2025 Senate Resolution 20

Resolved by the Senate, That Rule 1.114 of the Standing Rules of the Senate be hereby amended to read as follows:

1.114 ENROLLMENT OF BILLS AND PRESENTATION TO THE GOVERNOR

a) After a Senate bill has passed both houses, the Secretary of the Senate shall attend to the enrollment printing of the bill. The Secretary of the Senate shall present the enrolled bill to the Governor and obtain a receipt verifying the exact date and time the bill was deposited in the Executive Office.

b) Unless otherwise ordered by the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate may enroll a Senate bill while the Senate is not in session if that bill has passed both houses and no action is pending on the bill. If the only action pending on such a bill is the granting of immediate effect, and the Senate has adjourned sine die, immediate effect shall not be given, and the Secretary shall enroll the bill. The Secretary of the Senate shall notify the Senate of such action on the next Senate legislative day.

c) When a Senate bill is approved by the Governor, the Secretary of the Senate shall obtain a receipt from the Executive Office verifying the exact date and time the bill was filed with the Secretary of State. At the end of each year, the Secretary of the Senate shall deposit with the Secretary of State the official printed copy of the Senate bill as passed by both houses and obtain a receipt.

d) If a House bill has passed both houses, if the House previously enrolled that bill, and if the House provides that bill to the Senate for the purpose of presentation to the Governor, the Secretary of the Senate shall present the enrolled bill to the Governor and obtain a receipt verifying the exact date and time the bill was deposited in the Executive Office.