CRC - 2017 COMMISSIONER AMENDMENT Proposal No. P 103 Ì176466HÎ176466 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: 5/OO . 03/19/2018 06:36 PM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Commissioner Lee moved the following: 1 CRC Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete line 10 4 and insert: 5 Sections 3 and 4 of Article III of the State Constitution 6 are 7 8 After line 50 9 insert: 10 SECTION 4. Quorum and procedure.— 11 (a) A majority of the membership of each house shall 12 constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day 13 to day and compel the presence of absent members in such manner 14 and under such penalties as it may prescribe. Each house shall 15 determine its rules of procedure. 16 (b) Sessions of each house shall be public; except sessions 17 of the senate when considering appointment to or removal from 18 public office may be closed. 19 (c) Each house shall keep and publish a journal of its 20 proceedings; and upon the request of five members present, the 21 vote of each member voting on any question shall be entered on 22 the journal. In any legislative committee,orsubcommittee, 23 joint committee, or conference committee, a quorum shall be 24 required and the vote of each member voting on the final passage 25 of any legislation pending before the committee, and upon the 26 request of any two members of the committee,orsubcommittee, 27 joint committee, or conference committee, the vote of each 28 member on any other question, shall be recorded. 29 (d) Each house may punish a member for contempt or 30 disorderly conduct and, by a two-thirds vote of its membership, 31 may expel a member. 32 (e) The rules of procedure of each house shall provide that 33 all legislative committee and subcommittee meetings of each 34 house, and joint conference committee meetings, shall be open 35 and noticed to the public. The rules of procedure of each house 36 shall further provide that all prearranged gatherings, between 37 more than two members of the legislature, or between the 38 governor, the president of the senate, or the speaker of the 39 house of representatives, the purpose of which is to agree upon 40 formal legislative action that will be taken at a subsequent 41 time, or at which formal legislative action is taken, regarding 42 pending legislation or amendments, shall be reasonably open to 43 the public. All open meetings shall be subject to order and 44 decorum. This section shall be implemented and defined by the 45 rules of each house, and such rules shall control admission to 46 the floor of each legislative chamber and may, where reasonably 47 necessary for security purposes or to protect a witness 48 appearing before a committee, provide for the closure of 49 committee meetings. Each house shall be the sole judge for the 50 interpretation, implementation, and enforcement of this section. 51 52 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 53 And the title is amended as follows: 54 Delete lines 2 - 5 55 and insert: 56 Sections 3 and 4 of Article III of the State 57 Constitution to provide that the Legislature convene 58 for regular session on the second Tuesday after the 59 first Monday in January of each even-numbered year, to 60 require a quorum in any legislative committee, 61 subcommittee, joint committee, or conference 62 committee, and to specify that provisions governing 63 the recording of votes apply to joint committees and 64 conference committees.