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S. R. No. 17 As IntroducedAs Introduced
| 129th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2011-2012 |
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A RESOLUTION | To amend Senate Rules 20, 21, 27, 35, 37, 40, 42, 53,
54, 55, 93, 96, 97, 108, and 110 to change
references to the Committee on Rules, and
references to the Committee on Reference, to apply
to the Committee on Rules and Reference.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
| That Senate Rules 20, 21, 27, 35, 37, 40, 42, 53, 54, 55, 93,
96, 97, 108, and 110 be amended to read as follows: |
| Rule 20. (Committee Chairperson; Expenses; Attendance of
Witnesses.) The President shall designate a chairperson and
vice-chairperson as well as a ranking minority member for each
committee. The Minority Leader of the Senate may recommend the
ranking minority member for each committee. In the absence of the
chairperson or vice-chairperson, the committee may designate a
chairperson. |
| The President may be substituted as a voting member of any
committee and the committee records shall reflect such fact and
the committee member for whom the President has been substituted.
The Minority Leader shall be an ex-officio nonvoting member of
each committee and the President may, at the Minority Leader's
request, substitute the Minority Leader as a voting member of any
committee and the committee records shall reflect such fact and
the committee member for whom the Minority Leader has been
substituted. |
| No committee or member thereof shall be permitted to incur
any expenses without first receiving the written consent of the
President or the Committee on Rules and Reference. Authorization
by the Committee on Rules and Reference shall be signed by the
Chairperson of the Committee on Rules and Reference. |
| When authorized by the President, the chairperson of a
standing committee of the Senate, with respect to any pending or
contemplated legislation, or with respect to any matter committed
to the standing committee, or the chairperson of a select
committee of the Senate, with respect to any matter committed to
the select committee, may issue a subpoena under sections 101.41
to 101.46 of the Revised Code, or may issue an order under section
101.81 of the Revised Code, to compel the attendance of witnesses
or the production of books, papers, or other tangible evidence. |
| Rule 21. (Committee Meetings, Called by, Rules, Record.) Each
committee shall meet upon the call of its chairperson, and in case
of the chairperson's absence, or refusal to call the committee
together, a meeting may be called by a majority of the members of
the committee. At least two days preceding the day bills or joint
resolutions to propose a constitutional amendment are to be given
a first hearing, the Clerk shall post in the Clerk's office the
schedule of such bills and joint resolutions in each standing
committee or subcommittee with the exception of the standing
Committee on Rules and Reference. In a case of necessity, the
notice of hearing may be given in a shorter period than two days
by such reasonable method as shall be prescribed by the Committee
on Rules and Reference. |
| Where applicable, the rules of the Senate apply to the
committee proceedings of the Senate. In addition, all committee
meetings shall be governed by section 101.15 of the Revised Code.
On any occasion when a majority or more of the members of a
standing committee, select committee, or subcommittee of a
standing or select committee of the Senate meet together for a
prearranged discussion of the public business of the committee or
subcommittee, the meeting shall be open to the public unless
closed in accordance with Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section
13. |
| Rule 27. (Records to be Kept.) Each committee shall keep
minutes of its proceedings, including a record of committee
attendance and the names of all persons who speak before the
committee, whether such persons are a proponent, opponent, or
other interested party on the issue on which they appear, the
names of the persons, firms, associations, or corporations in
whose behalf such persons appear, and such other matters as may be
directed by the Committee on Rules and Reference. A record of
motions and the votes thereon shall be kept by the committee. |
| Rule 35. (Bills, Second Consideration and Committee on Rules
and Reference, Public Hearing.) On the second reading of a bill,
the Committee on Rules and Reference shall, if no motion or order
be made to the contrary, refer the bill to the proper standing
committee in regular order. Further, no bill shall be reported for
a third reading and passage unless the same shall have been
considered at a meeting of the committee to which the same has
been referred. |
| All Senate bills and resolutions referred by the Committee on Rules and Reference on or before the first day of April in an
even-numbered year shall be scheduled by the chairperson of the
committee to which the same has been referred for a minimum of one
public hearing. |
| Rule 37. (Recommitment of Bills.) At any time before its
passage, a bill or resolution may be recommitted or rereferred by
a majority vote of the Senate or the Committee on Rules and
Reference. |
| Rule 40. (Bills Placed on Calendar, When.) Unless the Senate
otherwise orders, all bills and resolutions reported by a
committee with a recommendation for passage or adoption shall be
placed on the calendar with an indication that the bills and
resolutions have been recommended for passage or adoption by the
designated committees. Bills and resolutions recommended by
designated committees may be arranged on the calendar under the
regular order of business by action of the Committee on Rules and
Reference, pursuant to Rule 96. |
| Rule 42. (Carried Over to Succeeding Day.) When a bill which
has been set for a third consideration on a particular day shall
for any reason not be reached on that day, it shall stand for
third consideration on the first succeeding day when bills for
third consideration shall be reached in the regular order of
business, except as may be otherwise provided by the Committee on
Rules and Reference. |
| Rule 53. (Resolutions, How Offered; Special Committees by.)
Resolutions may be offered by a senator in the senator's
individual capacity, or as a report of a committee in the regular
order of business, or at any time on leave of the Senate. Any
resolution proposing the creation of a special investigating
committee shall be, upon its introduction, automatically referred
to the Committee on Rules and Reference. This rule shall be
dispensed with only by a two-thirds vote of the Senate. |
| Rule 54. (Resolutions, When Considered.) Resolutions to be
introduced in the Senate shall be typewritten, shall be in
quadruplicate, shall bear the name of the author and co-authors,
if any, and shall be filed in the Clerk's office at least one hour
prior to the next convening session of the Senate. All resolutions
offered in the Senate shall be considered immediately by either
being adopted or referred to the Committee on Rules and Reference,
except as provided in Rules 53 and 55. If so referred, the
Committee on
Rules and Reference shall examine and otherwise
consider the resolution, and may indefinitely postpone it, refer
it to another standing committee, or report it back to the Senate. |
| All death, commemorative, and congratulatory resolutions
shall be printed by title only unless otherwise ordered by a
majority vote of the members elected. |
| Upon reading a resolution from the House, such resolution
shall be considered immediately by either being adopted or
referred to the Committee on Rules and Reference. If so referred,
the Committee on Rules and Reference shall examine and otherwise
consider the resolution, and may indefinitely postpone it, refer
it to another standing committee, or report it back to the Senate. |
| It shall be a prerogative of the presiding officer to
consolidate into a single motion for consideration by the Senate
some or all commemorative and congratulatory resolutions offered
for adoption on any particular legislative day. Should the
presiding officer exercise this prerogative, which shall be called
a President's Prerogative, the presiding officer shall direct the
Clerk to supply a list entitled President's Prerogative
Resolutions which identifies by title all resolutions proposed to
be adopted by a single vote. This list shall be supplied to all
members prior to a vote on said resolutions. The presiding officer
shall put the following question: "Shall the resolutions listed
under the President's Prerogative be adopted?" |
| Rule 55. (Concurrent Resolutions, Agency Rule Review.) The
Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Agency
Rule Review shall offer under the ninth order of business listed
in Rule 7, all concurrent resolutions recommended by that
committee for adoption by the Senate. The resolution shall be
offered within three Senate legislative days after the date of
recommendation by the joint committee, and shall that day be
referred to the Committee on Rules and Reference, which shall
place the resolution on the Senate calendar for consideration
within twelve calendar days; but the resolution shall be offered
and taken up for consideration on an earlier legislative day if
necessary to permit its adoption within the period of time
specified by section 119.03 of the Revised Code for invalidating a
proposed rule, amendment, rescission, or any part thereof. |
| Rule 93. (If under Consideration When Adjourned.) A bill or
resolution under consideration when adjournment is taken shall be,
when its order of business on the succeeding day is reached, the
first question before the Senate in that order of business, except
as otherwise provided by the Committee on Rules and Reference. |
| Rule 96. (Committee on Rules and Reference.) The standing
Committee on Rules and Reference shall have the power to prescribe
the order of business of the Senate and shall arrange and post the
calendar at least one calendar day in advance, so that all matters
shall appear thereon for the consideration of the Senate with
reference to their importance. Measures expected to be reported by
committee may be placed conditionally on the calendar for
consideration by the Senate in the regular order of business, and
may be carried over to a succeeding legislative day, subject to
favorable action by committee. In a case of necessity, the
Chairperson of the Committee on Rules and Reference may call a
special meeting upon proper notice to add a bill to the calendar
upon a majority vote. One day's notice shall not be required for
calendars during the first week after an adjournment of more than
five calendar days. |
| Rule 97. (Executive Appointments.) When executive
appointments are received by the Senate they shall, unless the
Senate otherwise orders, be referred to the Committee on Rules and
Reference. The Committee on Rules and Reference may refer the
appointments to another committee. |
| Rule 108. (Press Privileges, How Obtained.) Representatives
of the press desiring the privileges of the press area of the
Senate floor shall make application to the President of the Senate
and shall state in writing for what paper or papers or legislative
information services, magazines, or their affiliates they are
employed; and shall further state that they are not engaged in the
prosecution of claims pending before the General Assembly and will
not become so engaged while allowed the privileges of the floor;
and that they are not in any sense the agents or representatives
of persons or corporations having legislation before the General
Assembly, and will not become either while retaining their
privileges. Visiting newspaper writers and editors may be allowed,
temporarily, the privileges herein mentioned, but they must
conform to the restrictions prescribed. |
| The application required by the above rule shall be
authenticated in a manner that shall be satisfactory to the
Executive Committee of the Ohio Legislative Correspondents'
Association, who shall see that the privileges of the floor be
granted to representatives of the press association serving
newspapers of general circulation, bona fide correspondents of
reputable standing in their profession who represent newspapers of
general circulation or magazines, or representatives of daily
legislative information services of known standing and integrity,
or their affiliates; organized for that one purpose and not
controlled by or connected with an association, firm, corporation,
or individual representing any trade, profession, or other
commercial enterprise, and which have been in continuous and bona
fide operation for such a period of years immediately prior to the
date of making application for floor privileges as will have made
possible the establishment of a reputation for honesty and
integrity; and it shall be the duty of the Executive Committee of
the Ohio Legislative Correspondents' Association, at its
discretion, to report violations of the privileges herein granted,
to the Committee on Rules and Reference. |
| Rule 110. (Privileges, How Revoked.) Upon complaint that any
person has abused the privileges granted the person under Rule 108
or 109, such complaint shall be submitted to the standing
Committee on Rules and Reference for investigation, and such
Committee shall notify the person so charged of the time and place
for hearing, and if such accusation be sustained, such person or
persons, upon the report of the Committee, shall be debarred from
the privileges theretofore granted. |
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