SR546 • 2026

Modifies Senate Rule 50 to provide that referral of a bill to committee by the President Pro Tem of the Senate shall be to a committee designated by the sponsor of the bill

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Sponsor: Moon, Mike; House handler: N/A
Last action: 2026-01-15
Official status: Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
Effective date: Upon adopt

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Modifies Senate Rule 50 to provide that referral of a bill to committee by the President Pro Tem of the Senate shall be to a committee designated by the sponsor of the bill

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SR 546 - This Senate resolution modifies Senate Rule 50 so that the referral of a bill to a committee by the President Pro Tem of the Senate shall be to a committee designated by the sponsor of the bill.

What This Bill Does

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SR 546 - This Senate resolution modifies Senate Rule 50 so that the referral of a bill to a committee by the President Pro Tem of the Senate shall be to a committee designated by the sponsor of the bill.
This resolution is identical to SR 85 (2025).
JIM ERTLE

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Bill History

2026-01-15 S184
Referred S Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics Committee
2026-01-14 S172-173
S Offered

Official Summary Text

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Introduced

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SR 546 - This Senate resolution modifies Senate Rule 50 so that the referral of a bill to a committee by the President Pro Tem of the Senate shall be to a committee designated by the sponsor of the bill.

This resolution is identical to SR 85 (2025).
JIM ERTLE

Current Bill Text

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6693S.01I
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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 546
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the One Hundred Third
General Assembly, Second Regular Session, that Senate Rule 50 be
amended to read as follows:
"Rule 50. Referrals of bills and appointments to
committee shall be made by the president pro tem. The
referral of a bill to a committee by the president pro tem
shall be made to a committee designated by the sponsor of
the bill; and no bill shall be considered for final passage
unless it has been reported on by a committee and printed
for the use of the senators. A report of all bills
recommended "do pass" by a committee shall be submitted to
the senate by the chairman and all committee amendments
accompanying the report shall be printed in the Journal.
After a bill has been referred to a committee, one-
third of the senators elected has the power to relieve a
committee of further consideration of a bill and place it on
the calendar for consideration. In any case where a
committee has been relieved of further consideration of a
bill as herein provided, a majority of the senators present
but not less than one-third of the senators elected, may, at
any time before final passage thereof, again refer the bill
to the same or some other committee for consideration. No
bill or resolution shall be reported adversely by any
committee until the author of the bill or resolution has
been given an opportunity to appear and be heard before the
committee to which it is referred.
One-third of the senators elected may relieve a
committee of an appointment and a motion to grant advice and
consent of the Senate to that appointment is then in order
upon a vote of the majority of the Senate.".