A member or a member-elect of the senate may file a bill by mail or in person, according to appropriate rules of the senate, with the secretary of the senate at any time during the filing period. Upon receiving a bill filed during the filing period preceding a regular session of the general assembly in an odd-numbered year, the secretary of the senate shall immediately have the bill printed and made available according to the rules and practices of the general assembly next preceding that for which the bill is filed and those bills received during the filing period preceding a regular session in an even-numbered year shall be printed and made available according to the then effective rules of that general assembly.