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S2545Introduced in the Senate

Joint Rules for the Senate and House of Representatives for the 2025-2026 Legislative Session

Introduced

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Senate -- Report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two branches with reference to the House amendment to the Senate report recommending proposed Joint Rules adopted by the Senate to be adopted as the Joint Rules governing the 2025-2026 legislative session (Senate, No. 18) (amended by the House by striking out the striking out the text in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the text of House document numbered 2026),-- reports, “Joint Rules governing the 2025-2026 legislative session (Senate, No. 2545).

Where it stands

Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence - 147 YEAS to 2 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 58 )

June 26, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence - 147 YEAS to 2 NAYS · June 26, 2025

147

Yes

2

No

10

Absent or Not Voting

159 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Christopher Flanagan01-BARYes
John Barrett01-BERYes
Michael Chaisson01-BRIYes
Dawne Shand01-ESSYes
Natalie Blais01-FRAYes
Todd Smola01-HAMYes
Lindsay Sabadosa01-HAMYes
Margaret Scarsdale01-MIDYes
Bruce Ayers01-NORAbsent
Michelle Badger01-PLYYes

Bill history

  1. Reported from the committee of conference

  2. Reported on S18

  3. Committee of conference report accepted -see Roll Call #54 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0)

  4. Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  5. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting, the question being on acceptance

  6. Rules suspended

  7. Committee of conference report accepted, in concurrence - 147 YEAS to 2 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 58 )

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