Source: http://senate.mi.gov/rulesandappts/senaterules.html
Timestamp: 2018-12-14 02:51:19
Document Index: 597714162

Matched Legal Cases: ['Art. 5', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 11', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 11', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 5', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 5', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 2', 'Art. 2', 'Art. 2', 'Art. 2', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 6', 'Art. 6', 'Art. 9', 'Art. 10', 'Art. 11', 'Art. 12', 'Art. 9', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 4', 'Art. 4']

﻿ Senate Rules
motion without attendance - 1.205(b)
nondebatable motion - 3.305
sine die - 3.803
notice of objection - 3.203(b)
gubernatorial appointments - 1.118(g), 2.104
legislative conduct - 1.310
amendments - 3.202, 3.308(a), 3.402(b), 3.403(a)
care and preservation -	1.113
committee reporting -	2.204, 3.205, 3.701
co-sponsors -	1.110(c), 3.507(a)
discharge -	3.203(e)
display, prohibit use - 3.902(B)(5)
enrollment and filing -	1.112, 1.115
exhibit, prohibit use -	3.902(B)(5)
final question -	3.502
five-day possession -	3.201
general orders -	3.703
history -	1.116
initiative petitions -	3.208
introduction -	1.110, 3.203(b)
Legislative Service Bureau -	1.110(a)
numbering -	1.111
printing -	1.111(b), 3.205
printing in journal -	1.112
prop, prohibit use -	3.902(B)(5)
reading -	1.110(b), 3.207, 3.401
referral -	3.203(a)-(d), 3.602, 3.701
rule suspension (see Rule Suspension)
secretary of state (see Secretary of State)
third reading -	3.706
title -	3.206
vote -	3.503(a), (c)
committee of the whole -	3.403, 3.701
committee reporting -	2.204, 3.701
constitutional, vote -	3.501(m), (o); 3.503(b)
House amendments -	3.202, 3.502
journal printing -	3.403(a)
motion -	3.310
obstructive -	3.402(b)
previous question -	3.308(a)
receding -	3.502
reconsider -	3.311(c)
rules of the Senate -	3.804
second reading -	3.401
submitted -	3.403(b)
third reading -	3.402, 3.403
remarks -	3.507, 3.902(B)(3)
lay on table -	3.307
previous question -	3.308(c)
advice and consent -	2.104
emergency session -	2.104(b)
executive session -	2.104(a)(3)
gubernatorial -	1.118(g), 2.104
other -	1.118(h)
bills - 3.601, 3.602
estimated revenue -	3.603
executive orders -	2.104(e)
journal, total adjustment -	1.109(a)
private or local purpose, vote -	3.501(e)
referral -	3.602
Senate budget -	1.117(c)
not taken -	1.205
roll call -	1.102(b), 1.205, 1.302
journal printing -	2.203(a)
review by Government Operations Committee	- 2.104(f), (g)
Bank and Trust Company Law
vote -	3.501(g)
amendments -	3.202, 3.308(a), 3.402(b), 3.403(a)
appropriations -	3.601, 3.602, 3.603
display, prohibit use of - 3.902(B)(5)
enrollment and presentation -	1.112, 1.114
exhibit, prohibit use of -	3.902(B)(5)
printing	1.111(b), 3.205
prop, prohibit use of -	3.902(B)(5)
authorizing -	1.108
annual accounts -	1.117(e)
appropriations -	1.117(c)
approval -	1.117(a), (b)
committee operations account -	1.117(d)
office operations account -	1.117(d)
public inspection -	1.117(d)
Secretary of the Senate duties -	1.117(c), (d)
staff account -	1.117(d)
transfer of funds -	1.117(f)
administrative duties -	1.119
budget administration	- 1.117(c), (d)
business and financial records -	1.119(c)
committee expenses and reports -	2.109
employees and compensation -	1.118(a), 1.119(b), 1.404
equipment and furnishings -	1.119(d), (e), (f), 1.118(b)
expense reimbursement -	1.208
facilities -	1.207
financial records and disclosure -	1.117(d)(1)-(3)
mailing and printing -	1.209(d), (e)
sexual harassment policy -	1.307
sign papers, forms, documents and contracts -	1.119(g)
travel -	1.208
committee reports -	3.106
meeting and hearing notice -	2.107(a)
resolution consent calendar -	3.107
motion -	3.313
Caucus (see Floor Leaders, Majority Leader, Minority Leader)
election of leaders -	1.104(b), (c)
open meetings act -	1.104(d)
call of the Senate -	3.313
committee meetings and hearings -	2.106
control -	1.103
sergeant at arms -	1.120
supervision -	1.118(b)
compensation vote - 3.501(l)
Committee of the Whole (see General Orders)
amendments -	3.403
bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures -	3.703
chairperson	3.704
committee reporting -	3.701
debate -	3.705(a)
general orders -	3.702, 3.703
motions -	3.705(a)
previous question -	3.705(a)
recess -	3.705(a)
reconsider -	3.705(a)
rules -	3.705
statements -	3.506(b), 3.705(b)
yeas and nays -	3.705(a)
attendance -	2.203(a)
bill printing -	3.205
calendar deadline -	3.106
committee clerks -	1.402
committee of the whole -	3.701
deadline -	2.203(b)
initiative petitions -	3.208(b)
joint resolution printing -	3.205
procedure -	2.203, 3.701
quorum -	2.201
validity -	3.106
voting -	2.201
without recommendation -	2.204
appointment -	1.105
business not reported	- 2.203(d)
called to meet -	2.106
chairperson -	2.105(a)
clerks -	1.402
contempt -	2.102(c)(2)
discharge - 3.203(e)
executive orders -	2.104(c)-(e)
expense reports -	2.109
joint personnel -	2.108
meeting notice -	2.107
meetings -	2.101, 2.106, 2.107
meetings; conduct -	2.206(b)
meetings; electronic devices -	2.206(b)
meetings; taped or televised -	2.206(a)
minutes -	2.202(a)
oaths administered -	2.102(a)
personnel -	2.108
procedure -	2.205
records -	2.202
referral (see Referral)
reporting (see Committee Reports)
scheduling committee rooms -	1.118(e)
standing, authorization -	2.101
standing, members and names -	2.103, 2.105(b)
subcommittee appointment -	1.105, 2.105(a)
subpoena power -	2.102(b), (c)(1)
vacancy -	2.105(b)
vice chairperson -	2.105(a)
journal printing -	3.105
advisory opinions -	1.310
committee meetings -	2.206(b)
conflicting employment -	1.304
disclosure and disqualification	- 1.306
employee conflict -	1.308
floor privilege and conduct -	3.902
improper influence -	1.303, 1.305
penalties for violation -	1.311
personal interest -	1.306
Senator -	1.301
staff and facilities -	1.309
voting -	3.505(e)
adjourn and convene -	3.803
amendments vote -	3.501(m), (o); 3.503(b)
authority and precedence -	3.801
no vote -	3.506(a)
interference with duties -	2.102(c)(2)
penalty -	2.102(d)
subpoena -	2.102(c)(1)
rules of the Senate -	3.803
schedule -	1.205(b), 3.101
bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures -	1.110(c), 3.507(a)
resolutions -	3.204(b), 3.507(a)
limited jurisdiction, vote -	3.501(h)
committee of the whole -	3.705
display, prohibit use -	3.902(B)(5)
motion -	3.303
previous question -	3.308(a), (c)
speak, number of times -	3.902(B)(3)
vote -	3.203(e)
prohibit use -	3.902(B)(5)
Dissent (see No Vote)
Divide Question
motion -	3.309
obstructive amendments -	3.402(b)
caucus leaders -	1.104(b), (c)
contested -	1.202
recount -	1.202
Secretary of the Senate -	1.106
Senate officers -	1.104(a)
tie vote -	1.202(d)
during session -	3.902(B) (13)
attendance -	1.202(b)
co-sponsors -	1.110(c), 3.204(b)
voting procedure -	3.505(b)
appointment -	1.401(a), 1.403
Business Office Director -	1.119(b)
candidates -	1.405
compensation -	1.404(a), (b)
conduct -	1.308, 3.505(e)
equipment and furnishings -	1.309, 1.401
floor privilege and conduct -	3.505(e), 3.902
improper use -	1.309
Secretary of the Senate -	1.118(a)
Senate -	1.401(b)
Senators -	1.401
sexual harassment, prohibit -	1.307
termination -	1.406
care and control -	1.118(b), 1.119(d), (e), (f)
improper use -	1.309, 1.401
Ethics (see Conduct and Ethics)
procedure -	1.203
referral -	2.104(d), (e)
gubernatorial appointments -	2.104(a)(3)
procedure -	1.121, 2.104(a)(3)
separate journal -	1.109(b)
vote -	1.203(c), 3.501(b)
Senators -	1.207
guidelines, public inspection -	1.117(d)
committee of the whole, chairperson -	3.704
Floor Privilege and Conduct
employees	- 3.902
media -	3.901, 3.902(A)(1)(j)
Senator -	3.902
session -	3.902
smoking -	3.902(B)(12)
speak -	3.902(B)(1)-(4)
statements -	3.507
committee expense reports	2.109
committee records	2.202(a)
General Orders (see Committee of the Whole)
bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures -	3.203(b), 3.703
committee of the whole -	3.702, 3.703
audit reports review -	2.104(f), (g)
conduct and ethics violation -	1.311
executive orders -	2.104(c), (d)
gubernatorial appointments -	2.104(a)-(c)
resolutions -	3.204(a)
appointments -	1.118(g), 2.104(a), (b)
appointments, emergency session -	2.104(b)
bill presentation -	1.114(a), (b)
veto -	3.501(f)
Hearings (see Meetings and Hearings)
amendments -	3.202, 3.502
joint committee personnel -	2.108
committee recommendation -	2.203(a)
vote -	3.501(c), 3.503(c)
guidelines -	1.303, 1.305
Initiated Law
alternative measures -	3.208(d)
vote -	3.501(a)
election tie vote -	1.202(d)
amendments -	3.202, 3.402(b), 3.403(a)
committee reporting -	3.205, 3.701
constitutional amendments, ratify -	3.503(b)
introduction -	1.110(a), (b)
lettering -	1.111
referral -	3.203(a)-(d)
vote -	3.207, 3.503
amendments -	3.403(a)
appropriations adjustments -	1.109(a)
attendance reports -	2.203(a)
bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures; printed, enrolled and presented - 1.112-1.115
committee expense reports -	2.109
committee meeting and hearing notices -	2.107(a)
committee reports -	2.203(a)
communications - 3.105
disclosure and disqualification -	1.306
excused absence -	1.204
executive session -	1.109(b), 1.121
expense reports -	1.208(e)
expulsion -	1.203(c)
gubernatorial appointments -	2.104(a)
no vote -	3.506
statements -	3.507(e), 3.705(b)
travel expense reports -	1.208(e)
votes -	1.306, 3.503(a)
yeas and nays -	3.504
removal vote -	3.501(i)
designation vote -	3.501(k)
committee reports -	2.204
motion -	3.307
nondebatable motion -	3.305
reconsider -	3.307, 3.311(d), (e)
Legislators (see Senators)
Lieutenant Governor (see President of the Senate)
floor privilege and conduct -	3.902(A)(2)
Local or Special Act
vote -	3.501(d)
bonds refunding vote -	3.501(n)
guidelines -	1.209(d)
prohibitions -	1.209(a)-(c)
record -	1.209(e)
caucus election -	1.104(b), (c)
committee appointments -	1.105, 1.118(h), 2.105
committee expense authorization -	2.109
committee personnel authorization -	2.108
employee appointments -	1.403
employee compensation -	1.404
employee termination -	1.406
expense reimbursement guidelines -	1.208
financial records -	1.117(d)
Majority Leader (cont)
joint committee personnel authorization -	2.108
mailing guidelines -	1.209(d)
office budgets -	1.117(d)-(f)
office facilities -	1.207
referral of bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures -	3.203(a), (b)
referral of initiative petitions -	3.208(a)
Secretary of the Senate employees -	1.118(a)
Senate budget -	1.117(c)-(e)
Senate operations -	1.117(a)
Senate seal -	1.118(d)
sergeant at arms -	1.120(a)
session tapes -	1.118(f)
statements -	3.507(d)
travel approval -	1.208(a), (f)
parliamentary procedure -	2.205, 3.802
suspension -	3.805
definition, registration and protocol -	3.901, 3.902(A)(1)(j)
calendar -	2.107(a)
chamber use -	2.106
journal -	2.107(a)
notices -	2.106, 2.107
open meetings act -	2.107
standing committees authorization -	2.101
subpoena power -	2.102(b)
MGTV (see Broadcast Session)
committee appointments -	1.105, 1.118(h)
committee records -	2.202(a)
adjourn without attendance -	1.205(b)
amend -	3.310
debate -	3.303
divide -	3.309
nondebatable -	3.305, 3.705(a)
postponement, indefinite -	3.311(d), 3.312
precedence -	3.302, 3.705(a)
previous question -	3.308
recess -	3.305, 3.306, 3.705(a)
reconsider -	3.311, 3.705(a)
refer -	3.203(d)
rules suspension -	3.805
withdrawn -	3.304
written -	3.303
News Media (see Media)
No Vote (see Statements)
limits -	3.506(b), (c); 3.507(c); 3.902(B)(3)
previous question -	3.308(c), 3.506(b)
procedure -	3.506, 3.507
Secretary of the Senate -	3.506(c)(2)
motions -	3.305, 3.705(a)
no vote -	3.506(c)(1)
administered, committee -	2.102(a)
exclusion -	1.203(a)
procedure, Senator-elect -	1.201
Secretary of the Senate -	1.201
amendments -	3.402(b)
divide question -	3.402(b)
nondebatable -	3.402(b)
Office Budget (see Budget)
caucus -	1.104(d)
committee meetings and hearings -	2.107
change -	3.103
committee of the whole -	3.702
listing -	3.102
recess -	3.306
Secretary of the Senate -	1.107
Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure -	2.205, 3.802
suspension of adopted authority -	3.805
recount -	1.202(a)
order of business -	1.102(b), 3.102
appeal -	1.103
decision -	1.103
recognize Senator -	3.902(B)(1)
indefinite -	3.311(d), 3.312
motions -	3.302, 3.705(a)
rules -	3.801
committee procedure -	2.205
responsibility -	1.118(c), (f)
President of the Senate (see Presiding Officer)
Lieutenant Governor -	1.101(a)-(c), 1.102
oath of office administered -	1.201
resolution co-sponsor -	3.204(b)
statements -	3.507(e)
tie-breaking vote -	1.101(b)
absence -	1.101(a), (c)
committee of the whole -	3.704
communications -	3.105
executive session -	1.121
point of order -	1.103, 3.902(B)(1)
President of the Senate -	1.101(a), (c); 1.102
recognize Senator -	3.301, 3.902(B)(1)
responsibilities -	1.102(a), (b); 1.103
sergeant at arms -	1.103, 1.120(b)
voting procedure -	3.505
amendments -	3.308(a)
call of the Senate -	3.308(c)
committee of the whole -	3.705(a)
motion -	3.308
no vote -	3.308(c), 3.506(b)
reconsider -	3.308(b)
bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures -	1.111(b), 1.112, 3.205
resolutions -	3.204(c)
ad valorem, vote -	3.501(o)
Protest (see No Vote)
committee -	2.201
Senate -	3.104
bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures -	1.110(b), 3.207, 3.401, 3.706
committee meeting during -	2.106
pending question -	3.306
amendments -	3.311(c)
lay on table -	3.307, 3.311(d), (e)
motion -	3.311, 3.705(a)
previous question -	3.308(b)
substitute -	3.311(c)
Record Roll Call (see Vote)
committee - 2.202
Senate -	1.118(c), (f)
appropriation bills -	3.602
bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures -	3.203(a)-(d)
committee of the whole -	3.703(a)
committee reports -	2.203(c)
executive orders -	2.104(d), (e)
initiative petitions -	3.208(a)
Majority Leader -	3.203(a), (b); 3.208(a)
rules of the Senate - 3.804
Representatives (see House of Representatives)
amendments -	3.202
committee reports -	2.203(b)
consent calendar -	3.107
co-sponsors -	3.204(b), 3.507(a)
history - 1.116
printing - 3.204(c)
reading -	3.204(a)
referral -	3.204(a)
submitted -	3.204(a)
subpoena power authorization -	2.102(b)
adopted parliamentary authority -	3.805
rules of the Senate -	3.805
amend -	3.804
media -	3.901, 3.902
repeal -	3.804
sine die -	3.803
temporary, newly convened Senate -	3.803
bill filing -	1.114(b)
contested elections -	1.102(b)
joint resolution and alternative measure filing -	1.115(a)
administrative duties -	1.106, 1.118
appointments -	1.118(h)
bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures (see Alternative Measures, Bills or Joint Resolutions)
broadcast session -	1.108
committee business not reported -	2.203(d)
committee clerk training -	1.402
committee meeting notices -	2.107
committee meetings; taped or televised -	2.206(a)
committee reports -	2.203(a), (b); 3.106(a)
contested elections -	1.202
disclosure filing -	1.306
election -	1.106
electronic voting system -	1.102, 3.505(b)
employees -	1.118(a)
equipment and furnishings -	1.118(b)
executive orders -	2.104(g)
gubernatorial appointments -	2.104(c)
media registration -	3.901(1)-(5)
no vote filed -	3.506(c)(2)
parliamentarian -	1.107
presiding officer absence -	1.101(c)
printing or reproduction -	1.111, 1.112, 3.204(c)
records storage -	1.118(c), (f), (g), (h); 2.202
sergeant at arms supervision -	1.120(a)
televise committee meetings -	2.206
votes certified -	3.503(c)
webcasting -	2.206
election -	1.104(a)
Senate Rules (see Rules of the Senate)
responsibility for -	1.118(d)
gubernatorial appointments -	1.118(g)
other appointments -	1.118(h)
attendance -	1.102(b), 1.205(a), 1.302
compensation -	1.206
conduct and ethics (see Conduct and Ethics)
employees -	1.401
executive session -	1.109(b), 1.121, 2.104(a)(3)
expulsion vote -	1.203(c), 3.501(b)
facilities -	1.207, 1.309
mailing -	1.209
no vote -	3.506, 3.507(b)
oath of office -	1.201
qualifications -	1.203(b)
speak -	3.301, 3.305, 3.505(a), 3.506, 3.507, 3.902(B)(1)-(4)
voting -	1.306, 3.505(b), (c)
responsibilities -	1.120
supervision during session -	1.103
broadcast -	1.108
chamber control -	1.103
committee meetings during -	2.106
convene -	1.205(b), 3.101
definition -	3.902(a)
electronic devices -	3.902(B)(13)
emergency, gubernatorial appointments -	2.104(b)
order of business -	3.102, 3.103
routine business -	3.104
taping -	1.118(f)
prohibit -	1.307
floor privilege and conduct -	3.902(B)(12)
Staff (see Employees)
vote -	3.501(j)
State Officers Compensation Commission (SOCC)
compensation of Senators -	1.206
announcements -	3.507
committee of the whole -	3.506(b), 3.705(b)
guidelines -	3.507
limits -	3.506(b), (c); 3.507(c), (d); 3.705; 3.902(B)(3)
no vote -	3.506(b), 3.507(b)
nondebatable motions -	3.305
Senator -	3.301, 3.505(a), 3.506, 3.507, 3.902(B)(1)-(4)
Statutory Standing Committees
names and members -	2.103
appointment -	1.105, 2.105(a)
authorization -	2.102(b)
contempt defined -	2.102(c)
contempt penalty -	2.102(d)
Tabled (see Lay on Table)
Temporary Rules (see Rules of the Senate or Sine Die)
employees -	1.406
amendments -	3.308(a), 3.311(c), 3.402, 3.403
bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures -	3.706
bill and alternative measure -	3.206
reading -	1.110(b), 3.207
guidelines -	1.208
out-of-state -	1.208(a), (e), (f)
post-travel report -	1.208(c), (d)
pre-travel request -	1.208(a), (b)
committee member -	2.105(b)
override vote -	3.501(f)
advice and consent (majority serving) -	2.104(a)
amendments on third reading (majority serving) -	3.402
appropriation, private or local (2/3 serving) -	3.501(e)
attendance -	1.302
call of the Senate (majority present) -	3.313
civil service compensation (2/3 serving) -	3.501(l)
committee roll call -	2.201
conflict of interest -	1.306
constitutional amendments (2/3 serving) -	1.202(a)
discharge (majority serving) -	3.203(e)
divide (majority voting) -	3.309
exclusion procedure (majority serving) -	1.203
executive orders (majority serving) -	2.104(d)
executive session (majority serving) -	1.121
explanation of committee vote -	2.202(a)
expulsion (2/3 serving) -	3.501(b)
extraordinary majority -	3.501
final passage (majority serving) -	3.503
financial institutions (2/3 serving) -	3.501(g)
gubernatorial appointments (majority serving) -	2.104(a)
immediate effect (2/3 serving) -	3.501(c)
influence -	1.303
initiated law (3/4 serving) -	3.501(a)
local or special act (2/3 serving) -	3.501(d)
Mackinac Bridge bonds refunding (2/3 serving) -	3.501(n)
postponement, indefinite (majority serving) -	3.312
previous question (majority voting) -	3.308(a)
procedure -	3.505
property taxes, ad valorem (3/4 serving) -	3.501(o)
quorum -	2.201, 3.104
reconsider (majority serving) -	3.311
rule suspension (majority serving) -	3.805
rules of the Senate (majority serving) -	3.804
state borrowing (2/3 serving) -	3.501(j)
table, remove (majority serving) -	2.204, 3.307
tie-breaking -	1.101(b), 1.202(d)
veto override (2/3 serving) -	3.501(f)
yeas and nays (1/5 present) -	3.504
motions -	3.304
bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures -	3.503
initiative petitions -	3.208(d)
vote -	3.504
1.101 PRESIDING OFFICER
a) The Lieutenant Governor shall be the President of the Senate and shall preside over all sessions of the Senate or, in his or her absence, the President pro tempore, Assistant President pro tempore, or Associate President pro tempore shall preside.
b) The Lieutenant Governor may vote only when the Senators are equally divided in their vote (see Const. Art. 5, Sec. 25).
c) In the absence of the President of the Senate, President pro tempore, Assistant President pro tempore, or Associate President pro tempore, the Secretary of the Senate shall preside until the Senate shall appoint a Senator to act as presiding officer or until the President of the Senate, President pro tempore, Assistant President pro tempore, or Associate President pro tempore shall appear. In the absence of all, or all but one (1) Senator, the Secretary of the Senate shall preside.
1.102 AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
a) The presiding officer shall call the Senate to order at the hours provided by the Constitution, by these rules, or at the hour established by the Senate at its last meeting.
b) Unless Rule 1.205 (b) is in effect, following the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, the presiding officer shall instruct the Secretary of the Senate to record the attendance. The attendance roll call shall be taken by using the electronic voting system for one (1) minute, except for the first session in January or if the electronic voting system is not operational, the presiding officer shall instruct the Secretary of the Senate to call the roll orally and record and announce the results.
1.103 THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE'S CONTROL WITHIN THE CHAMBER
1.104 ELECTION OF SENATE OFFICERS
a) A President pro tempore, Assistant President pro tempore, and Associate President pro tempore shall be elected by a vote of a majority of the Senators elected and serving. They shall be elected at the first session of a quadrennium. All officers elected by the Senate are to hold office until their successors are elected and qualified or until the expiration of their term, whichever occurs first.
b) Prior to the commencement of the quadrennium session, the majority party shall meet in an organizational caucus and elect a Majority Leader, Majority Floor Leader, Majority Whip, Majority Caucus Chairperson, Assistant Majority Leader, Assistant Majority Floor Leader, Assistant Majority Whip, and Assistant Majority Caucus Chairperson. At a similar organizational caucus, the minority party shall elect a Minority Leader, Minority Floor Leader, Minority Whip, Minority Caucus Chairperson, Assistant Minority Leader, Assistant Minority Floor Leader, Assistant Minority Whip, and Assistant Minority Caucus Chairperson.
c) All majority party Senate Officers shall serve at the pleasure of the majority party caucus. All minority party Senate Officers shall serve at the pleasure of the minority party caucus.
d) All majority and minority caucuses shall be subject to the provisions of Section 8 of the Open Meetings Act (see MCL 15.268).
1.105 APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES
a) The Senate Majority Leader shall appoint all committees except when the Senate shall otherwise order. The Senate Majority Leader may appoint subcommittees of standing committees when some of the members of that subcommittee are not also members of that standing committee. Such subcommittees shall contain at least one (1) majority member and one (1) minority member who are members of that standing committee and shall have at least one (1) more majority party member than minority party member.
b) The Senate Majority Leader shall make appointments of minority party members from a list submitted by the Senate Minority Leader, and shall consider the preferences, seniority, and experience of the members in making appointments. The Senate Majority Leader may accept the list submitted by the Senate Minority Leader in whole or in part. If the Senate Majority Leader rejects names on the list and their corresponding committee assignments, the Senate Minority Leader shall submit replacement nominations.
c) All appointments to standing and select committees and subcommittees appointed by the Senate Majority Leader shall be subject to the approval of the Senate given by a majority of the Senators elected and serving. All appointments to conference committees shall be effective upon appointment by the Senate Majority Leader until disapproved by the Senate given by a majority of the Senators elected and serving.
1.106 ELECTION OF A SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
A Secretary of the Senate shall be elected as an officer of the Senate. The Secretary of the Senate shall take and subscribe to the Constitutional Oath of Office for the true and faithful discharge of the duties of office.
1.107 SENATE PARLIAMENTARIAN
1.108 SENATE BROADCAST AND WEBCAST
The Secretary of the Senate, with the concurrence of the Senate Majority Leader, is authorized to broadcast and webcast Senate session.
1.109 SENATE JOURNALS
a) The Secretary of the Senate shall keep a correct Journal of each day's proceedings of the Senate, supervise its publication, and make corrections from day to day as may be necessary. During the consideration and passage of appropriation bills, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized to correct totals that may have been affected by amendments made to items in the bill. The corrections shall be made in the bill and the Journal.
b) The Secretary of the Senate shall have the Journal made available online to the offices of the President of the Senate and Senators daily, and shall make the Journal available to the general public.
c) When the Senate goes into Executive Session, the proceedings of the Senate shall be kept in a separate Journal, which shall be open to inspection by Senators only, unless otherwise ordered. Such Journal shall be published after the close of the session, at the end of the regular Journals of the Senate proceedings, unless otherwise ordered by the Senate.
1.110 INTRODUCTION OF BILLS, JOINT RESOLUTIONS, AND ALTERNATIVE MEASURES
a) All bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures to be introduced shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Senate to be available for introduction on the next succeeding Senate legislative day, and accompanied by eight (8) true copies. Once submitted to the Secretary of the Senate, all bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures become the property of the Senate and cannot be withdrawn. Each bill, conference report, substitute bill, joint resolution, and alternative measure shall be approved as to form and numbering of sections by the Legislative Service Bureau prior to being submitted for introduction. Bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures may be submitted for introduction during the interim between sessions.
b) Each Senate bill, joint resolution, and alternative measure when introduced and each House bill, joint resolution, and alternative measure when first received from the House shall be read a first and second time by title.
c) At any time after introduction and upon final action on a Senate bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure, Senators may move to co-sponsor the bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure when it is in possession of the Senate. Senators may also submit a written request to the Secretary of the Senate to be added as a co-sponsor of the bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure, and the Secretary of the Senate shall print the request in the Journal as an official communication under Senate Rule 3.105. After final passage of a Senate bill or adoption of a Senate joint resolution or alternative measure, or upon final action on a Senate bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure returned from the House, the presiding officer may open the voting board to allow Senators to add their names as co-sponsors. A sponsor or co-sponsor may move to remove his or her name from a Senate bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure when it is in possession of the Senate, provided that at least one (1) Senator remains listed as the sponsor.
1.111 NUMBERING, LETTERING AND PRINTING OF BILLS, JOINT RESOLUTIONS, AND ALTERNATIVE MEASURES
a) The Secretary of the Senate shall assign numbers to all Senate bills and alternative measures in the order they are submitted for introduction. All joint resolutions shall be assigned letters in the order they are submitted for introduction.
b) The Secretary of the Senate shall attend to the printing or reproduction of all bills, joint resolutions, alternative measures, acts, or documents ordered printed or reproduced by the Senate. The heading of every bill, joint resolution, and alternative measure ordered reproduced shall contain the number of the bill or alternative measure or letter of the joint resolution, name of the Senator or Senators introducing the bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure, date of introduction, and the name of the committee to which the bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure is referred (see Const. Art. 4, Sec. 26).
1.112 ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRINTING AND ENROLLMENT OF BILLS, JOINT RESOLUTIONS, AND ALTERNATIVE MEASURES
The Secretary of the Senate shall print in the Journal each day the number of all Senate and House bills and alternative measures and letters of all joint resolutions which have been printed or reproduced and distributed to the offices of the President of the Senate and Senators, and the numbers of the Senate bills which have been enrolled and presented to the Governor.
1.113 CARE AND PRESERVATION OF BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND ALTERNATIVE MEASURES
The Secretary of the Senate shall be responsible to the Senate for the care and preservation of every bill, resolution, and alternative measure introduced in the Senate and each bill, resolution, and alternative measure received from the House, which responsibility shall only be relieved by a receipt from an authorized person.
1.114 ENROLLMENT OF BILLS AND PRESENTATION TO THE GOVERNOR
a) After a Senate bill has passed both Houses, the Secretary of the Senate shall attend to the enrollment printing. The Secretary of the Senate shall present the enrolled bill to the Governor, obtaining a receipt, on which the exact date and time shall be shown for the bill deposited in the Executive Office.
b) The Secretary of the Senate may be authorized by a motion to enroll a Senate bill while the Senate is not in session if that bill has passed both Houses and no action is pending. The Secretary of the Senate shall notify the Senate of such action on the next Senate legislative day.
c) When a Senate bill is approved by the Governor, the Secretary of the Senate shall obtain a receipt from the Governor's office verifying the exact date and time the bill was filed with the Secretary of State. At the end of each year, the Secretary of the Senate shall deposit with the Secretary of State the official printed copy of the Senate bill as passed by both Houses and obtain a receipt.
1.115 ENROLLMENT OF JOINT RESOLUTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE MEASURES
a) After a Senate joint resolution or alternative measure has been adopted by both Houses, the Secretary of the Senate shall attend to the enrollment printing. The Secretary of the Senate shall certify and file the enrolled joint resolution or alternative measure with the Secretary of State and, in the case of a joint resolution, with others as directed by the joint resolution.
b) The Secretary of the Senate may be authorized by a motion to enroll a Senate joint resolution or alternative measure while the Senate is not in session if that joint resolution or alternative measure has been adopted by both Houses and no action is pending. The Secretary of the Senate shall notify the Senate of such action on the next Senate legislative day.
c) When filing an enrolled Senate joint resolution or alternative measure with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Senate shall obtain a receipt verifying the exact date and time filed. At the end of each year, the Secretary of the Senate shall deposit with the Secretary of State the official printed copy of the Senate joint resolution or alternative measure as adopted by both Houses and obtain a receipt.
1.116 BILL, RESOLUTION, AND ALTERNATIVE MEASURE HISTORY
The Secretary of the Senate shall keep a record and index of all bills, resolutions, and alternative measures received by the Senate. This record shall include the title, bill, resolution, or alternative measure number, joint resolution letter, name of the sponsor and co-sponsor(s) introducing the bill, resolution, or alternative measure, name of the committee to which the bill, resolution, or alternative measure is referred, and an entry of all action, including the date, taken on the bill, resolution, or alternative measure.
1.117 SENATE ADMINISTRATION AND OFFICE BUDGETS
a) The Senate Majority Leader shall assign duties to Senate employees not specified by other rules, and shall have final approval authority for all expenses for the operation of the Senate, except as provided by law.
b) In the absence of the Senate Majority Leader, the Assistant Majority Leader shall assume the duties and responsibilities of the Senate Majority Leader.
c) The Director of the Business Office shall create a budget with the concurrence of the Senate Majority Leader, discuss it with the Senate Minority Leader and present it to the Committee on Appropriations at the beginning of each budget year. The form of the budget shall parallel, as closely as practical, the departmental budgets presented to the Committee on Appropriations.
d) The Senate financial records shall be open for public inspection. Upon a written request that describes the financial record sufficiently to enable the Senate to find the financial record, a person has a right to inspect, copy, or receive copies of that financial record of the Senate. Documents shall be available for inspection during normal business hours. The Director of the Business Office shall keep a record of these requests.
1) A copy of the Senate financial records shall be on file with the Senate Business Office, which shall have overall authority to administer the Senate financial records under the direction of the Senate Majority Leader.
2) As used in this section, "financial record" means a budget, account, contract, purchase order, an expenditure authorization, voucher, check, warrant, lease, audit report, balance sheet, travel voucher, or other such summaries of financial transactions.
3) The following information contained in Senate financial records is exempt from disclosure under this rule:
A) Information of a personal nature contained in financial records where the public disclosure of the information would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of an individual's privacy. Such exempt information would include, but not be limited to, the following:
(i) An employee's social security account number, financial institution record, electronic transfer fund number, deferred compensation, savings bonds, W-2 and W-4 forms, and any court enforced judgment.
(ii) An employee's benefit selection.
(iii) Telephone bill detail including the telephone number and name of individual called.
(iv) Unemployment compensation and workers' disability compensation records.
B) Records and information specifically described and exempted from disclosure under statute or subject to attorney-client privilege.
C) A bid or proposal by a person to enter into a contract or agreement, until the time for the public opening of bids or proposals, or if a public opening is not to be conducted, until the time for the receipt of bids or proposals has expired.
D) Commercial or financial information or trade secrets voluntarily provided to the Senate.
E) Communications, notes, and electronic data within the Senate or between the Senate and other public bodies of an advisory nature.
F) Internet-use records.
G) Any other document or record protected from public disclosure by agreement, contract, Senate rule, or law.
4) The Senate may charge a reasonable fee for providing a copy of a financial record. The fee shall be limited to actual mailing costs and to the actual incremental cost of duplication or publication including labor, the cost of search, examination, review, and the deletion of exempt information from nonexempt information.
5) The Senate may also charge a reasonable fee for providing for the inspection of financial records. This fee may include the actual incremental cost of supervising the inspection including labor, the cost of search, examination, review, and the deletion of exempt information from nonexempt information.
6) The Senate may adopt any such other rules and policies as are necessary to provide for the orderly dissemination of materials to the public.
e) Each Senator shall be allotted separate budget amounts for the annual staff account and the annual office operations account, as determined by the Senate Majority Leader, to be used on a fiscal year basis. Each standing committee chairperson shall be allotted a separate budget amount for the annual committee operations account, as determined by the Senate Majority Leader. The amounts allocated to these accounts may be adjusted for all Senate offices by the Senate Majority Leader. Any unused amount in a fiscal year shall not be carried into the succeeding year. A Senator shall not exceed the annual limits for each of these accounts without approval of the Senate Majority Leader.
f) The Senate Majority Leader shall establish guidelines to allow Senators to transfer a limited amount of funds between their own staff account and their office operations account.
1.118 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
a) With the approval of the Senate Majority Leader, the Secretary of the Senate, in conjunction with the Director of the Business Office, shall appoint a staff to conduct the legislative administration of the Senate, including Administrative Office Staff, Session Staff, and Senate Television Staff.
b) The Secretary of the Senate, in conjunction with the Director of the Business Office, shall exercise supervisory care and control of the Senate Chamber and all Senate rooms, corridors, furniture, and equipment in the Capitol.
c) The Secretary of the Senate shall have responsibility for the development and maintenance of a system for preserving legislative records of the Senate and its committees. The Secretary of the Senate shall issue guidelines for the organization and preservation of these records.
d) The Secretary of the Senate shall be responsible for keeping the Senate seal and for affixing the Senate seal to official Senate documents, as authorized by the Senate Majority Leader. The Senate seal shall be comprised of the coat of arms of the State of Michigan encompassed by the words: "Senate - State of Michigan".
e) The Secretary of the Senate shall maintain a schedule of Senate committee rooms.
f) The Secretary of the Senate shall make and maintain an official tape of all sessions of the Senate. Copies of the official tape shall be made only upon application approved by the Senate Majority Leader. All official tapes of the Senate sessions shall be transferred to the State Archives four (4) years following the end of each biennial session of the Senate.
g) The Secretary of the Senate shall compile and maintain a list of appointments by the Governor subject to the advice and consent power of the Senate. This list shall contain the name and function of the office, the holder of the office, the date of appointment, and the expiration date of the officeholder’s term. This list shall be posted on the Senate Website.
h) The Secretary of the Senate shall compile and maintain a list of the appointments that the Senate Majority Leader or the Senate Minority Leader are authorized to make to various boards and commissions. This list shall contain the name and function of the office, the holder of the office, the date of appointment, and the expiration date of the officeholder’s term. This list shall be posted on the Senate Website.
1.119 DIRECTOR OF THE BUSINESS OFFICE; ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
a) The Director of the Business Office shall serve at the pleasure of the Senate Majority Leader.
b) With the approval of the Senate Majority Leader, the Director of the Business Office shall appoint a staff to conduct the business of the Senate, including Business Office Staff, Finance Staff, Human Resources Staff, Information Services Staff, General Services Staff, Physical Properties Staff, and Security Staff.
c) The Director of the Business Office shall be responsible for the business and financial records of the Senate.
d) The Director of the Business Office shall exercise supervisory care and control of all Senate property not located in the Capitol.
e) Upon approval of the Senate Majority Leader, the Director of the Business Office shall purchase all necessary furniture, carpet, equipment, postage, supplies, and services for use by the Senate.
f) The Director of the Business Office shall install and maintain any equipment approved for use by the Senate.
g) As authorized by the Senate Majority Leader, the Director of the Business Office may sign papers, forms, documents, and contracts on behalf of the Senate.
1.120 DUTIES OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS
a) The Sergeant at Arms shall be the chief security officer of the Senate. Under the direction of the Senate Majority Leader, the Director of the Business Office shall supervise and direct the work of the Sergeant at Arms, Assistant Sergeants at Arms, and may commission the Sergeant at Arms and Assistant Sergeants at Arms, who meet the certification requirements of this state, as law enforcement officers with the powers provided under the Legislative Sergeant at Arms Police Powers Act (see MCL 4.381-4.382).
b) The Sergeant at Arms shall attend the Senate during its sessions and maintain order under the direction of the presiding officer. The Sergeant at Arms shall execute the commands of the presiding officer and of the Senate, and all processes issued by authority thereof.
c) The Sergeant at Arms shall have general charge, and maintain order, in the gallery, Chamber, and committee rooms of the Senate. The Sergeant at Arms shall see that all staff and visitors are seated.
1.121 EXECUTIVE SESSION
1.201 OATH OF OFFICE
The oath of office to Senators-elect shall be administered following the November general election up to and including the first day of regular session, or as soon thereafter as a Senator-elect may appear. The oath shall be administered by the Lieutenant Governor, a Justice of the Supreme Court, a Judge of the Court of Appeals, or the Secretary of the Senate (see Const. Art. 11, Sec. 1).
1.202 CONTESTED ELECTIONS
a) A petition for a recount shall be filed not later than forty-eight (48) hours following the completion of the canvass of the votes cast at an election. A copy of the petition shall be given by the contestant to the Secretary of the Senate (see MCL 168.879). Notice of receipt of the petitions shall be announced by the Secretary of the Senate and printed in the Journal.
b) Each contestant requesting a recount shall deposit with the Secretary of State, Bureau of Elections, the amount provided by law for each precinct in which he or she has requested a recount (see MCL 168.881).
c) Upon completion of a recount, the Board of State Canvassers shall forward a report of the results to the Secretary of the Senate and the report shall be announced by the Secretary of the Senate and printed in the Journal (see MCL 168.879).
d) In the case of two (2) or more persons having equal and the highest number of votes for any office, as canvassed by the Board of State Canvassers, the Board of State Canvassers shall certify the result of the canvass to the Legislature and in joint convention the Legislature shall choose one (1) of said persons to fill the office. When the determination of the Board of State Canvassers is contested, the Legislature in joint convention shall decide which person is elected (see MCL 168.846).
1.203 PROCEDURE FOR EXCLUSION
a) A Senator-elect shall not be given the oath of office or seated as a Senator if he or she has been convicted of subversion or has, within the preceding twenty (20) years, been convicted of a felony involving breach of the public trust (see Const. Art. 4, Sec. 7) or has within the preceding twenty (20) years, been convicted of a felony involving dishonesty, deceit, fraud, or a breach of public trust and that conviction was related to the person’s official capacity while the person was holding any elective office or position of employment in local, state, or federal government (see Const. Art. 11, Sec. 8). Upon finding by a majority vote of the Senators elected and serving that a Senator-elect has committed an offense within the provisions of this rule, he or she shall be declared to be unqualified for membership in the Senate and his or her office declared vacant.
b) Questions arising from challenges to the elections or returns of its members shall be decided by a vote of a majority of the Senators elected and serving (see Const. Art. 4, Sec. 16). In cases of contested elections or returns, notice setting forth the grounds of the contest shall be given by the contestant to the Secretary of the Senate not later than January 7 following the general election, or not later than twenty (20) days following the special election.
c) The Senate, with concurrence of two-thirds of its members elected and serving, may expel a member. The reasons for such expulsion shall be printed in the Journal (see Const. Art. 4, Sec. 16).
1.204 EXCUSED ABSENCE
1.205 SENATORS DEEMED PRESENT UNLESS EXCUSED
a) A Senator who answers an attendance roll call or who enters after an attendance roll call and reports his or her presence to the Secretary of the Senate shall be considered present thereafter unless an excused absence is granted.
b) A Senator may be recognized prior to the invocation and the attendance roll call only for the purpose of presenting a motion to adjourn. Should such a motion to adjourn prevail, there shall be no official invocation and attendance roll call for that day.
The compensation of Senators is determined by the State Officers Compensation Commission, as provided by law. Senators shall not collect from the Senator's staff account any compensation, expense allowance, or mileage reimbursement.
1.207 FACILITIES FOR SENATORS
Each Senator shall be entitled to facilities, equipment, furnishings, and expenses that are necessary to fulfill the duties of office. The location of facilities and the sufficiency of equipment, furnishings, and expenses shall be determined through guidelines established by the Director of the Business Office, under the direction of the Senate Majority Leader.
1.208 EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT
Expense reimbursement for travel, lodging, meals, registration fees, and related items shall be made in accordance with regulations established by the Director of the Business Office, under the direction of the Senate Majority Leader. The regulations shall set forth the guidelines for amounts, methods of payment, and time of payment for such items. When, in the judgment of the Senate Majority Leader, the regulations need revision, the Senate Majority Leader may direct the Director of the Business Office to make the revision upon fifteen (15)-day notice to all Senators. The regulations shall include the following:
a) Out-of-state expenses of a Senator, or Senate employee, shall not be paid by the Senate unless a written request has been approved by the parties specified in the regulations and by the Senate Majority Leader, and has been filed with the Director of the Business Office prior to departure.
b) A travel request shall state the purpose for making the trip, the relevance of the trip to legislative matters, and an estimate of the cost.
c) A Senator, or Senate employee, shall file a written and signed post-travel report with the Director of the Business Office not more than twenty (20) calendar days after returning. These reports shall be retained by the Director of the Business Office until no longer required by law. If a report is not filed within twenty (20) calendar days after returning, expenses may not be reimbursed by the Senate. Senate funds received in advance of departure shall be returned in full if the report is not filed within twenty (20) calendar days after returning. The report shall include a summary of the relevant legislative information, material pertinent thereto, and itemized expenditures.
d) An expenditure for travel by a Senator, or Senate employee, shall not be paid by the Senate unless that expenditure is itemized and receipted (except in cases in which receipts are not ordinarily provided).
e) Expenses for out-of-state travel by Senators shall be printed in the Journal on a quarterly basis.
f) A Senator, or an employee of a Senator, shall not incur out-of-state travel expenses after the Senator is defeated in a Senate primary or general election, or upon the failure of the Senator to file for election while serving the balance of his or her unexpired term, unless approved by the Senate Majority Leader.
1.209 MAILING
a) The mailing or printing at Senate expense of any personal or campaign material is prohibited.
b) A Senator, or committee of the Senate, shall not use state funds to mail one thousand (1,000) or more pieces of substantially similar material thirty (30) days or less before a primary or general election, in which the Senator is a candidate. This rule does not apply if the mailing is a summary of a ballot proposal and is approved by the Senate Majority Leader.
c) The Senate shall not make payment for a mass mailing sent outside the district of the Senator making the mailing. In determining whether a violation of this rule has occurred, recognition shall be given to established mass mailing techniques.
d) The Director of the Business Office, under the direction of the Senate Majority Leader, shall develop and disseminate guidelines for printing and mass mailing.
e) The cost of pieces mailed by a Senator which were paid for by Senate funds shall be tabulated and recorded by the Director of the Business Office.
1.301 LEGISLATIVE CONDUCT
1.302 ATTENDANCE AND VOTING
Every Senator is expected to vote on each roll call vote, unless absent or prohibited from voting by Rule 1.306. A Senator who misses a roll call vote may request that a vote intention be printed in the Senate Journal reflecting how he or she would have voted.
1.303 IMPROPER INFLUENCE
1.304 CONFLICTING EMPLOYMENT
1.305 UNDUE INFLUENCE
1.306 DISCLOSURE AND DISQUALIFICATION
A Senator having a personal, private, or professional interest in a bill or alternative measure, of which he or she has knowledge, shall not vote on the bill or alternative measure and shall disclose in writing his or her interest in the bill or alternative measure. A personal, private, or professional interest in a bill or alternative measure is an interest that would provide a benefit particular to a Senator or a benefit particular to any individual or entity to whom the Senator is financially or legally obligated or is personally related. The disclosure shall be filed with the Secretary of the Senate to be printed in the Journal immediately following the record of the vote on the bill or alternative measure. If a Senator votes on a bill or alternative measure that might appear at the time of the vote to provide a benefit particular to that Senator or a benefit particular to any individual or entity to whom the Senator is financially or legally obligated or is personally related, a Senator may submit a statement explaining his or her reasons for voting. The statement shall be printed in the Journal.
1.307 SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Sexual harassment of Senators and Senate employees is prohibited and will not be tolerated by the Senate. The Director of the Business Office shall establish a policy to implement this prohibition.
1.308 SENATE EMPLOYEES AND CONFLICTS
Senate employees, including those elected by the Senate or those employees specifically provided for by other Senate rules, shall be accountable to the intent of Chapter I - Section 3 where applicable.
1.309 IMPROPER USE OF STAFF AND FACILITIES
a) A Senator shall not convert for personal, business and/or campaign use, unrelated to Senate business, any supplies, services, facilities, or staff provided by the State of Michigan. This includes, but is not limited to, telephones, facsimile machines, computers, postage, and copy machines.
b) Personal business and incidental campaign calls, when charged to the state, are clearly contrary to the proper use of these facilities.
c) Personal and business calls must be charged to the caller's residence telephone, personal credit card, special billing number or made from a cellular telephone or pay station. Individuals making unreimbursed personal calls from state facilities shall be subject to appropriate sanctions.
d) In situations where it is not possible to utilize any of the methods outlined above to make a personal call, or when other incidental expenses are incurred, the Senate's operating procedure shall allow reimbursement to the State of Michigan for such calls and expenses.
1.310 ADVISORY OPINIONS
All questions relating to the interpretation and enforcement of these rules concerning legislative conduct and ethics shall be referred to the Committee on Government Operations. A Senator who has a question regarding legislative conduct and ethics may submit a factual situation to the Committee on Government Operations with a request for an advisory opinion establishing the standard of public duty. The Committee shall respond to each inquiry. All opinions shall, after hearing, be numbered, dated, and printed in the Journal. No opinion shall identify the requesting Senator without his or her consent.
1.311 PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION
If a Senator is alleged to have violated the provisions of the rules regulating ethics and conduct, the Committee on Government Operations shall determine if the facts underlying the allegation are sufficient to merit a hearing. If a hearing is held, the Senator charged with a violation shall be given notice and granted the opportunity to appear at the hearing and be represented by counsel. The determination and any disciplinary action shall be made and taken only by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Senators elected and serving on recommendation of the Committee on Government Operations. A Senator determined to have violated the provisions of the rules regulating ethics and conduct may be reprimanded, censured, or expelled. Any actions undertaken under this section shall be separate from any prosecutions or penalties otherwise provided by law.
1.401 EMPLOYEES OF EACH SENATOR
a) All Senators may appoint necessary staff in accordance with Senate rules and subject to policies established by the Senate Majority Leader. These employees shall be directly responsible to the Senator. A Senator shall not appoint any employee who is related within the first degree of consanguinity or direct affinity to any Senator elected or serving. A Senator shall not appoint any employee who is related within the second or third degree of consanguinity or direct affinity to any Senator elected or serving without permission of the Senate Majority Leader.
b) A person shall not begin employment nor receive any compensation until a Senator has provided the Senate Business Office with the necessary information about the employee.
c) A Senate employee shall not convert for personal, business and/or campaign use, unrelated to Senate business, any supplies, services, facilities, or staff provided by the State of Michigan. This includes, but is not limited to, telephones, facsimile machines, computers, postage, and copy machines.
1.402 COMMITTEE CLERKS
Clerks for standing committees (except for the Appropriations Committee) shall serve under the direction of the Senate Majority Leader. The person designated as committee clerk must perform all duties established by the State Constitution and Senate rules and must attend committee clerk training sessions provided by the Secretary of the Senate.
1.403 EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT
1.404 EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION
a) Compensation for Senate employees shall be established by each Senator within the limits of the budget guidelines in accordance with Senate rules and subject to policies issued by the Director of the Business Office, under the direction of the Senate Majority Leader.
b) The Senate general fund shall not provide more than two (2) benefit packages for the staff of each minority Senator or more than four (4) benefit packages for the staff of each majority Senator unless otherwise determined by the Senate Majority Leader.
1.405 EMPLOYEES AS CANDIDATES
1.406 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
2.101 AUTHORIZATION FOR STANDING COMMITTEES
Permanent standing committees and commissions of or appointed by the Senate, when created by rule of the Senate, shall exist and function both during and between sessions (see MCL 4.221). Permanent standing committees and commissions of or appointed by the Senate may by resolution perform and exercise such powers and authority in the interim between sessions as shall be delegated to such committees or commissions in said resolution(s).
2.102 POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMITTEES
a) Any Senator, while acting as a member of a committee, shall have authority to administer oaths to such persons as shall be examined before the committee of which he or she is a member (see MCL 4.85).
b) Any committee may, by resolution of the Senate, be authorized to administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, and examine the books and records of any persons, partnerships, or corporations involved in a matter properly before any committee (see MCL 4.101).
c) Any witness, or attorney representing a witness, may be punished for contempt by the Legislature (see MCL 4.82 and 4.101), under either of the following circumstances:
1) During a committee investigation and pursuant to a committee subpoena, he or she:
a) Refuses to be sworn or testify, or
b) Fails on demand to produce any papers, books, or documents in regards to any matter under investigation, or
c) Otherwise neglects or refuses to obey the committee subpoena.
2) He or she is guilty of deliberately interfering with the duties and powers of the Legislature while in attendance at a committee hearing.
2.103 STANDING COMMITTEES
Agriculture (5 members)
Appropriations (17 members)
Banking and Financial Institutions (8 members)
Commerce (5 members)
Economic Development and International Investment (9 members)
Elections and Government Reform (5 members)
Energy and Technology (10 members)
Families, Seniors and Human Services (5 members)
Government Operations (5 members)
Health Policy (10 members)
Insurance (10 members)
Judiciary (5 members)
Local Government (5 members)
Michigan Competitiveness (5 members)
Natural Resources (5 members)
Outdoor Recreation and Tourism (5 members)
Oversight (5 members)
Regulatory Reform (9 members)
Veterans, Military Affairs and Homeland Security (5 members)
2.104 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
a) All appointments to office submitted by the Governor, and any other executive business, shall be referred to the Committee on Government Operations. No appointment shall be voted upon until it has been printed in the Journal.
1) Any appointment not disapproved within sixty (60) session days after receipt shall stand confirmed (see Const. Art. 5, Sec. 6).
2) On all appointments to office reported favorably, the question shall be on advising and consenting to the appointment. On all appointments reported unfavorably or without recommendation, the question shall be on the disapproval of the appointment.
3) The vote of a majority of the Senators elected and serving by record roll call vote shall be required to approve or disapprove any appointment to office submitted by the Governor. Any appointments considered by the Senate shall be in open session, unless a majority of the Senators elected and serving shall vote in favor of an executive session (see Const. Art. 4, Sec. 19).
b) If an appointment is made at a time when the sixty (60) days would lapse during an extended recess of the Senate, the Senate Majority Leader may schedule a session of the Senate for the sole purpose of carrying out the Senate's constitutional duties to advise and consent on gubernatorial appointments. The Senate Majority Leader shall notify the Secretary of the Senate at least ten (10) calendar days prior to the date of the scheduled session. The Secretary of the Senate shall take all reasonable steps to notify the members of the Senate of the scheduled session.
c) Effective upon written notification to the Secretary of the Senate, the chairperson of the Committee on Government Operations may request a Senate standing committee to hold hearings and make written recommendations to the Committee on Government Operations on a gubernatorial appointment or an executive order. The Senate standing committee shall adopt by committee vote a recommendation to the Committee on Government Operations.
d) Executive orders issued by the Governor, except those dealing with matters of appropriations or expenditure reductions, shall be referred to the Committee on Government Operations. Any executive order dealing with matters of executive reorganization may be disapproved by a resolution concurred in by a majority of the members elected to and serving in each House within sixty (60) calendar days after receipt at a regular session, or a full regular session if of shorter duration. Unless disapproved within that time, the executive order shall become effective at a date thereafter to be designated by the Governor (see Const. Art. 5, Sec. 2).
e) Executive orders dealing with matters of appropriations or expenditure reductions shall be referred to the Committee on Appropriations (see MCL 18.1391).
f) The Committee on Government Operations shall receive for review all reports presented by the legislative auditor general.
g) Effective upon written notification to the Secretary of the Senate, the chairperson of the Committee on Government Operations may request a Senate standing committee to hold hearings and make written recommendations to the Committee on Government Operations on an auditor general report. The Senate standing committee shall adopt by a committee vote a recommendation to the Committee on Government Operations.
2.105 COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS AND TEMPORARY MEMBERS
a) The first named member of any committee shall be the chairperson, the second named member shall be the majority vice chairperson, and the remaining members of the committee shall rank in the order in which they are named. The first named member of the minority party shall be the minority vice chairperson. In the temporary absence of the chairperson and majority vice chairperson, the highest ranking member in attendance shall act as chairperson. When all members of a subcommittee are also members of the standing committee, the committee chairperson shall appoint the subcommittee members.
b) In the apparent prolonged absence of a member of a committee, the Senate Majority Leader shall fill the vacancy by appointing a committee member who shall serve until the absent Senator returns. A temporary committee member shall not be appointed chairperson of the committee by the Senate Majority Leader.
2.106 CALLING OF A COMMITTEE
2.107 NOTICE OF MEETINGS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS
a) A committee may hold a meeting or public hearing on any bill, resolution, or alternative measure referred to the committee and on any issue relevant to the subject matter of the committee. Notice of the meeting or hearing, its subject, date, time, and place, shall be given in writing to the Secretary of the Senate who shall print it in the Journal and on the Senate calendar and post it where appropriate (see Const. Art. 4, Sec. 17). Oral announcement regarding a meeting or public hearing may be given to the Senate during a session by the chairperson, or a member, of the committee holding the meeting or public hearing.
b) Notice of all committee meetings and public hearings shall comply with the Michigan Open Meetings Act (see MCL 15.261-15.275).
2.108 COMMITTEE STAFFING
2.109 COMMITTEE EXPENSES
No committee may receive reimbursement for expenses unless authorized by the Senate Majority Leader. A report of committee expenses, prepared by the chairperson and the Director of the Business Office from the documents on file in the Senate Business Office and approved by the chairperson, shall be filed quarterly with the Director of the Business Office. The report shall include the date, payee, amount, and purpose of the expenditure. The Director of the Business Office shall notify the Secretary of the Senate, for printing in the Journal, that the expense report is on file and open for public inspection.
2.201 COMMITTEE QUORUM
A quorum of a committee is a majority of the committee. The affirmative vote of a majority of the committee members serving is required to adopt an amendment or substitute to a bill, resolution, or alternative measure and to report any matter to the Senate. A member must be present at the time a roll call is taken for his or her vote to count toward the required majority concurrence.
2.202 COMMITTEE RECORDS
a) Each committee clerk shall keep a record of the assigned standing committee proceedings, including the date and time of each meeting, the committee members present and absent, and all action on bills, resolutions, and alternative measures in the committee with the names and votes of members (see Const. Art. 4, Sec. 17). A member of the committee wishing to explain his or her vote may file a written explanation with the clerk of the committee within two (2) legislative days after the vote is taken, which explanation shall be attached to the minutes. All minutes shall be available for public inspection during reasonable business hours. The committee record of its proceedings shall be transmitted biennially to the Secretary of the Senate within thirty (30) days of the final adjournment of the Legislature. The Secretary of the Senate shall be responsible for the storage of the committee minutes and records of its proceedings, which shall be available for public inspection upon request.
b) The committee clerk of each committee shall keep the committee files, recordings, tapes, records, memoranda, or written documents in storage cabinets which are separate from his or her other records. The committee clerk shall provide the Secretary of the Senate with the identification numbers of the storage cabinets containing the committee records. The Secretary of the Senate shall tag the designated storage cabinets and maintain a record of this information.
2.203 COMMITTEE REPORTS
a) All committees shall file a report of their activities following each meeting. All reports shall be submitted on a form prescribed and furnished by the Secretary of the Senate. The reports shall include the date, time, and place of the committee meeting, the members in attendance, the vote of each committee member on any bill, resolution, alternative measure, or other business, and the committee's recommendation on immediate effect for any bill and shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Senate. The committee recommendation for immediate effect shall be considered on House bills at the time of Senate passage and on Senate bills upon their return from the House unless the Senate has previously given the bill immediate effect. All committees shall submit an attendance report to the Secretary of the Senate within two (2) Senate legislative days of the committee meeting. The Secretary of the Senate shall cause all committee reports and attendance reports to be printed in the Journal.
b) Except for a committee report recommending a substitute, any bill, resolution, alternative measure, or other business reported out of any committee shall be filed with the Secretary of the Senate as soon as possible and not later than 4:00 p.m. on the next calendar day (excluding weekends and holidays). A committee report recommending a substitute shall be filed not later than 4:00 p.m. on the second calendar day (excluding weekends and holidays). The Secretary of the Senate shall have the authority to retrieve any report not filed by these deadlines.
c) If a bill, joint resolution, alternative measure, or other business is reported back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be referred to a second committee, the reported bill, joint resolution, alternative measure, or other business, and any amendments, shall be referred to that committee in accordance with Rule 3.106.
d) All business not reported by a committee shall be returned to the Secretary of the Senate at the conclusion of each biennium.
2.204 ITEMS REPORTED WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION
2.205 MANUAL OF COMMITTEE PROCEDURE
The rules of parliamentary law and practice in the most recent edition of Mason's "Manual of Legislative Procedure" shall govern committee procedure in all cases except when they are inconsistent with the standing rules and published precedents of the Senate and its committees.
2.206 COMMITTEE TELEVISING, WEBCASTING AND CONDUCT
a) Senate committee meetings may be taped, televised live or webcast through the equipment operated by the Secretary of the Senate staff.
b) No person shall engage in any conduct during a Senate committee meeting which undermines the decorum of the meeting. All individual electronic devices during a committee meeting shall be turned off or left on non-audible alert. Failure to follow a warning issued by the chairperson may result in the device(s) being confiscated upon direction of the committee chairperson for the remainder of the meeting.
3.101 TIME OF SESSION
The Senate shall convene at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday through Thursday except on state holidays, unless otherwise ordered by the Senate.
3.102 ORDER OF BUSINESS
4. Attendance Roll Call
5. Motions and Communications
6. Messages from the Governor
7. Messages from the House
9. Third Reading of Bills
10. General Orders
12. Introduction and Referral of Bills
3.103 CHANGE OF ORDER OF BUSINESS
3.104 QUORUM OF THE SENATE
a) A majority of Senators elected and serving shall constitute a quorum (see Const. Art. 4, Sec. 14).
b) Routine business on which no vote of the Senate is required may be disposed of on any day, with or without a quorum present, and proper entries shall be printed in the Journal.
c) In the absence of a quorum, a motion is in order to order a Call of the Senate, recess or adjourn.
3.105 COMMUNICATIONS TO THE SENATE
The Secretary of the Senate shall compile official communications received by the Senate and shall make them available to all Senators. The presiding officer shall refer all communications which are informational only, to the Secretary of the Senate in one (1) order for their printing in the Journal.
3.106 COMMITTEE REPORTS ON THE CALENDAR
a) All committee reports in the possession of the Secretary of the Senate shall be placed on the Senate calendar under the heading of Committee Reports. The Senate calendar shall be closed for printing at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. If a Senate committee is scheduled to meet on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday, the Senate calendar for a Tuesday session shall be closed for printing at 9:30 a.m. on Monday. If there is a Friday session, the calendar shall be closed at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. If Monday is a state holiday, the Senate calendar for Tuesday shall be closed for printing on Friday at 12:00 noon.
b) A Senator may object to a committee report on the basis of its sufficiency or proper authorization. The presiding officer shall place the objection before the Senate for its decision.
c) All committee reports shall be laid over one (1) day. After one (1) session day a committee report shall be considered accepted and the item shall be referred as appropriate.
3.107 RESOLUTION CONSENT CALENDAR
a) The Senate Majority Floor Leader and the Senate Minority Floor Leader or members who are their designees shall jointly compile a list to be known as the resolution consent calendar. It shall consist of Senate resolutions, Senate concurrent resolutions, and House concurrent resolutions which do not require committee referral and consideration, and the adoption of which may be accomplished by a majority of those voting. Resolutions which are subject to the voting requirements of Senate Rule 3.501, or governed by a voting requirement in statute, shall not be placed on the resolution consent calendar.
b) Resolutions on the consent calendar shall be disposed of in a single vote. Before stating the question of adoption of the consent calendar, the presiding officer shall ask if there are objections. The objection of any Senator to the placement of one (1) or more items on the resolution consent calendar shall result in the removal of the stated item or items from that calendar.
3.201 FIVE DAYS' POSSESSION
No bill shall be passed or become law, and no alternative measure shall be adopted, at any regular session of the Legislature until it has been printed or reproduced and in possession of the Senate for at least five (5) days (see Const. Art. 4, Sec. 26).
3.202 BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND ALTERNATIVE MEASURES AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
All bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, and alternative measures returned by the House with amendments shall be laid over one (1) day. Consideration of bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures shall be resumed the following day under the same order of business. Consideration of resolutions shall be resumed the following day under the order of Resolutions.
3.203 REFERRAL OF BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND ALTERNATIVE MEASURES
a) The Senate Majority Leader shall refer all bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures to a standing committee no later than one (1) Senate legislative day after being submitted to the Secretary of the Senate. The presiding officer shall announce the reference of all bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures.
b) A bill introduced pursuant to the timely filing of a notice of objection by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules to a proposed administrative rule shall be read twice and placed on the Senate calendar under the order of business of General Orders (see MCL 24.245a(3)).
c) The Senate Majority Leader may change the original referral of a bill, resolution, or alternative measure by oral notice to the Senate or written communication submitted to the Secretary of the Senate before the end of session on the next Senate legislative day following the day of the original referral. Notices of the written communication shall be announced by the Secretary of the Senate during session and both oral and written notifications shall be printed in the Journal.
d) It shall be in order at any time before the final passage of any bill or the adoption of any resolution or alternative measure to move its commitment or recommitment to committee.
e) The vote of a majority of the Senators elected and serving shall be required to discharge a committee from further consideration of any item referred to that committee.
3.205 PRINTING
All bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures shall be printed or reproduced after introduction unless otherwise ordered by the Senate. No bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure shall be reported from a standing committee until it has been printed or reproduced.
3.206 THE BILL TITLE
The title of a bill or alternative measure shall include:
a) The object of the bill or alternative measure, and
b) A reference to the section(s), act, and compilation numbers when amending any act which has been compiled.
3.207 THREE SEPARATE READINGS
Every bill, joint resolution, and alternative measure shall receive three (3) separate readings prior to its being passed or adopted. The presiding officer shall announce whether it is the first, second, or third reading. The first and second readings may be by title only. The third reading of a bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure shall be in full unless otherwise ordered unanimously by the Senate. The third reading of a bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure shall be on a day subsequent to that on which it is read a second time or is reported by the Committee of the Whole (see Const. Art. 4, Sec. 26).
3.208 INITIATIVE PETITIONS
a) Initiative petitions received by the Secretary of the Senate from the Secretary of State shall be stamped with the date and time measured in hours and minutes. The Secretary of the Senate shall deliver the initiative petition to the Senate Majority Leader to be available for referral to committee on the next Senate legislative day (see Const. Art. 2, Sec. 9).
b) Each initiative petition, when introduced, shall be read a first and second time by title and referred to committee. When reported out of committee, each initiative petition shall be placed on the order of Third Reading of Bills.
c) Any law proposed by initiative petition shall be either enacted or rejected by the Legislature without change or amendment within forty (40) calendar days from the time such petition is received in the office of the Secretary of the Senate (see Const. Art. 2, Sec. 9).
d) If the Senate rejects a law proposed by initiative petition, the Senate may propose a different ("alternative") measure upon the same subject. An alternative measure shall be labeled "Alternative Measure No. ___ to a law proposed by initiative petition". An alternative measure shall not be considered for a second reading unless a law proposed by initiative petition has been rejected by a house. An alternative measure shall require a majority vote of the members elected and serving for adoption, and the vote shall be by record roll call. If the alternative measure is adopted by both Houses of the Legislature, both measures shall be submitted to the electors for approval or rejection at the next general election (see Const. Art. 2, Sec. 9).
3.301 RECOGNITION
The presiding officer shall recognize Senators to speak in the order in which they press their "request to speak" button, except when a Senator seeks recognition to introduce guests or to raise a point of order. A Senator, when recognized, shall address the presiding officer, standing at the microphone nearest to his or her desk.
3.302 PRECEDENCE OF MOTIONS
1. To fix the time to which to adjourn
2. To adjourn
4. To lay on the table
5. For the previous question
6. To postpone to a day certain
7. To commit or recommit to committee
8. To amend
9. To postpone indefinitely
3.303 MOTION IN WRITING
3.304 MOTION WITHDRAWAL
3.305 NONDEBATABLE MOTIONS
a) The motions to adjourn, to recess, to reconsider, to lay on the table, for the previous question, to suspend the rules, and all questions relating to the priority of business shall be decided without debate.
b) A nondebatable motion is not in order if the Senator, making the motion, speaks immediately before offering the motion, except a member may explain an amendment and then move to withdraw it from consideration.
3.306 CONSIDERATION FOLLOWING A RECESS
3.307 MOTION TO LAY ON THE TABLE
3.308 MOVE THE PREVIOUS QUESTION
a) Any Senator may move the previous question. The previous question shall be ordered by a majority of the Senators voting. The motion for the previous question may be limited by the mover to one (1) or more of the questions preceding the main question. The effect of ordering the previous question shall be to close debate instantly, bringing the Senate to an immediate vote on the pending question or questions in their regular order. If the previous question is ordered on the third reading of a bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure, only amendments to the bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure that have been filed with the Secretary of the Senate prior to the motion calling for the previous question shall be considered, but the amendments shall not be debated. The yeas and nays may be demanded on any vote taken while the previous question is in effect.
b) A motion to reconsider is in order under operation of the previous question before voting is completed on all pending items affected by the previous question.
c) A motion for a Call of the Senate shall not be in order after the previous question has been ordered. No Senator shall dissent orally by making a statement of protest while the previous question is in effect. The previous question having been ordered, any question of order or appeal from the decision of the presiding officer shall be decided without debate.
3.309 MOTION TO DIVIDE
Any Senator may call for a division of the question. If supported by a majority of the Senators voting, the question shall be divided providing it contains propositions sufficiently distinct in substance that, if one (1) is taken away, a substantive proposition remains for the decision of the Senate.
3.310 MOTION TO STRIKE OUT AND INSERT
3.311 MOTION TO RECONSIDER
a) No motion for the reconsideration of any vote shall be in order unless:
1) The subject matter on which the vote was taken is in the possession of the Senate, and
2) It is made on the same day the vote is taken or within the next two (2) Senate legislative days.
b) The same question shall not be reconsidered more than once.
c) The vote of a majority of the Senators elected and serving shall be required to reconsider the vote by which any bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure was passed or adopted or the vote by which an amendment or substitute (but not an amendment to an amendment or a substitute) was adopted on Third Reading by the Senate.
d) A motion to reconsider may be laid on the table. The tabling of a motion to reconsider the vote by which any bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure failed to pass or be adopted by the Senate shall require the vote of a majority of the Senators elected and serving and shall postpone indefinitely the consideration of the bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure.
e) Tabling of a motion to reconsider shall not carry with it the original question but shall be a refusal to reconsider. It shall not be in order to take from the table a motion to reconsider, nor shall the vote whereby any motion to reconsider was laid on the table be reconsidered.
3.312 INDEFINITE POSTPONEMENT
To postpone indefinitely further consideration of any bill, resolution, alternative measure, or other matter shall require the vote of a majority of the Senators elected and serving, and the vote on such a motion shall not be reconsidered.
3.313 MOTION FOR CALL OF THE SENATE
A Call of the Senate during session shall be ordered by a majority of the Senators voting whether a quorum or not. After a Call of the Senate is ordered, the doors shall be closed and the Senators shall not be permitted to leave the Senate floor without permission of the Senate. The roll of the Senate shall be taken by the Secretary of the Senate and the absentees noted. The Sergeant at Arms, or persons duly empowered by a majority of the Senators voting, may be dispatched and may arrest any or all of the Senators absent without leave.
3.401 TWO READINGS BEFORE AMENDMENT
No bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure shall be amended until it has been read twice.
3.402 AMENDMENTS ON THIRD READING
a) The vote of a majority of the Senators elected and serving shall be required to adopt any amendment on Third Reading.
b) If a series of amendments is offered to a bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure and it becomes obvious the amendments are being used as a basis of obstruction, a motion may be made that the amendments be declared obstructive and the motion shall not be debatable. If the motion prevails, the amendments shall be read en bloc and a single vote shall be taken immediately on all of the amendments. In this case, no division of the question shall be allowed.
3.403 PRINTING OF AMENDMENTS IN THE JOURNAL
a) No bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure which has been reported with amendment or amendments by any committee shall be considered in Committee of the Whole until the amendment or amendments have been printed in the Journal. No bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure amended in Committee of the Whole shall be considered on Third Reading of Bills until all amendments made in Committee of the Whole have been printed in the Journal.
b) All amendments shall be submitted in writing and with six (6) copies and all substitutes shall be submitted with five (5) copies.
3.501 ACTIONS REQUIRING AN EXTRAORDINARY MAJORITY
Action by the Senate on the following matters shall require a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the Senators elected and serving except as otherwise noted:
a) Amendment or Repeal of Initiated Law, three-fourths (3/4) of the Senators elected and serving (Const. Art. 2, Sec. 9)
b) Expulsion of Member (Const. Art. 4, Sec. 16)
c) Immediate Effect (Const. Art. 4, Sec. 27)
d) Local or Special Act (Const. Art. 4, Sec. 29)
e) Private or Local Purpose Appropriation (Const. Art. 4, Sec. 30)
f) Overriding Veto (Const. Art. 4, Sec. 33)
g) Bank and Trust Company Law (Const. Art. 4, Sec. 43)
h) Courts of Limited Jurisdiction (Const. Art. 6, Sec. 1)
i) Removal of Judge (Const. Art. 6, Sec. 25)
j) State Borrowing (Const. Art. 9, Sec. 15)
k) State Land Reserve Designation (Const. Art. 10, Sec. 5)
l) Rejection or Reduction of Civil Service Pay Increases (Const. Art. 11, Sec. 5)
m) Amendments to Michigan Constitution (Const. Art. 12, Sec. 1)
n) Mackinac Bridge Bonds Refunding (Const. Schedule, Sec. 14)
o) Amendments to increase the February 1, 1994 statutory limits on the maximum amount of ad valorem property taxes that may be levied for school district operating purposes, three-fourths (3/4) of the Senators elected and serving (Const. Art. 9, Sec. 3)
3.502 MAJORITY VOTE ON QUESTIONS SHORT OF THE FINAL QUESTION
When a bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure requires, pursuant to the Constitution, the concurrence of more than a majority of the Senators elected and serving, the concurrence of such majority shall not be requisite to decide any question for amendment or relating to the merits, being short of the final question, except on the question of the adoption of a conference report, concurring in House amendments, or receding from Senate amendments to any such bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure returned from the House to the Senate for final action.
3.503 FINAL PASSAGE BY REQUIRED VOTE
a) The vote on the final passage of any bill or the adoption of any joint resolution or alternative measure, including a joint resolution ratifying a proposed amendment to the federal Constitution, shall be taken by a record roll call vote, which shall be printed in the Journal (see Const. Art. 4, Sec. 26).
b) When any bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure receives the constitutionally required assent, that fact shall be certified on the bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure by the Secretary of the Senate.
c) When a bill is given immediate effect by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Senators elected and serving, that action remains in effect as the bill proceeds through the legislative process, unless the vote for immediate effect is reconsidered and defeated.
3.504 DEMAND FOR RECORDED VOTE
The record of the votes and names of the Senators voting on any question shall be printed in the Journal at the request of one-fifth (1/5) of the Senators present (see Const. Art. 4, Sec. 18), except during the Committee of the Whole.
3.505 VOTING
a) After a question is stated by the presiding officer or Chair, no motion shall be in order and no Senator shall be entitled to speak until the roll call is finished and the result is declared.
b) The electronic voting system shall be used, if operational, to determine the question before the body when the vote is taken by roll call or by division, and shall display the votes of each Senator and the running total. At the direction of the presiding officer, the Secretary of the Senate shall immediately activate the electronic voting system for one (1) minute for a roll call vote, after which the vote shall be closed and no further votes shall be entered in the record. If all Senators present have voted before one (1) minute has elapsed, the presiding officer may ask Senators if there is objection to closing the vote. If no Senator objects, the presiding officer shall instruct the Secretary of the Senate to close the board immediately and record the vote.
c) The presiding officer or Chair may close a division vote at his or her discretion when it appears that all members present have had a reasonable opportunity to vote.
d) If the electronic voting system is not operational, the presiding officer or Chair shall direct the Secretary of the Senate to conduct a roll call or a division vote orally, and to announce the results and record the roll call.
e) A Senator shall not vote for another Senator. A person not a Senator shall not vote for any Senator. In addition to penalties prescribed by law, any Senator may be punished as the Senate may determine for voting for another Senator. If a person not a Senator votes or attempts to vote, he or she, in addition to penalties prescribed by law, shall be barred from the Senate floor for the remainder of the day’s session and may receive further punishment as the Senate Majority Leader deems proper.
3.506 A SENATOR'S RIGHT TO DISSENT
a) A Senator may dissent from or protest against any act, proceeding, or resolution which he or she believes is injurious to any person or the public, and have the reason for his or her dissent printed in the Journal (see Const. Art. 4, Sec. 18).
b) A Senator may dissent orally by making a statement of protest, unless the previous question is in effect, which shall not be limited in length, or by moving that a statement made personally during session on any order of business other than during the Committee of the Whole be his or her protest. A Senator may also dissent by concurring with another Senator's protest or statement previously moved to be printed in the Journal during that day's session. Dissent statements not made during the debate preceding or immediately following the vote from which a Senator is dissenting shall be made under the order of business of Statements.
c) A Senator may dissent in writing not to exceed one thousand (1,000) words if:
1) He or she gives oral notice during session of an intent to file a written protest, and
2) On that day or prior to the end of session on the next Senate legislative day, a signed copy of the written protest is placed on each Senator's desk and filed with the Secretary of the Senate, and
3) No objections are raised and sustained by the end of session on the first Senate legislative day following the day oral notice was given.
d) All protests submitted in any of the above manners shall be printed in the Journal, except the Senate may refuse to print statements or material containing insulting and contemptuous matter under the guise of a protest.
e) No statement of any Senator shall be printed in the Journal unless moved by that Senator.
3.507 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND STATEMENTS
a) Announcements may be made during any order of business. Announcements are remarks concerning the session schedule, committee meetings, introduction of guests, congratulations, condolences or illness, requests to co-sponsor bills, resolutions, and alternative measures, requests to be removed as a sponsor or co-sponsor of bills, resolutions, and alternative measures, past vote intentions, or intentions of introducing legislation or resolutions. Announcements also include memorial remarks concerning the passing of individuals and may be made during any order of business except General Orders.
b) Statements on topics, issues or items not properly before the Senate shall be made during the order of business of Statements. Dissent statements may be made under the order of business of Statements.
c) A Senator is limited to one (1) statement each day under the order of business of Statements, except for dissent statements which are unlimited in number.
d) Each statement shall be limited to five (5) minutes orally or, if submitted in writing, shall be no greater than one thousand (1,000) words, except an oral dissent statement made on the order of Statements shall not be limited in length.
e) With the leave of the Senate, the President of the Senate may request that a statement made by the President be printed in the Journal.
3.601 GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILLS
The general appropriation bills for the succeeding fiscal year covering items set forth in the budget shall be passed or defeated in the Senate before it passes any appropriation bill for items not in the budget, except bills supplementing appropriations for the current fiscal year's operation (see Const. Art. 4, Sec. 31).
3.602 BILLS REQUIRING APPROPRIATIONS
3.603 ESTIMATED REVENUE
One (1) of the general appropriation bills as passed by the Senate shall contain an itemized statement of estimated revenue by a major source in each operating fund for the ensuing fiscal year, the total of which shall not be less than the total of all appropriations made from each fund in the general appropriation bills as passed.
3.701 FAVORABLE REPORTS
All bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures reported back to the Senate favorably shall be referred to the Committee of the Whole with amendments, if any, proposed by the committee, which amendments shall be considered first by the Committee of the Whole. Any bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure may, after having been reported favorably to the Senate by a committee, be referred to a second committee. If the second committee reports the bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure back to the Senate, the report shall include amendments, if any, that were recommended by the first committee. The reported bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure, and any amendments, shall be referred to the Committee of the Whole.
3.702 BUSINESS IN ORDER
3.703 BILLS, JOINT RESOLUTIONS, AND ALTERNATIVE MEASURES CONSTITUTING GENERAL ORDERS
a) Bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures referred to the Committee of the Whole shall constitute General Orders and shall be considered in the Committee of the Whole on a day subsequent to such referral in the order of their reference, unless the Senate or the Committee of the Whole otherwise determines.
b) No bill, joint resolution, or alternative measure shall bypass consideration by the Committee of the Whole.
3.704 CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
3.705 RULES IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
a) The rules of the Senate shall be observed in the Committee of the Whole so far as may be applicable, except limiting debate, ordering the previous question, suspension of rules, or taking the yeas and nays. However, no speech shall exceed five (5) minutes. A motion that the Committee rise shall always be in order and decided without debate. Motions in the Committee of the Whole recommending action by the Senate shall take precedence in the same order as identical motions made during a session of the Senate. Motions to recess or reconsider are in order in the Committee of the Whole.
b) No statement made during the Committee of the Whole shall be printed in the Journal.
c) In the event the Senate is in session in the Committee of the Whole at 11:55 p.m., it shall be the duty of the chairperson to declare the Committee of the Whole to have risen. The Committee of the Whole shall automatically rise and the presiding officer of the Senate shall resume the chair.
3.706 BILLS ORDERED TO THIRD READING
All bills, joint resolutions, and alternative measures recommended for passage or adoption by the Committee of the Whole shall be placed on Third Reading of Bills by the Secretary of the Senate, and shall be taken up in the same order as they were advanced to the order of Third Reading of Bills unless otherwise ordered by the Senate.
3.801 AUTHORITY AND PRECEDENCE OF SENATE RULES
a) The principal sources of authority for Senate rules are, in the order of precedence, as follows:
1) Constitutional Rules
2) Fundamental Legal Principles
3) Statutory Rules
4) Adopted Rules
5) Adopted Parliamentary Authority
6) Parliamentary Law
7) Customs and Usages
8) Judicial Decisions
Judicial decisions have the lowest precedence of the sources cited except to the extent they are interpretations of rules from one (1) of the other sources. In those instances, they take the same precedence as the source which is interpreted.
b) Rules from the source with the higher precedence prevails when there are conflicts between rules from different sources.
3.802 MANUAL OF LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE
The rules of parliamentary practice in the most recent edition of Mason's "Manual of Legislative Procedure" shall govern all cases except when they are inconsistent with the Standing Rules and precedents of the Senate.
3.803 RULES OF A NEWLY CONVENED SENATE
The Senate rules which are in effect when the Senate adjourns sine die in an even numbered year shall be the temporary rules of the Senate when it convenes at twelve o'clock noon on the second Wednesday in January of the following odd numbered year and shall remain in effect until other temporary or permanent rules are adopted (see MCL 4.42).
3.804 AMENDMENT OR REPEAL OF SENATE RULES
The repeal or amendment of any rule shall be accomplished only by resolution. All proposed amendments or repeals of Senate rules shall be referred to the Committee on Government Operations for consideration. The adoption of a proposed resolution for the repeal or amendment of any rule shall require a majority of the Senators elected and serving.
3.805 SUSPENSION OF RULES
3.901 MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA
Members of the media shall register with the Secretary of the Senate and may have their registration reviewed at any time. The following provisions shall govern the registration process:
a) A newspaper (as defined by U.S. postal regulations);
b) A broadcast station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, or a network serving one (1) or more licensed broadcast stations;
c) A cable television system with a franchise granted by a Michigan unit of government, or a network serving one (1) or more franchised cable systems;
d) A wire service; or
e) An independent contractor on assignment to report state government news for an organization described above.
2) A visiting member of the media shall register on a daily basis at least thirty (30) minutes before the start of session with the Secretary of the Senate.
3) The Secretary of the Senate may, under special circumstances, register representatives of the media not defined above if it is determined to be in the public interest.
4) Technicians for broadcast/cable stations shall also be registered when accompanying members of the media and shall be subject to the same rules.
5) The Secretary of the Senate may revoke the registration of any member of the media for cause. Cause shall include, but not be limited to, a change in employment status, lobbying or acting as a lobbyist agent, disrupting Senate proceedings, or refusing to comply with Senate rules or the directives of the presiding officer, Senate Majority Leader, or Secretary of the Senate. A decision to revoke registration may be appealed to the Committee on Government Operations.
6) Members of the media may talk with only a currently-serving State Senator or a member of their staff in the front entry or the hallway behind the Senate rostrum. Members of the media, notwithstanding Senate Rule 3.902, may leave the media's designated area and talk with only Senators or a member of their staff in the Chamber immediately following adjournment.
7) Members of the media shall enter from the north main door or the two (2) south doors on either side of the rostrum and shall proceed directly to the areas designated for the media. If a member of the media enters through the north main door, he or she shall proceed directly to the areas designated for the media using the east or west side aisles only. Members of the media shall not enter the cloak room or the restrooms of the Senate Chamber.
8) Members of the media may film, videotape, or photograph the Senate session from the media's designated area. During the first twenty (20) minutes after the attendance roll call, with permission from the Senate, members of the media shall be allowed to film, videotape, or photograph from along the full length of the east and west side aisles.
9) A member of the media, including a broadcast technician, shall be entitled to record Senate session as long as it does not disrupt the proceedings of the Senate. "Record" shall mean videotaping, photographing, filming, taping, or electronically transmitting Senate proceedings or activities on the Senate floor when the Senate is in session.
3.902 FLOOR PRIVILEGE AND CONDUCT
A) A session of the Senate shall be defined, for the purposes of this rule, as any period of time when the Senate is in session, any recess, and any fifteen (15)-minute period before the Senate convenes and five (5) minutes after it adjourns. The Senate floor is defined as the Senate Chamber and adjoining Rooms S212, S204 (E. Lakin Brown Room), S204A, S201, and S207. Access to the Senate floor shall be restricted as outlined below during any session of the Senate, except that members of the public are permitted in Room S204 when a scheduled press conference is held there during session.
1) No person, other than the following, shall be admitted to the Senate floor:
a) Senators or Representatives
d) Senators or Representatives in Congress
e) Former Michigan Legislators
f) The Secretary of the Senate and his or her support staff
g) Legislative staff as authorized in guidelines issued by the Senate Majority Leader
h) One (1) representative of the Governor, which shall include the Attorney General or their staff and the Secretary of State and their staff
i) Members of the immediate family of a Senator or the President of the Senate
j) Registered members of the media pursuant to Rule 3.901
k) A guest who has been invited by a Senator to offer the invocation, and an immediate family member of that guest.
2) No registered lobbyist or lobbyist agent, including former Legislators, shall be allowed on the Senate floor. They shall not be allowed in the hallway behind the Senate rostrum, unless en route to or from the Lieutenant Governor's Office (S215) or the Elijah Myers Room (S208).
3) A former Legislator shall not lobby on the Senate floor, except if they are admitted under Senate Rule 3.902 A) 1) g) or h).
B) No person shall engage in any conduct on the Senate floor during any session of the Senate which undermines the decorum of the Senate. All persons who are admitted to the Senate floor shall observe the following guidelines:
1) No Senator shall speak until recognized by the presiding officer, unless the Senator rises to make a point of order.
2) Except as otherwise outlined in other Senate rules, no Senator shall speak on any matter not properly before the Senate.
3) No Senator shall speak more than twice in any one (1) debate on the same day, without leave of the Senate, except the Senator who sponsored the matter under consideration, the Senator who sponsored the bill, resolution, or alternative measure if an amendment is under consideration, the chairperson of the committee which reported it and the chairperson of the subcommittee which considered the matter. Each speech shall not exceed five (5) minutes or, if submitted in writing, shall not exceed one thousand (1,000) words, except there is no limit on the length of an oral dissent statement.
4) No Senator shall speak impertinently or submit in writing impertinent statements, attack the motives of any Senator who proposes or advocates a particular position, use indecent language or other disorderly words, or refer to another Senator by name in a disparaging way.
5) No Senator shall use a display, exhibit, or prop on the Senate floor during discussions, debate, statements, or the announcement of the introduction of a bill, resolution, or alternative measure.
6) No person other than a Senator, the President of the Senate, the Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the Senate, or the Sergeants at Arms shall pass through the well of the Senate Chamber which is immediately in front of the Senate rostrum.
7) No person shall pass between the presiding officer and a Senator who is speaking.
8) No person other than a Senator, the President of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate, or the Sergeants at Arms shall use the center aisle of the Chamber.
9) No person other than a Senator shall sit in a Senator's chair.
10) No staff shall be allowed on the Senate floor unless they wait in the majority or minority lounge or the lounge at the rear of the Chamber until they are needed by a Senator and shall then be seated at a Senator's desk.
11) No member of the media shall be allowed on the Senate floor unless he or she is in the media's designated area, except as otherwise provided in Rule 3.901.
12) No smoking shall be permitted on the Senate floor.
13) All individual electronic devices shall be turned off or on non-audible alert during Senate session. Failure to follow a warning issued by the presiding officer or Chair may result in the device(s) being confiscated for the duration of the session upon direction of the presiding officer or Chair.