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8-4-1927

Rules of the Senate

As adopted by the Senate January 12, 1925

Rule 1. The President shall take his chair precisely at the hour to which the Senate has been previously adjourned, and shall call the Senate to order and cause the roll to be called, and if there be a quorum present the Senate shall proceed with the transaction of its business; if there be no quorum present, a less number may adjourn from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members. At the opening of the Senate, at its first session each day, if there be a minister of the Gospel present, the Senate shall be opened with prayer and the minutes of the proceedings of the previous day shall then be read, unless dispensed with by unanimous consent or by vote of a majority of the members present.

PRESIDENT-HIS POWERS AND PREROGATIVES

Rule 2. It shall be the duty of the President to preserve order. He may speak on all questions of order in preference to any other member, rising from his seat for that purpose. The President shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Senate.

Rule 3. The rooms and passages set apart for the use of the Senate shall be under the control and direction of the President of the Senate, and he shall have the control and direction of the desk clerks of the Senate. He shall see that all officers of the Senate perform their respective duties and may assign places to representatives of the press.

PRESIDENT MAY ORDER LOBBY CLEARED

Rule 4. In case of a disturbance or disorderly conduct in the lobby, the President (or chairman of the committee of the whole) shall have the power to order the same cleared.

Rule 5. The President may at any time leave the chair and call any member of the Senate thereto, who shall be President for the time being, and the President may at his pleasure resume the chair, but such substitute, while acting as President, shall not lose his right of voting on any question while so presiding.

ΑΡΡΟΙΝΤMENT OF COMMITTEES

Rule 6. All standing committees of the Senate shall be named by the President of the Senate, unless otherwise ordered by the Senate, and the first named shall be the chairman thereof.

Rule 7. There shall be thirty-three standing committees

appointed by the President of the Senate as follows:

Agriculture, five members.

Alcoholic Traffic, five members.

Assessment and Taxation, seven members.

Banking, seven members.

Claims, three members.

Commerce and Navigation, five members.
County and State Officers, five members.

Counties, three members.

Education, seven members.

Election and Privileges, five members.

Engrossed Bills, three members.

Enrolled Bills, three members.

Federal Relations, three members.

Fishing Industries, seven members.

Forestry and Forest Products, seven members.

Game, seven members.

Horticulture, three members.

Industries, five members.

Insurance, five members.

Irrigation and Drainage, seven members.

Judiciary, seven members.

Livestock, five members.

Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, five members.

Military Affairs, five members.

Mining, three members.

Municipal Affairs, five members.

Penal Institutions, three members.

Printing, three members.

Public Buildings and Institutions, three members.

Public Lands, five members.

Railroads and Utilities, seven members.

Resolutions, five members.

Revision of Laws, seven members.
Roads and Highways, nine members.

Rules, three members.

Ways and Means, seven members.

Rule 8. All special committees shall be appointed by the

President unless otherwise ordered by the Senate.

DUTIES OF DESK CLERKS

Rule 9. Chief Clerk. It shall be the duty of the Chief Clerk, under the direction of the President, to have the possession of all the bills, resolutions, documents, journal and records of the Senate, and of the Chief Clerk and Assistant Chief Clerk to keep a full, true and correct record of all of the proceedings of the senate.

Rule 10. The Chief Clerk, under the direction of the President or a committee appointed by the President, shall superintend the compiling of the journal of the Senate and all work to be done by the Senate. He shall certify to and transmit to the House of Representatives all bills, resolutions and papers, requiring the concurrence of that body, immediately after their passage or adoption by the Senate.

Rule 11. The Chief Clerk shall notify the House of Representatives of the acts of the Senate on all matters originating in the House of Representatives and requiring action on the part of the Senate.

Rule 12. The Chief Clerk shall permit no paper, document or record belonging to the Senate to be taken from his custody, except in the regular course of business.

Rule 13. The Chief Clerk shall insert the enacting clause in any bill before its passage, if the same has been omitted.

Rule 14. Any correction made by the Chief Clerk under this rule shall be noted by him in the journal.

Rule 15. Reading Clerk. It shall be the duty of the Reading Clerk to call the roll; read all bills, amendments, reports and papers ordered read by the Senate or the presiding officer.

Rule 16. Calendar Clerk. The Calendar Clerk shall keep a record of each bill, resolution, joint or concurrent resolution or memorial with the status of such bill and in whose hands the same is, which shall be revised daily, and he shall, each evening, prepare are and furnish to the State Printer a form for a printed calendar which shall contain the number of each of such documents and a synopsis showing the position of such bill, resolution, joint or concurrent resolution or memorial upon the calendar.

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS

Rule 17. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall be elected by the Senate to hold his office during the pleasure of the Senate; it shall be the duty of the Sergeant-at-Arms to attend the Senate during all its sittings, to execute the commands of the Senate from time to time, together with all such process issued by authority thereof as shall be directed to him by the President. The actual expenses of the Sergeant-at-Arms incurred in obeying the orders of the Senate or the President of the Senate, or in executing the processes of the Senate, shall be paid out of the money appropriated to defray the expenses of the legislative session.

Rule 18. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall cause copies of all bills, joint and concurrent resolutions and memorials, when printed, to be placed on the desks of the Senators as soon as the same are received from the State Printer.

Rule 19. The Sergeant-at-Arms is authorized to arrest for contempt any person other than a member of the Senate within the Senate chamber who is guilty of loud conversation or in any other manner disturbing the Senate.

DOORKEEPER

Rule 20. It shall be the duty of the Doorkeeper to prohibit and prevent all persons, except those who, under these rules are entitled to pass in onto the floor of the Senate, from coming within the bar of the Senate, except under the direction of the President or the order of the Senate.

LOBBYING

Rule 21. No person engaged in presenting to the Senate or any committee of the Senate any business or claim for legislation shall be permitted to engage in such business during the sessions of the Senate or be permitted on the floor of the Senate during its session. Any person transgressing this rule shall be removed from the floor of the Senate and be denied the privilege of the floor during the remainder of the entire session. The President is charged with the enforcement of this rule, but it shall not apply to members of the Legislature.

RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MEMBERS

Rule 22. Each member, when a vote is taken, shall vote unless the Senate, for special reasons, shall excuse him; but no member shall be permitted to vote upon any question, resolution, motion or other proposition in which he has any financial interest.

Rule 23. No Senator shall be interrupted when speaking and no question shall be asked him except through the presiding officer. The author of a bill, motion or resolution shall have the privilege of closing the debate.

Rule 24. Every motion shall, upon the demand of the President, or any member, be reduced to writing.

Rule 25. When a member is about to speak he shall arise and respectfully address himself to the President; and when a member is speaking, no member shall pass between him and the chair.

Rule 26. No member shall speak more than twice upon any question without leave of the Senate, except as provided in Rule 23.