Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, Regular Session of the Sixty-First Legislature, Volume 1 Page: 70
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tives shall adopt and send to the Sen-
ate a substitute for a bill that had
previously passed the Senate and had
been sent to the House, said substitute
shall be acted upon by the Senate in
the same manner as a bill that origi-
nated in the House of Representatives.
PETITIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
40. Every resolution that requires
the approval of the Governor shall be
subject to the roles that govern the
proceedings on bills. Petitions, Concur-
rent and Joint Resolutions, and Reso-
lutions setting or defining legislative
or State policy shall be referred to an
appropriate standing committee when
introduced and shall not he considered
immediately unless the Senate so di-
rects by a two-thirds vote of the
Members present. The motion to con-
sider such petition or resolution im-
mediately is not debatable.
CONGRATULATORY, MEMORIAL
AND COURTESY RESOLUTIONS
41. Congratulatory and Memorial
Petitions and Resolutions, after a
brief explanation by the author or
sponsor, shall be considered immedi-
ately without debate unless otherwise
ordered by a majority of the Members
present. Upon request by any Mem-
ber, the Presiding Officer shall, at an
appropriate time during the proceed-
ings, recognize guests of such Mem-
ber in the Senate Chamber or Gallery.
Any 'Member may request and the
Secretary of the Senate shall provide
a maximum of five (5) copies of a
courtesy recognition certificate for
each person or group so recognized
by the Presiding Officer.
AMENDMENTS TO THE
CONSTITUTION
42. All amendments proposed to
the Constitution shall be subject to
Rules that govern the proceedings on
bills, except that they shall, in a'_
cases, be read on three several days
and shall only be passed by a vote
of two-thirds of the Members elected
to the Senate. When a proposed
amendment to the Constitution may
be under consideration, the votes of
a majority of the Members present
shall be sufficient to decide an amend-
ment thereto, or any collateral or in-
cidental questions short of the final
question.FAILURE OF JOINT RESOLUTION
TO BE ADOPTED AFTER
THIRD READING
43. When a Joint Resolution has
failed of adoption on third reading, it
shall not be again considered during
that session.
WRITTEN MOTIONS
44. All motions shall be reduced to
writing and read by the Secretary, if
desired by the Presiding Officer or any
Senator present.
WITHDRAWAL OF MOTION
45. After a motion has been stated
by the President, or read by the Sec-
retary, it shall be deemed to be in
possession of the Senate, but it may
be withdrawn at any time before it
has been amended or decided.
MOTIONS TO FIX SUM OR
STATE TIME
46. On motion to fix a sum or state
a time, the largest sum and the
longest time shall have precedence.
DIVISION OF QUESTION
47. Any Member may have the
question before the Senate divided, if
it be susceptible of a division, into
distinct questions; but on a motion to
strike out and insert, it shall not be
in order to move for a division of the
question; but the rejection of a mo-
tion to strike out and insert one
proposition shall not prevent a mo-
tion to strike out and insert a differ-
ent proposition; nor prevent a sub-
sequent motion simply to strike out;
nor shall the rejection of a motion
simply to strike out prevent a sub-
sequent motion to strike out and in-
sert. A motion to table shall only af-
fect the matter to which it is directed,
and a motion to table an amendment
shall never have the effect of tabling
the entire measure.
REASON FOR VOTE
48. Any Member shall have the
privilege to have spread upon the
Journal of the Senate a brief state-
ment of his reason for any vote he
may cast.
REPORTS
49. All committee reports shall be
in writing.70
SENATE JOURNAL
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, Regular Session of the Sixty-First Legislature, Volume 1, legislative document, 1969; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth145999/m1/70/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.