SCR 3 Michigan Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

A concurrent resolution prescribing the Joint Convention Rules for the Legislature.

This bill establishes procedural rules for joint sessions of the Senate and House of Representatives. It specifies that meetings must be held in the House chamber (or agreed location), with the House Speaker or Senate President presiding, and requires proceedings to be recorded in official journals. The rules outline voting procedures during sessions, attendance requirements enforced by each house's sergeant at arms, and how adjournments are handled. As a procedural resolution, it directly affects legislative staff and members conducting joint business but does not change policy or legislation.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Last action Feb 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

Senate Introduced Concurrent Resolution As Adopted by the House · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was reformatted from a Senate Concurrent Resolution format to a formal Joint Convention Rules document. The substantive content of the rules remains largely unchanged, with the main addition being a clarification in Rule 1 about how joint convention meeting dates and times are set and transmitted between chambers.
Scope change
The document's format changed from a resolution introducing rules to the rules themselves, but the scope of applicability to joint legislative conventions remains the same.
TECHNICAL

The document structure was changed from a Senate resolution format to a formal rules document format, removing resolution preamble language and adding formal rule headings.

Drafting notation and page markers from the original Senate resolution format were removed.

REQUIREMENT

Rule 1 was expanded to clarify that a concurrent resolution must specify the date and hour for joint convention meetings before transmission to the other chamber for concurrence.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
11
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO SECRETARY FOR RECORD
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
adopted
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
motion to discharge committee approved
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
notice given to discharge committee
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Committee
referred to Committee on Government Operations
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
received in House
lower
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
ADOPTED
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR SAM SINGH
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
State
District
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Sam Singh
DDemocratic
MI
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