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 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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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 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 |
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 | 392 |
a
vote is taken on the question of concurrence in
House | 393 |
amendments
to a Senate bill or resolution, the staff of the | 394 |
Legislative
Service Commission shall prepare a synopsis of any | 395 |
substantive
amendments made by a House committee to the bill or | 396 |
resolution as
passed by the Senate. The staff of the Legislative | 397 |
Service
Commission shall make such a synopsis available to each | 398 |
senator
at
the time the Senate votes on the question of | 399 |
concurrence in the
House amendments. The Clerk shall provide each | 400 |
member of the
majority
leadership, each member of the minority | 401 |
leadership, and
the sponsor or floor
sponsor with any amendments | 402 |
made by the
House
during its third
consideration of the bill or | 403 |
resolution. | 404 |
Rule 47. (Title of Bill after Passage.) When a bill has | 405 |
passed the Senate, the Clerk shall read its title and the | 406 |
President shall demand if the Senate agrees thereto. Any senator | 407 |
may then request the addition or deletion of thea senator's name | 408 |
to
the
title as a co-sponsor. Prior to passage of a bill, a | 409 |
former
senator who no longer is a member of the General Assembly | 410 |
may
present a writing to the Clerk requesting deletion of the | 411 |
former
senator's name from the title of the bill as sponsor or | 412 |
co-sponsor. The President shall present the request to the Senate, | 413 |
and the Clerk shall spread the request upon the pages of the | 414 |
Journal. When the Senate is agreed, the Clerk shall make
out the | 415 |
title accordingly, and certify to the passage of the bill
upon its | 416 |
carrier. | 417 |
Immediately after the
Senate has voted to concur in
House | 418 |
amendments to a bill or
resolution, and immediately after the | 419 |
Senate has voted to accept a
conference committee report, a | 420 |
senator may add or remove the senator's
name from the bill or | 421 |
resolution by rising and stating this
desire to the President. The | 422 |
Clerk shall thereupon add or remove
the senator's name to or from | 423 |
the bill or resolutionthe President shall demand if the Senate | 424 |
agrees to the co-sponsorship of the bill or resolution. Any | 425 |
senator may then request the addition or deletion of a senator's | 426 |
name from the bill or resolution as co-sponsor. Prior to the vote | 427 |
on concurrence in House amendments to a bill or resolution, and | 428 |
prior to the vote on a conference committee report, a former | 429 |
senator who no longer is a member of the General Assembly may | 430 |
present a writing to the Clerk requesting deletion of the former | 431 |
senator's name from the bill or resolution as sponsor or | 432 |
co-sponsor. The President shall present the request to the Senate, | 433 |
and the Clerk shall spread the request upon the pages of the | 434 |
Journal. When the Senate is agreed, the Clerk shall make out the | 435 |
title of the bill or resolution accordingly. | 436 |
Rule 53. (Resolutions, How Offered; Special Committees
by.) | 459 |
Resolutions may be offered by a senator in
the senator's | 460 |
individual capacity, or as a report of a committee in the
regular | 461 |
order of business, or at any time on leave of the Senate. Any | 462 |
resolution
proposing the creation of a special investigating | 463 |
committee shall
be, upon its introduction, automatically referred | 464 |
to the
Committee on Rules. This rule shall be
dispensed with only | 465 |
by a two-thirds vote of the Senate. | 466 |
Rule 54. (Resolutions, When Considered.) Resolutions
to be | 467 |
introduced in the
Senate shall be typewritten,
shall be in | 468 |
quadruplicate, shall bear the name of the author and
co-authors, | 469 |
if any, and shall be filed in the Clerk's office at least
one hour | 470 |
prior to the next convening session of the
Senate. All resolutions | 471 |
offered in the Senate shall be considered immediately by either | 472 |
being
adopted or referred to the Committee on
Reference, except as | 473 |
provided in Rules
53 and 55. If so referred, the
Committee on | 474 |
Reference shall examine and
otherwise consider the resolution, and | 475 |
may indefinitely postpone
it, refer it to another standing | 476 |
committee, or report it
back to the Senate. | 477 |
Upon reading a resolution from the House, such resolution | 481 |
shall be considered
immediately
by either being adopted or | 482 |
referred to the
Committee on Reference. If so referred,
the | 483 |
Committee on Reference shall examine and otherwise consider
the | 484 |
resolution,
and may indefinitely postpone it, refer it to another | 485 |
standing
committee, or report it back to the Senate. | 486 |
It shall be a prerogative of the presiding officer to | 487 |
consolidate into a single motion for consideration by the Senate | 488 |
some or all commemorative and congratulatory resolutions offered | 489 |
for adoption on any particular legislative day. Should the | 490 |
presiding officer exercise this prerogative, which shall be
called | 491 |
a President's Prerogative, the presiding officer shall
direct the | 492 |
Clerk to supply a list entitled President's
Prerogative | 493 |
Resolutions which identifies by title all resolutions
proposed to | 494 |
be adopted by a single vote. This list shall be
supplied to all | 495 |
members prior to a vote on said
resolutions. The presiding officer | 496 |
shall put the following
question: "Shall the resolutions listed | 497 |
under the
President's Prerogative be adopted?" | 498 |
Rule 55. (Concurrent Resolutions, Agency Rule
Review.) The | 499 |
Chairperson or
Vice-Chairperson of the Joint
Committee on
Agency | 500 |
Rule Review shall offer under the ninth order of business
listed | 501 |
in Rule 7, all concurrent resolutions recommended by that | 502 |
committee for adoption by the Senate. The resolution shall be | 503 |
offered within three Senate legislative days after the date
of | 504 |
recommendation by the joint committee, and shall that day be | 505 |
referred to the Committee on Rules, which
shall place the | 506 |
resolution on the Senate calendar for consideration within twelve | 507 |
calendar days; but the resolution shall be offered and taken
up | 508 |
for consideration on an earlier legislative day if necessary
to | 509 |
permit its adoption within the period of time specified by
section | 510 |
119.03 of the Revised Code for invalidating a proposed
rule, | 511 |
amendment, rescission, or any part thereof. | 512 |
Rule 60. (Quorum Not Voting, Continue.) When fewer than a | 538 |
quorum vote on any question, the President shall forthwith order | 539 |
the roll of senators to be called. If a quorum be present as
shown | 540 |
by answering to their names, or by their presence in the
Chamber, | 541 |
the President shall again order the
roll to be called, and if any | 542 |
senator is present the senator
shall be ordered to vote unless the | 543 |
Senate shall have previously excused
the senator. | 544 |
Rule 62. (Division, When Taken.) After a vote is taken
viva | 551 |
voce, if the President is undecided, or if a division is
demanded | 552 |
by any senator before the result is announced, the
Senate shall | 553 |
divide. Those voting in the affirmative shall arise
at the request | 554 |
of the President and remain standing until counted
and the count | 555 |
is announced; then those voting in the negative
shall arise and | 556 |
remain standing until counted and the count is
announced. | 557 |
Rule 65. (Verification of Vote.) After the roll has been | 567 |
called, any senator may
demand a verification of the vote. The | 568 |
Clerk shall read, first
the names of those senators voting in the | 569 |
affirmative, then of
those voting in the negative, at which time | 570 |
any senator, on
account of error or for any other reason, may | 571 |
change his or her
vote; but no senator shall be permitted to | 572 |
change his or her vote, as
recorded, after the roll call has been | 573 |
verified and the results declared except by unanimous consent of | 574 |
the Senate. A request by a senator for unanimous consent to change
| 575 |
the senator's vote must be made from the well of the Senate and | 576 |
before the Senate proceeds to the next item within the same or | 577 |
next order of business. | 578 |
Rule 75. (When Motions Must Be in Writing.) Whenever an | 627 |
amendment is offered to any bill or resolution under | 628 |
consideration, or any amendment to such an amendment, the senator | 629 |
proposing the same shall reduce it to writing and send it to the | 630 |
Clerk's desk. Amendments prepared and distributed in advance of | 631 |
their offering shall identify the bill or resolution sought to be | 632 |
amended and the name of the senator proposing to amend; when a | 633 |
senator prepares more than one amendment to the same bill or | 634 |
resolution, the amendments shall be numbered
sequentially. Unless | 635 |
objection is waived, debate shall cease
until all members are | 636 |
supplied with copies of amendments offered
on the floor. | 637 |
Rule 78. (Motions, Statement and Withdrawal.) When a
motion | 661 |
is made the question shall be stated by the President; or,
being | 662 |
in writing, it may be read to the Senate by the President
or | 663 |
Clerk. After a motion is stated or read by the President, or
read | 664 |
by the Clerk, it shall be deemed to be in the possession of
the | 665 |
Senate, but may be withdrawn, by leave of the Senate, at any
time | 666 |
before a decision or amendment. | 667 |
Rule 81. (Reconsideration, How and When.) A motion to | 681 |
reconsider a vote may be made only by a senator who voted with
the | 682 |
prevailing side, and such motion, to be in order, must be
made | 683 |
within the next two legislative days of the Senate after
such vote | 684 |
is taken. A motion to reconsider shall take precedence
over all | 685 |
questions except a motion to adjourn, and may be called
up at any | 686 |
time in the appropriate order of business after
disposal of | 687 |
pending questions. | 688 |
Rule 85. (Procedure on Reconsideration.) A motion to | 703 |
reconsider action on a bill, joint resolution, or other paper
that | 704 |
may have gone out of possession of the Senate shall be
entertained | 705 |
if made within the time specified in Rule 81;
such motion to | 706 |
reconsider shall be regarded as an order to the Clerk
to request | 707 |
the House to return the bill, joint resolution, or
other paper, | 708 |
but the Senate may vote on the motion to reconsider
without | 709 |
waiting for the return to the Senate of such bill, joint | 710 |
resolution, or other paper, and the President shall state the | 711 |
question: "Shall the vote be reconsidered?" Action on
the bill, | 712 |
joint resolution, or other paper, the vote on which has
been | 713 |
reconsidered, may not be taken until such bill, joint
resolution, | 714 |
or other paper has been returned and is in possession
of the | 715 |
Senate. | 716 |
Rule 91. (Recess and Adjournment.) The interim between any | 739 |
two sessions
of the Senate on the same day shall be termed a | 740 |
recess, and on
the reassembling at the appointed hour any question | 741 |
pending at
the time of taking such recess shall be resumed without | 742 |
a motion
to that effect; and unless the Senate shall otherwise | 743 |
order by
resolution or motion, the hour to which it shall adjourn | 744 |
shall be
half past one p.m. the succeeding day; and the hour to | 745 |
which it shall recess shall be stated in the motion. | 746 |
Rule 92. (Motion to Adjourn in Order, When.) A motion to | 747 |
adjourn shall be in order at any time, except while a member is | 748 |
addressing the Senate, or while a vote is being taken, but cannot | 749 |
be made except by a senator who has been recognized by the | 750 |
President, and being decided in the negative shall not again be | 751 |
entertained until some motion, call, or order shall have been | 752 |
acted upon. | 753 |
Rule 96. (Committee on Rules.) The standing
Committee on | 770 |
Rules shall have the power to
prescribe the order of business of | 771 |
the Senate and shall arrange and post the calendar at least
one | 772 |
calendar day in advance, so that all matters shall appear
thereon | 773 |
for the consideration of the Senate with reference to
their | 774 |
importance. Measures expected to be reported by committee
may be | 775 |
placed conditionally on the calendar for consideration by
the | 776 |
Senate in the regular order of business, and may be carried
over | 777 |
to a succeeding legislative day, subject to favorable action
by | 778 |
committee. In a case of necessity, the
Chairperson of the | 779 |
Committee
on Rules may call a special meeting upon proper
notice | 780 |
to add
a bill to the calendar upon a majority vote. One
day's | 781 |
notice
shall not be required for calendars during the first week | 782 |
after an adjournment of more than five calendar days. | 783 |
Rule 98. (Yeas and Nays, Appointments.) The yeas and nays | 790 |
shall be called upon advising and consenting to an executive | 791 |
appointment. Failure of the question to receive the concurrence
of | 792 |
a majority of the senators elected constitutes refusal of the | 793 |
Senate to advise and consent to the appointment. The Senate may | 794 |
advise and consent to two or more appointments by a single roll | 795 |
call vote. When a committee to which an appointment has been | 796 |
referred recommends its rejection, or when a senator demands that | 797 |
an appointment be separately considered, the question of its | 798 |
approval shall not be included in a single roll call vote | 799 |
affecting more than one appointment, but the yeas and nays shall | 800 |
be separately called on the question of advising and consenting
to | 801 |
such an appointment. When two or more appointments are made
the | 802 |
subject of a single roll call vote, the failure of the
question to | 803 |
receive the concurrence of a majority of the senators
elected | 804 |
shall not constitute refusal to advise and consent to the | 805 |
appointments, but in such case the yeas and nays shall then be | 806 |
separately called on the question of advising and consenting to | 807 |
each appointment. | 808 |
Rule 99. (Clerk Shall Keep Index to Bills, etc.) The
Clerk | 810 |
shall keep an index record of all bills and resolutions
introduced | 811 |
in the Senate regardless of the house of origin,
showing the | 812 |
number, title,
and author of each measure, the section
sought to | 813 |
be amended,
enacted, or repealed, and the subject or
matter | 814 |
affected
thereby. The Clerk may call upon the staff
of the Ohio | 815 |
Government Telecommunications to
produce a video of all Senate | 816 |
voting sessions. Such
video shall be
accessible as provided by | 817 |
law and the rules of the Ohio Government
Telecommunications | 818 |
Programming Committee. | 819 |
Rule 100. (Duties of Clerk.) The distribution and receipt of | 820 |
bills,
resolutions, reports, messages from the House and from any | 821 |
branch of the executive or judicial department of the State, and | 822 |
all other documents belonging to the
Senate shall be under the | 823 |
direction and control of the Clerk.
All records kept by the Clerk | 824 |
are governed by the records retention schedule adopted by the | 825 |
Clerk. The property and premises of the Senate shall also be under | 826 |
the
direct supervision of the Clerk. | 827 |
Rule 102. (Use of
Committee
Rooms.) A person who wishes to | 843 |
use a Senate committee room for
a purpose other than a meeting of | 844 |
a committee, subcommittee, or
other official Senate business
shall | 845 |
not do so without obtaining the
Clerk's prior approval. In | 846 |
requesting the Clerk's
approval, the person shall inform the
Clerk | 847 |
of the committee room the
person wishes to use and the time and | 848 |
purpose of the proposed
use. Senate committee rooms may be used | 849 |
for only appropriate
purposes. At no time shall food or beverages | 850 |
be allowed in Senate committee rooms unless otherwise authorized | 851 |
by the Clerk. | 852 |
Rule 103. (Who Admitted in Chamber, Members' Lounge.) During | 853 |
the daily
sessions of the Senate, no person shall be admitted | 854 |
within the
railing except members of the two houses, their | 855 |
officers and
employees in the performance of their duties, or | 856 |
persons charged
with messages or papers to the Senate; clergy, by | 857 |
invitation of the President; the Governor of this or any other | 858 |
state; and
representatives of newspapers or legislative | 859 |
information services
who have been granted the privileges of the | 860 |
Senate
by the President. When
the Senate is not in session,
only | 861 |
senators and their guests and officers and employees of the
Senate | 862 |
in the performance of
their duties are permitted within the | 863 |
railing without the
President's permission. | 864 |
Rule 104. (Posters, Placards, Banners and Signs.) No poster, | 869 |
placard, banner, sign or other similar material shall be carried | 870 |
into the Senate Chamber or committee or meeting rooms of the | 871 |
Senate by any person, and no person shall attach or affix any | 872 |
poster, placard, banner, sign or other similar material to the | 873 |
doors, walls, rails, seats or banisters of the Senate Chamber or | 874 |
committee or meeting rooms of the Senate. The Sergeant-at-Arms | 875 |
shall strictly enforce this rule. | 876 |
Rule 108. (Press Privileges, How
Obtained.) Representatives | 892 |
of the press desiring the privileges
of the press area of the | 893 |
Senate floor shall make application to
the President of the Senate | 894 |
and shall state in writing for what
paper or papers or legislative | 895 |
information services, magazines, or their affiliates they are | 896 |
employed; and shall further state that they are not engaged in
the | 897 |
prosecution of claims pending before the
General Assembly and will | 898 |
not become so engaged while
allowed the privileges of the
floor; | 899 |
and that they are not in any sense the agents or
representatives | 900 |
of persons or corporations having legislation
before the General | 901 |
Assembly,
and will not become either while
retaining their | 902 |
privileges. Visiting newspaper writers and
editors may be allowed, | 903 |
temporarily, the privileges herein
mentioned, but they must | 904 |
conform to the restrictions prescribed. | 905 |
The application required by the above rule shall be | 906 |
authenticated in a manner that shall be satisfactory to the | 907 |
Executive Committee of the Ohio Legislative Correspondents' | 908 |
Association, who shall see that the privileges of the floor be | 909 |
granted to
representatives of the press association serving | 910 |
newspapers of
general circulation, bona fide correspondents of | 911 |
reputable
standing in their profession who represent newspapers of | 912 |
general
circulation or magazines, or representatives of daily | 913 |
legislative information
services of known standing and integrity, | 914 |
or their affiliates; organized for that one
purpose and not | 915 |
controlled by or connected with an association,
firm, corporation, | 916 |
or individual representing any trade,
profession, or other | 917 |
commercial enterprise, and which have been
in continuous and bona | 918 |
fide operation for such a period of years
immediately prior to the | 919 |
date of making application for floor
privileges as will have made | 920 |
possible the establishment of a
reputation for honesty and | 921 |
integrity; and it shall be the duty of
the Executive Committee
of | 922 |
the Ohio Legislative Correspondents' Association, at its | 923 |
discretion, to
report violations of the privileges herein granted, | 924 |
to the
Committee on Rules. | 925 |
Rule 109. (Representative of Radio and Television
Stations | 926 |
and Broadcasting Networks, How Admitted.) Representatives of
radio | 927 |
and television stations and broadcasting networks desiring
the | 928 |
privileges of the radio and television area of the Senate
floor | 929 |
shall make application to the President, and shall state,
in | 930 |
writing, by what stations or broadcasting network they are | 931 |
employed; and further shall state that they are not engaged in
the | 932 |
promotion of legislation or the prosecution of claims pending | 933 |
before the General Assembly,
and will not become so engaged while | 934 |
allowed the privileges of the floor; and that they are not in any | 935 |
sense, the agents or representatives of persons or corporations | 936 |
having legislation before the General
Assembly, and will not | 937 |
become either while retaining their privileges. Visiting | 938 |
correspondents and editors may be allowed, temporarily, the | 939 |
privileges herein mentioned, but they must conform to the | 940 |
restrictions prescribed. | 941 |
The application required by the above rule shall be | 942 |
authenticated in a manner that shall be satisfactory to the Radio | 943 |
and Television Correspondents'
Association
of Ohio. It shall be | 944 |
the duty of the Radio and Television
Correspondents' Association | 945 |
of Ohio to see that the privileges
of the
floor shall be granted | 946 |
only to the representatives of stations
and broadcasting networks | 947 |
serving radio and television stations,
or networks serving such | 948 |
radio and television stations as have
been duly licensed by the | 949 |
Federal Communications Commission. It
shall be the duty of the | 950 |
Radio and Television Correspondents'
Association of Ohio, at their | 951 |
discretion, to report
violations of the privileges herein granted | 952 |
to the President.
Persons whose chief attention is not given to | 953 |
radio and
television broadcasting shall not be entitled to the | 954 |
privileges
of the floor. | 955 |
Rule 110. (Privileges, How Revoked.) Upon complaint that
any | 956 |
person has abused the privileges granted the person
under Rule 108 | 957 |
or 109, such complaint
shall be
submitted to the standing | 958 |
Committee on Rules
for investigation, and such Committee shall | 959 |
notify the person so charged of the time and place for hearing, | 960 |
and if such accusation be sustained, such person or persons, upon | 961 |
the report of the Committee, shall be
debarred from the
privileges | 962 |
theretofore granted. | 963 |
Rule 112. (Letters of Commendation, etc.) When requested
by | 977 |
any member of the Senate, the President of the Senate may, on | 978 |
behalf of the Senate, in its name and in the
President's | 979 |
discretion, sign letters or simple resolutions
conveying messages | 980 |
of commendation,
congratulation, recognition, and condolence to | 981 |
persons or organizations
named in such request. | 982 |
Rule 113. (Use of the Senate Coat of Arms.) Use of the Senate | 986 |
Coat of Arms shall be limited to members of the Senate, employees | 987 |
of the Senate in the performance of their duties, the Chief of | 988 |
Staff of the Senate and the Clerk. No other person shall use or | 989 |
permit to be used any reproduction or facsimile of the Senate Coat | 990 |
of Arms or a counterfeit or non-official version of the Senate | 991 |
Coat of Arms for any purpose not authorized by the Clerk. | 992 |