By:  Whitmire                                                     S.R. No. 11 



SENATE RESOLUTION
	BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, That 
the Rules of the Senate of the 78th Legislature, as amended, are 
adopted as the Permanent Rules of the Senate of the 79th 
Legislature with the following modifications:

1.  Amend Rule 5.14 to read as follows:                                       

INTENT CALENDAR
	Rule 5.14.  (a)  During a regular session of the 
Legislature, any member who desires to suspend the regular order 
of business and take up a bill, joint resolution, or resolution 
out of its regular order shall give notice of such intent to the 
Secretary of the Senate, in a manner specified by the Secretary, 
not later than 3:00 p.m. on the last preceding calendar day that 
the Senate was in session.  Unless the printing rule has been 
previously suspended, no bill, joint resolution, or resolution 
shall be eligible to be placed on the Intent Calendar unless at 
the time that the notice is given to the Secretary of the Senate 
the bill, joint resolution, or resolution has been printed and 
furnished to each member of the Senate.  Notice must be given from 
day to day.  No member may give notice on more than three bills or 
resolutions prior to April 15 or on more than five bills or 
resolutions on or after April 15.
	(b)  Before the 130th calendar day of the regular session, 
the [The] Senate may not suspend the regular order of business 
and take up a bill, joint resolution, or resolution until the 
second day the bill, joint resolution, or resolution has been 
posted on the Intent Calendar.
	(c) [(b)]  The Secretary shall prepare a list of all 
legislation for which notice has been given.  The list must be 
made available to each member of the Senate and to the press no 
later than 6:30 p.m. on the day the notice is filed.
	(d) [(c)]  No provision of this rule may be suspended 
except by vote of four-fifths of the members present.

2.  Amend Rule 6.15 to read as follows:                                       

CALLS FOR YEAS AND NAYS REQUIRED
	Rule 6.15.  (a)  Upon the final passage of all amendments 
proposed to the Constitution, all bills appropriating money or 
lands for any purpose, all bills containing an immediate effect 
clause, all motions to suspend the constitutional three-day 
rule, and all questions requiring a vote of two-thirds of the 
members elected, the presiding officer shall call for the yeas 
and nays, and they shall be entered in the journal.  Upon all 
other questions requiring a vote of two-thirds of the members 
present, including a motion to suspend the rules, the presiding 
officer shall determine if there is objection and, if so, call 
for the yeas and nays, but they shall not be entered into the 
journal unless required under Subsection (b) of this rule.  If no 
objection is made, the journal entry shall reflect a unanimous 
consent vote of the members present without necessity of a roll 
call of yeas and nays.
	(b)  At the desire of any three members present, the yeas 
and nays shall be entered on the journal, and the names of the 
members present and not voting shall be recorded immediately 
after those voting in the affirmative and negative, and such 
members shall be counted in determining the presence of a quorum.  
(Constitution, Article III, Section 12)
	(c)(1)  Any nonprocedural motion adopted by voice vote, 
without objection, or with unanimous consent shall be reflected 
in the journal by showing members present as "yea", unless a 
member registers otherwise with the Secretary of the Senate.
		(2)  The following statement shall be entered in the 
journal after each vote taken as provided in Subdivision (1) of 
this subsection:
	"All members are deemed to have voted 'Yea' except as 
follows:        
		Nays:                                                                  
		PNV:                                                                   
		Absent-Excused:                                                        
		Absent:"                                                               
	(d)  A member must be on the floor of the Senate or in an 
adjacent room or hallway on the same level as the Senate floor or 
gallery in order to vote; but a member who is out of the Senate 
when a record vote is taken and who wishes to be recorded shall be 
permitted to do so provided:
		(1)  the member was out of the Senate temporarily, 
having been recorded earlier as present;
		(2)  the vote is submitted to the Secretary of the 
Senate prior to adjournment or recess to another calendar day; 
and
		(3)  the recording of the member's vote does not 
change the result as announced by the chair.
	(e) [(d)]  Once begun, a roll call may not be interrupted 
for any reason.

3.  Amend Senate Rule 7.21 to read as follows:                                

HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILLS
	Rule 7.21.  If a Senate bill is returned with House 
amendments, all House amendments must be printed and a copy 
furnished to each member at least 48 [24] hours prior to a motion 
to concur prior to the last 72 hours of a regular session, and 24 
hours prior to a motion to concur during a called session or the 
last 72 hours of a regular session.




_______________________________ 
    President of the Senate
 
     I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on January 13, 2005, 
by the following vote:  Yeas 30, 
Nays 0.



_______________________________ 
    Secretary of the Senate