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 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 |
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 |
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 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 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 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 |
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 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 |
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 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 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 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 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 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 |
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 |