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This resolution adopts the rules of the Senate for the 87th Legislature, establishing comprehensive guidelines for the Senate's operations. The rules cover a wide range of procedural matters, including quorum requirements, officer elections, order of business, bill introduction and reading processes, committee operations, decorum, voting procedures, and parliamentary conduct. Key provisions include establishing standing committees, defining the process for bill introduction and reading (including restrictions on late-session bill filing), outlining debate and speaking protocols, and specifying voting procedures. The resolution details specific rules for committee meetings, floor debate, motions, reconsideration of votes, and guest access to the Chamber. It also includes provisions for handling constitutional amendments, managing lobbying activities, and managing nominations and confirmations. The rules are designed to ensure orderly, transparent, and efficient legislative proceedings, with specific protocols for everything from daily operations to how members should conduct themselves during debates and voting. The resolution allows for amendments to the rules and provides for parliamentary procedures not explicitly covered by the Senate's own rules to be guided by Jefferson's Manual and the U.S. House of Representatives' rules.

http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Resolution_History.cfm?year=2025&sessiontype=RS&input4=1&billtype=R&houseorig=S&btype=res