SR 984

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                     SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 984
                   NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE CHANGE
    Notice is hereby given by the Senator from the 29th
    District of the one day notice required by rule of intent
    to put a motion to adopt the following rule change:
    BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the One Hundred Third
General Assembly, Second Regular Session, that Senate Rule 96 be
amended to read as follows:
    "Rule 96. 1.    Laptop computers may be used by
Senators, Senators' staff and senate staff at the staff
table, by the Secretary of the Senate at the dais, and by
the research staff at the research table in the Senate
Chamber as long as their use does not violate Rule 78 or is
otherwise disruptive to the business of the Senate.    An
electronic device approved by the Committee on
Administration and provided by the Senate that is capable of
monitoring legislation may be used by a Senator in the
chamber. Any such approved electronic device shall not be a
laptop computer.   No person shall take any photograph in the
Senate Gallery. Persons with cameras, flash cameras,
lights, or other paraphernalia may be allowed to use such
devices at committee meetings with the permission of the
Chairman as long as they do not prove disruptive to the
decorum of the committee. Smoking is not permissible in the
Senate Chamber or Gallery, the Kirchoff Gallery, the
Pershing Gallery, the Bingham Gallery, committee rooms,
lounge, the hallways, restrooms or elevators.
    2. For the purpose of compliance with the Americans
with Disabilities Act, the President Pro Tem may designate a
portion of the Senate Chamber as handicap accessible and
such areas shall not be considered a part of the floor of
the Senate for the purposes of section 21.420, RSMo.
Persons using such area shall not lobby members of the
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Senate while going to and from or while using the designated
area.
    3. In order to provide members of the public with the
opportunity to view the proceedings of the senate when they
are unable to do so in person, the senate shall provide an
audio and video feed of the senate proceedings that shall
be available on the website of the senate.   Such audio and
video feed shall become operational no later than January 1,
2027. The senate shall not halt its proceedings if the
audio or video feed of the senate proceedings fails to
operate properly.".
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