28. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE


(a) Upon the adoption of a motion to go into the committee of the whole Senate, the President, unless otherwise ordered by the Senate, shall appoint the chairman thereof from either the majority or the minority party, who shall for the time being exercise all the powers of the President necessary to the conduct of the business of the committee.

(b) The rules of the Senate shall govern, as far as practicable, the proceedings of the committee, except that a member may speak more than twice on the same subject, that a call for the ayes and noes cannot be made, nor can an appeal from the decision of the chair be taken.

(c) The committee may rise, report progress, and beg leave to sit again on the same day or on the following day.

(d) A motion that the committee rise shall always be in order, and shall be decided without debate.

(e) All bills shall be considered in committee of the whole; all amendments made therein shall be reported by the chairman to the Senate, who shall move that they be entered in the journal. Every bill shall be read at length in committee of the whole if any Senator shall request such reading.

(f) In committee of the whole, amendments recommended by committees of reference shall be considered as adopted if there is no objection.

(g) Any amendments to the report of the committee of the whole adopted shall be entered in the journal, together with the vote thereon. Any amendments which are defeated may, if requested by five members of the Senate, be either printed in the journal or reproduced and placed on the members' desks and specifically referred to in the journal. The vote on such amendment shall also be recorded in the journal.