SR3,8,86 (f) Ensure that the chamber is properly ventilated and is open for the use of the
7members as directed by the presiding officer or from one hour preceding any each
8daily session until one hour after that day's adjournment.
SR3, s. 10 9Section 10. Senate rule 7 (1) to (4) are amended to read:
SR3,8,13 10Senate Rule 7 (1) The presiding officer shall preserve order and decorum ,; may
11speak to points of order in preference to others, rising for that purpose; and shall
12decide questions of order, subject to an appeal by a member, on which appeal each
13member may speak once not to exceed 5 minutes.
SR3,8,1814 (2) Whenever a point of order is raised, the presiding officer may rule thereon
15forthwith, or may defer the decision not later than the 5th order of business on the
162nd legislative day thereafter to provide time for examination of the precedents.
17Questions not ruled on within the required time shall be decided by a majority of the
18senate.
SR3,8,2319 (3) Whenever the presiding officer finds it necessary to take takes a point of
20order under advisement in order to consult sources of parliamentary law and
21practice procedure, the presiding officer shall submit the decision in writing, stating
22the source consulted and the reasons for the decision. The text of the presiding
23officer's decision shall be spread recorded in upon the journal.
SR3,9,224 (4) On appeal being taken, the question shall be is "Shall the decision of the
25presiding officer stand as the judgment of the senate?", which question, and the

1action thereon, shall be entered on the journal. The vote is taken by ayes and noes.
2A tie vote sustains the ruling of the presiding officer.
SR3, s. 11 3Section 11. Senate rule 8 (title), (1) (4), and (5) are amended to read:
SR3,9,6 4Senate Rule 8 (title) Conduct during floor while sitting in session. (1)
5Members, officers, and employees shall wear appropriate attire while the senate is
6sitting in session. Appropriate attire for men includes the wearing of a coat.
SR3,9,87 (4) A member or other person may not, within the bar of the senate, read
8newspapers or consume food, beverages, or any tobacco products.
SR3,9,109 (5) A member or other person may not smoke within the bar of the senate, the
10staff and press lobbies, and the visitors' galleries
chamber.
SR3, s. 12 11Section 12. Senate rule 11 (2), (3) and (5) are amended to read:
SR3,9,17 12Senate Rule 11 (2) Persons of the following classes, and no others, shall be
13admitted to that portion of the floor of the senate designated as the staff lobby during
14while the senate is sitting in session thereof: state officers, employees of either house
15of the legislature, of legislative committees, and of legislative service agencies while
16engaged in the performance of their duties, members of congress, justices of the
17supreme court, and former members of the legislature.
SR3,9,2018 (3) However, none of those persons in subs. (1) and (2) who are registered as
19lobbyists or engaged in defeating or promoting any pending legislation have the
20privilege of the area floor of the senate.
SR3,9,2421 (5) All accredited correspondents of the news media, who confine themselves
22to their professional duties, have the privilege of the floor of the senate, except that
23during the sessions of the senate while the senate is sitting in session the privilege
24extends only to the press lobby.
SR3, s. 13 25Section 13. Senate rule 12 is amended to read:
SR3,10,4
1Senate Rule 12. Privileges of senate to contestants for seats. Contestants
2for seats have the privilege of the senate until their respective cases are disposed of;
3the
. The privilege to extend extends only so far as access to the chamber, during the
4time occupied in settling the contest.
SR3, s. 14 5Section 14. Senate rule 13 is amended to read:
SR3,10,9 6Senate Rule 13. Disturbance in lobby. Whenever any disturbance or
7disorderly conduct occurs on the senate floor or in the lobby or gallery, the presiding
8officer may cause order the same to be cleared of all persons except members and
9officers.
SR3, s. 15 10Section 15. Senate rule 16 is amended to read:
SR3,10,14 11Senate Rule 16. Leave of absence. Members of the senate shall may not be
12absent from the daily session during the entire day without first obtaining a leave
13of absence. Such The leave may be granted at any time by a majority vote of the
14senate at any time.
SR3, s. 16 15Section 16. Senate rule 17 (1) (intro.), (b) and (c) are amended to read:
SR3,10,17 16Senate Rule 17 (1) (intro.) Following any opening prayer and the pledge of
17allegiance, the order of business in the senate shall be is as follows:
SR3,10,1918 (b) Second order. Introduction and reference of resolutions and joint
19resolutions
Chief clerk's entries.
SR3,10,2020 (c) Third order. Introduction, first reading, and reference of bills proposals.
SR3, s. 17 21Section 17. Senate rule 18 (1) is amended to read:
SR3,11,12 22Senate Rule 18. (1) All proposals, appointments, or other business, referred
23to a committee and reported by it to the senate or withdrawn from it by the senate,
24all proposals or amendments received from the assembly for senate concurrence, and
25all reports from conference committees and veto messages received by the senate,

1shall be placed in the committee on senate organization. Any such business
2deposited with the chief clerk on a day when the senate does not meet may be placed
3in the committee on senate organization immediately, but shall be formally received
4by the senate on its next meeting day. The committee on senate organization shall
5establish a calendar, grouping together proposals, appointments, or other business
6according to similar subjects and in an appropriate order, and in such numbers as
7to constitute a workable and up-to-date calendar schedule. The committee on
8senate organization shall place a proposal, appointment, or other business on the
9calendar when directed to do so by a majority vote of the senate. The chairperson of
10the committee on senate organization may place a proposal, appointment, or other
11business that is in the committee on senate organization on a calendar that has been
12established by the committee.
SR3, s. 18 13Section 18. Senate rule 20 (1) (c), (2) (a) and (7) are amended to read:
SR3,11,16 14Senate Rule 20 (1) (c) The other standing committees of the senate shall be
15created by the committee on senate organization as near to the commencement of the
16biennial session as possible.
SR3,11,2117 (2) (a) The chairperson of the committee on senate organization, as near to the
18commencement of the biennial session as possible, shall make and report to the
19senate all committee appointments of members of the majority and minority parties.
20The chairperson of the committee on senate organization shall designate a
21chairperson for each senate committee and joint committee.
SR3,11,2522 (7) Whenever any a member of the committee on senate organization is
23disabled and unable to serve, the senate may select a temporary replacement from
24among those senators of the same party affiliation. The replacement terminates
25upon the return of the disabled member.
SR3, s. 19
1Section 19. Senate rule 20m is amended to read:
SR3,12,4 2Senate Rule 20m. Committees of conference. The chairperson of the
3committee on senate organization
president shall appoint the senate members of
4committees of conference.
SR3, s. 20 5Section 20. Senate rule 21 is amended to read:
SR3,12,9 6Senate Rule 21. Special committees. All special committees shall be created
7by the committee on senate organization, designating the number and object, and be
8appointed by the chairperson of the committee on senate organization. The member
9first named shall act as is the chairperson of the special committee.
SR3, s. 21 10Section 21. Senate rule 22 (2) is amended to read:
SR3,12,20 11Senate Rule 22 (2) On the question of the confirmation of appointments by the
12governor or the state superintendent of public instruction, the vote shall be taken by
13ayes and noes, which shall be entered upon the journal. The question of confirmation
14of the appointments is not subject to a motion for reconsideration under rule 67. The
15senate may, but is not required to, act upon an appointment resubmitted by the
16governor or the state superintendent of public instruction when the identical
17appointment has once been refused confirmation by the senate. The chief clerk shall
18record the cumulative status of all appointments in the bulletin of proceedings. The
19senate shall inform the governor and the assembly of the senate's final action on
20confirmation of a nomination for appointment that requires assembly confirmation.
SR3, s. 22 21Section 22. Senate rule 27 (1), (3) and (4) are amended to read:
SR3,12,24 22Senate Rule 27 (1) The chairperson of the committee to which any bill proposal
23is referred shall report in concise form the action of the committee and the date
24thereof, and shall authenticate the same by personal signature, e.g. for example:
SR3,12,2525 The committee on ..................... reports and recommends:
SR3,13,1
1Senate Bill 24
SR3,13,2 2An Act (relating clause)
SR3,13,43 Passage: Ayes (3), Senators ............ , ............ , ............ ; Noes (1), Senator ...........;
4 Absent or not voting (1), Senator ............ .
SR3,13,55 Senate Bill 26
SR3,13,6 6An Act (relating clause)
SR3,13,87 Adoption of Senate Amendment 1: Ayes (5), Senators ............ , ............ , ............
8, ............ , ............ ; Noes (0); Absent or not voting (0).
SR3,13,109 Passage as amended: Ayes (4), Senators ............ , ............ , ............ , ............ ;
10Noes (1), Senator ............ ; Absent or not voting (0).
SR3,13,1111 Senate Bill 28
SR3,13,12 12An Act (relating clause)
SR3,13,1413 Adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1: Ayes (3), Senators ............ ,
14............ , ............ ; Noes (2), Senators ............ , ............ ; Absent or not voting (0).
SR3,13,1715 Passage as amended: Ayes (2), Senators ............ , ............ ; Noes (2), Senators
16............ , ............ ; Absent or not voting (1), Senator ............ . Reported without
17recommendation.
SR3,13,1818 Senate Bill 30
SR3,13,19 19An Act (relating clause)
SR3,13,2120 Indefinite postponement: Ayes (5), Senators ........... , .......... , .......... , ..........,
21.......... ; Noes (0); Absent or not voting (0).
SR3,13,2222 Senate Bill ............ (LRB- ............... / .....)
SR3,13,23 23An Act (relating clause)
SR3,13,2524 Introduction: Ayes (4), Senators ............ , ............ , ............ , ............ ; Noes (1),
25Senator ............ ; Absent or not voting (0).
SR3,14,1
1Assembly Bill 32
SR3,14,2 2An Act (relating clause)
SR3,14,43 Concurrence: Ayes (4), Senators ............ , ............ , ............ , ............ ; Noes (0);
4Absent or not voting (1), Senator ............ .
SR3,14,55 Assembly Bill 34
SR3,14,6 6An Act (relating clause)
SR3,14,87 Nonconcurrence: Ayes (3), Senators ............ , ............ , ............ ; Noes (0); Absent
8or not voting (2), Senators ............ and ............ .
SR3,14,9 9Senate Resolution 10
SR3,14,10 10A resolution relating to, etc.
SR3,14,12 11Adoption: Ayes (3), Senators ............ , ............ , ............ ; Noes (1), Senator
12...........; Absent or not voting (1), Senator ............ .
SR3,14,13 13Senate Joint Resolution 50
SR3,14,14 14A joint resolution relating to, etc.
SR3,14,16 15Indefinite postponement: Ayes (5), Senators ........... , .......... , .......... , ..........,
16.......... ; Noes (0); Absent or not voting (0).
SR3,14,1717 ................................. Chairperson
SR3,14,2118 (3) Any amendment or substitute amendment, recommended by the committee
19for rejection, shall may not be reported to the senate. Any such amendment may,
20upon motion and a majority vote, be revived by the vote of the majority of the current
21membership
while the proposal is still in the amendable stage.
SR3,14,2422 (4) (a) A committee may report out a proposal or appointment without
23recommendation only if the vote is tied. The committee report shall indicate the
24actual numerical vote on the motion on which the recommendation is based.
SR3,15,3
1(b) Notwithstanding par. (a), the chief clerk shall record in the journal that a
2bill proposal is reported without recommendation whenever the bill proposal is
3withdrawn from committee under rule 18 or 41 (1) (d).
SR3, s. 23 4Section 23. Senate rule 28 is amended to read:
SR3,15,9 5Senate Rule 28. Minority reports. Any member or members dissenting from
6a report of a committee may make a separate report stating the reasons and
7conclusions; and all reports, if decorous in language and respectful to the senate,
8shall be entered at length on the journal. Any minority report shall must be filed on
9the same or the next legislative day as the majority report or recommendation.
SR3, s. 24 10Section 24. Senate rule 29 is amended to read:
SR3,15,14 11Senate Rule 29. Copies of proposals. Copies of all proposals The primary
12author of a proposal
to be introduced or offered shall be presented by the primary
13author
present copies of it to the chief clerk, enclosed in a jacket envelope as provided
14in rule 30.
SR3, s. 25 15Section 25. Senate rule 30 (title), (1) and (3) (a) are amended to read:
SR3,15,21 16Senate Rule 30 (title) Filing of bills, etc. proposals. (1) The legislative
17reference bureau shall provide jacket envelopes of a suitable size to hold any a
18proposal and the papers pertaining thereto, respectively, without folding or rolling.
19The clerk shall may not file any paper for any purpose, the cover of which has been
20either folded or rolled. The jacket envelopes shall must be distinguished
21distinguishable from those of the assembly by color.
SR3,15,2222 (3) (a) The actual date of each public hearing on the proposal.
SR3, s. 26 23Section 26. Senate rule 31 (title), (1) and (2) are amended to read:
SR3,16,3 24Senate Rule 31 (title) Clerical corrections to bills proposals. (1) Minor
25The chief clerk shall correct minor clerical errors in any proposal, such as errors in

1orthography or grammar, or the use of one word for another, such as "affect" for
2"effect," wrong numbering or references, whether the errors occur in the original bill
3proposal or in any amendment thereto, shall be corrected by the chief clerk.
SR3,16,84 (2) The chief clerk shall insert the enacting or usual enabling clause in any bill
5proposal before its passage or adoption if the same has been omitted. When
6necessary, the chief clerk shall correct the title of any bill so that the title will show
7shows the sections affected, the subject to which the bill relates, and the making of
8an appropriation, if such is made by the bill.
SR3, s. 27 9Section 27. Senate rule 32 is amended to read:
SR3,16,18 10Senate Rule 32. Reference to proposals and other matters. (1) When first
11considered and thereafter each time that a proposal is considered after business
12relating to another subject has intervened, it shall be identified in the journal by
13number and relating clause. Thereafter all reference to any the proposal or petition
14either in the journal, or in messages shall must be by number only, except in the
15journal where the ayes and noes are entered. The chief clerk shall read the relating
16clauses except when the senate directs otherwise, except that in messages of
17approval of bills by the governor the chief clerk shall read the bill number only unless
18a member requests the relating clause to be read.
SR3,16,2319 (2) No later than one-half hour following the adjournment of each day's session
20legislative day, members may submit to the chief clerk in writing a listing of visitors
21from their districts who witnessed a part of the day's session meeting. The list,
22together with the record of the guests introduced on that legislative day under rule
2317 (4), shall be entered at the end of the day's journal.
SR3, s. 28 24Section 28. Senate rule 33 is amended to read:
SR3,17,8
1Senate Rule 33. Introduction or offering of new proposals;
2admissibility of identical proposals; admissibility of resolutions in special
3session.
(1) Any A member may introduce or offer new proposals in accordance with
4rule 46 (1). Before introducing or offering a member introduces or offers a new
5proposal to the senate, the member shall cause the legislative reference bureau to
6shall prepare the proposal in the proper form, and with the requisite number of
7copies for introduction or offering. A proposal may not be received if it contains
8handwritten changes in the copies prepared by the legislative reference bureau.
SR3,17,129 (2) A proposal identical with one already rejected may not be introduced or
10offered. However, an assembly bill or joint resolution that is identical to a senate bill
11or joint resolution previously rejected by the senate or any bill repealing a former act
12of the same biennial session may be introduced or offered.
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