RULE 1. ORGNIZATION OF THE SENATE Section 1. Rules. The Rules of the Senate shall govern the conduct of business at all sessions of the Senate. If any question of procedure arises which is not specified in the Rules, it shall be decided by the President in accordance with Rule 18. Section 2. Officers of the Senate. (a) Elected Officers. RULES OF THE SENATE Synopsis I. Time of meeting and procedure. Rule 1. Time of meeting. Rule 2. Opening of daily sitting of Senate. II. Order of business and procedure thereunder. Rule 3. Order of business. Rule 4. The daily call upon order of business. Rule 5. Secretary's record upon order of business. Record yeas and nays. Rule 6. RULE I. APPOINTMENT OF A SENATOR TO THE CHAIR RULE II. PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS AND QUESTIONS OF PRIVILEGE RULE III. OATHS RULE IV. COMMENCEMENT OF DAILY SESSIONS RULE V. SUSPENSION AND AMENDMENT OF THE RULES RULE VI. QUORUM - ABSENT SENATORS MAY BE SENT FOR RULE VII. MORNING BUSINESS RULE VIII. MESSAGES RULE IX. SPECIAL ORDERS If the Senate rules and the Joint Rules conflict, the Senate Rules govern. CHAPTER 6. CONSENT CALENDAR . S6-1. Consent calendar. Notwithstanding Joint Rule 13-1, a bill requiring a two-thirds vote of the members-elect may not be voted on the Senate consent calendar. If such a bill is placed on the Senate consent calendar, the presiding officer the Senate of any bill or resolution to any standing committee or the Committee on Rules, the Committee on Rules shall hear the same, resolve the issue and report to the Senate. 8 (e). The Clerk of the Senate shall prepare a list of the Senators in order of seniority. Seniority shall be based upon longest continuous service in the Senate. (1) A member shall attend all sessions of the Senate unless excused by the President. The Journal will record on each roll call all members "present," "excused," or "absent." (2) The President or committee chair may excuse a member from committee meetings. SENATE RULES — TABLE OF CONTENTS RULE ONE. OFFICERS, SENATORS, EMPLOYEES, AND ETHICS. Part One—Senate Officers . 1.1—Election of the President, President Pro Tempore, President Designate, President RULE 1. ORGNIZATION OF THE SENATE. Section 1. Rules. The Rules of the Senate shall govern the conduct of business at all sessions of the Senate. If any question of procedure arises which is not specified in the Rules, it shall be decided by the President in accordance with Rule 18. Section 2. Officers of the Senate. (a) Elected Officers. RULE XXXV . GIFTS. 7. 1. (a)(1) No Member, officer, or employee of the Senate shall knowingly accept a gift except as provided in this rule. (2)(A) 8. A Member, officer, or employee may accept a gift (other than cash or cash equivalent) which the Member, officer, or employee reasonably and in October, 1973, the Chairman of the Senate, with the concurrence of the Finance Committee of the Senate, is pleased to make the following Rules, namely:- PART-I.-- PRELIMINARY 1. Short title and commencement.--- (1) These Rules may be called the Senate Secretariat (Service) Rules, 2017. (2) They shall come into force at once. 2. (c) If the joint rules of the House and Senate do not conform to the voting requirements of Senate Rule 17-1, the presiding officer may appoint a like number of members to any standing committee as appointed to the committee's counterpart in the House of Representatives. [Ref: Mason's §§ 600 to 602] 2-8 Changes in Committee Membership. Riddick's Senate Procedure Contains the contemporary precedents