SENATE RESOLUTION amending section 1 of Rule VIII of the Senate rules,
in relation to the standing committee on Agriculture

RESOLVED, That section 1 of Rule VIII of the Senate rules is amended to
read as follows:
Section 1. There shall be the following standing committees which
shall serve and shall continue throughout the year:
To consist of thirty-seven Senators:
Finance
To consist of twenty-five Senators:
Rules
To consist of twenty-three Senators:
Judiciary
To consist of nineteen Senators:
Banks
Transportation
Education
Higher Education
Insurance
To consist of seventeen Senators:
Health
To consist of sixteen Senators:
Codes
Labor
To consist of thirteen Senators:
Crime Victims, Crime and Correction
Environmental Conservation
Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation
Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs
AGRICULTURE
To consist of eleven Senators:
Aging
Civil Service and Pensions
Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business
Energy and Telecommunications
[Agriculture]
Consumer Protection
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Racing, Gaming and Wagering
To consist of nine Senators:
Elections
Housing, Construction and Community Development
Infrastructure and Capital Investment
Investigations and Government Operations
Local Government
To consist of seven Senators:
Children and Families
Cities
Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
Social Services
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
To consist of six Senators:
Ethics
a. The Republican Conference Leader, the Democratic Conference Leader
and the Independent Democratic Conference Leader and their Deputies
shall be nonvoting ex-officio members of all standing committees of the

Senate of which they are not actual members. As far as practicable,
Senators shall be appointed to no more than seven standing committees.
b. Term limits for chairs and ranking members. No chair or ranking
member of a committee shall serve in such capacity longer than eight
consecutive years.
c. Conference membership of committees. The membership of all commit-
tees, unless otherwise provided by the act or resolution creating them,
shall be composed, as nearly as may be, of Coalition and Democratic
Conference members in the same proportion as the number of Coalition and
Democratic Conference members in the Senate bears to the total member-
ship of the Senate.
For purposes of committee composition, in the event that the propor-
tion of Coalition members would result in a fractional amount, the
number of Coalition members shall be rounded up to the next whole
number. Furthermore, the total number of Independent Democratic Confer-
ence members appointed to all committees shall be in the same propor-
tion, as nearly as may be, as the number of Independent Democratic
Conference members in the Senate bears to the total membership of the
Senate. Further, in the case of an excused absence of any committee
member on either the Finance or the Rules Committee, the Conference
Leaders may designate an alternate member of the conference for meetings
of standing committees provided written notice is provided and accepted
by the Coalition Leaders at least one hour prior to the commencement of
such committee meeting.
d. The provisions of this Rule may be amended by resolution adopted by
a majority of members elected.