SB 2017-062: New Senate Rules Resolution (Passed)

[Associate Justice PiT]

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Sponsor: PiT

     I hereby open the floor for debate.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Good point, though the Dean may want to pass on the responsibilities of the role if real-life issues are a concern. I would propose:

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     Would you accept this as a replacement for your current amendment, Senator LLR?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Senators have 36 hours to object to the amendment.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I would be fine with just scotching that. It's unlikely the two chambers would just coincidentally pass similar bills; I expect most such incidents would fall under the situation covered under Clause 5.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I will accept this amendment as friendly. Senators have 36 hours to object.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Amendment S5:3 has been adopted. There is still about 16 hours left to object to Amendment S5:6.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     S5:6 is also adopted. I encourage Senators to look it over again and make sure everything in it is acceptable. This is an important resolution to pass, so let's not delay it any more than is necessary to craft a good bill.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I am proposing an amendment to Article II, Section 3:

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     Senators have 36 hours to object.

[Associate Justice PiT]

I would appeal to the Senators in the name of reason, that while I understand the desire perfection, this Senate is like the SS Poseidon facing a tidal wave of incoming House bills and unless PiT and Goldwater get these slots and soon, it is going to get flipped over and sunk.

     I do agree, and with this in mind I will be using the objection period for this amendment as a last call for Senators. If there are no more amendments proposed when this amendment is adopted, I will open a final vote.

[Associate Justice PiT]

Maybe I'm just being low energy here, but am I the only one that thinks having potentially 15 threads open at once is a lot?  We could end up seeing bills that Senators are less interested in falling through the cracks.

     This is a good point, but I would note that this kind of thing is already a problem. One of the things I do as PPT is scanning through the older threads (up to a week or so) to make sure that threads don't fall through the cracks.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     The amendment is adopted. Since I have provided warning of the final vote, I will open a final vote on this resolution now. Please vote aye, nay, or abstain.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Aye. This resolution has enough votes to pass. Senators have 24 hours to change their vote.

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