SJR1: Joint Resolution Text

LRB-1219/5

PJD:kmg&jg:ijs

1999 - 2000 LEGISLATURE

1999 Senate JOINT RESOLUTION 1

January 4, 1999 - Introduced by Joint committee on Legislative Organization. Referred to Privileged.

SJR1,1,2 Relating to: the session schedule for the 1999-2000 biennial session period and extending the deadline for the governor's budget message.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This joint resolution establishes a session schedule for the 1999-2000 biennial session of the legislature.

Proposed 1999-2000 Session Schedule at a Glance

January 4, 1999(Monday)1999 Inauguration

Jan. 14, 1999(Thursday)Floorperiod

Jan. 26 to 28, 1999(Tu - Th)Floorperiod

Feb. 16 to 18, 1999(Tu - Th)Floorperiod

Feb. 18, 1999(Thursday)Governor's budget message: latest day

March 2 to 4, 1999(Tu - Th)Floorperiod

March 16 to 25, 1999(Tu - Th)Floorperiod

April 22, 1999(Thursday)Bills sent to Governor

May 11 to June 30, 1999 OR budget passage (Tu - We) Floorperiod

August 12, 1999(Thursday)Bills sent to Governor

Sept. 21 to 30, 1999(Tu - Th)Floorperiod

Oct. 26 to Nov. 11, 1999(Tu - Th)Floorperiod

December 16, 1999(Thursday)Bills sent to Governor

Jan. 25 to Feb. 10, 2000(Tu - Th)Floorperiod

Mar. 7 to 30, 2000(Tu - Th) Last general-business Floorperiod

May 2 to 4, 2000(Tu - Th) Limited-business Floorperiod

May 11, 2000(Thursday)Bills sent to Governor

May 23 to 24, 2000(Tu - We)(Veto Review) Floorperiod

May 25, 2000, to Jan. 1, 2001(Th - Mo)Interim, committee work

June 1, 2000(Thursday)Bills sent to Governor

January 3, 2001(Wednesday)2001 Inauguration

The joint committee on legislative organization is required by s. 13.02 (3), stats., and by joint rule 81 (1) to develop a proposed session schedule early in each biennial session period. This session schedule must "include at least one meeting in January of each year" to implement the "annual sessions" intent, and is "to be submitted to the legislature" for approval in the form of a joint resolution.

Under joint rule 81 (2), by majority action of the 2 houses or of the organization committees of the 2 houses, any floorperiod may be convened earlier than its scheduled convening date or may be extended beyond its scheduled ending date. Under this joint resolution, by majority action of the 2 houses, any floorperiod other than the floorperiod that commences on May 11, 1999, may be adjourned earlier than its scheduled ending date; that floorperiod is not authorized to be adjourned until the general fund executive budget bill has passed both houses.

Under joint rule 83 (2), during the periods of committee work preceding the final general-business floorperiod (the floorperiod that commences on March 7, 2000), bills, resolutions and amendments may be introduced.

Under joint rule 83 (4), March 30, 2000, is the day on which proposals die for the session, except proposals that have been passed by one house and concurred in, as amended, by the other house, unless the legislature, by joint resolution, extends the floorperiod that commences on March 7, 2000, and enumerates the proposals to be carried forward for consideration during the extension.

Under joint rule 83 (5), no new proposals (except proposals pertaining to a veto review session or to any special or extraordinary session) may be introduced after March 30, 2000.

Under joint rule 82 (1) (g), proposals that have been passed by one house and concurred in, as amended, by the other house as of March 30, 2000, may be considered at the veto review session. This joint resolution provides, instead, that these proposals are to be considered at the May 2 to 4, 2000, limited-business session along with proposals for which a committee of conference has been appointed by the houses as of March 30, 2000.

SJR1,2,1 Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That:

SJR1, s. 1 Section 1. 1999-2000 Session schedule. (1) Biennial session period. The legislature declares that the biennial session period of the 1999 Wisconsin legislature began on Monday, January 4, 1999, and that the biennial session period ends at 12 noon on Monday, January 1, 2001.

SJR1,3,6 (2) Scheduled floorperiods and committee work periods. (a) Unreserved days. Unless reserved under this subsection as a day to conduct an organizational meeting or to be part of a scheduled floorperiod of the legislature, every day of calendar years 1999 and 2000 is designated as a day for committee activity and is available to extend a scheduled floorperiod, convene an extraordinary session or take senate action on appointments as permitted by joint rule 81.

SJR1,3,9 (b) Inauguration. Pursuant to section 13.02 (1) of the statutes, the inauguration of the members of the 1999 legislature, and the organizing for business of the 2 houses, commences at 2 p.m. on Monday, January 4, 1999.

SJR1,3,11 (c) Floorperiod. A floorperiod commences on Thursday, January 14, 1999, at 10 a.m., and ends on Thursday, January 14, 1999.

SJR1,3,13 (d) Floorperiod. A floorperiod commences on Tuesday, January 26, 1999, at 10 a.m., and, unless adjourned earlier, ends on Thursday, January 28, 1999.

SJR1,3,15 (e) Floorperiod. A floorperiod commences on Tuesday, February 16, 1999, at 10 a.m., and, unless adjourned earlier, ends on Thursday, February 18, 1999.

SJR1,3,19 (f) Budget deadline extended. The deadline of Tuesday, January 26, 1999, set by section 16.45 of the statutes for introduction of the executive budget bill or bills, submittal of the state budget report and delivery of the governor's budget message, is extended to Thursday, February 18, 1999.

SJR1,3,21 (g) Floorperiod. A floorperiod commences on Tuesday, March 2, 1999, at 10 a.m., and, unless adjourned earlier, ends on Thursday, March 4, 1999.

SJR1,3,23 (h) Floorperiod. A floorperiod commences on Tuesday, March 16, 1999, at 10 a.m., and, unless adjourned earlier, ends on Thursday, March 25, 1999.

SJR1,4,2 (i) Bills to governor. No later than Thursday, April 22, 1999, at 4:30 p.m., the chief clerk of each house shall submit to the governor for executive action thereon all enrolled bills originating in the chief clerk's house and having been passed by both houses, in regular, extraordinary or special session, on or before April 16, 1999.

SJR1,4,6 (j) Floorperiod. A floorperiod commences on Tuesday, May 11, 1999, at 10 a.m., and, unless adjourned earlier, ends on Wednesday, June 30, 1999, but this floorperiod may not be adjourned until the general fund executive budget bill has been passed by both houses.

SJR1,4,10 (k) Bills to governor. No later than Thursday, August 12, 1999, at 4:30 p.m., the chief clerk of each house shall submit to the governor for executive action thereon all enrolled bills originating in the chief clerk's house and having been passed by both houses, in regular, extraordinary or special session, on or before August 6, 1999.