Section I: Rule III
a. Rule IIIe shall be amended to, “The President of the Senate and Presidents pro tempore may give one statement with no responses on the business at hand, but otherwise shall not debate the matter before the Senate.”
Section II: Rule IV
a. Rule IVd shall be amended to, “The President of the Senate may vote, however they are not required to do so.”
Section III: Rule VI
a. Rule VIb shall be amended to, “The first reading shall be a simple vote on whether or not to proceed to the bill based on its merits. Multiple bills may have their first reading simultaneously. The President of the Senate may propose to waive the first reading of any bill and directly enter the second reading with the support of five (5) senators.”
b. Rule VIc shall be amended to, “The second reading, which shall be a thirty six (36) hour period, with twelve (12) hours for debate and (24) hours, during which time amendments in order will be proposed, debated, and voted on. The President of the Senate may propose to waive the second reading of any bill and directly enter the third reading with the support of five (5) senators.”
Section IV: Rule VIII
a. Rule VIIIb and c shall be struck.
b. Rule VIIa shall be amended to, “The President of the Senate shall bring bills to the floor during the legislative session.[ /blocktext]
Section V: Rule IX
[blocktext]a. Rule IXb and c shall be struck.
b. Rule IXa shall be amended to, “The Minority Leader shall be the leader of the party or bloc that does not occupy the Office of the President of the Senate.
Section VI: Rule XI
a. Rule XIa shall be amended to, “Should a motion to commit a bill or other business be adopted, the President of the Senate shall appoint two members and a chairperson to a Committee on (Bill/Resolution title), upon the recommendation of the Minority Leader in regards to the minority member.”
Section VII: Rule XIII
a. Rule XIIIc shall be amended to, “The President of the Senate may bring the Senate into Executive Session when nominations or treaties are pending.”
b. Rule XIIId shall be amended to, “Upon entering an executive session, the President of the Senate may move to begin debate on specific nominees, without a vote.”
Section VIII: Rule XVI
a. Rule XVIf, g, h, and l shall be struck.
b. Rule XVIi, j, and k, shall be renamed to f, g, and h, respectively.