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2015
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2015 Rules -- Senate

CHAPTER 1
Administration

S10-10. Officers of the Senate.
S10-20. Term of office.
S10-30. President, President pro tempore, and other officers.
S10-40. Voting by presiding officer.
S10-50. Presiding officer and duties.
S10-60. Succession.
S10-70. President-elect.
S10-80. Legislative Administration Committee duties.
S10-90. Majority Leader.
S10-100. Majority Whip.
S10-110. Minority Leader.
S10-120. Minority Whip.
S10-130. Senate employees.
S10-140. Secretary of the Senate and duties.
S10-150. Sergeant-at-Arms duties.
S10-160. Legislative aides.
S10-170. Senate journal.

CHAPTER 2
Decorum

S20-10. Questions of order -- appeal.
S20-20. Violation of rules -- call to order -- appeal.
S20-30. Questions of privilege -- restrictions.
S20-40. Recognition by chair.
S20-50. Floor privileges.
S20-60. Communications to Senate.
S20-70. Distribution of materials on floor -- exception.

CHAPTER 3
Committees

S30-10. Committee appointments.
S30-20. Standing committees -- classification.
S30-40. Ex officio members -- quorum.
S30-50. Chair's duties.
S30-60. Meetings -- notice -- purpose -- minutes.
S30-70. Procedures -- member privileges.
S30-80. Public testimony -- decorum -- time restrictions.
S30-100. Pairs prohibited -- absentee or proxy voting.
S30-140. Reconsideration in committee.
S30-150. Committee requested legislation.
S30-160. Ethics Committee.

CHAPTER 4
Legislation

S40-10. Types of legislation.
S40-20. Introduction -- first reading.
S40-30. Additional sponsors.
S40-40. Reading limitations.
S40-60. Scheduling for second reading.

CHAPTER 5
Floor Action

S50-10. Attendance -- mandatory voting -- quorum.
S50-20. Orders of business.
S50-30. Limitations on debate.
S50-40. Procedure upon offering a motion.
S50-50. Precedence of motions.
S50-60. Nondebatable motions.
S50-70. Amending motions -- restrictions.
S50-80. Previous question.
S50-90. Reconsideration -- time restrictions.
S50-100. Dividing a question -- segregation excluded.
S50-110. Rules for questions or bills requiring other than a majority vote.
S50-120. Committee reports to Senate -- reconsideration.
S50-130. Conference committee -- reports.
S50-140. Second reading -- Committee of the Whole report -- segregation -- rejection.
S50-150. Committee of the Whole amendments.
S50-160. Motions in Committee of the Whole.
S50-170. Committee of the Whole -- generally.
S50-180. Voting on second reading -- positive disposition of motions.
S50-190. Third reading procedure.
S50-200. Senate voting -- changing a vote -- objection.
S50-210. Pairs.
S50-220. Call of the Senate.
S50-230. House amendments to Senate legislation.
S50-240. Governor's amendments.
S50-250. Governor's veto.

CHAPTER 6
Rules

S60-10. Senate rules -- amendment -- adoption -- suspension.
S60-20. Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure.

CHAPTER 7
Nominations from the Governor

S70-10. Nominations.
S70-20. Receiving nominations -- requesting bill drafts.
S70-30. Committee process -- preliminary reports -- separate consideration.

APPENDIX

Appendix A

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