Senate Dress Code Resolution
Senate Resolution 376 clarifies the existing requirement for business attire on the Senate floor, specifying that men must wear a coat, tie, and long pants. The resolution designates the Senate Sergeant at Arms to enforce this dress code and mandates that any future changes to the rule require a two-thirds vote of all senators. This procedural resolution formalizes current standards without altering them, ensuring consistency in Senate decorum.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2023
Committee Review
Senate Passage
Sep 2023
House Passage
President
Introduced Sep 27, 2023
Last action Sep 27, 2023
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
1
Committee
0
Amendments
1
Sep 27, 2023
Introduced
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: S4716-4717; text: CR S4726)
upper
Sep 27, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: S4716-4717; text: CR S4726)
upper
Sep 27, 2023
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 33 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Joe Manchin, III
IIndependent
Co
Angus S. King, Jr.
IIndependent
Co
Bill Hagerty
RRepublican
Co
Chuck Grassley
RRepublican
Co
Cindy Hyde-Smith
RRepublican
Co
Cynthia M. Lummis
RRepublican
Co
Deb Fischer
RRepublican
Co
James E. Risch
RRepublican
Co
James Lankford
RRepublican
Co
Jerry Moran
RRepublican
Co
John Barrasso
RRepublican
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