SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1602
Notice of Proposed Rule Change
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Ninety-First General Assembly, Second Regular Session, that Senate Rule 93 of the temporary rules be amended to read as follows:
"Rule 93. No person except members of the house of representatives, former members of the senate, the governor, the secretary of state, the state auditor, the state treasurer, judges of the supreme court, courts of appeals or circuit courts, attorney general and the congress, shall be admitted within the senate chamber during the sitting of the senate, unless invited by the senate; except that the seats at the north and south ends of the senate chamber may be reserved for spouses and families of members of the senate, and other persons may be admitted to the senate chamber on special request of any senator when the senate is in session. No person except present and former members of the senate and the house of representatives, present and former governors, present and former secretaries of state, present and former state auditors, present and former state treasurers, present and former judges of the supreme court, courts of appeals or circuit courts, present and former attorneys general, present and former members of congress and present senate, house and legislative research staff shall be admitted to the Pershing and Bingham galleries when the senate is in session, unless upon unanimous consent of the senate. Access to the third floor rear gallery shall be limited to senators during the hours in which the senate is engaged in floor session. Any use of the gallery when the senate is not in session must be approved by the Chairman of the Committee on Administration."