee on Rules fails to so act within three (3) days from the time the vacancy occurs, the |
10 | vice chairperson of the Committee on Rules shall act instead, following the procedure set forth in |
11 | this rule. |
12 | Call for Party Caucuses. |
13 | In the event of a vacancy in the offices of president, president pro tempore or the deputy |
14 | president pro tempore, the chairperson of the Committee on Rules shall call for a caucus of the |
15 | majority party for the purpose of nominating and endorsing a candidate(s) to fill any vacant |
16 | office(s). |
17 | A caucus of the majority party shall be held at the State Capitol (or other suitable venue) |
18 | not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days from the effective date of any vacancy. |
19 | All caucus voting shall be by paper ballot, and the votes shall be tallied by the secretary of the |
20 | senate and the reading clerk. If no one candidate receives a majority of the votes, the secretary of |
21 | the senate and the reading clerk shall call for another round of voting. The chair of the Committee |
22 | on Rules shall provide not less than ten (10) days' notice of the caucus in writing to the |
23 | membership. If the chair of the Committee on Rules fails to act within three (3) days from the |
24 | effective date of the vacancy, the vice chair of the Committee on Rules shall act instead, |
25 | following the procedure set forth in this rule. Any person selected to fill any vacancy pursuant to |
26 | this rule holds the office until another caucus is duly called for the purpose of electing officers of |
27 | the Senate. |
28 | The caucus must adopt caucus rules by a majority vote, but all caucus rules must be |
29 | consistent with either Robert’s or Masons Rules of Order, as determined by a majority of the |
30 | caucus. |
31 | Nominees Voted On the Floor. |
32 | Caucus nominees must be approved by a majority vote of Senators on the floor, via |
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1 | ballot, as pre-scribed in § 22-3-2. |
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