PRINTER'S NO. 959
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
77
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY MUTH, L. WILLIAMS, BREWSTER, KEARNEY, KANE, SAVAL,
CAPPELLETTI AND COSTA, JUNE 24, 2021
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, JUNE 24, 2021
A RESOLUTION
Amending the Rules of the Senate, further providing for
amendments.
RESOLVED, That Senate Rule 13(a)(1) and (c) be amended to
read:
Rule 13. Amendments.
(a) When in order.--
(1) Amendments shall be in order when a bill is reported
or re-reported from committee, on second consideration [and],
on third consideration and on concurrence from the House. No
amendments shall be received by the presiding officer or
considered by the Senate which destroys the general sense of
the original bill or is not appropriate and closely allied to
the original purpose of the bill. Any Member, upon request,
must be furnished a copy of a proposed amendment, this
includes being available on the Senate Virtual Session Desk
application or its successor applications, and be given a
reasonable opportunity to consider same before being required
to vote thereon.
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(c) Concurrence in House amendments.--
(1) The following apply:
(i) No amendments to bills by the House shall be
concurred in by the Senate, except by the vote of a
majority of the Members elected to the Senate taken by
yeas and nays.
(ii) If a bill on concurrence contains an amendment
which may require the expenditure of Commonwealth funds
or funds of a political subdivision or cause a loss of
revenue to the Commonwealth or a political subdivision,
the bill [may] shall not be voted finally until a fiscal
note reflecting the impact of the amendment is [made
available] provided to the Senators, which includes being
posted to the Senate Virtual Session Desk application
with notification to Senators.
(2) The following apply:
(i) Any bill or resolution containing House
amendments which is returned to the Senate shall be
referred to the Committee on Rules and Executive
Nominations immediately upon the reading of the
communication by the Reading Clerk, subject to paragraph
(1)(ii). The consideration of any bill or resolution
containing House amendments may include the amendment of
House amendments [only by the Committee on Rules and
Executive Nominations] in the Committee on Rules and
Executive Nominations or prior to the vote on concurrence
on the Senate Floor. The vote on concurring in amendments
by the House to bills or resolutions amended by the House
shall not be taken until the bills or resolutions have
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been favorably reported, as committed or as amended, by
the Committee on Rules and Executive Nominations and have
been placed on the desks of the Senators, this includes
being available on the Senate Virtual Session Desk
application or its successor applications, and
particularly referred to on their calendars.
(ii) Unless the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader
shall agree otherwise, the offering of an amendment to House
amendments in the Committee on Rules and Executive
Nominations shall not be in order until at least one hour
after the filing of a copy of the amendment as prepared by
the Legislative Reference Bureau with the office of the
Secretary-Parliamentarian. Upon the filing of such an
amendment, the Secretary-Parliamentarian shall immediately
time stamp the amendment and forward a time-stamped copy of
the amendment to the offices of the Majority Leader and the
Minority Leader. Except as provided in this subsection, it
shall not be in order to suspend or otherwise waive the
requirements of this subsection.
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