Senate Resolution No. 2 - Senate Rules Summary

• Establishes procedural rules governing the Connecticut Senate for the 2023 and 2024 sessions, including presidential duties, quorum requirements, and order of business.

• Creates procedures for bill and resolution handling, including calendar entry requirements, emergency certified bill notice provisions with 12-hour delay before action, and pro forma sessions on non-scheduled days.

• Specifies voting methods using electronic roll call machines or remote voting systems from the Legislative Office Building or State Capitol, with exceptions allowing written remote votes when systems malfunction.

• Sets amendment deadlines of 12 noon on the day of action with exceptions for approval by two of three leaders (President Pro Tempore, majority leader, or minority leader), and requires fiscal impact explanations for amendments affecting state revenues or expenditures.

• Establishes a consent calendar allowing majority and minority leaders to designate bills for passage without discussion unless a member requests removal, and incorporates Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure (2010 edition) as supplemental parliamentary guidance.