§ 6. Final passage. a. Prior to the reading of the third reading\ncalendar of any given day, the Majority Coalition Leaders may jointly\nfile with the Journal Clerk an active list of bills on the third reading\ncalendar which may be acted upon on that date and he or she may lay\naside any bill upon which no final action may be taken, provided\nhowever, that no bill shall be so laid aside for a period exceeding five\ncalendar legislative days. Such active list shall be published to the\nextent practicable by 8 p.m. the previous evening or within two hours\nfollowing the end of the previous days' session, whichever is later.\n b. The question on the final passage of every bill shall be taken\nimmediately after the third reading and without debate. On the final\npassage of every bill and concurrent resolution a fast roll call shall\nbe taken by the Secretary calling the names of five Senators, three of\nwhom shall be the Conference Leaders provided, however, that each\nSenator's name shall be called on a slow roll call if requested by five\nSenators. Each roll call, including the names of the Senators who were\nabsent shall be entered on the journal. Upon each roll call vote, the\nSecretary shall announce the names of the Senators voting in the\nnegative and the names of the Senators who were absent. Such roll calls\nshall be available for public inspection upon request in the office of\nthe Journal Clerk. When a bill or concurrent resolution does not receive\nthe number of votes required by the Constitution to pass it, it shall be\ndeclared lost, except in cases provided for by subdivision d of section\ntwo of Rule X hereof.\n
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