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       SENATE RESOLUTION 13-004
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Brophy and Hudak, .
       
       
          CONCERNING MODIFICATIONS TO THE RULES OF THE
       SENATE TO PERMIT THE USE OF WIRELESS ELECTRONIC
       DEVICES IN A MANNER THAT PROTECTS THE DELIBERATIONS
       OF THE SENATE FROM DISRUPTION. 
       
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty-ninth General Assembly of
       the State of Colorado:
       
          That in the Rules of the Senate, Rule No. 22A, amend (b) (1), (b) (2),
       and (b) (3) as follows:
       
                 22A. Protection of Deliberations
       
       (b)     (1)  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) (2) of this
                    rule, all wireless electronic devices including, but not
                    limited to telephone and such other communication devices
                    used for transmitting and receiving voice or data
                    communications, including but not limited to electronic
                    mail and text messaging, shall be rendered inoperable
                    mute or set on vibrate when operated or used in the
                    Senate chambers, in the gallery of the Senate
                    chambers, in the hearings of Senate committees, in Senate
                    party caucuses, or in any other official meetings of Senate
                    members held in the Capitol or the Legislative Services
                    Building.
       
          (2)  Laptop or notebook personal computers Senators,
               legislative staff, witnesses, and others recognized to
               speak may be used use wireless electronic devices to
               play audio or video recordings while speaking in the
               Senate chambers, in the hearings of Senate committees, in
               Senate party caucuses, or in any other official meetings of
               Senate members held in the Capitol or the Legislative Services
               Building. however, during the third reading of bills in the
               Senate chambers, laptop or notebook personal computers shall
               be rendered inoperable for the purpose of transmitting and
               receiving voice or data communications, including but not
               limited to electronic mail and text messaging.
       
          (3)  Wireless telephones and audible pagers or similar electronic
               devices shall not be used for any audible communications
               in the Senate chambers or in the gallery of the Senate
               chambers.
       
       
       
       
       
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       John P. Morse                         Cindi Markwell
       PRESIDENT OF                            SECRETARY OF
       THE SENATE                                THE SENATE