Bill 127

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       127
Type of Legislation:               Senate Resolution SR
Introducing Body:                  Senate
Introduced Date:                   19970114
Primary Sponsor:                   McConnell
All Sponsors:                      McConnell, Ravenel, Reese,
                                   Short, J. Verne Smith, Drummond,
                                   Holland, Alexander, Glover, Bryan,
                                   Russell, Martin, Rankin, McGill and
                                   Ford
Drafted Document Number:           s-res
Date of Last Amendment:            19970122
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:      19970122
Subject:                           Senate Rule 13, points of
                                   personal privilege, General
                                   Assembly

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

Senate  19970122  Adopted
Senate  19970122  Committee amendment adopted
Senate  19970115  Committee report: Favorable with         14 SR
                  amendment
Senate  19970114  Introduced, referred to Committee        14 SR

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ADOPTED

January 22, 1997

S. 127

Introduced by Senators McConnell, Ravenel, Reese, Short, J. Verne Smith, Drummond, Holland, Alexander, Glover, Bryan, Russell, Martin, Rankin, McGill and Ford

S. Printed 1/22/97--S.

Read the first time January 14, 1997.

A SENATE RESOLUTION

TO AMEND SENATE RULE 13, RELATING TO POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, SO AS TO SPECIFY WHEN REMARKS OF THIS NATURE ARE ALLOWED AND TO FURTHER SPECIFY TIME LIMITS REGARDING POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

Amend Title To Conform

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That Rule 13 of the Rules of the Senate shall be amended to read as follows:

Points of Personal Privilege and Expressions of Personal Interest

Any member may rise to a point of personal privilege provided that a point of personal privilege shall be defined as questions affecting the rights, reputation, and conduct of members of the body in their representative capacity.

A point of personal privilege must relate to persons as members of the body or relate to charges against the character of a member which charges, if true, would affect the rights of membership.

A member rising to a point of personal privilege must confine his or her remarks to those matters which concern the member personally and has only the right to defend himself and no other persons.

All other remarks made by a member shall be regarded as a point an expression of personal interest and when a member is recognized for a point an expression of personal interest, such remarks shall in all cases be limited to not more than five (5) minutes.