SENATE RESOLUTION 3

50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2011

INTRODUCED BY

Michael S. Sanchez

A RESOLUTION

AMENDING THE SENATE RULES REGARDING PRESERVATION OF THE DECORUM OF THE SENATE.

     WHEREAS, Senate Rule 24-1 provides that the rules of the senate may be amended by a two-thirds' vote of all the members of the senate or by a majority vote of the members of the senate upon the recommendation of the senate rules committee;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE

OF NEW MEXICO that Senate Rule 7-12 be amended to read:

"7-12     Each senator owes a duty to preserve the decorum of the senate. While the senate is in session, a senator shall devote the senator's time, attention and energy to the business of the senate and shall not speak in a disruptive manner to another senator, [or] read any newspaper, [while the journals or public papers are being read] behave in a manner that detracts from the decorum of the senate, communicate with any person concerning the substance of the question before the body without disclosing that fact or otherwise interrupt the business of the senate. [No] A senator shall not walk out of the chamber or across the chamber when the president is putting a question. [No] A senator shall not walk between a senator who is speaking and the chair.".

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