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SR541 • 2026

Modifies Senate Rule 12 to authorize members of a standing committee of the Senate to elect the chair of the committee

Modifies Senate Rule 12 to authorize members of a standing committee of the Senate to elect the chair of the committee

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Moon, Mike; House handler: N/A
Last action
2026-01-14
Official status
Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
Effective date
Upon adopt

Plain English Breakdown

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Modifies Senate Rule 12 to authorize members of a standing committee of the Senate to elect the chair of the committee

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SR 541 - This Senate resolution modifies Senate Rule 12 to authorize members of a standing committee to elect the chairman of the committee.

What This Bill Does

  • The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SR 541 - This Senate resolution modifies Senate Rule 12 to authorize members of a standing committee to elect the chairman of the committee.
  • This resolution is identical to SR 86 (2025).
  • JIM ERTLE

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-14 S174

    Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee

  2. 2026-01-13 S149-150

    S Offered

Official Summary Text

The following summaries of this bill are available:

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Introduced

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SR 541 - This Senate resolution modifies Senate Rule 12 to authorize members of a standing committee to elect the chairman of the committee.

This resolution is identical to SR 86 (2025).
JIM ERTLE

Current Bill Text

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6694S.01I
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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 541
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the One Hundred Third
General Assembly, Second Regular Session, that Senate Rule 12 be
amended to read as follows:
"Rule 12. All committees listed in Rule 25 shall be
appointed by the president pro tem of the senate, except as
otherwise provided. Upon the appointment of members to a
committee by the president pro tem of the senate, the
committee members shall proceed to elect, by a majority vote
of the committee members appointed to the committee, the
chairman of the committee. The chairman shall serve at the
pleasure of the committee members. The minority party
members shall be chosen by the minority party in the manner
determined by the minority party caucus.
At the beginning of each session the caucus chairman of
the minority party may file with the secretary of the senate
a statement setting forth the method by which minority party
members are to be appointed as determined by the minority
party caucus, but if no such statement is filed, the
minority party members shall be appointed to committees by
the minority floor leader.".