Admission to floor

§ 2. Admission to floor. Persons not members of the Senate, or officers or employees thereof, shall be admitted to the floor of the Senate only as follows: a. The Governor, his or her secretary and messenger. b. The members and Clerk of the Assembly, and clerks and messengers of the Assembly in the exercise of an official duty directly connected with the business of the Senate. c. The elected State officers, heads of departments and their deputies. d. Reporters of the Senate and of the Assembly designated under the rules, unless a designation theretofore given them has been revoked. e. Members of a Senator's family, or of the family of the President of the Senate. f. Former members of the Senate. g. Any person not hereinbefore named may be admitted to the floor of the Senate, with the permission of the Secretary of the Senate. h. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions a through g of this section, no person shall be admitted to the floor of the Senate who is interested in pending or contemplated legislation, or who is employed by or receives compensation from any public or private source for influencing legislation. i. During the sessions of the Senate, no person other than a Senator shall occupy the chair of a Senator, or stand in or otherwise occupy any part of the area between the last row of Senators' chairs on the east and west sides of the Chamber, and the east and west walls thereof, respectively. All persons in the Senate Chamber shall observe proper rules of order and decorum. j. It shall be the duty of the Sergeant at Arms strictly to enforce the provisions of this section, and it shall be in order for any Senator to call a breach thereof to the attention of the Presiding Officer.