AR3,21,4
1(3) (a) If the proposal should have been referred to a joint survey committee or
2the joint committee on finance, but was not so referred , or is a senate proposal that,
3if it were an assembly proposal, should have been so referred
, return the proposal to
4the speaker for referral.
AR3,21,65 (b) If the proposal is not referred under par. (a), refer the proposal to an
6appropriate order on a calendar dated at least 2 days after such the referral.
AR3,21,97 (4) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (b), any proposal in the committee on rules in the
8final week of the regularly scheduled last general-business floorperiod in the
9even-numbered year may be placed on any calendar for that floorperiod.
AR3, s. 26 10Section 26. Assembly rule 25 (intro.), (1) and (3) are amended to read:
AR3,21,17 11Assembly Rule 25. Admission to the floor of the assembly. (intro.)
12Members of the legislature, elected state officers, and only the following other
13persons, shall be admitted to the assembly floor within guidelines determined by the
14speaker during any session or for one-half one-quarter hour before and immediately
15one-quarter hour after any session. However, none of the following listed persons
16shall have has the privilege of the floor if registered as a lobbyist or directly or
17indirectly engaged in defeating or promoting any legislation before the assembly:
AR3,21,1918 (1) The members of congress Congress, justices of the supreme court, and
19former members of the legislature.
AR3,21,2320 (3) Representatives of news media that regularly publish or broadcast reports
21available to the general public who are actively engaged in reporting the proceedings
22of the assembly, except that during the sessions of the assembly the privilege shall
23extend
extends only to the designated press area.
AR3, s. 27 24Section 27. Assembly rule 26 (1) to (5), (6) (a) and (7) are amended to read:
AR3,22,2
1Assembly Rule 26 (1) The presiding officer shall preserve order, decorum, and
2quiet on and about the assembly floor during sessions.
AR3,22,63 (2) While the presiding officer is addressing the assembly or submitting a
4question, no a member shall may not cross or leave the floor. While a member is
5speaking, no other a member shall may not walk between the speaking member and
6the presiding officer.
AR3,22,87 (3) No A person may not read any printed newspaper on the assembly floor or
8in the visitor galleries while the assembly is in session.
AR3,22,109 (4) No A person may not consume food on the assembly floor or in the visitor
10galleries.
AR3,22,1111 (5) No A person may not smoke on the assembly floor or in the visitor galleries.
AR3,22,1612 (6) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), no a person may not use a 2-way
13commercial mobile radio service (, such as a cellular telephone or personal
14communications service), or a 2-way mobile radio device, such as a cellular
15telephone,
in the assembly chamber, other than in the parlor, lobbies, offices of the
16speaker, majority leader, and minority leader, and in hallways.
AR3,22,1917 (7) No A person, except other than a person specified in rule 25 (3), may not
18possess or use in the assembly chamber a microphone designed to pick up
19conversation more than 10 feet away from the microphone.
AR3, s. 28 20Section 28. Assembly rule 26 (6) (b) 4. and 5. are created to read:
AR3,22,22 21Assembly Rule 26 (6) (b) 4. The assembly chief clerk or a person acting at his
22or her direction.
AR3,22,23 23Assembly Rule 26 (6) (b) 5. A member in the parlor or lobbies.
AR3, s. 29 24Section 29. Assembly rule 27 is amended to read:
AR3,23,3
1Assembly Rule 27. Absences and leaves. No A member may not be absent
2from any daily session without a leave of absence. One member may request a leave
3for another.
AR3, s. 30 4Section 30. Assembly rule 28 is amended to read:
AR3,23,8 5Assembly Rule 28. Hour for convening. Unless a different hour is prescribed
6by law, resolution, or motion, the assembly, upon a simple motion to adjourn, shall
7convene at 9 a.m. on the next legislative day; except that if such the day is the first
8legislative day of any week, the hour of convening shall be is 10 a.m.
AR3, s. 31 9Section 31. Assembly rule 29 (1) (intro.) and (d) and (2) to (4) are amended to
10read:
AR3,23,16 11Assembly Rule 29 (1) (intro.) Each calendar shall be dated, shall list all regular
12orders of business specified in rule 31, and shall list under the proper order of
13business the proposals referred to such calendar by the presiding officer or speaker,
14by the committee on rules, or by action of the assembly, and any other business placed
15on the calendar under these the assembly rules in the sequence in which referred to
16the calendar.
AR3,23,1917 (d) Following the regular orders of business, each calendar shall list all special
18orders of business which that, at the time the calendar is compiled, have been
19scheduled by the assembly.
AR3,23,2220 (2) Unless otherwise ordered by the committee on rules, calendars shall be
21prepared for every day of each regularly scheduled floorperiod excluding Saturdays,
22Sundays, and legal holidays.
AR3,24,223 (3) A calendar, except a calendar for a Saturday, Sunday, or state holiday
24specified in s. section 230.35 (4) (a) of the statutes, shall be provided to each member
25at least 12 hours before the calendar is to be acted upon during the last week of the

1last general-business floorperiod preceding the veto review session and
18 hours
2before the calendar is to be acted upon at other times.
AR3,24,73 (4) Unless otherwise ordered, after completion of the 4th order of business on
4the calendar for the current date, and prior to before consideration of the 5th and
5succeeding orders on that calendar, unfinished matters entered under orders of
6business on previous calendars shall be taken up and completed in order by order of
7business and calendar date.
AR3, s. 32 8Section 32. Assembly rule 31 (intro.), (2) and (7) are amended to read:
AR3,24,11 9Assembly Rule 31. Regular orders of business. (intro.) Following any
10opening prayer and salute to the flag, the regular orders of business shall be are as
11follows:
AR3,24,1212 (2) Second order. Introduction, first reading, and reference of proposals.
AR3,24,1413 (7) Seventh order. Consideration of motions for reconsideration of passage,
14indefinite postponement, concurrence, or nonconcurrence.
AR3, s. 33 15Section 33. Assembly rule 32 (1) (a) to (c), (2) and (3) (a) to (c) are amended
16to read:
AR3,24,22 17Assembly Rule 32 (1) (a) Messages from the senate or from the governor may
18be received and read, and any proposal referenced in such the messages which that
19is a senate proposal initially received for consideration of the assembly shall be
20referred and any other proposals referenced in such the messages shall be taken up
21immediately unless referred by the presiding officer to a standing committee or to
22the calendar;
AR3,25,223 (b) Proposals may be introduced, or offered, and referred when a report,
24showing the number and relating clause of the proposals introduced or offered for

1introduction
and the speaker's referral of each such proposal, has been provided to
2the members; or
AR3,25,63 (c) Proposals reported by one committee may be given subsequent reference to
4another committee or may be referred to the calendar when a report, showing the
5number and relating clause of such proposals and the speaker's subsequent referral
6of each such proposal, has been is provided to the members.
AR3,25,127 (2) When the assembly is scheduled to meet in joint convention with the senate,
8the presiding officer may interrupt business to await the arrival of the senate. When
9the senate arrives, the assembly sergeant at arms shall announce such the arrival
10to the presiding officer. The president of the senate or, in the president's absence, the
11speaker of the assembly shall preside over any joint convention. The assembly chief
12clerk shall act as the chief clerk of the joint convention.
AR3,25,1413 (3) (a) Special orders shall have precedence over the regular orders of business
14and shall be considered in chronological order.
AR3,25,1615 (b) The priority and sequence of special orders shall are not be lost either by
16adjournment or by recess.
AR3,25,1917 (c) Whenever one special order is under consideration, the arrival of the
18scheduled time for another special order shall does not interrupt the discussion of the
19special order then under consideration.
AR3, s. 34 20Section 34. Assembly rule 33 (intro.), (1) (b), (3) to (5) and (7) are amended to
21read:
AR3,26,2 22Assembly Rule 33. Resolutions for special orders of business. (intro.) At
23any time after a proposal has been is placed on a calendar or referred to or introduced
24or offered by the committee on rules, that committee may offer a resolution making
25the proposal a special order of business at a time and on a date specified in the

1resolution. A single resolution may be used to make several proposals special orders
2of business.
AR3,26,63 (1) (b) Within the time limits established by such the resolution, the floor
4managers shall allocate debate time among the members of their respective sides.
5The floor managers shall inform the speaker presiding officer of the names of
6members to be recognized in debate.
AR3,26,137 (3) Any resolution offered by the committee on rules to make a proposal a
8special order is privileged and may be received under any order of business. Such
9a resolution shall be taken up and acted upon immediately, ahead of all other
10proposals then pending. The question before the assembly shall be is adoption of the
11resolution. The only motion in order with regard to any such resolution is the motion
12to reject. Debate on the questions of adoption and rejection shall be is limited to 5
13minutes each.
AR3,26,2014 (4) Any special order created by adoption of a resolution under this rule shall
15be taken up at the time indicated in the resolution or 12 hours following its adoption,
16whichever is later. Any motion to reconsider an action on such the special order shall
17be taken up immediately unless a different time is set by majority vote of a majority
18of the members present and voting
for a specific motion to reconsider. The motion
19to advance the proposal to its 3rd reading and the motion to message the proposal
20to the other house may be adopted by a majority of the members present and voting.
AR3,27,221 (5) If ordered to a 3rd reading, any proposal made a special order under this
22rule shall appear as a continuing special order of business on the calendar for the 2nd
23legislative day after such the order. Any such continuing special order shall be listed
24by the time and date of the original order and shall take takes precedence over all

1other measures which proposals that appear on the same calendar except continuing
2special orders of an earlier time and date.
AR3,27,93 (7) If any bill which that is introduced in the assembly or senate under section
4227.19 (5) (e) or 227.26 (2) (f) of the statutes is not advanced to a 2nd reading within
540 days of after the date of referral to an assembly standing committee, the
6committee on rules shall introduce offer a resolution to make the bill a special order
7of business. This subsection does not apply if the bill is introduced within 40 days
8of after the time at which no further proposals may not be introduced or offered in
9the regular session under joint rule 83 (2).
AR3, s. 35 10Section 35. Assembly rule 34 is amended to read:
AR3,27,16 11Assembly Rule 34. Chief clerk receives matters addressed to the
12assembly.
(1) The chief clerk shall receive all proposals, amendments, petitions,
13committee reports, citations under rules 96 and 97, proposals by administrative
14agencies under rule 13 (2), communications, and all other matters addressed to the
15assembly and shall dispose of them in accordance with these the assembly rules and
16the joint rules.
AR3,27,1917 (2) Such matters Matters shall be kept in the sequence received and, if
18required, be read by the chief clerk under the appropriate order of business in such
19sequence.
AR3, s. 36 20Section 36. Assembly rule 35 (title), (1) and (3) are amended to read:
AR3,28,2 21Assembly Rule 35. (title) Proposals, amendments, and reports to be
22provided before debate.
(1) No A proposal, conference committee report, or veto,
23except a resolution under rule 33 or 43, may not be considered until it has been made
24available to the members for at least 24 hours excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and
25legal holidays. If the rules are suspended for the consideration of any proposal before

1it is available, the proposal shall be read at length at least once before its final
2passage or final adoption and concurrence.
AR3,28,63 (3) When a fiscal estimate for, or joint survey committee report on, a proposal
4bill has not been provided to the members, the chief clerk shall read the estimate or
5report to the membership prior to before consideration of the proposal bill by the
6assembly.
AR3, s. 37 7Section 37. Assembly rule 36 (title) and (1) (a) to (c) are amended to read:
AR3,28,11 8Assembly Rule 36. (title) Clerical corrections to proposals or
9amendments
. (1) (a) Correct clerical errors in proposals or amendments, such as
10errors in spelling, grammatical structure, the improper use of a word , and wrong
11numbering or referencing.
AR3,28,1312 (b) Insert any missing enacting or enabling clause in any proposal before its
13passage or final adoption and concurrence if the same has been omitted.
AR3,28,1714 (c) When necessary, make technical corrections in the title of any proposal so
15that it shows the any sections affected and the subject to which the proposal relates,
16mentioning appropriations, penalties, or rule-making authority if the proposal
17relates to such matters.
AR3, s. 38 18Section 38. Assembly rule 37 is amended to read:
AR3,28,23 19Assembly Rule 37. Petitions and other documents. (1) Any petition
20presented to the assembly shall be delivered to the chief clerk and shall be recorded
21in the journal by number, subject matter, name of the member by whom introduced
22presented,
and name of the communicating person or organization. The presiding
23officer
speaker may refer any petition to a committee for disposition.
AR3,29,524 (2) All other documents presented to the assembly shall be delivered to the chief
25clerk who shall, if directed to do so by the presiding officer speaker, state the subject

1matter of each document, the name of the member by whom it was delivered, and the
2name of the communicating person or organization. The presiding officer speaker
3may refer such the documents to a committee for disposition. All communications
4among such the documents may be reproduced in the journal when so directed by the
5presiding officer speaker or by order of the assembly.
AR3, s. 39 6Section 39. Assembly rule chapter 5 (title) is amended to read:
AR3,29,77 Chapter 5:
AR3,29,88 OFFERING, INTRODUCTION, AND DISPOSITION
AR3,29,99 OF PROPOSALS
AR3, s. 40 10Section 40. Assembly rule 39 is amended to read:
AR3,29,14 11Assembly Rule 39. Introduction and offering of proposals. (1) Except as
12otherwise provided in joint rule 83 (2), any member or standing committee may
13introduce or offer proposals for introduction in the assembly on any day of the
14biennial legislative session.
AR3,29,1715 (2) Any proposal introduced or offered for introduction shall have been
16prepared by the legislative reference bureau and shall conform to the legislative
17rules and laws governing form.
AR3,29,2018 (3) No A proposal may not be received for introduction or be offered if changes
19have been made in the 3-copy set to the draft prepared by the legislative reference
20bureau.
AR3,29,2221 (4) (a) Proposals shall be submitted to the office of the chief clerk for
22introduction or to be offered.
AR3,29,2523 (b) The chief clerk shall prepare a report containing the number, relating
24clause, and authors of each proposal to be introduced or offered. The report shall be
25presented to the speaker for referral under rule 42.
AR3,30,5
1(c) The speaker shall refer a properly jacketed proposal within 7 14 working
2days after the office of the chief clerk receives the proposal for introduction or to be
3offered
or on the final legislative day of the last scheduled general-business
4floorperiod preceding the veto review session, whichever is earlier. The chief clerk
5shall publish the referral in the first journal published after the referral is made.
AR3, s. 41 6Section 41. Assembly rule 40 (intro.) and (2) are amended to read:
AR3,30,8 7Assembly Rule 40. Readings of bills. (intro.) Except as further provided in
8this rule:
AR3,30,109 (2) Unless otherwise ordered, each such reading shall consist of reading the
10relating clause in the bill's title or on first reading be as provided in rule 42 (2) or (3).
AR3, s. 42 11Section 42. Assembly rule 41 (1) and (2) are amended to read:
AR3,30,18 12Assembly Rule 41 (1) Except as further provided in subs. (2) and (3), any
13assembly joint resolution or resolution, and any senate joint resolution received by
14the assembly for consideration, shall receive a reading on each of 2 separate and
15nonconsecutive legislative days under the appropriate order of business designated
16in rule 31. Unless otherwise ordered, each such reading shall consist of reading the
17relating clause in the resolution's title or on first reading be as provided in rule 42
18(2) or (3).
AR3,30,2119 (2) Any such joint resolution proposing a change in the constitution of this state
20or the ratification of an amendment to the constitution of the United States shall be
21given 3 separate readings as provided for bills in rule 40.
AR3, s. 43 22Section 43. Assembly rule 42 is amended to read:
AR3,31,2 23Assembly Rule 42. First reading and reference of proposals. (1) Upon the
24introduction or offering of any proposal in the assembly, or the initial receipt of a

1senate proposal for consideration in the assembly, such the proposal shall be read for
2the first time.
AR3,31,53 (a) Any proposal that requires 2 or more readings shall be referred by the
4presiding officer or speaker to committee, or to the calendar for the 2nd legislative
5day following the referral, or to the committee on rules.
AR3,31,106 (b) The presiding officer or speaker may refer any proposal bill that requires
7referral to more than one joint survey committee simultaneously to several or all of
8the joint survey committees. The presiding officer or speaker may refer any bill that
9requires referral to one or more joint survey committees simultaneously to several
10or all of the joint survey committees and to an assembly committee.
AR3,31,1311 (c) The presiding officer or speaker may refer any budget bill offered under
12section 16.47 of the statutes
simultaneously to the joint committee on finance and
13to the appropriate joint survey committees.
AR3,31,2014 (2) On any legislative day when a report, showing the number and relating
15clause of proposals introduced or offered for introduction together with the speaker's
16referral, has been is provided to the members prior to before the 2nd order of business
17for assembly proposals or the 4th order of business for senate proposals, such
18provision shall serve serves as the first reading and the announcement of the referral
19of such the proposals, and the content of the report shall be entered in the daily
20journal under the appropriate order of business.
AR3,31,2421 (3) (a) Beginning on inauguration day and on any day of the regular biennial
22session period, proposals may be introduced or offered and referred by the speaker
23or presiding officer if such the action is not in conflict with any limitations imposed
24by the session schedule or otherwise agreed to by both houses.
AR3,32,5
1(b) Whenever the introduction or offering and referral of an assembly proposal
2or the receipt and referral of a senate proposal occurs on a day on which the assembly
3does not meet, the chief clerk shall record in the journal the appropriate information
4concerning the proposal and such the recording shall constitute constitutes the
5proposal's first reading.
AR3,32,136 (c) Within 5 working days after After initial referral by the speaker or presiding
7officer
under sub. (1) (a) or (b) to a an assembly committee but before a vote by the
8committee is commenced on a proposal
, the speaker, with the consent of the
9chairperson and notwithstanding rule 15, may withdraw any bill, joint resolution or
10resolution
the proposal from the standing committee to which it is was initially
11referred and rerefer it to another standing committee or to a special committee or
12refer it to the calendar for the 2nd legislative day thereafter
. Rereferral under this
13rule may not be used to satisfy section 13.093 (1) of the statutes.
AR3, s. 44 14Section 44. Assembly rule 42 (1) (ad) and (am) are created to read:
AR3,32,19 15Assembly Rule 42 (1) (ad) All bills introduced in the assembly which by any
16statute require reference to a particular committee shall be so referred upon first
17reading and all senate bills when received from the senate shall be so referred upon
18first reading except where the senate record on the bill discloses that the statutory
19requirement has been satisfied by reference to the committee in the senate.
AR3,33,220 (am) Notwithstanding par. (ad), the speaker or presiding officer may refer any
21bill that pertains only incidentally to a matter of concern to a joint survey committee
22directly to the committee appropriate to the major substance of the bill, and in that
23case shall direct the appropriate joint survey committee to prepare its report on the
24bill while that bill is in the possession of the other committee. This rule does not

1suspend the requirement that the report of the appropriate joint survey committee
2must be received before the bill is given its 2nd reading.
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