Passed A Motion to Amend the Rules and Procedures of the Senate

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Rules and Procedures (Amendment: Lapse and Reintroduction) Motion 2020

Introduced by British Isles and Commonwealth Realms

A Motion to amend the Rules and Procedures to include regulations for lapse and reintroduction of bills in the Senate of the Union of Democratic States.​

Be it enacted by the Senate that the following is added to the Rules and Procedures of the Senate:​

Section 9: Rule of Lapse​

  1. All bills presented before the Senate, or presented to the Senate by the General Assembly, with or without amendments shall lapse upon the expiration of the term of the Senate.
  2. All bills presented to the General Assembly by the Senate shall not lapse upon the expiration of the term of the Senate.
  3. Section 9-1 shall be applicable to all bills before the Senate at any stage in the bill’s procedure as described by Section 7 of the Rules and Procedures of the Senate.
  4. Motions of Confirmation shall not lapse upon the expiration of the term of the Senate.
    1. Proviso to Section 9-4, Motions of Confirmation not in voting stage shall lapse. The President must renominate their candidate to the Speaker.

Section 10: Reintroduction of Bills​

  1. No bill upon which the Senate has deliberated before, and rejected the same, shall be brought before the Senate during its term.
  2. Only bills, which were rejected by the Senate, may be reintroduced in the Senate, if they were introduced and passed by the General Assembly, with or without amendments.
  3. No bill, which was introduced in and passed by the General Assembly, but subsequently rejected by the Senate, shall be brought before the Senate for the duration of the term in which the bill was rejected, with or without amendments.
  4. Motions of Confirmation for the same candidate may be reintroduced before the Senate more than once during its term.
 
This is the new version of the motion that we just repealed, corrected for errors. The discussion period will end on 22 November 2020, 1000hrs EST
 
I move to end the discussion period and start the amendment period.
 
Amendment period will end on 23 November 2020, at 1900hrs EST.
 
The amendment period ends. Voting will begin now and end on 24 November 2020, at 0800hrs EST.
 
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