AR3: Resolution Text

AR3,24,11 Assembly Rule 31. Regular orders of business. (intro.) Following any opening prayer and salute to the flag, the regular orders of business shall be are as follows:

AR3,24,12 (2) Second order. Introduction, first reading, and reference of proposals.

AR3,24,14 (7) Seventh order. Consideration of motions for reconsideration of passage, indefinite postponement, concurrence, or nonconcurrence.

AR3, s. 33 Section 33. Assembly rule 32 (1) (a) to (c), (2) and (3) (a) to (c) are amended to read:

AR3,24,22 Assembly Rule 32 (1) (a) Messages from the senate or from the governor may be received and read, and any proposal referenced in such the messages which that is a senate proposal initially received for consideration of the assembly shall be referred and any other proposals referenced in such the messages shall be taken up immediately unless referred by the presiding officer to a standing committee or to the calendar;

AR3,25,2 (b) Proposals may be introduced, or offered, and referred when a report, showing the number and relating clause of the proposals introduced or offered for introduction and the speaker's referral of each such proposal, has been provided to the members; or

AR3,25,6 (c) Proposals reported by one committee may be given subsequent reference to another committee or may be referred to the calendar when a report, showing the number and relating clause of such proposals and the speaker's subsequent referral of each such proposal, has been is provided to the members.

AR3,25,12 (2) When the assembly is scheduled to meet in joint convention with the senate, the presiding officer may interrupt business to await the arrival of the senate. When the senate arrives, the assembly sergeant at arms shall announce such the arrival to the presiding officer. The president of the senate or, in the president's absence, the speaker of the assembly shall preside over any joint convention. The assembly chief clerk shall act as the chief clerk of the joint convention.

AR3,25,14 (3) (a) Special orders shall have precedence over the regular orders of business and shall be considered in chronological order.

AR3,25,16 (b) The priority and sequence of special orders shall are not be lost either by adjournment or by recess.

AR3,25,19 (c) Whenever one special order is under consideration, the arrival of the scheduled time for another special order shall does not interrupt the discussion of the special order then under consideration.

AR3, s. 34 Section 34. Assembly rule 33 (intro.), (1) (b), (3) to (5) and (7) are amended to read:

AR3,26,2 Assembly Rule 33. Resolutions for special orders of business. (intro.) At any time after a proposal has been is placed on a calendar or referred to or introduced or offered by the committee on rules, that committee may offer a resolution making the proposal a special order of business at a time and on a date specified in the resolution. A single resolution may be used to make several proposals special orders of business.

AR3,26,6 (1) (b) Within the time limits established by such the resolution, the floor managers shall allocate debate time among the members of their respective sides. The floor managers shall inform the speaker presiding officer of the names of members to be recognized in debate.

AR3,26,13 (3) Any resolution offered by the committee on rules to make a proposal a special order is privileged and may be received under any order of business. Such a resolution shall be taken up and acted upon immediately, ahead of all other proposals then pending. The question before the assembly shall be is adoption of the resolution. The only motion in order with regard to any such resolution is the motion to reject. Debate on the questions of adoption and rejection shall be is limited to 5 minutes each.

AR3,26,20 (4) Any special order created by adoption of a resolution under this rule shall be taken up at the time indicated in the resolution or 12 hours following its adoption, whichever is later. Any motion to reconsider an action on such the special order shall be taken up immediately unless a different time is set by majority vote of a majority of the members present and voting for a specific motion to reconsider. The motion to advance the proposal to its 3rd reading and the motion to message the proposal to the other house may be adopted by a majority of the members present and voting.

AR3,27,2 (5) If ordered to a 3rd reading, any proposal made a special order under this rule shall appear as a continuing special order of business on the calendar for the 2nd legislative day after such the order. Any such continuing special order shall be listed by the time and date of the original order and shall take takes precedence over all other measures which proposals that appear on the same calendar except continuing special orders of an earlier time and date.

AR3,27,9 (7) If any bill which that is introduced in the assembly or senate under section 227.19 (5) (e) or 227.26 (2) (f) of the statutes is not advanced to a 2nd reading within 40 days of after the date of referral to an assembly standing committee, the committee on rules shall introduce offer a resolution to make the bill a special order of business. This subsection does not apply if the bill is introduced within 40 days of after the time at which no further proposals may not be introduced or offered in the regular session under joint rule 83 (2).

AR3, s. 35 Section 35. Assembly rule 34 is amended to read:

AR3,27,16 Assembly Rule 34. Chief clerk receives matters addressed to the assembly. (1) The chief clerk shall receive all proposals, amendments, petitions, committee reports, citations under rules 96 and 97, proposals by administrative agencies under rule 13 (2), communications, and all other matters addressed to the assembly and shall dispose of them in accordance with these the assembly rules and the joint rules.

AR3,27,19 (2) Such matters Matters shall be kept in the sequence received and, if required, be read by the chief clerk under the appropriate order of business in such sequence.

AR3, s. 36 Section 36. Assembly rule 35 (title), (1) and (3) are amended to read:

AR3,28,2 Assembly Rule 35. (title) Proposals, amendments, and reports to be provided before debate. (1) No A proposal, conference committee report, or veto, except a resolution under rule 33 or 43, may not be considered until it has been made available to the members for at least 24 hours excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. If the rules are suspended for the consideration of any proposal before it is available, the proposal shall be read at length at least once before its final passage or final adoption and concurrence.

AR3,28,6 (3) When a fiscal estimate for, or joint survey committee report on, a proposal bill has not been provided to the members, the chief clerk shall read the estimate or report to the membership prior to before consideration of the proposal bill by the assembly.

AR3, s. 37 Section 37. Assembly rule 36 (title) and (1) (a) to (c) are amended to read:

AR3,28,11 Assembly Rule 36. (title) Clerical corrections to proposals or amendments. (1) (a) Correct clerical errors in proposals or amendments, such as errors in spelling, grammatical structure, the improper use of a word , and wrong numbering or referencing.

AR3,28,13 (b) Insert any missing enacting or enabling clause in any proposal before its passage or final adoption and concurrence if the same has been omitted.

AR3,28,17 (c) When necessary, make technical corrections in the title of any proposal so that it shows the any sections affected and the subject to which the proposal relates, mentioning appropriations, penalties, or rule-making authority if the proposal relates to such matters.

AR3, s. 38 Section 38. Assembly rule 37 is amended to read:

AR3,28,23 Assembly Rule 37. Petitions and other documents. (1) Any petition presented to the assembly shall be delivered to the chief clerk and shall be recorded in the journal by number, subject matter, name of the member by whom introduced presented, and name of the communicating person or organization. The presiding officer speaker may refer any petition to a committee for disposition.

AR3,29,5 (2) All other documents presented to the assembly shall be delivered to the chief clerk who shall, if directed to do so by the presiding officer speaker, state the subject matter of each document, the name of the member by whom it was delivered, and the name of the communicating person or organization. The presiding officer speaker may refer such the documents to a committee for disposition. All communications among such the documents may be reproduced in the journal when so directed by the presiding officer speaker or by order of the assembly.

AR3, s. 39 Section 39. Assembly rule chapter 5 (title) is amended to read:

AR3,29,7 Chapter 5:

AR3,29,8 OFFERING, INTRODUCTION, AND DISPOSITION

AR3,29,9 OF PROPOSALS

AR3, s. 40 Section 40. Assembly rule 39 is amended to read:

AR3,29,14 Assembly Rule 39. Introduction and offering of proposals. (1) Except as otherwise provided in joint rule 83 (2), any member or standing committee may introduce or offer proposals for introduction in the assembly on any day of the biennial legislative session.

AR3,29,17 (2) Any proposal introduced or offered for introduction shall have been prepared by the legislative reference bureau and shall conform to the legislative rules and laws governing form.

AR3,29,20 (3) No A proposal may not be received for introduction or be offered if changes have been made in the 3-copy set to the draft prepared by the legislative reference bureau.

AR3,29,22 (4) (a) Proposals shall be submitted to the office of the chief clerk for introduction or to be offered.

AR3,29,25 (b) The chief clerk shall prepare a report containing the number, relating clause, and authors of each proposal to be introduced or offered. The report shall be presented to the speaker for referral under rule 42.

AR3,30,5 (c) The speaker shall refer a properly jacketed proposal within 7 14 working days after the office of the chief clerk receives the proposal for introduction or to be offered or on the final legislative day of the last scheduled general-business floorperiod preceding the veto review session, whichever is earlier. The chief clerk shall publish the referral in the first journal published after the referral is made.

AR3, s. 41 Section 41. Assembly rule 40 (intro.) and (2) are amended to read:

AR3,30,8 Assembly Rule 40. Readings of bills. (intro.) Except as further provided in this rule:

AR3,30,10 (2) Unless otherwise ordered, each such reading shall consist of reading the relating clause in the bill's title or on first reading be as provided in rule 42 (2) or (3).

AR3, s. 42 Section 42. Assembly rule 41 (1) and (2) are amended to read:

AR3,30,18 Assembly Rule 41 (1) Except as further provided in subs. (2) and (3), any assembly joint resolution or resolution, and any senate joint resolution received by the assembly for consideration, shall receive a reading on each of 2 separate and nonconsecutive legislative days under the appropriate order of business designated in rule 31. Unless otherwise ordered, each such reading shall consist of reading the relating clause in the resolution's title or on first reading be as provided in rule 42 (2) or (3).

AR3,30,21 (2) Any such joint resolution proposing a change in the constitution of this state or the ratification of an amendment to the constitution of the United States shall be given 3 separate readings as provided for bills in rule 40.

AR3, s. 43 Section 43. Assembly rule 42 is amended to read:

AR3,31,2 Assembly Rule 42. First reading and reference of proposals. (1) Upon the introduction or offering of any proposal in the assembly, or the initial receipt of a senate proposal for consideration in the assembly, such the proposal shall be read for the first time.

AR3,31,5 (a) Any proposal that requires 2 or more readings shall be referred by the presiding officer or speaker to committee, or to the calendar for the 2nd legislative day following the referral, or to the committee on rules.

AR3,31,10 (b) The presiding officer or speaker may refer any proposal bill that requires referral to more than one joint survey committee simultaneously to several or all of the joint survey committees. The presiding officer or speaker may refer any bill that requires referral to one or more joint survey committees simultaneously to several or all of the joint survey committees and to an assembly committee.

AR3,31,13 (c) The presiding officer or speaker may refer any budget bill offered under section 16.47 of the statutes simultaneously to the joint committee on finance and to the appropriate joint survey committees.

AR3,31,20 (2) On any legislative day when a report, showing the number and relating clause of proposals introduced or offered for introduction together with the speaker's referral, has been is provided to the members prior to before the 2nd order of business for assembly proposals or the 4th order of business for senate proposals, such provision shall serve serves as the first reading and the announcement of the referral of such the proposals, and the content of the report shall be entered in the daily journal under the appropriate order of business.

AR3,31,24 (3) (a) Beginning on inauguration day and on any day of the regular biennial session period, proposals may be introduced or offered and referred by the speaker or presiding officer if such the action is not in conflict with any limitations imposed by the session schedule or otherwise agreed to by both houses.

AR3,32,5 (b) Whenever the introduction or offering and referral of an assembly proposal or the receipt and referral of a senate proposal occurs on a day on which the assembly does not meet, the chief clerk shall record in the journal the appropriate information concerning the proposal and such the recording shall constitute constitutes the proposal's first reading.

AR3,32,13 (c) Within 5 working days after After initial referral by the speaker or presiding officer under sub. (1) (a) or (b) to a an assembly committee but before a vote by the committee is commenced on a proposal, the speaker, with the consent of the chairperson and notwithstanding rule 15, may withdraw any bill, joint resolution or resolution the proposal from the standing committee to which it is was initially referred and rerefer it to another standing committee or to a special committee or refer it to the calendar for the 2nd legislative day thereafter. Rereferral under this rule may not be used to satisfy section 13.093 (1) of the statutes.

AR3, s. 44 Section 44. Assembly rule 42 (1) (ad) and (am) are created to read:

AR3,32,19 Assembly Rule 42 (1) (ad) All bills introduced in the assembly which by any statute require reference to a particular committee shall be so referred upon first reading and all senate bills when received from the senate shall be so referred upon first reading except where the senate record on the bill discloses that the statutory requirement has been satisfied by reference to the committee in the senate.

AR3,33,2 (am) Notwithstanding par. (ad), the speaker or presiding officer may refer any bill that pertains only incidentally to a matter of concern to a joint survey committee directly to the committee appropriate to the major substance of the bill, and in that case shall direct the appropriate joint survey committee to prepare its report on the bill while that bill is in the possession of the other committee. This rule does not suspend the requirement that the report of the appropriate joint survey committee must be received before the bill is given its 2nd reading.

AR3, s. 45 Section 45. Assembly rule 43 is amended to read:

AR3,33,9 Assembly Rule 43. Privileged resolutions. (1) Any resolution or joint resolution relating to the officers, members, former members, procedures , or organization of the assembly or legislature shall be is privileged in that it may be introduced offered under any order of business by a member who has the floor and may be taken up immediately before all other proposals then pending, unless referred by the presiding officer to a standing committee or to the calendar.

AR3,33,12 (2) Any resolution subject to rule 89 which that is referred to the calendar shall be taken up on the 8th order of business on the 2nd legislative day after its introduction it is offered notwithstanding the existence of any unfinished calendars.

AR3,33,16 (3) Any resolution to reprimand, censure, or expel an officer or member of the assembly shall identify the charges against the officer or member cited and shall be referred to the committee on ethics and standards of conduct for review under rule 21.

AR3, s. 46 Section 46. Assembly rule 44 is amended to read:

AR3,33,23 Assembly Rule 44. Vetoes. (1) Upon the receipt of a message from the governor that an assembly proposal bill has been vetoed in whole or in part, or of a senate message that the senate has passed a vetoed senate proposal bill or senate proposal vetoed in part, the speaker or presiding officer shall refer the veto to the calendar for the 2nd legislative day thereafter, or to the committee on rules for calendar scheduling, or to a standing committee for review and report.

AR3,34,3 (2) Notwithstanding the referral of a veto to a standing committee, the committee on rules may schedule the veto for assembly action. When so scheduled, the veto shall be is before the assembly and may be passed notwithstanding the objections of the governor even if the standing committee has not submitted its report.

AR3, s. 47 Section 47. Assembly rule 45 (1) to (5) are amended to read:

AR3,34,16 Assembly Rule 45 (1) Whenever a committee reports on a proposal referred to that committee, the speaker or presiding officer shall refer or rerefer the proposal, except as otherwise provided in subs. (2) and (3), to the calendar for the 2nd legislative day thereafter for 2nd reading or to the committee on rules for calendar scheduling or to another standing or special committee, unless it is his or her judgment that reference of the proposal to the joint committee on finance is required by law or rule and the speaker or presiding officer refers the proposal to that committee. On any legislative day when a committee report, showing the speaker's subsequent referrals, has been provided to the members prior to before the 3rd order of business, such the report shall may not be read by the chief clerk to the members, but the content of the committee report and the speaker's referrals and rereferrals shall be reproduced in the journal.

AR3,34,21 (2) Any proposal bill originally referred to the joint survey committee on retirement systems as required by law, and subsequently reported to the assembly, shall be referred by the speaker or presiding officer to a standing committee except the committee on rules and shall, when reported by that committee, be referred as provided in sub. (1).

AR3,34,25 (3) Any proposal bill originally referred to the joint survey committee on tax exemptions as required by law, and subsequently reported to the assembly, shall be referred by the speaker or presiding officer either to a standing committee, or to the calendar for the 2nd legislative day thereafter, or to the committee on rules.

AR3,35,4 (4) When a proposal bill, during or after consideration by a standing committee or during consideration by the assembly, is found to be without the report of one or more joint survey committees to which it should have been referred, the proposal bill shall be so referred by the speaker or presiding officer.

AR3,35,11 (5) Beginning on inauguration day and on any day of the regular biennial session period, proposals may be reported by one committee and referred by the speaker or presiding officer to another committee or to the calendar if such the action is not in conflict with any limitations imposed by the session schedule or otherwise agreed to by both houses. Whenever such the referral of a proposal occurs on a day on which the assembly does not meet, the chief clerk shall record in the journal the appropriate information concerning the referral.

AR3, s. 48 Section 48. Assembly rule 46 (2) to (4) are amended to read:

AR3,35,18 Assembly Rule 46 (2) After a proposal receives its 2nd reading, the assembly shall consider every amendment to the proposal recommended in the latest committee report on the proposal and any additional amendments offered after such the report unless precluded from consideration under rule 55 (3). If there is no committee report, all amendments shall be considered unless precluded from consideration under rule 55 (3).

AR3,35,22 (3) Following action on all pending amendments to an assembly bill , or to an assembly joint resolution proposing a change in the state or U.S. constitution, and the failure of any motion to indefinitely postpone such the proposal, the question shall be is: "Shall the proposal be ordered engrossed and read a 3rd time?"

AR3,36,2 (4) Following action on all pending assembly amendments to a senate bill, or to a senate joint resolution proposing a change in the state or U.S. constitution, and the failure of any motion for nonconcurrence, the question shall be is: "Shall the proposal be ordered to a 3rd reading?"

AR3, s. 49 Section 49. Assembly rule 47 (3) is amended to read:

AR3,36,5 Assembly Rule 47 (3) When the assembly fails to adopt an adverse committee recommendation, the main question shall then be stated in the affirmative.

AR3, s. 50 Section 50. Assembly rule 48 is amended to read:

AR3,36,9 Assembly Rule 48. Third reading and decisions on proposals. (1) The purpose of the 3rd reading stage is to make a final decision on each proposal requiring 3 readings which that is submitted to the assembly.

AR3,36,15 (2) Following the 3rd reading of any bill or of any joint resolution proposing a change in the state or U.S. constitution, and the failure of any motion to indefinitely postpone, reject, or nonconcur, the question on assembly bills shall be is "Shall the bill be passed?", on assembly joint resolutions shall be is "Shall the joint resolution be adopted?", and on senate proposals shall be is "Shall the proposal be concurred in?".

AR3, s. 51 Section 51. Assembly rule 49 (1) (b) and (2) are amended to read:

AR3,36,18 Assembly Rule 49 (1) (b) Rejection (assembly amendments, assembly resolutions, and assembly joint resolutions).

AR3,36,21 (2) Once an assembly proposal has been adversely disposed of, another assembly proposal identical or substantially similar in nature, but not more limited in scope, shall may not be considered by the assembly in that biennial session.

AR3, s. 52 Section 52. Assembly rule 50 is amended to read:

AR3,37,3 Assembly Rule 50. Messaging to the senate. (1) Each proposal which that passes or is adopted after a 3rd reading, and each senate proposal adversely disposed of by the assembly, shall be transmitted to the senate immediately after any motion to reconsider such the passage , adoption, or adverse disposition has failed fails or the time for making such the motion has expired expires, together with a certified report of the assembly's action.

AR3,37,7 (2) Immediately following adoption of a conference report on a senate proposal, the passage of an assembly bill notwithstanding the objections of the governor, or assembly action on a vetoed senate bill, such the proposal shall be transmitted to the senate together with a certified report of the assembly's action.

AR3, s. 53 Section 53. Assembly rule 52 (1), (2) (intro.) and (3) are amended to read: