PRINTER'S NO. 964
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
86
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY MUTH, L. WILLIAMS, BREWSTER, KEARNEY, KANE, SAVAL
AND CAPPELLETTI, JUNE 24, 2021
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, JUNE 24, 2021
A RESOLUTION
Amending the Rules of the Senate, further providing for
committees and for video feed and audio feed.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
RESOLVED, That Senate Rules 14(g)(3) and 23(d) and (e)(4) be
amended to read:
Rule 14. Committees.
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(g) Public meetings or hearings.--
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(3) [The] All meetings of the Senate standing and
special committees [may] shall be livestreamed [as determined
by the committee chair], if held in a hearing room equipped
for that purpose, and posted on the official Senate Internet
website. The official Senate livestream and recordings of the
livestream, video or audio, [may] shall be broadcasted and
posted on the respective Senate caucus websites and may be
posted on social media platforms. The restrictions on video
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and audio feeds under Rule [23] 23(e) apply to livestreamed
and video recordings of standing and special committee
meetings. Video recordings of committee meetings shall be
retained for no more than 10 years.
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Rule 23. Video feed and audio feed.
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(d) Scope of video and audio feeds.--
(1) The video feed and audio feed shall provide a
complete, unedited record of what is said on the Floor of the
Senate and shall be free from commentary.
(2) To the extent possible, [only] the video cameras
shall be focused on the Senate Floor. When necessary, the
presiding officer and the persons actually speaking shall be
covered by the video cameras and microphones.
(3) During roll call votes and other votes, the video
cameras shall be focused on the [presiding officer or the
appropriate clerks] Senate Floor until the announcement of
the vote tabulation by the presiding officer.
[(4) During recesses of the Senate or when the Senate is
at ease, the video feed and audio feed shall be turned off.
(5)] (4) During guest introductions, video feed of
guests seated in the Senate Gallery or on the floor of the
Senate is permissible.
(e) Restrictions on video and audio feeds.--
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(4) The President Pro Tempore or any other presiding
officer shall be prohibited from ordering[, without consent
of the Senate,] that any segment of a Floor session not be
broadcast or recorded.
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