At any time during debate any member may obtain the floor and request
that items contained in a bill be considered separately. If the bill
consists exclusively of allocations of funds, or approvals of budgets (or
modifications thereto), nominations, appointments to/removals from office,
or placement on the ballot of ballot measures, then an ``item'' shall be
defined to be an individual allocation of funds, line item of a budget,
nomination, or appointment to/removal from office; or the placement on the
ballot of an individual ballot measure.
For all other bills, an ``item'' shall be defined to be a portion of the
bill which has no intrinsic relation to other portions of the bill. This
condition must be verified by either the author of the bill, the committee
reporting the bill, or the Senate steering committee. Only upon such
verification shall the motion to divide be in order. Under no circumstances
shall an enactment clause be considered a separate item from the provision
in the bill to which it pertains.