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Order relative to procedures to be followed when considering the Senate Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2025 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects (Senate, No. 2529)

194th Legislature (2025-2026) Introduced by Michael Rodrigues

This order sets a rapid timetable for considering the FY2025 supplemental appropriations bill, including filing deadlines and limited third-reading amendments.

Rules suspended and adopted
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Bill Summary · SD 2970

Summary: Senate Docket No. 2970 (Order relative to procedures for S. 2529)

Overview

Senate Docket No. 2970 is a procedural Senate order enacted to govern how the Senate will consider Senate Bill No. 2529, a proposed fiscal year 2025 appropriations measure intended to supplement existing appropriations and fund other activities and projects. The order was adopted by the Senate on June 12, 2025, with rules suspended to allow expedited processing.

Purpose

  • To direct the scheduling and filing process for Senate Bill No. 2529 (the FY2025 supplemental appropriations bill).
  • To ensure a defined timetable for amendments and readings, thereby expediting consideration and potential passage of the bill.

Key Provisions

  • Placement on Schedule: S. 2529 shall be placed in the Senate’s Orders of the Day for a second reading on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, notwithstanding any rule to the contrary (including Rule 7).
  • Amendments: All amendments must be filed electronically in the Office of the Clerk of the Senate by 2:30 p.m. on Monday, June 16, 2025. Amendments filed shall be “second reading amendments.”
  • Filing Procedure: The Clerk is instructed to specify the procedure and format for filing amendments, consistent with the order.
  • Third Reading Process: After the bill, as amended, is ordered to a third reading, it shall be read a third time immediately, and the question shall immediately be on passing it to be engrossed.
  • Third Reading Amendments: No amendments shall be in order at the third reading unless recommended by the Committee on Bills in the Third Reading.

Timeline and Schedule

  • Filed: June 11, 2025
  • Senate action (order adopted): June 12, 2025
  • Second reading scheduled: June 18, 2025
  • Amendments due: June 16, 2025, by 2:30 p.m. (second reading amendments)
  • Third reading: Immediately after the second reading, provided amendments are considered as specified

Affected Parties

  • Senators and staff (amendments and readings)
  • Clerk of the Senate (filing procedures)
  • Committee on Ways and Means (source of the bill)
  • Committee on Bills in the Third Reading (approval for third-reading amendments)
  • Public stakeholders and advocates who submit amendments

Fiscal/Policy Impact

  • The order itself is procedural and does not change the substantive appropriations in S. 2529. Its effect is to set a rapid timetable for consideration, amendment filing, and potential passage.

Status

  • Rules suspended and adopted by the Senate on June 12, 2025.

Implications

  • Enables expedited consideration of the supplemental FY2025 appropriations bill.
  • Constrains when amendments can be filed and what kinds of amendments may be considered at the third reading (only those recommended by Bills in the Third Reading).
  • Creates a clear, published deadline and format for amendments to improve process efficiency.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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