Amendments

§ 4. Amendments. a. A non-sponsor may move to amend a bill at any time\nprior to the completion of its third reading provided that at least two\nhours before the time for the Senate to convene, a copy of the proposed\namendment or amendments to any bill on the list of bills compiled under\nsubdivision a of section six of this Rule has been served upon the\nsponsor of the bill, and filed with the Journal Clerk. If a sponsor does\nnot accept such amendment, the question shall be put to the house\nwhether a majority of members elected vote in favor of the non-sponsor\nmotion to amend, and such motion shall pass only if a majority of\nmembers elected vote aye. If the sponsor accepts the amendment, such\namended bill shall be ordered printed without a vote, debate or\nexplanation, and such bill shall retain its place on the Third Reading\nCalendar.\n b. If a majority of members elected vote in favor of the non-sponsor\nmotion to amend, the sponsor of the bill may make a motion to withdraw\ntheir name from sponsorship to be substituted by a co-sponsor or the\nSenator who moved to amend the bill.\n c. The introducer of any calendar bill may offer an amendment or\namendments to such bill and such amendment or amendments shall be\naccepted and the bill ordered printed without a vote, debate or\nexplanation, provided, however, that in such case such bill may be\nrecommitted by the chair of the standing committee that reported such\nbill and such recommittal shall also be without a vote, debate or\nexplanation.\n