Senate Resolution 5 - Introduced SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 5 BY COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION A Resolution relating to permanent rules of the senate 1 for the eighty-fourth eighty-fifth general assembly. 2 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the permanent 3 rules of the senate for the eighty-fourth eighty-fifth 4 general assembly be as follows: 5 RULES OF THE SENATE 6 Rule 1 7 Quorum 8 A constitutional majority shall constitute a quorum 9 of the senate. Any senator may insist a quorum be 10 present. 11 Rule 2 12 Adoption and Amendment of Rules 13 Whenever the senate is operating under temporary 14 rules, the rules may be amended or repealed, or 15 permanent rules may be adopted, by a constitutional 16 majority of the senators. After adoption of permanent 17 rules of the senate during any general assembly, the 18 rules may be amended or repealed by a constitutional 19 majority of the senators voting on a simple resolution. 20 Rule 3 21 Rules of Parliamentary Procedure 22 In cases not covered by senate rules or joint rules, 23 Mason’s Manual of Legislative Procedure shall govern. 24 Rule 4 25 Sessions of the General Assembly 26 The election of officers, organization, hiring and 27 compensation of employees, and committees of the senate 28 -1- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 1/ 49

S.R. 5 shall carry over from the first to the second regular 1 sessions and to any extraordinary sessions of the same 2 general assembly. 3 All bills and resolutions introduced in the first 4 regular session of a general assembly which are not 5 withdrawn, lost, or indefinitely postponed shall 6 carry over into the second regular session and to any 7 extraordinary session of the same general assembly. 8 Appointments received from the governor for senate 9 confirmation during any session of a general assembly 10 shall be acted upon prior to adjournment of that 11 session as provided by section 2.32 of the Code. 12 Except as provided by this rule, upon the adjournment 13 of the first regular session and any extraordinary 14 session, each bill or resolution shall be automatically 15 referred back to the committee to which it was 16 originally assigned. The secretary of the senate shall 17 publish in the Journal a list of the bills returned to 18 committee under this rule. Within seven days after 19 the first committee meeting after the convening of 20 the second regular session, committees shall either 21 authorize the chair to refer such bills and resolutions 22 to a subcommittee for consideration, indefinitely 23 postpone further consideration of such bills, or report 24 them out to the floor and place them on the calendar. 25 If the subcommittee is different than that appointed 26 during the first session, the committee chair shall 27 report to the senate the bill or resolution number and 28 the names of the subcommittee members. 29 Bills and resolutions which have been voted upon 30 -2- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 2/ 49

S.R. 5 on final passage by either house in any session 1 shall remain on the calendar in the same status as at 2 the end of the session at any subsequent regular or 3 extraordinary session. 4 Rule 5 5 Regular Order of Daily Business 6 The following order shall govern, subject to any 7 special order: 8 1. Correction of the journal. 9 2. Senators to be excused. 10 3. Communications to the Senate. 11 4. Introduction of bills and resolutions. 12 5. Consideration of senate calendar. 13 Rule 6 14 Senate Calendar 15 1. Each legislative day the secretary of the senate 16 shall prepare a listing of bills to be known as the 17 “Senate Calendar”. 18 2. The senate calendar may contain a listing under 19 the category “Special Order” which shall be placed at 20 the head of the calendar. Bills in such category shall 21 be those which are specifically set for debate by the 22 majority leader with the consent of the senate on a 23 certain date and time. Bills shall be listed by the 24 secretary in numerical order. 25 3. The senate calendar shall include separate 26 listings for any bills and resolutions in the following 27 categories: 28 a. Conference Committee Report 29 b. Bills in Conference Committee 30 -3- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 3/ 49

S.R. 5 c. House Amendment to Senate Amendment to House 1 File 2 d. House Refuses to Concur in Senate Amendment to 3 House File 4 e. Senate Files Amended by the House 5 f. Unfinished Business 6 g. Motions to Reconsider 7 h. Administrative Rules Nullification Resolutions 8 i. Veto Messages from the Governor 9 4. The secretary shall list bills and resolutions 10 in the above categories in numerical order. Upon 11 their first publication in the calendar, bills and 12 resolutions in the above categories may be called up 13 for debate at any time by the majority leader. Motions 14 to reconsider shall be called up as provided by Rule 15 24. 16 5. The senate calendar shall include a listing 17 of senate appropriations committee bills and bills 18 reported out by the senate appropriations committee. 19 The list shall be known as the “Appropriations 20 Calendar”. The secretary shall list the bills in 21 numerical order. Upon their first publication in the 22 calendar, bills on the appropriations calendar may be 23 called up for debate at any time by the majority leader 24 provided they are eligible under Rule 8. 25 6. The senate calendar shall include a listing 26 of bills which pertain to the levy, assessment or 27 collection of taxes sponsored by or initially assigned 28 to and reported out by the senate ways and means 29 committee. The list shall be known as the “Ways and 30 -4- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 4/ 49

S.R. 5 Means Calendar”. The secretary shall list the bills in 1 numerical order. Upon their first publication in the 2 calendar, bills on the ways and means calendar may be 3 called up for debate at any time by the majority leader 4 provided they are eligible under Rule 8. 5 7. The senate calendar shall include a list of 6 bills and resolutions, known as the “Regular Calendar”, 7 which shall consist of bills and resolutions reported 8 out by a senate committee. The bills and resolutions 9 reported out each day shall be listed in numerical 10 order. Priority shall be given to senate over house 11 bills and resolutions. Upon their first publication 12 in the calendar, bills on the regular calendar may 13 be called up for debate at any time by the majority 14 leader, provided they are eligible under Rule 8. 15 A bill reported out of committee which is 16 subsequently referred to the ways and means or 17 appropriations committee and then reported out of that 18 committee, shall be returned to the regular calendar in 19 numerical order. 20 8. The senate calendar shall include a listing of 21 the governor’s appointees to state boards, commissions, 22 and other offices requiring senate confirmation. This 23 listing shall be known as the “Confirmation Calendar”. 24 Names on the confirmation calendar may be called up 25 for confirmation at any time by the majority leader 26 provided they are eligible under rule 59. 27 9. The majority leader, or in the absence of the 28 majority leader the assistant majority leaders, may 29 select from among the bills on the previous legislative 30 -5- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 5/ 49

S.R. 5 day’s Senate calendar and from the bills selected 1 create a new listing which shall be known as the 2 “Debate Calendar”. The debate calendar shall list 3 bills as the majority leader expects to take them up. 4 A bill or resolution on the debate calendar may be 5 debated only when eligible under Rule 8. 6 10. The majority leader, or in the absence of the 7 majority leader the assistant majority leaders, may 8 create a list of bills or resolutions about which 9 no controversy is believed to exist which shall be 10 known as the “Proposed Noncontroversial Calendar”. 11 Bills or resolutions included on this listing may be 12 debated at any time upon being called up for debate 13 by the majority leader. Any bill or resolution which 14 appeared on the previous day’s Senate calendar may be 15 placed by any senator on the proposed noncontroversial 16 calendar, which shall be published. Any bill or 17 resolution on the proposed noncontroversial calendar 18 shall be stricken from the list if any senator files 19 a written objection with the secretary of the senate 20 on the first or second legislative day after it 21 appears on the proposed noncontroversial calendar. 22 Any bill stricken from the proposed noncontroversial 23 calendar shall be returned to its former place on 24 the Senate calendar. The secretary shall prepare the 25 noncontroversial calendar which shall consist of all 26 bills or resolutions on the proposed noncontroversial 27 calendar to which no objection was received. 28 11. If the senate shall not be in session on a day 29 assigned in paragraphs nine and ten for action upon a 30 -6- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 6/ 49

S.R. 5 calendar, such assigned action shall occur on the next 1 succeeding legislative day. 2 12. On any bill called up for debate from any 3 calendar, debate may continue from day to day until 4 it is adopted, fails, or is postponed or deferred. 5 If further debate is postponed or deferred without a 6 time to continue being set, except for bills on the 7 debate calendar, the bill shall be listed as unfinished 8 business. Bills which are returned to the committee of 9 first referral or to a different committee after being 10 considered by the senate and classified as unfinished 11 business shall be returned to the unfinished business 12 calendar by that committee when the bill is reported 13 out of committee. The unfinished business date on 14 the calendar shall be the date on which the bill was 15 returned to committee. Bills on the debate calendar 16 upon which further debate is postponed or deferred 17 without a time to continue being set shall return to 18 the regular calendar. 19 Rule 7 20 Reserved. 21 Rule 8 22 When Eligible for Consideration 23 Bills, resolutions, and appointments shall be 24 eligible for consideration by the senate as follows: 25 1. An appointment by the governor which requires 26 senate confirmation shall be eligible on the second 27 legislative day after it is first printed in the senate 28 calendar as provided by Rule 59. 29 2. A house or individually sponsored bill or 30 -7- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 7/ 49

S.R. 5 resolution reported out by a committee shall be 1 eligible on the second legislative day after it is 2 first printed in the senate calendar. 3 3. A committee bill or resolution sponsored by 4 the appropriations committee shall be eligible on the 5 second legislative day after it is first printed in the 6 senate calendar. 7 4. Any committee bill or resolution, other than 8 a bill or resolution sponsored by the appropriations 9 committee, shall be eligible on the third legislative 10 day it is printed in the senate calendar. 11 5. A bill that has been reported out to the 12 senate calendar, referred to a different committee 13 and reported out by that committee is eligible for 14 consideration by the senate on the day it would have 15 been eligible under subsection 2, 3, or 4, whichever 16 is applicable, as if the bill had been printed in the 17 calendar after having been reported out by the first 18 committee. 19 Rule 9 20 Debate and Decorum 21 Before addressing the senate, the senator shall 22 request recognition by depressing the “speak” device 23 and, when recognized, rise and respectfully address the 24 chair. 25 The senator shall confine all remarks to the 26 question under debate and shall avoid discussing 27 personalities or implication of improper motives. No 28 questions except by the senator recognized shall be 29 entertained after a senator is recognized to give final 30 -8- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 8/ 49

S.R. 5 remarks. 1 Rule 10 2 Point of Personal Privilege 3 A point of personal privilege shall only be 4 recognized when there is no motion pending or other 5 business being considered by the senate. Points of 6 personal privilege shall not be in order during the 7 time when appropriation subcommittees are scheduled 8 to meet. Senators speaking on a point of personal 9 privilege shall be limited to ten minutes. 10 Rule 11 11 Introduction and Presentation of Guests 12 Only former members of the senate and former and 13 present members of Congress shall be presented to 14 the senate, except that the president of the senate 15 may present a visitor whose presence is of special 16 significance to the senate. The presence of school 17 groups accompanied by school officials shall be 18 announced by the president of the senate and shall 19 be recorded in the journal upon written request of a 20 member of the senate. Senators may be recognized to 21 introduce guests in the galleries when there is no 22 motion pending or other business being considered by 23 the senate. Introductions shall be limited to one 24 minute. 25 Rule 12 26 Form and Withdrawal of Motions, Amendments and 27 Signatures 28 Motions need not be in writing unless required by 29 the president or by the senate. No motion requires 30 -9- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 9/ 49

S.R. 5 a second. Any amendment, motion (including a motion 1 to reconsider), or resolution may be withdrawn by the 2 mover if it has not been amended by the senate and if 3 no amendment is pending. All amendments to bills, 4 resolutions, and reports shall be in writing and filed 5 before being acted upon by the senate. 6 No amendment, resolution, bill, or conference 7 committee report shall be considered by the senate 8 without a copy of the amendment, resolution, bill, or 9 conference committee report being on the desks of the 10 entire membership of the senate prior to consideration. 11 However, after the fourteenth week of the first session 12 and the twelfth week of the second session, amendments 13 and senate resolutions may be considered by the senate 14 without a copy of the amendment or senate resolution 15 being on the desks of the entire membership of the 16 senate if a copy of the amendment or senate resolution 17 is made available to the entire membership of the 18 senate electronically. Such consideration shall 19 be deferred until a copy of the amendment or senate 20 resolution is on the desks of the entire membership of 21 the senate upon the request of any senator. 22 All amendments, reports, petitions or other 23 documents requiring a signature shall have the name 24 printed under the place for the signature. Once a 25 signature is affixed and the document containing the 26 signature filed with the recording clerk in the well, 27 that signature shall not be removed. 28 When an amendment to a main amendment is filed that 29 would negate the effect of the main amendment and 30 -10- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 10/ 49

S.R. 5 thereby leave the bill unchanged, the presiding officer 1 shall have the authority to declare the amendment to 2 the main amendment out of order, subject to an appeal 3 to the full senate. 4 When a house amendment to a senate file is before 5 the senate, an amendment to the house amendment shall 6 be considered an amendment in the first degree. 7 Regardless of its origin, an amendment in the third 8 degree shall be ruled out of order. 9 When a ruling on germaneness is issued by the 10 presiding officer, it shall be accompanied by an 11 explanation of the ruling. 12 Rule 13 13 Order and Precedence of Motions and Amendments 14 When a question is under debate, no motion shall 15 be received but to adjourn, to recess, questions 16 of privilege, to lay on the table, for the previous 17 question, to postpone to a day certain, to refer, 18 to amend, to postpone indefinitely, to defer, or 19 incidental motions. A substitute is not in order 20 unless it is in the form of a motion to substitute. 21 Such motions shall have precedence in the order in 22 which they are named. No motion to postpone to a 23 day certain, to refer, or postpone indefinitely, 24 being decided, shall be again allowed on the same 25 day with regard to the same question. A motion to 26 strike out the enacting clause of a bill shall have 27 precedence over all amendments and, if carried, shall 28 be considered equivalent to the rejection of the bill. 29 A motion to strike everything after the enacting 30 -11- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 11/ 49

S.R. 5 clause has precedence over a committee amendment and 1 all other amendments except one to strike the enacting 2 clause. A committee amendment has precedence over all 3 other amendments except as provided in this rule. 4 A motion to rerefer a bill to committee may specify 5 when the committee shall report the bill to the senate. 6 If the motion is adopted in such form, the committee 7 must report the bill by the date and time specified 8 with or without recommendation or the bill shall 9 automatically be returned to the calendar. When the 10 bill is returned to the calendar, it shall occupy 11 the same position it occupied at the time the bill 12 was rereferred to the committee. If the committee 13 to which the bill is rereferred submits an amendment 14 in its report, that committee amendment shall take 15 precedence over other amendments except if that 16 committee amendment is in conflict with amendments 17 previously adopted, the committee amendment shall 18 not be considered until consideration of motions to 19 reconsider the previously adopted amendments result 20 in removing the conflict. A committee may not file 21 an amendment to a bill unless the bill is in the 22 committee’s possession. 23 Rule 14 24 Motions Before the Senate 25 Motions before the senate shall be displayed on the 26 electronic voting system display boards. 27 Rule 15 28 Nondebatable Motions 29 The following motions are not debatable: 30 -12- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 12/ 49

S.R. 5 Adjourn 1 Recess 2 Call of the Senate 3 Lay on Table or Take from Table 4 Previous Question 5 Reconsider vote by which bill was placed on last 6 reading. 7 A Motion to Reconsider and Lay the Motion to 8 Reconsider on the Table (Double-barreled Motion). 9 Rule 16 10 Division of the Question 11 Any senator may call for a division of a question, 12 which shall be divided if it includes propositions 13 so distinct that if one is taken away, a substantive 14 proposition shall remain in a technically proper form 15 for the decision of the senate. A motion to strike out 16 and insert is indivisible; but a motion to strike out, 17 if lost, shall not preclude amendments to the matter 18 attempted to be stricken or a motion to strike out and 19 insert. 20 Rule 17 21 The Previous Question 22 The previous question shall be in this form: “Shall 23 debate be closed on the pending question?” A motion 24 for the previous question may be adopted by a majority 25 of the senators present and voting. Its effect shall 26 be to put an end to debate and bring the senate to a 27 direct vote upon the pending question. However, any 28 senator who has not previously spoken on the pending 29 question and who, after the main question is taken up 30 -13- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 13/ 49

S.R. 5 and before the motion for the previous question has 1 been made, requested recognition by depressing the 2 “speak” device may speak no longer than five minutes 3 on the pending question. If action on the pending 4 question continues into another legislative day or is 5 deferred, the previous question shall apply and the 6 requests to be recognized shall be honored. 7 When the motion applies to an amendment, the senator 8 proposing the amendment shall have five minutes to 9 close debate on the amendment. 10 The senator handling the measure under consideration 11 shall have ten minutes to close debate on the main 12 question. 13 Rule 18 14 Call of the Senate 15 Ten senators may file in writing a call of the 16 senate on any single item of legislative business. 17 A call of the senate requires the presence of every 18 senator and is in order at any time prior to the vote 19 being announced by the president. The sergeant-at-arms 20 shall return promptly all absent senators. Debate 21 on the item may continue while absent senators are 22 returning, but no vote on the item is in order on it 23 until all have returned. Adoption of a motion to 24 recess or adjourn to a specific time will not lift 25 the call. The call may be lifted, or a senator may 26 be excused from the call without lifting the call, by 27 a vote of a constitutional majority of the senators. 28 Those senators excused prior to the filing of the call 29 are excused from the call. 30 -14- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 14/ 49

S.R. 5 Rule 19 1 Committee of the Whole 2 The senate may resolve itself into a committee of 3 the whole senate when it wishes to permit more free and 4 informal discussion. Persons other than senators may 5 appear and present information. 6 Any senator may move “that the senate now resolve 7 itself into a committee of the whole to consider” a 8 stated subject. 9 The president of the senate shall be chair of the 10 committee of the whole unless otherwise ordered by the 11 senate. 12 The procedure in committee of the whole is subject 13 to the rules of the senate. The previous question and 14 the motion to reconsider shall be in order. 15 The committee of the whole cannot take any final 16 action and its power is limited to recommendation to 17 the senate. The proceedings of the committee of the 18 whole, including any roll call vote, shall be printed 19 in the journal. 20 Any senator may at any time, except while voting or 21 while a senator has the floor, move that “the committee 22 rise” which is equivalent to a motion to adjourn. 23 After adoption of the motion to rise, the chair 24 may report to the senate in the same manner as other 25 committee reports are given. 26 Rule 20 27 Last Reading and Passage of Bills 28 When a motion to place a bill on its last reading is 29 lost, the same motion shall be in order at any later 30 -15- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 15/ 49

S.R. 5 time. After the last reading of a bill, no amendment 1 shall be received. The vote on final passage shall be 2 taken immediately without debate. 3 Rule 21 4 Engrossment of Bills 5 An engrossment is a proofreading and verification 6 in order to be certain that a bill before the senate is 7 identical with the original bill as introduced with all 8 amendments which have been adopted correctly inserted. 9 In an engrossed bill, all obvious typographical, 10 spelling or other clerical errors are corrected and 11 section or paragraph numbers and internal references 12 are changed as required to conform the original bill 13 to any amendments which have been adopted. All such 14 corrections or changes shall be reported in the journal 15 by the secretary of the senate. The engrossed bill 16 shall be placed in the bill file with the original bill 17 and amendments. 18 Rule 22 19 Manner of Voting 20 On voice vote, the question shall be distinctly put 21 in this form: “Those in favor of (the question) say 22 “aye”.” “Those opposed to (the question) say “no”.” 23 A non-record or record roll call vote may be 24 requested by any senator or ordered by the president 25 any time before the results are announced. A 26 non-record roll call shall be requested by asking for a 27 “division”. A record roll call shall be requested by 28 asking for a “record”. Upon request for a non-record 29 or record roll call vote, the president shall announce 30 -16- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 16/ 49

S.R. 5 that such a non-record or record roll call vote has 1 been requested and shall state the question to be put 2 to the senate. The president then shall direct the 3 secretary of the senate to receive the votes. 4 Senators present may cast their votes, either 5 by operating the voting mechanism located at their 6 assigned desk or by signaling the president if they are 7 unable to vote at their assigned desk. The president 8 shall enter the votes of senators signaling their 9 votes. 10 After sufficient time has elapsed for all senators 11 present to record their votes, the president shall 12 direct the secretary of the senate to close the voting 13 system. The president shall still enter the senators’ 14 votes at any time prior to directing the secretary of 15 the senate to lock the voting system. The president 16 shall then immediately announce the vote. 17 During a non-record or record roll call vote, both 18 individual votes and vote totals shall be indicated 19 openly on the display boards and printed in the 20 journal . On non-record roll calls, only vote totals 21 shall be indicated on the display boards and printed in 22 the journal. 23 In the event the electronic voting system is not 24 in operating order, the president shall direct the 25 secretary of the senate to take the non-record or 26 record roll call by calling the names of the senators 27 in alphabetical order. 28 Rule 23 29 Duty of Voting 30 -17- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 17/ 49

S.R. 5 Every senator present when a question is put shall 1 vote “aye”, “no” or “present” unless previously excused 2 by the senate. Upon demand being made by any senator, 3 the secretary of the senate shall call in alphabetical 4 order the names of the senators not voting or voting 5 “present”. Those senators called shall vote “aye” or 6 “no” unless the senator states a personal interest in 7 the question or concludes that he or she should not 8 vote under the senate code of ethics. 9 Rule 24 10 Reconsideration 11 When a main motion has been decided by the senate, 12 any senator having voted on the prevailing side 13 may move to reconsider the vote on the same or next 14 legislative day. Motions to reconsider the vote on a 15 bill or resolution shall be in writing and filed with 16 the secretary of the senate. 17 Notwithstanding any time limitations applicable 18 to motions to reconsider main motions, a motion to 19 reconsider the vote on an amendment may be made at 20 any time before final disposition of the motion to 21 be amended. Such motion shall be in writing and 22 filed with the secretary of the senate. A motion to 23 reconsider an amendment to a main motion shall be taken 24 up for consideration only prior to the disposition of 25 the main motion or upon reconsideration of the main 26 motion. 27 A constitutional majority by a record roll call is 28 necessary to reconsider a bill or joint resolution. 29 During three legislative days from the date the motion 30 -18- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 18/ 49

S.R. 5 to reconsider a bill or resolution is filed, only the 1 mover may call it up. Thereafter, any senator may call 2 up the motion. If a date for adjournment has been set 3 by resolution of the senate, any senator may call up 4 a motion to reconsider at any time within three days 5 prior to the date set for adjournment. 6 If the motion to reconsider a bill or resolution 7 prevails, motions to reconsider amendments thereto 8 shall be in order and shall be disposed of without 9 delay. 10 A motion that any action taken by the senate be 11 reconsidered and the motion to reconsider be laid upon 12 the table shall be a single and indivisible motion, 13 known as the double-barreled motion, which, if carried, 14 shall have the effect of preventing reconsideration 15 unless a motion to take from the table prevails. 16 A constitutional majority is necessary for the 17 double-barreled motion to prevail on a bill or joint 18 resolution. The double-barreled motion can only be 19 made from the floor after the vote is announced and the 20 member who moved the final reading shall have priority 21 in making it. 22 A motion to reconsider and lay on the table shall 23 have priority over a motion to reconsider if they are 24 both filed on the same legislative day. 25 In the event that a motion to reconsider is pending 26 at the end of the first session or any extraordinary 27 session of any general assembly, or the general 28 assembly adjourns sine die, and the motion has not been 29 voted upon by the senate, it shall be determined to 30 -19- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 19/ 49

S.R. 5 have failed. 1 Rule 25 2 Suspension of Rules 3 No standing rule, rules incorporated by reference 4 under Rule 3, or order of the senate shall be rescinded 5 or suspended, except by unanimous consent of the senate 6 or by an affirmative vote of a constitutional majority 7 of the senate voting on a simple resolution. 8 INTRODUCTION AND FORM OF BILLS 9 Rule 26 10 Time and Method of Introducing Bills and Amendments 11 All bills to be introduced in the senate shall be 12 typed in proper form by the legislative services agency 13 and shall be filed with the recording clerk. 14 All amendments shall be typed in proper form and 15 filed with the recording clerk not later than 4:30 16 p.m., or adjournment, whichever is later, in order to 17 be listed in the following day’s clip sheet. 18 An “impact amendment” is an amendment which 19 reasonably could have an annual effect of at least one 20 hundred thousand dollars or a combined total effect 21 within five years after enactment of five hundred 22 thousand dollars or more on the aggregate revenues, 23 expenditures or fiscal liability of the state or its 24 subdivisions. 25 An impact amendment to a bill which has been on 26 the special order calendar for at least three full 27 legislative days prior to its consideration shall not 28 be taken up by the senate unless: 29 1) a fiscal note is attached, and the amendment is 30 -20- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 20/ 49

S.R. 5 filed at least one legislative day prior to the date 1 set for consideration of the bill; or 2 2) the amendment is an appropriation or other 3 measure where the total effect is stated in dollar 4 amounts. 5 Rule 27 6 Limit on Introduction of Bills 7 No bill or joint resolution, except bills and 8 joint resolutions cosponsored by the majority and 9 minority floor leaders, or companion bills and joint 10 resolutions sponsored by the majority floor leaders of 11 both houses, shall be introduced in the senate after 12 4:30 p.m. on Friday of the fifth week of the first 13 regular session of a general assembly unless a formal 14 request for drafting the bill has been filed with the 15 legislative services agency before that time. After 16 adjournment of the first regular session, bills may 17 be prefiled at any time before the convening of the 18 second regular session. No bill shall be introduced 19 after 4:30 p.m. on Friday of the second week of the 20 second regular session of a general assembly unless a 21 formal request for drafting the bill has been filed 22 with the legislative services agency before that time. 23 However, standing committees may introduce bills and 24 joint resolutions at any time. A bill which relates 25 to departmental rules sponsored by the administrative 26 rules review committee and approved by a majority 27 of the members of the committee in each house may 28 be introduced at any time and must be referred to a 29 standing committee which must take action on the bill 30 -21- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 21/ 49

S.R. 5 within three weeks. Senate and concurrent resolutions 1 may be introduced at any time. 2 No bill, joint resolution, concurrent resolution 3 or senate resolution shall be introduced at any 4 extraordinary session unless sponsored by a standing 5 committee, the majority and minority floor leaders, or 6 the committee of the whole. 7 Rule 28 8 Introduction, Reading, and Form of Bills and 9 Resolutions 10 Every senate bill and resolution shall be introduced 11 by one or more senators or by any standing committee 12 of the senate and shall at once be given its first 13 reading. 14 If the senate is in session when a bill or 15 resolution is introduced, the first reading shall 16 consist of reading its file number, the title and 17 sponsor of the bill. If the senate is not in session 18 but a journal is published for the day, the first 19 reading shall consist of a journal entry of the bill’s 20 file number, title, sponsor and the notation “Read 21 first time under Rule 28 . ”. 22 Any bill or resolution approved for introduction by 23 a standing committee during an interim period between 24 sessions of one General Assembly shall be introduced 25 without further action by the committee at the next 26 succeeding regular session of the same General Assembly 27 and placed immediately upon the regular calendar. 28 Every bill and resolution referred to committee 29 shall have received two readings before its passage. 30 -22- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 22/ 49

S.R. 5 The subject of every bill shall be expressed in its 1 title. 2 Rule 29 3 Explanations 4 No bill, except appropriation committee bills and 5 simple or concurrent resolutions, shall be introduced 6 unless a concise and accurate explanation is attached. 7 The chief sponsor or a committee to which the bill has 8 been referred may add a revised explanation at any time 9 before the last reading, and it shall be included in 10 the daily clip sheet. 11 Rule 30 12 Resolutions 13 A “senate resolution” is a resolution acted upon 14 only by the senate which relates to an accomplishment 15 of national or international status; the dedication 16 of a day by a statewide or national group; the 17 one hundredth, one hundred twenty-fifth, or one 18 hundred fiftieth anniversary of a local government 19 or organization; the recognition of state ties to 20 other governments; the retirement of a senator 21 or long-time senate employee; or to rules and 22 administrative matters, including the appointment 23 of special committees, within the senate. A senate 24 resolution requires the affirmative vote of a majority 25 of the senators present and voting, unless otherwise 26 required in these rules. A senate resolution shall 27 be filed with the secretary of the senate. A senate 28 resolution shall be printed in the bound journal after 29 its adoption and in the daily journal upon written 30 -23- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 23/ 49

S.R. 5 request to the secretary of the senate by the sponsor 1 of the resolution. Other expressions of sentiment 2 or recognition may be made with the issuance of a 3 certificate of recognition. 4 Rule 31 5 Nullification Resolutions 6 A nullification resolution may be introduced 7 by a standing committee, the administrative rules 8 review committee, or any member of the senate. 9 A nullification resolution introduced by the 10 administrative rules review committee or a member 11 of the senate shall be referred to the same standing 12 committee it would be referred to if it was a bill. 13 Any nullification resolution may be referred to the 14 administrative rules review committee by a majority 15 vote of the standing committee which introduced it 16 or to which it was referred. The administrative 17 rules review committee may seek an agreement with the 18 affected administrative agency wherein the agency 19 agrees to voluntarily rescind or modify a rule or rules 20 relating to the subject matter of the nullification 21 resolution. An agreement to voluntarily rescind 22 or modify an administrative agency rule shall be in 23 writing and signed by the chief administrative officer 24 of the administrative agency and a majority of the 25 administrative rules review committee members of each 26 house and shall be placed on file in the offices of 27 the chief clerk of the house, the secretary of the 28 senate and the secretary of state. If an agreement is 29 not reached, or the nullification resolution is not 30 -24- LSB 2094SQ (5) 85 jh 24/ 49