In both houses, the process a bill follows may be accelerated in the interest of time. In the Senate, Rule 26 provides for immediate consideration and third reading of bills that have been given their second reading and are on General Orders. Rule 26 states that the chair of the Committee on Rules and Administration, or the chair’s designee, may designate a Special Order for a bill that has been given its second reading. When a bill is made a Special Order, the author explains the bill, amendments may be offered, and the bill is given its third reading and placed on final passage. Making a bill a Special Order speeds up the legislative process because the bill does not have to be put on the Calendar and lie over one day before final passage. Near the end of a legislative session many bills are made Special Orders.