(a) Unless a member requests that a bill be read at length when the bill is being considered by the committee of the whole or on third and final reading, it shall be read by title only, and the unanimous consent of the members present to dispense with the reading of the bill at length shall be presumed.

(b) If a member requests that a bill be read at length when the bill is being considered by the committee of the whole or on third and final reading, the member making the request must remain in the Senate chamber for the duration of the reading. Except for brief absences not to exceed five minutes, or longer as permitted by the presiding officer, the member's departure from the Senate chamber is deemed to be a withdrawal of the request to read the bill at length.

(c) If a member who requests that a bill be read at length withdraws the request or if the request is deemed to have been withdrawn and, subsequently, any member of the Senate requests that the bill be read at length, the reading of the bill shall resume at the point in the bill at which the earlier reading had stopped.

(d) If a member requests that a bill be read at length either during the committee of the whole or on third and final reading, the majority leader may move to suspend the reading of the bill at length and lay the bill over to a date or time certain. The motion is not subject to debate and is decided by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present. When the bill is brought up again, the reading of the bill at length shall resume at the point in the bill at which the earlier reading had been suspended.

(e) When a member requests that a bill be read at length, the secretary of the Senate, or the secretary's staff, may arrange for the bill to be read by electronic means. The secretary, or the secretary's staff, may not use more than one electronic device or more than one individual at a time to read multiple sections of the bill simultaneously. If the secretary, or the secretary's staff, arranges to have the bill read by electronic means, the reading must be at an intelligible rate understandable to a reasonable person.

(f) When a bill has been read at length pursuant to this rule 11, whether during the committee of the whole or during third and final reading, that reading satisfies the requirements of Section 22 of Article V of the state Constitution for that reading.