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MO SR566

Resolution

Status

Introduced

1/20/2026

Primary Sponsor

Doug Beck

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Senate Rules 84 and 85 to increase the threshold for invoking the "previous question" (a motion to end debate and force an immediate vote) from a simple majority to at least two-thirds of senators elected

  • Requires written demand from ten senators to bring the previous question motion to the floor

  • Raises the vote threshold to block a senate call from a majority to two-thirds of senators elected after a previous question motion has been sustained

  • Maintains that no debate is allowed on the previous question motion itself, and all incidental questions of order must be decided without debate

  • Allows further consideration of subject matter to continue if the previous question motion fails to achieve the two-thirds supermajority

Legislative Description

Modifies Senate Rules 84 and 85 regarding a motion for the previous question

Last Action

Resolutions Calendar

3/19/2026

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