AR3: Resolution Text

AR3, s. 76 Section 76. Assembly rule 76 (1), (3), (4) and (6) to (8) are amended to read:

AR3,48,19 Assembly Rule 76 (1) Unless otherwise required by the state constitution, by law, or by legislative rule, all questions shall be are decided by a majority of a quorum.

AR3,48,23 (3) A roll call vote shall be taken when the recording of the "ayes" and "noes" is required by the state constitution, by law, or by legislative rule, when deemed desirable ordered by the presiding officer, or when requested by a member with the support of 15 seconds.

AR3,49,2 (4) When the voting machine is available, the machine shall may be used to record the "ayes" and "noes.". When the voting machine is not available, the chief clerk shall call and tally the roll. On all roll call votes, the record produced by the voting machine or the chief clerk's tally shall be is official and final.

AR3,49,6 (6) During a roll call vote, any member may raise the point of order that a member appears to be absent from the chamber but is shown as voting according to the roll call display boards. If the presiding officer rules the point of order "well taken", the vote of the absent member shall may not be recorded.

AR3,49,10 (7) Any interruption of a roll call vote, from the time the voting machine is opened or the calling commenced to the announcement of the official totals by the presiding officer, shall be is out of order except to raise a point of order concerning the taking of the vote.

AR3,49,14 (8) After the voting machine is closed or the calling completed, a member's request to be recorded as voting or as voting contrary to the way shown in the official record shall be shown in the journal, but shall does not alter the outcome of the roll call vote.

AR3, s. 77 Section 77. Assembly rule 79 (1) and (4) are amended to read:

AR3,49,17 Assembly Rule 79 (1) No A pair may not be recognized unless one or both of the parties thereto are absent with leave.

AR3,49,19 (4) A pair shall is not be counted as part of the official result of a vote, but shall be recorded.

AR3, s. 78 Section 78. Assembly rule 80 (2), (4), (5) (b) and (6) are amended to read:

AR3,49,25 Assembly Rule 80 (2) If it is the opinion of the chair presiding officer that the proposed division of a simple amendment is unduly complex or the purpose of the division can be more clearly or simply accomplished by amendment, or that a call for a division is being used as a substitute for a series of amendments, the question shall may not be divided.

AR3,50,4 (4) Bills, joint resolutions, resolutions, and substitute amendments, and amendments received from the senate for assembly concurrence, may not be divided. A bill vetoed in its entirety by the governor may not be divided. A report of a committee of conference may not be divided.

AR3,50,7 (5) (b) It is the opinion of the chair presiding officer that the item involves distinct and independent propositions capable of division and that the division will not be unduly complex.

AR3,50,17 (6) When a bill has been vetoed in part the committee on rules may, by a resolution offered under rule 33, propose to schedule a specific part as a special order. When appropriate, the resolution may divide the part into one or more independent propositions and dependent propositions. The proposed division must include at least one separate proposition which that, if passed notwithstanding the objections of the governor, will result in a complete and workable law regardless of the action taken on any other part of the original part. The chair presiding officer shall first put the question on any such the independent proposition. The question on any proposition dependent thereon shall may be put only if the independent proposition has been passed notwithstanding the objections of the governor.

AR3, s. 79 Section 79. Assembly rule 81 is amended to read:

AR3,50,20 Assembly Rule 81. Tie loses question. Whenever the assembly casts a tie vote, the question shall be is lost.

AR3, s. 80 Section 80. Assembly rule 82 is amended to read:

AR3,50,24 Assembly Rule 82. Interruptions of clerk during roll call. No A person shall may not visit or remain at the clerk's desk while a roll call vote or tabulation is in progress.

AR3, s. 81 Section 81. Assembly rule 83 (2) and (4) are amended to read:

AR3,51,3 Assembly Rule 83 (2) A call of the assembly is in order at any time, including while a motion to adjourn is pending, but not when voting is in progress , or when a request for a leave of absence or a motion to lift a call is pending.

AR3,51,6 (4) On a call of the assembly being requested, the presiding officer shall state substantially: "It requires 15 members to second a call of the assembly; those in favor of the call will rise.". If 15 members rise, the call is ordered.

AR3, s. 82 Section 82. Assembly rule 84 is amended to read:

AR3,51,10 Assembly Rule 84. Members to remain in chamber when under call. When a call of the assembly is ordered, the sergeant at arms shall close the doors and no member members may not leave the assembly chamber.

AR3, s. 83 Section 83. Assembly rule 86 (1), (3) and (4) are amended to read:

AR3,51,14 Assembly Rule 86 (1) Business may be transacted as if there were no call except that no further action may not be taken on the specific question under consideration when the call was ordered.

AR3,51,16 (3) All motions relating to the call, adjournment, or any recess shall be decided by a roll call vote.

AR3,51,18 (4) The sergeant at arms may at any time report on the progress or completion of the call and any. Any such report shall be entered in the journal.

AR3, s. 84 Section 84. Assembly rule 88 is amended to read:

AR3,51,22 Assembly Rule 88. Successive calls on same question. Successive calls on the same question are not in order unless significant business, a recess, or an adjournment has intervened.

AR3, s. 85 Section 85. Assembly rule 89 (1) and (2) are amended to read:

AR3,51,25 Assembly Rule 89 (1) Any proposed change of assembly rules shall be introduced offered as a resolution.

AR3,52,7 (2) Any resolution affecting assembly rules shall be referred by the speaker or presiding officer to the calendar for the 2nd legislative day following introduction after it is offered, or to a committee. A resolution providing for the adoption of assembly rules at the commencement of a legislative biennium may be taken up immediately upon its introduction after it is offered if the resolution has been provided to the assembly members-elect of the new legislature at least one week prior to before the convening of the session.

AR3, s. 86 Section 86. Assembly rule 90 (3) and (5) are amended to read:

AR3,52,11 Assembly Rule 90 (3) When a unanimous consent request is granted or a motion to suspend the rules prevails, only those rules are suspended which that otherwise would prevent the accomplishment of the stated purpose.

AR3,52,13 (5) Unanimous consent requests and motions to suspend the rules shall are not be permitted for frivolous, indecorous, or clearly dilatory purposes.

AR3, s. 87 Section 87. Assembly rule 91 is amended to read:

AR3,52,18 Assembly Rule 91. Authority and interpretation of the rules. The power to make rules governing its procedure is a constitutional power of each house of the legislature. The rules of the assembly, together with the joint rules, shall govern the assembly's parliamentary practice.

AR3,52,22 (1) In the absence of a pertinent assembly or joint rule, questions of parliamentary procedure shall be are decided according to applicable rules of parliamentary practice in Jefferson's manual which are not inconsistent with constitutional or statutory provisions relating to the functioning of the legislature.

AR3,53,2 (2) Established precedents of both houses, long-established custom, opinions of the attorney general interpreting rules and precedents, and other leading parliamentary authorities such as Mason's manual may be used in the interpretation of both these the assembly rules and the rules in Jefferson's manual.

AR3, s. 88 Section 88. Assembly rule 92 is amended to read:

AR3,53,8 Assembly Rule 92. Continuity of assembly rules. The rules of the assembly shall remain in effect until amended or rescinded by the assembly. At the beginning of a new biennial session, the rules of the assembly in effect at the conclusion of the preceding regular session shall remain in force until superseded by assembly rules adopted in the new session of the legislature.

AR3, s. 89 Section 89. Assembly rule 93 is amended to read:

AR3,53,16 Assembly Rule 93. Special, extended, or extraordinary sessions. Unless otherwise provided by the assembly for a specific special, extended , or extraordinary session, the rules of the assembly adopted for the regular session shall, subject to the following modifications, apply to each special session called by the governor and to each extended or extraordinary session called by the assembly and senate organization committees on organization or called by a joint resolution approved adopted by both houses one house and concurred in by the other house:

AR3,53,19 (1) No A proposal, or amendment thereto, may not be considered by the assembly unless it is germane to the session call or pertains to the organization of the legislature.

AR3,53,22 (2) Proposals may be offered for introduction or introduced only by the assembly committees on finance, organization, or rules, or by the joint committees on employment relations, finance, or organization.

AR3,53,25 (3) No A notice of hearings before committees shall be is not required other than posting on the legislative bulletin boards, and no a schedule of committee activities need not be published.

AR3,54,2 (4) All measures proposals referred to a calendar may be taken up immediately. A calendar need not be provided.

AR3,54,4 (5) No A motion to postpone a proposal to a day or time certain shall may not be allowed.

AR3,54,7 (6) All motions to reconsider 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.

AR3,54,10 (7) All motions to advance a proposal to its 3rd reading, and all motions to message a proposal to the other house may be adopted by a majority of the members present and voting.

AR3, s. 90 Section 90. Assembly rule 94 (title), (1) and (3) are amended to read:

AR3,54,22 Assembly Rule 94. (title) Content, format , and style of rules and manual. (1) The assembly manual shall be composed of pamphlets containing these and the assembly rules, the joint rules, the session schedule, the state constitution, alphabetical indexes, and other information approved by the speaker or the committee on assembly organization. Whenever directed to do so by the speaker or the committee on assembly organization, the chief clerk shall recompile and republish any pamphlet part. In recompiling the assembly manual or any pamphlet thereof, the chief clerk shall make spelling and other minor corrections and shall consult with the legislative reference bureau to make any references to provisions of the constitution, statutes, joint rules, or assembly rules conform to the numbers then assigned to such the provisions.

AR3,55,3 (3) (a) Within one week from after the adoption of any resolution significantly changing the assembly rules, the chief clerk shall direct the reproduction of a new pamphlet incorporating the entire text of these the assembly rules as affected by that the resolution unless, in the judgment of the speaker, additional rule changes may soon be agreed to by the members. Each pamphlet edition shall contain a revised table of contents and index prepared by the legislative reference bureau.

AR3,55,5 (b) The chief clerk shall supervise the production of the book of these the assembly rules for insertion into the assembly manual.

AR3,55,7 (c) As directed by the chief clerk, any resolution amending these the assembly rules may be engrossed and may be duplicated for distribution.

AR3, s. 91 Section 91. Assembly rule 95 (intro.), (1), (6), (7), (9), (10), (11), (17), (20), (24), (25), (26), (27), (27m), (28), (29), (33m), (34), (35), (36), (37), (43), (44), (45), (46), (52), (56), (57), (58), (59), (60), (66), (69), (70), (71), (75), (76), (78), (80), (81), (87) to (92) and (94) are amended to read:

AR3,55,14 Assembly Rule 95. Definitions. (intro.) The following are definitions of the major terms used in these the assembly rules or traditionally used in deliberations on the floor.

AR3,55,17 (1) Act: A bill which that has passed both houses of the legislature, been enrolled, and been approved by the governor or passed over the governor's veto, or that becomes law without the signature of the governor, and published.

AR3,55,20 (6) Assembly chamber: The entire area west of the easternmost doors of the assembly, including the visitor's galleries, lobbies, offices of the speaker, majority leader, and minority leader, and hallways.

AR3,55,25 (7) Bill: A proposed change of law originating in either house, requiring approval passage by both houses one house and concurrence of the other house of the legislature and approval of the governor, or passage notwithstanding the objections of the governor by a two-thirds vote in each house, or that becomes law without the signature of the governor, before becoming effective.

AR3,56,2 (9) Call of the assembly or "call of the house.": A procedure for requiring the attendance of absent members.

AR3,56,4 (10) Certificate or "citation.": A formal legislative document of commendation, congratulations, or condolences.

AR3,56,5 (11) Chair: The position that the presiding officer fills.

AR3,56,7 (17) Conference committee: A committee of representatives to the assembly and of senators, appointed to resolve differences on a specific proposal.

AR3,56,9 (20) Current membership: The members of the assembly , omitting those who have resigned, have been removed, or have died.

AR3,56,12 (24) Elected membership: The members of the assembly , certified as elected in the last general election, including those who have subsequently resigned, have been removed, or have died.

AR3,56,15 (25) Engrossed proposal: A proposal incorporating all adopted amendments and all approved technical corrections in the house of origin, whether or not it is reproduced as engrossed.

AR3,56,18 (26) Enrolled proposal: A proposal that was passed, or adopted, and concurred in, incorporating any amendments and corrections that were approved by both houses.

AR3,56,20 (27) Expunge: To remove material from the record and, thus, undo some assembly action.

AR3,56,25 (27m) Extraordinary session: The convening of the legislature by the assembly and senate organization committees on organization or by petition or joint resolution of the legislature to accomplish the business specified in the action calling the session. When used to continue a floorperiod of the regular session for a limited purpose, the extraordinary session is referred to as an extended session.

AR3,57,2 (28) Fiscal estimate: A memorandum pursuant to joint rules 41 to 49, explaining the impact of any proposal a bill on state or local finances.

AR3,57,5 (29) Floor of the assembly: That portion of the assembly chamber which that is reserved for members, assembly officers, and persons granted the privilege of the floor.

AR3,57,7 (33m) History file: The list of entries made by the chief clerk in the bulletin of proceedings, recording the actions of the legislature on a proposal.

AR3,57,12 (34) Incidental motions and requests: A group of motions and requests which that generally relate relates to the proceedings, procedures, and subsidiary questions during debate, and which that must be disposed of before proceeding to the main question under consideration. Incidental questions have lower precedence than privileged questions, but higher precedence than subsidiary and main motions.

AR3,57,14 (35) Indefinite postponement: A motion to kill a proposal in its house of origin for a legislative session in its house of origin.

AR3,57,16 (36) Introduction: The formal presentation of a proposal bill before the assembly.

AR3,57,18 (37) Joint convention, also called " joint session":; A joint meeting of the senate and the assembly.

AR3,57,19 (43) Legislative day: Any day on which the legislature is in session.

AR3,57,23 (44) Main motions and questions: The final affirmative question concerning a proposal during any stage of its consideration or any motion made or question raised when no other matter is before the assembly. Main questions have lower precedence than privileged, incidental, and subsidiary questions.

AR3,57,24 (45) Majority: One more than half one-half.

AR3,58,3 (46) Manual: The publication containing the rules of the assembly, the joint rules, the session schedule, the state constitution, alphabetical indexes, and other materials deemed considered relevant to a representative's job.

AR3,58,6 (52) Pair: A written agreement between 2 members on opposite sides of a question not to vote on that the question as long as if one or both are absent with leave, and which permits the absent member to influence the outcome of a vote.

AR3,58,8 (56) Point of order: A request that the presiding officer rule on some a matter of parliamentary procedure.

AR3,58,10 (57) Precedent: A previous ruling, decision, or action used to interpret legislative rules.

AR3,58,12 (58) Previous question: A motion that debate on a proposal be ended on a proposal.

AR3,58,17 (59) Privileged motions and requests: A group of motions and requests relating to basic questions concerning the meetings, organization, rules, rights, and duties of the assembly and having the highest precedence for consideration. Privileged motions and requests take precedence over incidental, subsidiary, and main questions.

AR3,58,19 (60) Proposal: A resolution, joint resolution, or bill put before the assembly for consideration.

AR3,59,2 (66) Regular session: The biennial session of the legislature established by the constitution and by section 13.02 of the statutes. The Wisconsin legislature convenes in the capitol on the first Monday of January in each odd-numbered year at 2 p.m. to take the oath of office, to select officers, and to organize itself for the conduct of its business, but (if the first Monday falls on January 1 or 2, the legislature organizes on January 3). Daily meetings begin in January in of each year and continue throughout the biennium until the final adjournment of the session. The term "session" "Session" is also often used to refer to the daily meetings of the legislature.