AJR15,19,2421 (4) The department of administration shall, when requested under joint rule
2248 (3), prepare a supplemental fiscal estimate, and shall submit transmit
23electronically
the supplemental fiscal estimate to the legislative reference bureau for
24reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope.
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1(5) The department of administration may correct any computation or other
2clerical error in a fiscal estimate prepared by an agency but may not make any
3substantive change. If the department makes such a correction it shall note on the
4fiscal estimate prepared by the agency the manner in which it has been corrected by
5the department and shall submit transmit electronically both the corrected and
6uncorrected fiscal estimates to the legislative reference bureau.
AJR15, s. 31 7Section 31. Joint rule 47 is amended to read:
AJR15,20,138 Joint Rule 47. Duties of joint committee on finance. The joint committee
9on finance may, by the vote of a majority of its members, direct that any legislative
10fiscal bureau memorandum on a bill referred to the committee, other than a budget
11bill, be inserted in the bill jacket envelope. If the committee so directs, a an electronic
12copy of the memorandum shall be distributed transmitted electronically to all
13legislators and to the legislative reference bureau.
AJR15,20,2014 Joint Rule 48. Review of agency prepared fiscal estimates. (1) On the 6th
15working day after the legislative reference bureau submits transmits electronically
16a copy of a fiscal estimate for an introduced bill to the primary author, the bureau
17shall forward copies transmit electronically a copy of the fiscal estimate and any
18worksheet to the legislative fiscal bureau and to the chief clerk of the house of origin
19to be inserted in the bill jacket envelope and shall forthwith cause the original, signed
20copy of the
estimate and any worksheet to be reproduced as are amendments.
AJR15,21,221 (2) During the 5-day period under sub. (1), the primary author of an introduced
22bill may transmit electronically a request that an original fiscal estimate for the bill
23as affected by an introduced or an unintroduced a proposed amendment or an
24introduced or unintroduced
a proposed substitute amendment, whether offered for

1introduction or not,
be prepared by the agency which that prepared the fiscal
2estimate for the bill.
AJR15,21,63 (3) The primary author of an introduced bill may transmit electronically a
4request that the legislative fiscal bureau or the department of administration
5prepare a supplemental fiscal estimate if the primary author disagrees with the
6fiscal estimate for the bill prepared by the state agency.
AJR15,21,157 (4) During the 5-day period under sub. (1), the primary author of an introduced
8bill may transmit electronically a request that the agency which that prepared the
9fiscal estimate rewrite its fiscal estimate. If the agency agrees to rewrite the estimate
10and the primary author agrees to a delay in the publication of the fiscal estimate, the
11agency shall immediately electronically notify the department of administration and
12the legislative reference bureau, and the rewritten fiscal estimate, notwithstanding
13sub. (1), shall be the only original estimate reproduced and inserted in the bill jacket
14envelope, but both the rewritten and the initial fiscal estimate shall be retained by
15the legislative reference bureau.
AJR15, s. 32 16Section 32. Joint rule 49 is amended to read:
AJR15,21,2117 Joint Rule 49. Bills not conforming. (1) Any member may at any time that
18a bill is before the house raise the issue that such the bill requires a fiscal estimate,
19and if the presiding officer determines that such the bill (not having such the
20estimate) requires an estimate, the presiding officer shall direct the legislative
21reference bureau to secure the requisite estimate.
AJR15,21,2422 (2) Bills requiring fiscal estimates shall not be voted on by either house, and
23shall receive neither a public hearing nor be voted on by a standing committee, prior
24to
before the receipt of the original fiscal estimate for the bill.
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1(3) If the fiscal estimate for the bill has not been provided to the members when
2the vote on passage is taken, then the chief clerk shall read the fiscal estimate at
3length before the vote.
AJR15, s. 33 4Section 33. Joint rule 50 is created to read:
AJR15,22,85 Joint Rule 50. Waiver of requirement to transmit electronically. The
6president and speaker may jointly waive for a limited time any requirement under
7joint rules 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, and 48 for electronic transmission and permit, instead,
8transmission in paper form.
AJR15, s. 34 9Section 34. Joint rule 51 (intro.) and (2) are amended to read:
AJR15,22,1410 Joint Rule 51. Use of LRB legal services. (intro.) No measure proposal may
11be introduced or offered for introduction unless it has been put in proper form by the
12legislative reference bureau. Only the persons authorized by this rule may use the
13drafting services of the legislative reference bureau to have measures proposals
14prepared for introduction. Persons authorized to use such the drafting services are:
AJR15,22,1615 (2) Any agency of Wisconsin state government, as defined in section 16.70 (1)
16of the statutes, created under chapter 13, 14, 15, or 758 of the statutes
.
AJR15, s. 35 17Section 35. Joint rule 51 (4) is created to read:
AJR15,22,1818 Joint Rule 51 (4) A party caucus of either house of the legislature.
AJR15, s. 36 19Section 36. Joint rule 52 (intro.), (1) (c) and (d) 4. and (e), (4) (intro.), (5) (intro.),
20(a) and (b), (6) and (7) are amended to read:
AJR15,22,2421 Joint Rule 52. Format; text display; structure of proposals. (intro.) All
22bills shall be reproduced on paper 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Each bill shall have a title, an
23enacting clause, and subject matter disposed of in one or more sections and shall have
24the arrangement and wording prescribed by the following:
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1(1) (c) Any bill may include 2 or more types of actions and treat both general
2statutory law and nonstatutory law, but the various types of actions used shall be
3listed in the order shown in par. (a), and, if both statutory and nonstatutory law are
4treated in the same manner, the statutory law shall be cited first.
AJR15,23,55 (d) 4. Making, continuing, or renewing an appropriation.
AJR15,23,146 (e) Executive budget bills under section 16.47 (1) of the statutes , other lengthy
7bills that encompass multiple subjects and that are to be introduced at the request
8of the governor or the committee on organization of either house
, bills proposing bulk
9revision of one or more entire chapters of the statutes, reconciliation bills introduced
10by the committee on organization of either house, and revisor's correction and
11revisor's revision bills shall not be subject to the requirements of pars. (a) to (d), and
12instead may use a descriptive title similar to the following example: "An Act to
13amend and revise chapter .... and to make diverse other changes in the statutes;
14relating to:....".
AJR15,23,1915 (4) (intro.) The subject matter of the bill shall follow the enacting clause and
16be displayed in one or more sections which that, except for budget bills or other bills
17of unusual length, shall be numbered consecutively. Substitute amendments may
18follow the section numbering of the bill. Each section shall begin in one of the
19following forms:
AJR15,23,2520 (5) (intro.) Any proposal, substitute amendment, or amendment that proposes
21to amend an existing law or legislative rule, and any joint resolution that proposes
22to amend a section of the state constitution, shall display the full text of the unit of
23the law, rule, or constitution that is being amended, with any matter to be stricken
24out typed with a line through the matter, and any new matter underscored. This
25requirement shall not apply to:
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1(a) Reconciliation bills introduced by the organization committee of either
2house and revisor's correction or revisor's revision bills.
AJR15,24,63 (b) Appropriation sections which that only increase or decrease the amount of
4an existing appropriation, which shall instead indicate the amount by which the
5applicable appropriation is to be increased or decreased, and the purpose of this
6increase or decrease.
AJR15,24,107 (6) All parts of the statutes and of other laws which that are intended to be
8superseded or repealed should be specifically referred to, so far as practicable, and
9expressly superseded or repealed. This directive is not intended to affect judicial
10construction.
AJR15,24,1711 (7) Except as necessary to revise the relating clause of the affected bill, joint
12resolution, resolution
proposal or substitute amendment, an amendment may not
13change the title of the proposal. When a substitute amendment or proposal is
14reproduced with all adopted amendments engrossed therein, or when the proposal
15is enrolled after passage, or adoption, and concurrence, the legislative reference
16bureau shall make the required changes in the title so that the title correctly lists all
17sections provisions affected by the proposal.
AJR15, s. 37 18Section 37. Joint rule 53 (1) and (2) (f) and (m) are amended to read:
AJR15,24,2219 Joint Rule 53 (1) It is the policy of this state that law of continuing application
20shall be incorporated into the statutes. The assignment of statute numbering to any
21part of a bill shall be deemed is indicative of a legislative intent that this text be
22incorporated into the statutes.
AJR15,24,2423 (2) (f) A ratification of a collective bargaining agreement for state employes
24employees.
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1(m) Any other provision which that is narrow in scope and intended to be
2temporary.
AJR15, s. 38 3Section 38. Joint rule 54 is amended to read:
AJR15,25,9 4Joint Rule 54. Approval and jacketing of drafts. (1) Before jacketing a
5proposal is jacketed for introduction, the legislative reference bureau shall submit
6a copy of the draft to the authorizing legislator, chief clerk, caucus, or state agency
7for approval, but substitute amendments or amendments shall be immediately
8prepared for introduction to be offered unless the authorizing legislator, chief clerk,
9caucus,
or state agency requests prior submittal for approval.
AJR15,25,1510 (2) The legislative reference bureau, except as otherwise provided in sub. (2m),
11shall provide to the authorizing legislator, chief clerk, caucus, or state agency 4 copies
12of each approved proposal approved under sub. (1) and 6 copies of each approved
13amendment approved under sub. (1). One copy shall be is for the use of the requester.
14The other copies shall, if a proposal, be inserted in the jacket envelope or, if a
15substitute amendment or amendment, be attached to an amendment jacket.
AJR15,25,1916 (3) (a) Jacket envelopes for proposals, and amendment jackets for substitute
17amendments and amendments, shall be identified by red for proposals, substitute
18amendments, and amendments introduced or offered in the senate, and shall be
19identified by black for those introduced or offered in the assembly.
AJR15,25,2520 (b) Each amendment jacket shall contain blanks to identify the substitute
21amendment or amendment by number, to list the date of introduction it is offered,
22and to enter the name or names of the member, members, or committee of the house
23of origin
that offered the substitute amendment or amendment. Each amendment
24jacket shall allow sufficient space to add, if appropriate, the name of the individual
25or organization requesting the introduction that it be offered.
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1(c) Each jacket envelope shall be large enough to hold the papers pertaining to
2the proposal without such the papers being folded.
AJR15, s. 39 3Section 39. Joint rule 54 (2m) is created to read:
AJR15,26,104 Joint Rule 54 (2m) (a) The chief of the legislative reference bureau and a chief
5clerk of either house may enter into a written agreement under this joint rule to have
6the chief clerk, when the chief clerk's house is in session, receive on the floor of the
7house copies of drafts of proposals, substitute amendments, and amendments
8transmitted electronically by the legislative reference bureau, and place the
9proposals in jacket envelopes and attach jacket cover sheets (stripes) to drafts of
10amendments and substitute amendments.
AJR15,26,1811 (b) The legislative reference bureau and the chief clerk may not act under this
12subsection until the legislative technology services bureau makes the computer
13programming changes and the legislative reference bureau and the chief clerk make
14the process changes necessary to permit the legislative reference bureau to transmit
15and the chief clerk to receive the drafts electronically in the chamber of the house,
16in a manner that ensures the confidentiality of the drafts, without changing the way
17the legislative reference bureau jackets proposals, substitute amendments, and
18amendments electronically.
AJR15,26,2119 (c) The legislative reference bureau and the chief clerk may not act under this
20subsection unless the chief clerk states in the agreement that the chief clerk and his
21or her employees:
AJR15,26,2322 1. Will comply with the requirements for confidentiality of drafts with which
23the legislative reference bureau must comply.
AJR15,27,3
12. Provide, maintain, and supervise the equipment and the jackets for the
2electronic transmittal to the chief clerk as if the equipment and jackets were under
3the immediate supervision of the legislative reference bureau.
AJR15,27,54 3. Submit directly to, and only to, the member any proposal in its jacket and
5any substitute amendment or amendment with its jacket attached.
AJR15,27,96 (d) The legislative reference bureau may not transmit a draft of a proposal,
7substitute amendment, or amendment to the chief clerk under this rule unless the
8member requesting the draft waives confidentiality of the draft and requests the
9legislative reference bureau to transmit the draft under this rule.
AJR15, s. 40 10Section 40. Joint rule 55 is amended to read:
AJR15,27,1411 Joint Rule 55. Authors and cosponsors. (1) Any bill, joint resolution, or
12motion under joint rule 7 may have, following and separate from the names of the
13authors of the measure bill, joint resolution, or motion, the names of one or more
14cosponsors from the other house.
AJR15,27,1715 (2) When a proposal or amendment is introduced or offered by request, the
16name of the person requesting introduction or the offering of the proposal or offering
17of the
amendment shall be made a part of the record of the proposal.
AJR15, s. 41 18Section 41. Joint rule 56 (title), (1), (2) and (3) (b) are amended to read:
AJR15,27,2319 Joint Rule 56 (title) Clerical corrections in legislative measures
20proposals and amendments. (1) The chief clerks and the legislative reference
21bureau shall correct all minor clerical errors found in any bill, resolution proposal or
22amendment thereto. Any correction under this rule shall be entered by the chief clerk
23in the history file for the proposal of the house having possession of the proposal.
AJR15,27,2524 (2) The current edition of Webster's new international dictionary shall be used
25as
is the standard on questions of correct spelling, word usage, and proper grammar.
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1(3) (b) Correcting the title of a proposal so that the enumeration of sections
2affected accurately reflects the statutes, session laws, Wisconsin Acts, sections of the
3constitution, or legislative rules treated in the proposal.
AJR15, s. 42 4Section 42. Joint rule 57 (2) (intro.) and (b) are amended to read:
AJR15,28,95 Joint Rule 57 (2) (intro.) The text of a proposed constitutional amendment is
6not subject to change when a joint resolution submits such text for "2nd
7consideration" after the proposal joint resolution was adopted on "first
8consideration" by the last preceding legislature, unless appropriate changes are
9made to revert the status of the constitutional amendment to "first consideration.".
AJR15,28,1610 (b) Because any change in the text of a proposed constitutional amendment
11before the senate or assembly for "2nd consideration" reverts that proposed
12amendment to "first consideration" status, any such change shall be presented to the
13senate or assembly in the form of a substitute amendment which that, in its title, its
14resolving clauses, and its instructions for transmittal to the next succeeding
15legislature, properly sets forth the resultant "first consideration" status of the
16proposed constitution text constitutional amendment.
AJR15, s. 43 17Section 43. Joint rule 59 is amended to read:
AJR15,29,818 Joint Rule 59. Explanative notes. In addition to such notes as are required
19by law or joint rule, explanative notes may be included in revision and correction bills
20prepared by the revisor of statutes, in reconciliation bills introduced by the
21committee on organization of either house, and in bills, joint resolutions, or
22resolutions
proposals introduced or offered and in substitute amendments or
23amendments offered by the joint legislative council or its law revision committee, at
24the request of the judicial council, and by or at the request of any other official interim
25study or investigative group. Such The notes shall be prepared by the requester,

1shall be factual in nature, shall be as brief as may be and, where feasible, shall follow
2the section of the measure proposal or amendment to which they relate. Notes shall
3appear in the original reproduced version of the measure proposal or amendment
4only, and shall not appear in the Wisconsin Acts or session law volumes unless the
5chief of the legislative reference bureau determines that including them is essential
6or in the statutes unless the revisor determines that including them is essential.
7Such The notes constitute no part of the proposed act or engrossed or enrolled
8resolution
.
AJR15, s. 44 9Section 44. Joint rule 60 (title) and (1) are amended to read:
AJR15,29,1910 Joint Rule 60 (title) Enrolled bills proposals. (1) Except as provided in sub.
11(2), immediately after the passage of any bill, or the adoption of and concurrence in
12any joint resolution amending the constitution, and in the case of a bill, before it is
13presented to the governor for approval, the legislative reference bureau shall prepare
14the number of enrolled copies of the proposal requested by the chief clerk of the house
15in which the measure proposal originated. One such copy shall be used as the
16enrolled bill that is presented to the governor or the enrolled resolution that is
17deposited with the secretary of state
. Four copies of the enrolled bill or resolution
18shall be delivered to the secretary of state. A sufficient number of copies of the
19enrolled bill or enrolled resolution shall be delivered to the revisor of statutes.
AJR15, s. 45 20Section 45. Joint rule 62 is amended to read:
AJR15,29,2421 Joint Rule 62. Number of copies. (1) The joint committee on legislative
22organization shall determine the number of copies of each bill, joint resolution, or
23resolution
proposal and amendments thereto which shall to be reproduced on a
24routine basis unless otherwise provided by joint resolution.
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1(2) Additional copies of a legislative proposal may be procured by the house in
2which the measure proposal originated, as provided in the rules of the house or upon
3authorization by the committee on organization or chief clerk of that house.
AJR15, s. 46 4Section 46. Joint rule 63 is amended to read:
AJR15,30,165 Joint Rule 63. Reproduction of engrossed measures proposals and
6amendments
. Upon the finding by the chief clerk of either house that a bill, joint
7resolution, resolution
proposal or major amendment thereto has been amended in
8the house of origin to a considerable degree, the chief clerk may instruct the
9legislative reference bureau to prepare and have reproduced an engrossed copy of the
10measure proposal or amendment. In preparing engrossed copy for a bill, joint
11resolution
or resolution proposal the legislative reference bureau shall, if time
12permits, provide it with a revised analysis. Upon receipt from the legislative
13reference bureau of the engrossed copy, the chief clerk shall enter that fact in the
14history file for the measure proposal. Any subsequent amendments to a measure
15proposal ordered reproduced with all adopted amendments engrossed therein shall
16be drafted to the reproduced engrossed text.
AJR15, s. 47 17Section 47. Joint rule 64 (1) (intro.), (a) and (b) are amended to read:
AJR15,30,2318 Joint Rule 64 (1) (intro.) Any proposal, substitute amendment, or amendment
19that proposes to amend an existing law or legislative rule, and any joint resolution
20that proposes to amend a section of the state constitution or joint rules, shall display
21the full text of the unit of the law, rule, or constitution that is being amended, with
22any matter to be stricken out displayed with a line through the matter, and any new
23matter displayed with underscoring. This requirement shall does not apply to:
AJR15,30,2524 (a) Reconciliation bills introduced by the organization committee of either
25house or revisor's correction or revisor's revision bills.
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1(b) Appropriation sections which that only increase or decrease the amount of
2an existing appropriation, which shall instead indicate the amount by which the
3applicable appropriation is to be increased or decreased, and the purpose of the
4increase or decrease.
AJR15, s. 48 5Section 48. Joint rule 66 (2) is amended to read:
AJR15,31,86 Joint Rule 66 (2) Whenever more than one copy of a joint resolution is to be
7distributed, facsimile signatures of the several officers required to sign such the
8resolutions may be used.
AJR15, s. 49 9Section 49. Joint rule 71 is amended to read:
AJR15,31,1610 Joint Rule 71. Legislative manuals. The chief clerk of each house shall
11prepare, and transmit to the department of administration, a copy of a manual of
12procedure, which shall contain such the matter as the house determines and has
13been customarily included in such the manual. The department shall deliver to each
14chief clerk as many copies as the chief clerk requires.
The chief clerks may prepare
15extracts of rules which that have been changed or created for insertion in existing
16manuals for use until the new issues are available.
AJR15, s. 50 17Section 50. Joint rule 72 is amended to read:
AJR15,31,2118 Joint Rule 72. Daily calendars. Such The quantity of daily calendars as
19ordered by the chief clerk of each house shall be reproduced. The format of the
20calendars shall for each house be as provided in the rules of that house or as directed
21by the committee on organization of that house.
AJR15, s. 51 22Section 51. Joint rule 74 (1) is amended to read:
AJR15,32,323 Joint Rule 74 (1) Within 60 days next following the close of any session of the
24legislature, the chief clerk of each house shall prepare the matter for its daily journal,
25which is required by the order of such house to be included therein; and any other

1matter, not already included in either journal, which is required to be included by
2joint action of the legislature, shall be prepared and transmitted by the chief clerk
3of the house in which such the action originated.
AJR15, s. 52 4Section 52. Joint rule 74 (2) (intro.) is renumbered joint rule 74 (2) and
5amended to read:
AJR15,32,126 Joint Rule 74 (2) One hundred copies shall be reproduced and bound. The
7journals for both houses shall be bound in cloth. The journals of regular,
8extraordinary, and special sessions may be bound together in the same volumes if the
9extraordinary or special session is called before the journals of the regular sessions
10have been bound; if not so bound the journals of both houses for the extraordinary
11or special session shall be bound together. Distribution of such The chief clerk of
12each house shall distribute the
copies shall be as follows:.
AJR15, s. 53 13Section 53. Joint rule 74 (2) (a) to (f) are repealed.
AJR15, s. 54 14Section 54. Joint rule 75 (1) to (3) are amended to read:
AJR15,32,1715 Joint Rule 75 (1) The chief clerk of each house shall, before the beginning of
16each week, prepare and have reproduced a schedule of committee activities
17scheduled for such the week by Monday noon of the preceding week.
AJR15,32,2318 (2) The schedule of committee activities shall contain an index by proposal or
19administrative rule number, date, hour, location, and committee; shall set forth the
20name of each standing or special committee, its chairperson, the room number or
21place, and the time and date of each hearing scheduled under sub. (1); and shall
22designate each proposal or administrative rule to be heard by number, author, and
23topic.
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1(3) The schedule of committee activities may announce all meetings to be held
2by the joint committee on finance, by the joint legislative council, or by committees
3of the joint legislative council.
AJR15, s. 55 4Section 55. Joint rule 76 is amended to read:
AJR15,33,155 Joint Rule 76. Bulletins of senate and assembly proceedings. (1) After
6the 3rd week of the biennial session, there shall be published at convenient intervals
7a "Bulletin of Proceedings" shall be published at convenient intervals. The senate
8and assembly parts shall each be published under the direction of the respective chief
9clerk and the index part shall be published as provided in joint rule 77. The senate
10and assembly parts shall each contain a directory of the officers, members, and
11committees of the legislature. The senate and assembly parts shall contain the
12complete history of legislative action on the bills, joint resolutions, resolutions
13proposals and petitions originating in that house; in addition, the senate part shall
14contain the history of senate action advice and consent on gubernatorial nominations
15for appointment.
AJR15,33,1916 (2) The chief clerk of each house shall supervise the completion of an
17up-to-date record of the actions by that house on all bills and joint resolutions and
18of the actions on resolutions originating in that house. The chief clerk shall publish
19the record for all measures proposals originating in that house as soon as completed.
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