Bill Text: OH SR6 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: As Adopted by the Senate 129th General AssemblyRegular Session2010-2011S. R. No. 6 Senator Faber
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-01-11 - Adopted [SR6 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-SR6-Enrolled.html
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Senator Faber
Cosponsors:
Senators Stewart, Patton, Wagoner, Lehner, Daniels
To adopt Rules of the Senate for the 129th General | 1 |
Assembly. | 2 |
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
RESOLVED, That the following are the Rules of the Senate for | 3 |
the 129th General Assembly: | 4 |
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Rule 1. (Time of Sessions.) The sessions of the Senate shall | 8 |
be held at such times as are determined by the President. For the | 9 |
months of January through June in each year, and separately for | 10 |
the months of July through December in each year, the President, | 11 |
at the beginning of each six-month period, shall establish a | 12 |
schedule of dates and times according to which the Senate shall | 13 |
hold sessions and at which roll call votes are taken. The schedule | 14 |
and any revision or supplement thereto shall be published and a | 15 |
copy provided to each senator. | 16 |
Rule 2. (May Select Senator to Preside.) The President may | 17 |
name any senator to perform the duties of the chair, but such | 18 |
substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment; nor shall any | 19 |
senator so named attest any document as President or President Pro | 20 |
Tempore of the Senate. | 21 |
Rule 3. (Clerk Shall Call Senate to Order.) When both the | 22 |
President and the President Pro Tempore are absent at the hour to | 23 |
which the Senate has adjourned or taken a recess, the Clerk shall | 24 |
call the Senate to order and the Senate shall proceed to select | 25 |
some member to act as presiding officer until the President or | 26 |
President Pro Tempore is present, or an adjournment is taken. | 27 |
Rule 4. (President to Enforce Rules.) The President shall | 28 |
enforce the rules of the Senate. The President shall preserve | 29 |
order and decorum in the proceedings of the Senate; and in case of | 30 |
any disturbance or disorderly conduct in the lobby the President | 31 |
shall have the power to order the same to be cleared. When the | 32 |
Senate is recessed or adjourned, the Clerk shall be responsible | 33 |
for the preservation of order and decorum in the Senate Chamber. | 34 |
The Clerk shall post in the Clerk's office the times of opening | 35 |
and closing to the public. | 36 |
The Senate Chamber, Senate offices, Senate committee and | 37 |
conference rooms, the Members' Lounge, and all adjoining spaces | 38 |
shall be designated as non-smoking areas. This rule shall be | 39 |
strictly enforced. | 40 |
Rule 5. (Signing of Acts, etc.) The President or, in the | 41 |
President's absence, the President Pro Tempore shall sign all acts | 42 |
and joint resolutions when passed or adopted by both houses; and | 43 |
all writs and all warrants and subpoenas issued by the action of | 44 |
the Senate shall be signed by the President and attested to by the | 45 |
Clerk. Initiation and defense of legal actions by the Senate shall | 46 |
be decided by the President. The President Pro Tempore, in the | 47 |
absence of the President, shall have all the rights, privileges, | 48 |
authority, duties, and responsibilities of the President. | 49 |
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Rule 6. (Daily Order, Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and | 51 |
Reading of Journal.) As soon as the Senate is called to order | 52 |
prayer may be offered, the pledge of allegiance to the flag may be | 53 |
said, and, a quorum being present, the Journal of the preceding | 54 |
legislative day shall be read by the Clerk. | 55 |
Rule 7. (Order of Business.) As soon as the Journal is read | 56 |
and approved, the order of business shall be as follows: | 57 |
1. Reports of reference and bills for second consideration. | 58 |
2. Reports of standing and select committees. | 59 |
3. House amendments to Senate bills and resolutions. | 60 |
4. Reports of conference committees. | 61 |
5. Resolutions, including joint resolutions and concurrent | 62 |
resolutions, reported by committee. | 63 |
6. Bills for third consideration. | 64 |
7. Motions. | 65 |
8. Introduction and first consideration of bills. | 66 |
9. Offering of resolutions and adoption of resolutions not | 67 |
referred to committee. | 68 |
Rule 8. (Order of Business, How Changed.) The business of the | 69 |
Senate shall be disposed of in the order provided by Rule 7. To | 70 |
revert to or advance to a new order of business requires only a | 71 |
majority vote of the members of the Senate. | 72 |
Rule 9. (Message from House and Executive.) Messages from the | 73 |
House and communications from any branch of the executive | 74 |
department of the state may be received by the Clerk at any time, | 75 |
except when the yeas and nays are being called. | 76 |
Rule 10. (Majority Constitutes Quorum, Less May Compel | 77 |
Attendance.) A majority of all members elected to the Senate shall | 78 |
constitute a quorum, but a less number may compel the attendance | 79 |
of absent members or adjourn from day to day. | 80 |
Rule 11. (Absence of Quorum, No Business, Procedure.) Should | 81 |
a roll call show the absence of a quorum, the President shall | 82 |
direct the Sergeant-at-Arms to dispatch the Sergeant-at-Arms's | 83 |
messengers for the absentees and until a quorum is present no | 84 |
business shall be in order except a motion to adjourn and the | 85 |
enforcement of the attendance of the absentees. | 86 |
Rule 12. (Call of Senate, How Demanded.) Any senator may | 87 |
demand a call of the Senate providing the demand is seconded by | 88 |
three other senators and upon such call the names of the senators | 89 |
shall be called by the Clerk in their alphabetical order and the | 90 |
names of the absentees entered upon the Journal. | 91 |
Rule 13. (Procedure under Call of Senate.) While the Senate | 92 |
is under call the doors shall be closed; senators shall take and | 93 |
remain in their seats and no senator shall be permitted to leave | 94 |
the Chamber unless by a majority vote of the senators present. | 95 |
Rule 14. (Call of Senate, Absentees Brought in.) On the | 96 |
completion of the roll call on the call of the Senate, the | 97 |
President shall direct the Sergeant-at-Arms to bring in the | 98 |
absentees, if any, and until such absentees have appeared at the | 99 |
bar of the Senate and answered to their names, no business shall | 100 |
be in order except a motion to adjourn and a motion to dispense | 101 |
with further proceedings under the call. | 102 |
Rule 15. (Call of Senate, Motion to Adjourn if Defeated.) | 103 |
During a call of the Senate, if a motion to adjourn has been voted | 104 |
down, it shall not be renewed until a motion to dispense with the | 105 |
call has been voted upon, or until an additional senator has | 106 |
appeared and answered to the roll call. A motion to dispense with | 107 |
further proceedings under the call shall not be made in the | 108 |
absence of quorum. | 109 |
Rule 16. (After Call of Senate, Senator Cannot Leave.) When a | 110 |
call of the Senate has been completed and further proceedings | 111 |
under the call have been dispensed with, no senator shall be | 112 |
permitted to leave the Chamber until the order of business for | 113 |
which the call was demanded has been disposed of, except by leave | 114 |
of a majority of the senators elected. | 115 |
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Rule 17. (Absences, Must be Excused.) Any absence of a member | 117 |
from a session of the Senate must be excused. Before a member may | 118 |
be excused from such an absence from a voting session, the member | 119 |
shall submit an explanation for the absence in writing to the | 120 |
Clerk. A member shall be automatically excused from a nonvoting | 121 |
session. | 122 |
Rule 18. (Mileage Reimbursement, Payment of.) The | 123 |
reimbursement based on mileage as provided for in section 101.27 | 124 |
of the Revised Code shall be paid to each qualifying member by the | 125 |
Clerk unless a member is not present in Columbus during a week. | 126 |
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Rule 19. (Appointment of.) At as early a date as practicable | 128 |
after the organization of the Senate, the President of the Senate, | 129 |
by message, shall name and appoint standing committees. In | 130 |
addition, the President of the Senate, by message, shall name, and | 131 |
may substitute, members of the Senate to serve on boards, | 132 |
commissions, task forces, and other bodies created by law and on | 133 |
which Senate members are eligible to serve, except as otherwise | 134 |
provided. The Minority Leader of the Senate may recommend minority | 135 |
party members for each committee. | 136 |
Rule 20. (Committee Chairperson; Expenses; Attendance of | 137 |
Witnesses.) The President shall designate a chairperson and | 138 |
vice-chairperson as well as a ranking minority member for each | 139 |
committee. The Minority Leader of the Senate may recommend the | 140 |
ranking minority member for each committee. In the absence of the | 141 |
chairperson or vice-chairperson, the committee may designate a | 142 |
chairperson. | 143 |
The President may be substituted as a voting member of any | 144 |
committee and the committee records shall reflect such fact and | 145 |
the committee member for whom the President has been substituted. | 146 |
The Minority Leader shall be an ex-officio nonvoting member of | 147 |
each committee and the President may, at the Minority Leader's | 148 |
request, substitute the Minority Leader as a voting member of any | 149 |
committee and the committee records shall reflect such fact and | 150 |
the committee member for whom the Minority Leader has been | 151 |
substituted. | 152 |
No committee or member thereof shall be permitted to incur | 153 |
any expenses without first receiving the written consent of the | 154 |
President or the Committee on Rules. Authorization by the | 155 |
Committee on Rules shall be signed by the Chairperson of the | 156 |
Committee on Rules. | 157 |
When authorized by the President, the chairperson of a | 158 |
standing committee of the Senate, with respect to any pending or | 159 |
contemplated legislation, or with respect to any matter committed | 160 |
to the standing committee, or the chairperson of a select | 161 |
committee of the Senate, with respect to any matter committed to | 162 |
the select committee, may issue a subpoena under sections 101.41 | 163 |
to 101.46 of the Revised Code, or may issue an order under section | 164 |
101.81 of the Revised Code, to compel the attendance of witnesses | 165 |
or the production of books, papers, or other tangible evidence. | 166 |
Rule 21. (Committee Meetings, Called by, Rules, Record.) Each | 167 |
committee shall meet upon the call of its chairperson, and in case | 168 |
of the chairperson's absence, or refusal to call the committee | 169 |
together, a meeting may be called by a majority of the members of | 170 |
the committee. At least two days preceding the day bills or joint | 171 |
resolutions to propose a constitutional amendment are to be given | 172 |
a first hearing, the Clerk shall post in the Clerk's office the | 173 |
schedule of such bills and joint resolutions in each standing | 174 |
committee or subcommittee with the exception of the standing | 175 |
Committee on Rules. In a case of necessity, the notice of hearing | 176 |
may be given in a shorter period than two days by such reasonable | 177 |
method as shall be prescribed by the Committee on Rules. | 178 |
Where applicable, the rules of the Senate apply to the | 179 |
committee proceedings of the Senate. In addition, all committee | 180 |
meetings shall be governed by section 101.15 of the Revised Code. | 181 |
On any occasion when a majority or more of the members of a | 182 |
standing committee, select committee, or subcommittee of a | 183 |
standing or select committee of the Senate meet together for a | 184 |
prearranged discussion of the public business of the committee or | 185 |
subcommittee, the meeting shall be open to the public unless | 186 |
closed in accordance with Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section | 187 |
13. | 188 |
Rule 22. (May Not Sit During Session of Senate.) No committee | 189 |
shall sit during the daily sessions of the Senate without leave of | 190 |
a majority of the Senate. A committee may sit during a recess from | 191 |
the daily session of the Senate. | 192 |
Rule 23. (Committee Quorum.) A majority of all members of a | 193 |
committee shall constitute a quorum. A less number may meet to | 194 |
hear a measure, but unless a quorum is present, no motion except | 195 |
to adjourn shall be in order. | 196 |
Rule 24. (Votes Required by Committee; Reconsideration by | 197 |
Committee.) The affirmative vote of a majority of all members | 198 |
constituting a committee shall be necessary to agree to any motion | 199 |
to recommend for passage or to postpone indefinitely further | 200 |
consideration of bills or resolutions. Every member present shall | 201 |
vote in the affirmative or the negative except when excused by the | 202 |
committee upon request made prior to the call of the roll. A | 203 |
member may defer the member's vote only during the first call of | 204 |
the roll on any question. No proxy vote shall be valid. At the | 205 |
discretion of the chairperson, the roll call may be continued for | 206 |
a vote by any member who was present at the meeting prior to the | 207 |
roll call on a bill, resolution, or appointment for which the roll | 208 |
call was continued, but the roll shall not remain open later than | 209 |
10:00 a.m. on the next calendar day. | 210 |
A motion to reconsider may be made by any member of a | 211 |
committee, and, except as provided in Rule 25, such motion, to be | 212 |
in order, must be made while the matter proposed to be | 213 |
reconsidered remains before the committee. A motion to reconsider | 214 |
shall not prevail unless it receives the same number of | 215 |
affirmative votes as were required originally to pass the matter | 216 |
proposed to be reconsidered. | 217 |
Rule 25. (Measures Postponed Indefinitely.) Any bill or | 218 |
resolution postponed indefinitely is rejected and shall not be | 219 |
subject to further consideration by the committee, except upon the | 220 |
adoption of a motion for its reconsideration not later than the | 221 |
next meeting of the committee. Notice shall be given immediately | 222 |
to the Clerk when a bill or resolution has been indefinitely | 223 |
postponed. Such measure shall not be reintroduced in the Senate | 224 |
while indefinitely postponed. | 225 |
Rule 26. (Committee Reports, Presentation of House Bills and | 226 |
Resolutions.) Any committee of the Senate may report back to the | 227 |
Senate any measure referred to it, with or without amendments, or | 228 |
may report back a substitute for any measure referred to it. No | 229 |
committee may report back any measure referred to it or any | 230 |
substitute for such measure without recommending its passage or | 231 |
adoption, and the report shall not be received by the Clerk unless | 232 |
signed by the majority of the committee who voted in support of | 233 |
the action. The report shall also contain the signatures of those | 234 |
who voted against adoption or passage, which shall be included in | 235 |
the Journal. No member shall sign a committee report who was not | 236 |
present at the meeting. | 237 |
When a standing committee recommends a House bill for passage | 238 |
or a House joint or concurrent resolution for adoption, the | 239 |
chairperson of the committee shall, when the same is called up for | 240 |
consideration, cause the bill or joint or concurrent resolution to | 241 |
be properly presented to the Senate. | 242 |
Rule 27. (Records to be Kept.) Each committee shall keep | 243 |
minutes of its proceedings, including a record of committee | 244 |
attendance and the names of all persons who speak before the | 245 |
committee, whether such persons are a proponent, opponent, or | 246 |
other interested party on the issue on which they appear, the | 247 |
names of the persons, firms, associations, or corporations in | 248 |
whose behalf such persons appear, and such other matters as may be | 249 |
directed by the Committee on Rules. A record of motions and the | 250 |
votes thereon shall be kept by the committee. | 251 |
Rule 28. (Records Open to Examination; Filing of Records.) | 252 |
During the period of sessions, committee voting records shall be | 253 |
open for examination by any citizen of Ohio at reasonable times | 254 |
and subject to adequate safeguards established by the chairperson | 255 |
to protect and preserve such records. Upon final adjournment of | 256 |
the Senate, the committee records shall be filed with the Clerk. | 257 |
Committee voting records filed with the Clerk shall be open for | 258 |
examination by any citizen of Ohio at reasonable times and subject | 259 |
to adequate safeguards established by the Clerk and the records | 260 |
retention schedule adopted by the Clerk. | 261 |
Rule 29. (Committee Shall Examine Bills, etc.) Every | 262 |
committee to which a bill or resolution is referred shall | 263 |
carefully examine the form, phraseology, punctuation, and | 264 |
arrangement thereof and when necessary report to the Senate | 265 |
amendments to correct the same. | 266 |
Rule 30. (Select Committees, Appointed by.) All committees | 267 |
shall be appointed by the President. | 268 |
Rule 31. (Motion to Commit, Cannot Be Amended.) When a motion | 269 |
is made to commit to a standing committee, it shall not be in | 270 |
order to amend such motion by substitution of any other committee. | 271 |
Rule 32. (Motion to Discharge a Committee.) A motion to | 272 |
discharge a committee of further consideration of a bill or | 273 |
resolution which has been referred to such committee thirty | 274 |
calendar days or more prior thereto, shall be in writing and | 275 |
deposited in the office of the Clerk. Before such motion may be | 276 |
filed with the Clerk, there shall be attached thereto the | 277 |
signatures of a majority of the members elected to the Senate, and | 278 |
each member so signing must do so in the office of the Clerk and | 279 |
in the Clerk's presence, or in the presence of one of the Clerk's | 280 |
assistants. Such motion, together with the signatures, shall be | 281 |
printed in the Journal on the day the motion was filed with the | 282 |
Clerk. Only one motion can be presented for each bill or | 283 |
resolution. | 284 |
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Rule 33. (Introduction of Bills.) Bills to be introduced in | 286 |
the Senate shall be typewritten, shall be in quadruplicate, shall | 287 |
bear the name of the author and co-authors, if any, and shall be | 288 |
filed in the Clerk's office at least one hour prior to the next | 289 |
convening session of the Senate. | 290 |
Between the general election and the time for the next | 291 |
convening session, a holdover member or a member-elect may file | 292 |
bills for introduction in the next session with the Clerk's | 293 |
office, and those bills shall be treated as if they were bills | 294 |
introduced on the first day of the session. | 295 |
No bill shall be accepted for filing by the Clerk unless it | 296 |
is presented for filing by a member or member-elect of the Senate, | 297 |
or by the member's legislative aide or administrative assistant | 298 |
with authorization of the senator, and it has first been approved | 299 |
as to form by the Legislative Service Commission and the face of | 300 |
the bill is marked to indicate that approval. | 301 |
When the time for introduction of bills is reached in the | 302 |
regular order of business, the Clerk shall read the bills filed | 303 |
with the Clerk in the same manner as if the bills were introduced | 304 |
from the floor. This rule may be suspended by a majority vote of | 305 |
the members elected. | 306 |
Rule 34. (Bills, Title of.) Bills shall have noted in their | 307 |
title a distinct reference to the subject or matter to which they | 308 |
relate, and if they propose the amendment, enactment, or repeal of | 309 |
any law, to the section proposed to be amended, enacted, or | 310 |
repealed. | 311 |
Rule 35. (Bills, Second Consideration and Committee on | 312 |
Reference, Public Hearing.) On the second reading of a bill, the | 313 |
Committee on Reference shall, if no motion or order be made to the | 314 |
contrary, refer the bill to the proper standing committee in | 315 |
regular order. Further, no bill shall be reported for a third | 316 |
reading and passage unless the same shall have been considered at | 317 |
a meeting of the committee to which the same has been referred. | 318 |
All Senate bills and resolutions referred by the Committee on | 319 |
Reference on or before the first day of April in an even-numbered | 320 |
year shall be scheduled by the chairperson of the committee to | 321 |
which the same has been referred for a minimum of one public | 322 |
hearing. | 323 |
Rule 36. (House Bills Engrossed When Amended.) House bills, | 324 |
when altered or amended by the Senate, shall be engrossed in like | 325 |
manner as Senate bills preparatory to their consideration. | 326 |
Rule 37. (Recommitment of Bills.) At any time before its | 327 |
passage, a bill or resolution may be recommitted or rereferred by | 328 |
a majority vote of the Senate or the Committee on Rules. | 329 |
Rule 38. (Recommitment after Reconsideration.) If a bill or | 330 |
resolution be lost, and the vote reconsidered, such bill or | 331 |
resolution shall not thereafter be committed to other than a | 332 |
standing committee or to a select committee to which the bill or | 333 |
resolution was originally referred. | 334 |
Rule 39. (Special Order, How Made.) A bill or resolution may | 335 |
be made a special order by a three-fifths vote of the Senate. | 336 |
Rule 40. (Bills Placed on Calendar, When.) Unless the Senate | 337 |
otherwise orders, all bills and resolutions reported by a | 338 |
committee with a recommendation for passage or adoption shall be | 339 |
placed on the calendar with an indication that the bills and | 340 |
resolutions have been recommended for passage or adoption by the | 341 |
designated committees. Bills and resolutions recommended by | 342 |
designated committees may be arranged on the calendar under the | 343 |
regular order of business by action of the Committee on Rules, | 344 |
pursuant to Rule 96. | 345 |
Rule 41. (How Taken Up for Consideration.) Resolutions taken | 346 |
up on the calendar under the fifth order of business listed in | 347 |
Rule 7 and bills standing in order for third consideration shall | 348 |
be taken up and read without a motion to that effect, and, unless | 349 |
otherwise ordered by the Senate, the questions shall be, | 350 |
respectively: "Shall the resolution be adopted?" and "Shall the | 351 |
bill pass?" | 352 |
Rule 42. (Carried Over to Succeeding Day.) When a bill which | 353 |
has been set for a third consideration on a particular day shall | 354 |
for any reason not be reached on that day, it shall stand for | 355 |
third consideration on the first succeeding day when bills for | 356 |
third consideration shall be reached in the regular order of | 357 |
business, except as may be otherwise provided by the Committee on | 358 |
Rules. | 359 |
Rule 43. (Bills Taken Up Earlier, How.) When a bill has been | 360 |
ordered for third consideration on a particular day, or at a | 361 |
certain hour, it shall not sooner be taken up except upon | 362 |
three-fifths vote of the senators elected. | 363 |
Rule 44. (Calendar Must Show Amendments.) If a bill is | 364 |
amended before being placed upon the calendar for third | 365 |
consideration, the Clerk shall note on the calendar the fact that | 366 |
it has been amended, and shall cite the date when such amendment | 367 |
was made and the page of the Senate or House Journal upon which | 368 |
such amendment appears. At the time of third consideration, the | 369 |
bill with amendments incorporated shall be supplied to each | 370 |
senator. | 371 |
The Clerk may post on the calendar under the regular order of | 372 |
business pursuant to Rule 7 the title of bills for which a report | 373 |
of a committee of conference has been filed with the Clerk. | 374 |
When a bill or joint or concurrent resolution has been passed | 375 |
or been adopted in the Senate, and been amended, passed or | 376 |
adopted, and returned by the House, it shall lie over one calendar | 377 |
day, unless otherwise ordered by a majority vote of the Senate. | 378 |
When a report of a committee of conference has been filed | 379 |
with the Clerk, it shall be spread upon the pages of the Journal | 380 |
and lie over one calendar day unless otherwise ordered by a | 381 |
majority vote of the Senate. | 382 |
Rule 45. (Amendments Provided Before Vote.) Before a vote may | 383 |
be taken upon the question of concurrence in House amendments to a | 384 |
Senate bill or resolution, or upon the question of agreement to | 385 |
the report of a conference committee, each member of the Senate | 386 |
shall be supplied with the amendments made by the House or | 387 |
recommended by the conference committee and each member of | 388 |
majority leadership, each member of the minority leadership, and | 389 |
the sponsor or floor sponsor shall be supplied with the bill or | 390 |
resolution as passed by the Senate. | 391 |
Rule 46. (Synopsis of House Amendments before Vote.) Before a | 392 |
vote is taken on the question of concurrence in House amendments | 393 |
to a Senate bill or resolution, the staff of the Legislative | 394 |
Service Commission shall prepare a synopsis of any substantive | 395 |
amendments made by a House committee to the bill or resolution as | 396 |
passed by the Senate. The staff of the Legislative Service | 397 |
Commission shall make such a synopsis available to each senator at | 398 |
the time the Senate votes on the question of concurrence in the | 399 |
House amendments. The Clerk shall provide each member of the | 400 |
majority leadership, each member of the minority leadership, and | 401 |
the sponsor or floor sponsor with any amendments made by the House | 402 |
during its third consideration of the bill or resolution. | 403 |
Rule 47. (Title of Bill after Passage.) When a bill has | 404 |
passed the Senate, the Clerk shall read its title and the | 405 |
President shall demand if the Senate agrees thereto. Any senator | 406 |
may then request the addition or deletion of a senator's name to | 407 |
the title as a co-sponsor. Prior to passage of a bill, a former | 408 |
senator who no longer is a member of the General Assembly may | 409 |
present a writing to the Clerk requesting deletion of the former | 410 |
senator's name from the title of the bill as sponsor or | 411 |
co-sponsor. The President shall present the request to the Senate, | 412 |
and the Clerk shall spread the request upon the pages of the | 413 |
Journal. When the Senate is agreed, the Clerk shall make out the | 414 |
title accordingly, and certify to the passage of the bill upon its | 415 |
carrier. | 416 |
Immediately after the Senate has voted to concur in House | 417 |
amendments to a bill or resolution, and immediately after the | 418 |
Senate has voted to accept a conference committee report, the | 419 |
President shall demand if the Senate agrees to the co-sponsorship | 420 |
of the bill or resolution. Any senator may then request the | 421 |
addition or deletion of a senator's name from the bill or | 422 |
resolution as co-sponsor. Prior to the vote on concurrence in | 423 |
House amendments to a bill or resolution, and prior to the vote on | 424 |
a conference committee report, a former senator who no longer is a | 425 |
member of the General Assembly may present a writing to the Clerk | 426 |
requesting deletion of the former senator's name from the bill or | 427 |
resolution as sponsor or co-sponsor. The President shall present | 428 |
the request to the Senate, and the Clerk shall spread the request | 429 |
upon the pages of the Journal. When the Senate is agreed, the | 430 |
Clerk shall make out the title of the bill or resolution | 431 |
accordingly. | 432 |
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Rule 48. (Amendments, Must Be Germane.) No amendment proposed | 434 |
that is not germane to the subject under consideration shall be | 435 |
considered. | 436 |
Rule 49. (Same Amendment Not Permitted, Except.) Matters | 437 |
inserted in or stricken from a bill by amendment, except an | 438 |
amendment reported by a standing or special committee, may not be | 439 |
subsequently stricken from or inserted in a bill by amendment. But | 440 |
a motion to reconsider will, however, be in order. | 441 |
Rule 50. (Cannot Contain Pending Legislation.) No bill or | 442 |
resolution shall be amended on the floor of the Senate by annexing | 443 |
or incorporating the substance of any other bill or resolution | 444 |
pending before the Senate unless such annexation or incorporation | 445 |
is done by vote of a majority of the senators. | 446 |
Rule 51. (Tabling, Effect on Bill.) When a motion to amend a | 447 |
bill or resolution is laid upon the table or indefinitely | 448 |
postponed, the measure shall not be carried with it but shall be | 449 |
subject to further consideration. | 450 |
Rule 52. (Amendments to Emergency Bills.) Amendments proposed | 451 |
to emergency bills shall be offered before the vote is taken on | 452 |
the emergency section. | 453 |
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Rule 53. (Resolutions, How Offered; Special Committees by.) | 455 |
Resolutions may be offered by a senator in the senator's | 456 |
individual capacity, or as a report of a committee in the regular | 457 |
order of business, or at any time on leave of the Senate. Any | 458 |
resolution proposing the creation of a special investigating | 459 |
committee shall be, upon its introduction, automatically referred | 460 |
to the Committee on Rules. This rule shall be dispensed with only | 461 |
by a two-thirds vote of the Senate. | 462 |
Rule 54. (Resolutions, When Considered.) Resolutions to be | 463 |
introduced in the Senate shall be typewritten, shall be in | 464 |
quadruplicate, shall bear the name of the author and co-authors, | 465 |
if any, and shall be filed in the Clerk's office at least one hour | 466 |
prior to the next convening session of the Senate. All resolutions | 467 |
offered in the Senate shall be considered immediately by either | 468 |
being adopted or referred to the Committee on Reference, except as | 469 |
provided in Rules 53 and 55. If so referred, the Committee on | 470 |
Reference shall examine and otherwise consider the resolution, and | 471 |
may indefinitely postpone it, refer it to another standing | 472 |
committee, or report it back to the Senate. | 473 |
All death, commemorative, and congratulatory resolutions | 474 |
shall be printed by title only unless otherwise ordered by a | 475 |
majority vote of the members elected. | 476 |
Upon reading a resolution from the House, such resolution | 477 |
shall be considered immediately by either being adopted or | 478 |
referred to the Committee on Reference. If so referred, the | 479 |
Committee on Reference shall examine and otherwise consider the | 480 |
resolution, and may indefinitely postpone it, refer it to another | 481 |
standing committee, or report it back to the Senate. | 482 |
It shall be a prerogative of the presiding officer to | 483 |
consolidate into a single motion for consideration by the Senate | 484 |
some or all commemorative and congratulatory resolutions offered | 485 |
for adoption on any particular legislative day. Should the | 486 |
presiding officer exercise this prerogative, which shall be called | 487 |
a President's Prerogative, the presiding officer shall direct the | 488 |
Clerk to supply a list entitled President's Prerogative | 489 |
Resolutions which identifies by title all resolutions proposed to | 490 |
be adopted by a single vote. This list shall be supplied to all | 491 |
members prior to a vote on said resolutions. The presiding officer | 492 |
shall put the following question: "Shall the resolutions listed | 493 |
under the President's Prerogative be adopted?" | 494 |
Rule 55. (Concurrent Resolutions, Agency Rule Review.) The | 495 |
Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Agency | 496 |
Rule Review shall offer under the ninth order of business listed | 497 |
in Rule 7, all concurrent resolutions recommended by that | 498 |
committee for adoption by the Senate. The resolution shall be | 499 |
offered within three Senate legislative days after the date of | 500 |
recommendation by the joint committee, and shall that day be | 501 |
referred to the Committee on Rules, which shall place the | 502 |
resolution on the Senate calendar for consideration within twelve | 503 |
calendar days; but the resolution shall be offered and taken up | 504 |
for consideration on an earlier legislative day if necessary to | 505 |
permit its adoption within the period of time specified by section | 506 |
119.03 of the Revised Code for invalidating a proposed rule, | 507 |
amendment, rescission, or any part thereof. | 508 |
Rule 56. (Resolutions, Preparation.) Upon adoption, all | 509 |
Senate resolutions shall be prepared and authenticated by the | 510 |
Clerk and signed by the President. The Clerk shall also provide a | 511 |
place on all death, commemorative, and congratulatory resolutions | 512 |
for signature of the senator whose name first appears on the | 513 |
resolution as author. | 514 |
515 | |
Rule 57. (Senator Must Vote.) Every senator present when the | 516 |
question is put shall vote on the question unless excused by the | 517 |
Senate. The Clerk shall call the roll of the Senate in | 518 |
alphabetical order with the President called last. The President | 519 |
may direct the Clerk to call the President Pro Tempore first in | 520 |
the call of the roll. | 521 |
A request from any senator to be excused from voting must be | 522 |
made before the Senate divides or before the call of the roll | 523 |
begins. | 524 |
Rule 58. (How Excused from Voting.) Any senator requesting to | 525 |
be excused from voting may briefly explain the reason for such | 526 |
request, and the Senate shall pass upon the request without | 527 |
debate. | 528 |
Rule 59. (Explanation of Vote.) A member desiring to explain | 529 |
the member's vote shall make a request therefor, before the Senate | 530 |
divides or before the call of the yeas and nays is commenced. If | 531 |
such request is granted by the Senate, such statement shall not | 532 |
consume more than two minutes of time. | 533 |
Rule 60. (Quorum Not Voting, Continue.) When fewer than a | 534 |
quorum vote on any question, the President shall forthwith order | 535 |
the roll of senators to be called. If a quorum be present as shown | 536 |
by answering to their names, or by their presence in the Chamber, | 537 |
the President shall again order the roll to be called, and if any | 538 |
senator is present the senator shall be ordered to vote unless the | 539 |
Senate shall have previously excused the senator. | 540 |
Rule 61. (Senator Cannot Vote, When.) No senator shall vote | 541 |
upon any question while off the floor of the Senate, upon any | 542 |
question involving the senator's election or the right to the | 543 |
senator's seat, or vote upon any question in contravention of the | 544 |
Legislative Code of Ethics or in violation of section 102.031 of | 545 |
the Revised Code. | 546 |
Rule 62. (Division, When Taken.) After a vote is taken viva | 547 |
voce, if the President is undecided, or if a division is demanded | 548 |
by any senator before the result is announced, the Senate shall | 549 |
divide. Those voting in the affirmative shall arise at the request | 550 |
of the President and remain standing until counted and the count | 551 |
is announced; then those voting in the negative shall arise and | 552 |
remain standing until counted and the count is announced. | 553 |
Rule 63. (House Amendments, Conference Reports.) The yeas and | 554 |
nays shall be called upon the question of concurring in amendments | 555 |
made by the House to all bills or resolutions passed by the | 556 |
Senate, and upon agreeing to the report of conference committees, | 557 |
except where amendment is to the title only. | 558 |
Rule 64. (Only Clerks at Desk During Roll Call.) No person, | 559 |
other than the Clerk and the Clerk's assistants, shall be | 560 |
permitted at the Clerk's desk while the yeas and nays are being | 561 |
taken. | 562 |
Rule 65. (Verification of Vote.) After the roll has been | 563 |
called, any senator may demand a verification of the vote. The | 564 |
Clerk shall read, first the names of those senators voting in the | 565 |
affirmative, then of those voting in the negative, at which time | 566 |
any senator, on account of error or for any other reason, may | 567 |
change his or her vote; but no senator shall be permitted to | 568 |
change his or her vote, as recorded, after the roll call has been | 569 |
verified and the results declared except by unanimous consent of | 570 |
the Senate. A request by a senator for unanimous consent to change | 571 |
the senator's vote must be made from the well of the Senate and | 572 |
before the Senate proceeds to the next item within the same or | 573 |
next order of business. | 574 |
575 | |
Rule 66. (Senators Shall Address President.) When a senator | 576 |
desires to address the Senate or to make a motion, the senator | 577 |
shall arise and respectfully address "Mr. President," and the | 578 |
President shall recognize the senator and may do so by announcing, | 579 |
"The Senator from ................," naming the District. | 580 |
A senator who wishes to question another senator shall, for | 581 |
each question, first request and receive the President's | 582 |
permission to ask the question. No senator is required to answer a | 583 |
question put by another senator. | 584 |
Rule 67. (President Decides Who Shall Speak.) The prime | 585 |
sponsor of a bill shall be recognized first. When two or more | 586 |
senators seek recognition of the chair at the same time, the | 587 |
President shall decide which senator shall speak first. No senator | 588 |
shall yield the floor to another senator without consent of the | 589 |
Senate. | 590 |
Rule 68. (How Often Senator May Speak.) No senator shall | 591 |
speak more than twice on the same question except by leave of the | 592 |
Senate or responding to the floor; and the senator speaking shall | 593 |
confine the speech to the question under debate and avoid | 594 |
personalities. | 595 |
Rule 69. (May Read from Books, etc.) Any senator while | 596 |
discussing a question may read, or cause to be read, from books, | 597 |
papers, documents or any matter pertinent to the subject under | 598 |
consideration for a period of five minutes without asking leave. | 599 |
Additional time may be granted by a majority vote of the Senate. | 600 |
Rule 70. (Statement of Question.) Any senator may call for a | 601 |
statement of the pending question, whereupon the President shall | 602 |
restate the same. | 603 |
Rule 71. (Division of Question.) Any senator may call for a | 604 |
division of the question; the decision of the President as to its | 605 |
divisibility shall be subject to appeal as in questions of order. | 606 |
Rule 72. (Questions of Order Decided by.) All questions of | 607 |
order shall be decided by the President without debate; such | 608 |
decision shall be subject to appeal to the Senate by any three | 609 |
senators, on which appeal no senator shall speak more than once, | 610 |
unless by leave of the Senate; and the President may speak in | 611 |
preference to the senators. | 612 |
Rule 73. (Senator May Be Called to Order.) If any senator, in | 613 |
speaking or otherwise, is transgressing the Rules of the Senate, | 614 |
the President shall, or any member may, call the senator to order; | 615 |
and the senator called to order shall take the senator's seat | 616 |
until the question of order is decided. | 617 |
Rule 74. (If Called to Order.) If the decision be in favor of | 618 |
a senator called to order, the senator shall be at liberty to | 619 |
proceed; if otherwise, the senator shall not be permitted to | 620 |
proceed without further leave of the Senate. | 621 |
622 | |
Rule 75. (When Motions Must Be in Writing.) Whenever an | 623 |
amendment is offered to any bill or resolution under | 624 |
consideration, or any amendment to such an amendment, the senator | 625 |
proposing the same shall reduce it to writing and send it to the | 626 |
Clerk's desk. Amendments prepared and distributed in advance of | 627 |
their offering shall identify the bill or resolution sought to be | 628 |
amended and the name of the senator proposing to amend; when a | 629 |
senator prepares more than one amendment to the same bill or | 630 |
resolution, the amendments shall be numbered sequentially. Unless | 631 |
objection is waived, debate shall cease until all members are | 632 |
supplied with copies of amendments offered on the floor. | 633 |
Rule 76. (Precedence of Motions.) Except as otherwise | 634 |
provided in Rule 81, motions shall take precedence in the | 635 |
following order: | 636 |
1. To informally pass. | 637 |
2. To adjourn. | 638 |
3. To take a recess. | 639 |
4. To lay on the table. | 640 |
5. The previous question. | 641 |
6. To proceed to the orders of the day. | 642 |
7. To postpone to a time certain. | 643 |
8. To commit. | 644 |
9. To amend. | 645 |
10. To postpone indefinitely. | 646 |
11. To discharge a committee. | 647 |
Rule 77. (Decided Without Debate.) The following questions | 648 |
shall be decided without debate: | 649 |
1. To informally pass. | 650 |
2. To adjourn. | 651 |
3. To take a recess. | 652 |
4. To lay on the table. | 653 |
5. The previous question. | 654 |
6. To go into committee of the whole on orders of the day. | 655 |
7. All questions relating to the priority of business. | 656 |
Rule 78. (Motions, Statement and Withdrawal.) When a motion | 657 |
is made the question shall be stated by the President; or, being | 658 |
in writing, it may be read to the Senate by the President or | 659 |
Clerk. After a motion is stated or read by the President, or read | 660 |
by the Clerk, it shall be deemed to be in the possession of the | 661 |
Senate, but may be withdrawn, by leave of the Senate, at any time | 662 |
before a decision or amendment. | 663 |
664 | |
Rule 79. (Previous Question, How Put.) A motion for the | 665 |
previous question shall be entertained only upon the demand of | 666 |
three senators. The President shall put the question in this form: | 667 |
"The question is, 'Shall the debate now close?'" A majority vote | 668 |
of the Senate shall be required to carry the previous question, | 669 |
and until decided it shall preclude further debate and all | 670 |
amendments and motions. | 671 |
Rule 80. (Action after Previous Question.) After the demand | 672 |
for the previous question has been sustained no call or motion | 673 |
shall be in order, but the Senate shall be brought to an immediate | 674 |
vote. | 675 |
676 | |
Rule 81. (Reconsideration, How and When.) A motion to | 677 |
reconsider a vote may be made only by a senator who voted with the | 678 |
prevailing side, and such motion, to be in order, must be made | 679 |
within the next two legislative days of the Senate after such vote | 680 |
is taken. A motion to reconsider shall take precedence over all | 681 |
questions except a motion to adjourn, and may be called up at any | 682 |
time in the appropriate order of business after disposal of | 683 |
pending questions. | 684 |
Rule 82. (Vote Necessary on Reconsideration.) The vote on any | 685 |
question other than the previous question may be reconsidered by a | 686 |
majority of those voting, a quorum being present, except when a | 687 |
bill or resolution has been declared lost, in which case the | 688 |
motion shall not prevail unless it receives the number of | 689 |
affirmative votes which would be required to pass such a bill or | 690 |
resolution. | 691 |
Rule 83. (One Reconsideration Only.) A motion to reconsider, | 692 |
having been decided, shall not again be entertained unless the | 693 |
question has been changed in form by amendment. | 694 |
Rule 84. (Reconsideration, Motion Postponed.) Consideration | 695 |
of a motion to reconsider may be postponed to a time certain or | 696 |
left pending. However, if a motion to reconsider is not called up | 697 |
within thirty days after it was made, the motion is deemed lost. | 698 |
Rule 85. (Procedure on Reconsideration.) A motion to | 699 |
reconsider action on a bill, joint resolution, or other paper that | 700 |
may have gone out of possession of the Senate shall be entertained | 701 |
if made within the time specified in Rule 81; such motion to | 702 |
reconsider shall be regarded as an order to the Clerk to request | 703 |
the House to return the bill, joint resolution, or other paper, | 704 |
but the Senate may vote on the motion to reconsider without | 705 |
waiting for the return to the Senate of such bill, joint | 706 |
resolution, or other paper, and the President shall state the | 707 |
question: "Shall the vote be reconsidered?" Action on the bill, | 708 |
joint resolution, or other paper, the vote on which has been | 709 |
reconsidered, may not be taken until such bill, joint resolution, | 710 |
or other paper has been returned and is in possession of the | 711 |
Senate. | 712 |
Rule 86. (Effect of Tabling Motion to Reconsider.) When a | 713 |
motion to reconsider is laid upon the table it shall not carry the | 714 |
bill or resolution with it; nor shall a motion to reconsider be | 715 |
reconsidered. | 716 |
717 | |
Rule 87. (To Postpone.) A motion to postpone to a time | 718 |
certain, or indefinitely, being decided, shall not again be | 719 |
allowed at the same stage of the question. | 720 |
Rule 88. (Indefinitely Postponed, Effect.) If a motion to | 721 |
indefinitely postpone a bill or resolution be carried, such bill | 722 |
or resolution shall be declared lost. If a Senate bill or | 723 |
resolution is defeated or indefinitely postponed in the Senate it | 724 |
shall not be reintroduced during either annual session of the same | 725 |
General Assembly. | 726 |
Rule 89. (Postpone to Time Certain.) A bill or resolution | 727 |
postponed to a time certain shall not be considered at an earlier | 728 |
time, except upon the vote of three-fifths of the senators | 729 |
elected. | 730 |
Rule 90. (To Informally Pass.) A motion to informally pass a | 731 |
bill or resolution may be made at any time prior to the taking of | 732 |
the roll call. | 733 |
734 | |
Rule 91. (Recess and Adjournment.) The interim between any | 735 |
two sessions of the Senate on the same day shall be termed a | 736 |
recess, and on the reassembling at the appointed hour any question | 737 |
pending at the time of taking such recess shall be resumed without | 738 |
a motion to that effect; and unless the Senate shall otherwise | 739 |
order by resolution or motion, the hour to which it shall adjourn | 740 |
shall be half past one p.m. the succeeding day; and the hour to | 741 |
which it shall recess shall be stated in the motion. | 742 |
Rule 92. (Motion to Adjourn in Order, When.) A motion to | 743 |
adjourn shall be in order at any time, except while a member is | 744 |
addressing the Senate, or while a vote is being taken, but cannot | 745 |
be made except by a senator who has been recognized by the | 746 |
President, and being decided in the negative shall not again be | 747 |
entertained until some motion, call, or order shall have been | 748 |
acted upon. | 749 |
Rule 93. (If under Consideration When Adjourned.) A bill or | 750 |
resolution under consideration when adjournment is taken shall be, | 751 |
when its order of business on the succeeding day is reached, the | 752 |
first question before the Senate in that order of business, except | 753 |
as otherwise provided by the Committee on Rules. | 754 |
755 | |
Rule 94. (Rules Altered, How.) These rules shall not be | 756 |
altered except after due notice of the intention of alteration; | 757 |
and no rule shall be altered, except by a three-fifths vote of the | 758 |
senators elected. Any of these rules may be suspended by a | 759 |
three-fifths vote of the members elected, excepting rules which | 760 |
specifically require otherwise. | 761 |
Rule 95. (Parliamentary Guide.) Mason's Manual of Legislative | 762 |
Procedure (2000 edition) shall be used by the Senate as authority | 763 |
in all cases not provided for in the Senate Rules or the Joint | 764 |
Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives, if any. | 765 |
Rule 96. (Committee on Rules.) The standing Committee on | 766 |
Rules shall have the power to prescribe the order of business of | 767 |
the Senate and shall arrange and post the calendar at least one | 768 |
calendar day in advance, so that all matters shall appear thereon | 769 |
for the consideration of the Senate with reference to their | 770 |
importance. Measures expected to be reported by committee may be | 771 |
placed conditionally on the calendar for consideration by the | 772 |
Senate in the regular order of business, and may be carried over | 773 |
to a succeeding legislative day, subject to favorable action by | 774 |
committee. In a case of necessity, the Chairperson of the | 775 |
Committee on Rules may call a special meeting upon proper notice | 776 |
to add a bill to the calendar upon a majority vote. One day's | 777 |
notice shall not be required for calendars during the first week | 778 |
after an adjournment of more than five calendar days. | 779 |
780 | |
Rule 97. (Executive Appointments.) When executive | 781 |
appointments are received by the Senate they shall, unless the | 782 |
Senate otherwise orders, be referred to the Committee on Rules. | 783 |
The Committee on Rules may refer the appointments to another | 784 |
committee. | 785 |
Rule 98. (Yeas and Nays, Appointments.) The yeas and nays | 786 |
shall be called upon advising and consenting to an executive | 787 |
appointment. Failure of the question to receive the concurrence of | 788 |
a majority of the senators elected constitutes refusal of the | 789 |
Senate to advise and consent to the appointment. The Senate may | 790 |
advise and consent to two or more appointments by a single roll | 791 |
call vote. When a committee to which an appointment has been | 792 |
referred recommends its rejection, or when a senator demands that | 793 |
an appointment be separately considered, the question of its | 794 |
approval shall not be included in a single roll call vote | 795 |
affecting more than one appointment, but the yeas and nays shall | 796 |
be separately called on the question of advising and consenting to | 797 |
such an appointment. When two or more appointments are made the | 798 |
subject of a single roll call vote, the failure of the question to | 799 |
receive the concurrence of a majority of the senators elected | 800 |
shall not constitute refusal to advise and consent to the | 801 |
appointments, but in such case the yeas and nays shall then be | 802 |
separately called on the question of advising and consenting to | 803 |
each appointment. | 804 |
805 | |
Rule 99. (Clerk Shall Keep Index to Bills, etc.) The Clerk | 806 |
shall keep an index record of all bills and resolutions introduced | 807 |
in the Senate regardless of the house of origin, showing the | 808 |
number, title, and author of each measure, the section sought to | 809 |
be amended, enacted, or repealed, and the subject or matter | 810 |
affected thereby. The Clerk may call upon the staff of the Ohio | 811 |
Government Telecommunications to produce a video of all Senate | 812 |
voting sessions. Such video shall be accessible as provided by law | 813 |
and the rules of the Ohio Government Telecommunications | 814 |
Programming Committee. | 815 |
Rule 100. (Duties of Clerk.) The distribution and receipt of | 816 |
bills, resolutions, reports, messages from the House and from any | 817 |
branch of the executive or judicial department of the State, and | 818 |
all other documents belonging to the Senate shall be under the | 819 |
direction and control of the Clerk. All records kept by the Clerk | 820 |
are governed by the records retention schedule adopted by the | 821 |
Clerk. The property and premises of the Senate shall also be under | 822 |
the direct supervision of the Clerk. | 823 |
When the Clerk is required to print a bill, resolution, | 824 |
report, or other document belonging to the Senate, the Clerk may | 825 |
use any method of printing contemplated by sections 101.51 to | 826 |
101.524 of the Revised Code. | 827 |
The Senate by resolution shall prescribe the powers and | 828 |
duties of the Chief of Staff and Clerk. | 829 |
In case of the death or resignation of the Clerk, the | 830 |
President may designate any individual to perform the Clerk's | 831 |
duties until such time as the Senate, by vote, fills the vacancy. | 832 |
833 | |
Rule 101. (Use of Senate Chamber.) The use of the Senate | 834 |
chamber shall not be granted at any time, by resolution or | 835 |
otherwise, for any purpose other than legislative purposes, except | 836 |
by consent of two-thirds of the members elected. At no time shall | 837 |
food or beverages be allowed in the Senate chamber. | 838 |
Rule 102. (Use of Committee Rooms.) A person who wishes to | 839 |
use a Senate committee room for a purpose other than a meeting of | 840 |
a committee, subcommittee, or other official Senate business shall | 841 |
not do so without obtaining the Clerk's prior approval. In | 842 |
requesting the Clerk's approval, the person shall inform the Clerk | 843 |
of the committee room the person wishes to use and the time and | 844 |
purpose of the proposed use. Senate committee rooms may be used | 845 |
for only appropriate purposes. At no time shall food or beverages | 846 |
be allowed in Senate committee rooms unless otherwise authorized | 847 |
by the Clerk. | 848 |
Rule 103. (Who Admitted in Chamber, Members' Lounge.) During | 849 |
the daily sessions of the Senate, no person shall be admitted | 850 |
within the railing except members of the two houses, their | 851 |
officers and employees in the performance of their duties, or | 852 |
persons charged with messages or papers to the Senate; clergy, by | 853 |
invitation of the President; the Governor of this or any other | 854 |
state; and representatives of newspapers or legislative | 855 |
information services who have been granted the privileges of the | 856 |
Senate by the President. When the Senate is not in session, only | 857 |
senators and their guests and officers and employees of the Senate | 858 |
in the performance of their duties are permitted within the | 859 |
railing without the President's permission. | 860 |
During the daily sessions of the Senate, no person shall be | 861 |
admitted in the Members' Lounge except members of the Senate and | 862 |
officers or employees of the Senate in the performance of their | 863 |
duties. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall strictly enforce this rule. | 864 |
Rule 104. (Posters, Placards, Banners and Signs.) No poster, | 865 |
placard, banner, sign or other similar material shall be carried | 866 |
into the Senate Chamber or committee or meeting rooms of the | 867 |
Senate by any person, and no person shall attach or affix any | 868 |
poster, placard, banner, sign or other similar material to the | 869 |
doors, walls, rails, seats or banisters of the Senate Chamber or | 870 |
committee or meeting rooms of the Senate. The Sergeant-at-Arms | 871 |
shall strictly enforce this rule. | 872 |
Rule 105. (Applause, Outbursts or Demonstrations.) No | 873 |
applause, outburst or other demonstration by any spectator shall | 874 |
be permitted during a session of the Senate and during any meeting | 875 |
of a committee. | 876 |
Rule 106. (Distribution of Printed Materials.) No general | 877 |
distribution of printed material to the members of the Senate | 878 |
shall be permitted in the Senate Chamber during the daily sessions | 879 |
of the Senate unless authorized by a senator or the Clerk. The | 880 |
printed material shall bear the name of the person authorizing its | 881 |
distribution. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall strictly enforce this | 882 |
rule. | 883 |
Rule 107. (Cellular Telephones and Pagers, Prohibitions.) The | 884 |
use of a cellular telephone, audible pager, or any other audible | 885 |
wireless electronic telecommunication device is prohibited during | 886 |
sessions of the Senate and during any meeting of a committee. | 887 |
Rule 108. (Press Privileges, How Obtained.) Representatives | 888 |
of the press desiring the privileges of the press area of the | 889 |
Senate floor shall make application to the President of the Senate | 890 |
and shall state in writing for what paper or papers or legislative | 891 |
information services, magazines, or their affiliates they are | 892 |
employed; and shall further state that they are not engaged in the | 893 |
prosecution of claims pending before the General Assembly and will | 894 |
not become so engaged while allowed the privileges of the floor; | 895 |
and that they are not in any sense the agents or representatives | 896 |
of persons or corporations having legislation before the General | 897 |
Assembly, and will not become either while retaining their | 898 |
privileges. Visiting newspaper writers and editors may be allowed, | 899 |
temporarily, the privileges herein mentioned, but they must | 900 |
conform to the restrictions prescribed. | 901 |
The application required by the above rule shall be | 902 |
authenticated in a manner that shall be satisfactory to the | 903 |
Executive Committee of the Ohio Legislative Correspondents' | 904 |
Association, who shall see that the privileges of the floor be | 905 |
granted to representatives of the press association serving | 906 |
newspapers of general circulation, bona fide correspondents of | 907 |
reputable standing in their profession who represent newspapers of | 908 |
general circulation or magazines, or representatives of daily | 909 |
legislative information services of known standing and integrity, | 910 |
or their affiliates; organized for that one purpose and not | 911 |
controlled by or connected with an association, firm, corporation, | 912 |
or individual representing any trade, profession, or other | 913 |
commercial enterprise, and which have been in continuous and bona | 914 |
fide operation for such a period of years immediately prior to the | 915 |
date of making application for floor privileges as will have made | 916 |
possible the establishment of a reputation for honesty and | 917 |
integrity; and it shall be the duty of the Executive Committee of | 918 |
the Ohio Legislative Correspondents' Association, at its | 919 |
discretion, to report violations of the privileges herein granted, | 920 |
to the Committee on Rules. | 921 |
Rule 109. (Representative of Radio and Television Stations | 922 |
and Broadcasting Networks, How Admitted.) Representatives of radio | 923 |
and television stations and broadcasting networks desiring the | 924 |
privileges of the radio and television area of the Senate floor | 925 |
shall make application to the President, and shall state, in | 926 |
writing, by what stations or broadcasting network they are | 927 |
employed; and further shall state that they are not engaged in the | 928 |
promotion of legislation or the prosecution of claims pending | 929 |
before the General Assembly, and will not become so engaged while | 930 |
allowed the privileges of the floor; and that they are not in any | 931 |
sense, the agents or representatives of persons or corporations | 932 |
having legislation before the General Assembly, and will not | 933 |
become either while retaining their privileges. Visiting | 934 |
correspondents and editors may be allowed, temporarily, the | 935 |
privileges herein mentioned, but they must conform to the | 936 |
restrictions prescribed. | 937 |
The application required by the above rule shall be | 938 |
authenticated in a manner that shall be satisfactory to the Radio | 939 |
and Television Correspondents' Association of Ohio. It shall be | 940 |
the duty of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association | 941 |
of Ohio to see that the privileges of the floor shall be granted | 942 |
only to the representatives of stations and broadcasting networks | 943 |
serving radio and television stations, or networks serving such | 944 |
radio and television stations as have been duly licensed by the | 945 |
Federal Communications Commission. It shall be the duty of the | 946 |
Radio and Television Correspondents' Association of Ohio, at their | 947 |
discretion, to report violations of the privileges herein granted | 948 |
to the President. Persons whose chief attention is not given to | 949 |
radio and television broadcasting shall not be entitled to the | 950 |
privileges of the floor. | 951 |
Rule 110. (Privileges, How Revoked.) Upon complaint that any | 952 |
person has abused the privileges granted the person under Rule 108 | 953 |
or 109, such complaint shall be submitted to the standing | 954 |
Committee on Rules for investigation, and such Committee shall | 955 |
notify the person so charged of the time and place for hearing, | 956 |
and if such accusation be sustained, such person or persons, upon | 957 |
the report of the Committee, shall be debarred from the privileges | 958 |
theretofore granted. | 959 |
Rule 111. (Filming or Taping of the Senate.) Filming, video | 960 |
taping, or audio taping during the legislative session shall be | 961 |
done under the conditions designated by the President of the | 962 |
Senate. | 963 |
Taping or filming of a member or members of the Senate in the | 964 |
Senate chamber or in committee rooms when the Senate is not in | 965 |
session is permissible with the prior consent of all members taped | 966 |
or filmed and with the prior notification of the Clerk. | 967 |
Taping or filming of sessions of committees of the Senate is | 968 |
permissible with the prior consent of the chairperson of the | 969 |
committee involved. Such approved filming or taping may be for | 970 |
specific time periods set by the chairperson, if such taping or | 971 |
filming interferes with the orderly procedure of the hearing. | 972 |
Rule 112. (Letters of Commendation, etc.) When requested by | 973 |
any member of the Senate, the President of the Senate may, on | 974 |
behalf of the Senate, in its name and in the President's | 975 |
discretion, sign letters or simple resolutions conveying messages | 976 |
of commendation, congratulation, recognition, and condolence to | 977 |
persons or organizations named in such request. | 978 |
The President of the Senate shall keep a record of the | 979 |
disposition of all such letters or simple resolutions, which | 980 |
record shall be open for inspection by any member of the Senate. | 981 |
Rule 113. (Use of the Senate Coat of Arms.) Use of the Senate | 982 |
Coat of Arms shall be limited to members of the Senate, employees | 983 |
of the Senate in the performance of their duties, the Chief of | 984 |
Staff of the Senate and the Clerk. No other person shall use or | 985 |
permit to be used any reproduction or facsimile of the Senate Coat | 986 |
of Arms or a counterfeit or non-official version of the Senate | 987 |
Coat of Arms for any purpose not authorized by the Clerk. | 988 |
Rule 114. (Application to | 989 |
Rules of the Senate for the | 990 |
effective until the Senate of the | 991 |
adopts Rules of the Senate for the | 992 |