Legislation
SECTION 1
Bills on desks
Senate Rules (CMS) CHAPTER , RULE 9
Section 1. Bills on desks. No bill shall be passed unless it shall
have been printed and upon the desk of each Senator in its final form at
least three calendar legislative days prior to its final passage, unless
the Governor or acting Governor shall have certified, under his or her
hand and the seal of the State, the facts which in his or her opinion
necessitate an immediate vote thereon, in which case it must
nevertheless be upon the desks of all Senators in final form, not
necessarily printed, before its final passage. No bill shall be passed
pursuant to a message of necessity unless a majority of the Senators
vote to approve the use of such message.
have been printed and upon the desk of each Senator in its final form at
least three calendar legislative days prior to its final passage, unless
the Governor or acting Governor shall have certified, under his or her
hand and the seal of the State, the facts which in his or her opinion
necessitate an immediate vote thereon, in which case it must
nevertheless be upon the desks of all Senators in final form, not
necessarily printed, before its final passage. No bill shall be passed
pursuant to a message of necessity unless a majority of the Senators
vote to approve the use of such message.