Senate Concurrent Resolution 3 - Joint Rules Summary

• Adopts Joint Rules for the 128th General Assembly governing procedures for joint sessions, committees, bills, and voting between the Senate and House of Representatives

• Establishes procedures for joint select committees including creation, membership, voting requirements, and subpoena powers, with restrictions preventing referral of appropriation bills or tax structure changes to joint committees

• Specifies that joint sessions convene in the House hall with the Senate President presiding, with each branch maintaining separate governance except on convention-specific votes requiring concurrent action of both branches

• Details bill passage and amendment procedures including committee of conference requirements, veto override procedures requiring three-fifths majority of each house, and signing protocols for bills and joint resolutions

• Requires conference committee reports to lie over at least one day before consideration unless suspended by majority vote, and permits suspension of Joint Rules only by two-thirds vote of both houses