January 17, 2019 - Introduced by Senator Fitzgerald. Referred to Committee on
Senate Organization.
SR2,1,4 1To repeal senate rule 65 (3); to amend senate rule 5 (2) (c), senate rule 13m (10),
2senate rule 18 (2), senate rule 22 (2) and senate rule 65 (2); to repeal and
3recreate
senate rule 98 (4); and to create senate rule 22 (3); relating to: the
4senate rules.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This resolution makes the following changes to the senate rules:
Publication of daily journal
The resolution clarifies that the senate chief clerk prepares and publishes, not
reproduces, the daily journal for all purposes.
Conduct of individuals in gallery and chamber
The resolution provides that individuals may not record any of the proceedings
in the senate chamber.
Distribution of daily calendar
The resolution clarifies that a copy of the calendar must be distributed to
members before the calendar is acted upon, but eliminates the requirement that the
sergeant at arms must distribute it.
Advice and consent
The resolution provides that the senate must inform all appointing authorities
of the senate's action on a nomination for appointment. Current rules require the
senate to inform only the governor and assembly. The resolution also eliminates

language that permits the senate to act on an identical appointment when that
appointment has been refused confirmation by the senate. This conforms to the new
advice and consent provisions in 2017 Wisconsin Act 369. Finally, the resolution
provides that all nominations for appointments, if they have not otherwise been
submitted to the senate, are considered to have been submitted to the senate on the
fifth day after the individual is nominated for appointment and are then available
for senate action.
Return of tabled proposals to committee on senate organization
The resolution clarifies that if a proposal is tabled on a certain day and is not
removed from the table on that day, the proposal is returned to the committee on
senate organization.
Citation form
The resolution clarifies that the committee on senate organization approves the
form used for senate citations, and not each individual citation.
SR2,2,1 1Resolved by the senate, That:
SR2,1 2Section 1 . Senate rule 5 (2) (c) is amended to read:
SR2,2,5 3Senate Rule 5 (2) (c) Prepare and publish for reproduction its daily journal
4after the adjournment of each daily session, and, if so directed by the president or as
5necessary, on any day on which the senate does not meet.
SR2,2 6Section 2 . Senate rule 13m (10) is amended to read:
SR2,2,8 7Senate Rule 13m (10) May not photograph or record any of the proceedings in
8the chamber.
SR2,3 9Section 3 . Senate rule 18 (2) is amended to read:
SR2,2,11 10Senate Rule 18 (2) The sergeant at arms shall distribute a A copy of the
11calendar shall be distributed to all members before the calendar is acted upon.
SR2,4 12Section 4 . Senate rule 22 (2) is amended to read:
SR2,3,6 13Senate Rule 22 (2) On the question of the confirmation of appointments, the
14vote shall be taken by ayes and noes, which shall be entered upon the journal. The
15question of confirmation of the appointments is not subject to a motion for
16reconsideration under rule 67. The senate may, but is not required to, act upon an

1appointment resubmitted to the senate when the identical appointment has once
2been refused confirmation by the senate
. The chief clerk shall record the cumulative
3status of all appointments in the bulletin of proceedings. The senate shall inform the
4governor or other appointing authority of the senate's final action on confirmation
5of all nominations for appointment
and the assembly of the senate's final action on
6confirmation of a nomination for appointment that requires assembly confirmation.
SR2,5 7Section 5 . Senate rule 22 (3) is created to read:
SR2,3,10 8Senate Rule 22 (3) All nominations for appointments, if they have not
9otherwise been submitted to the senate, shall be considered to have been submitted
10to the senate on the 5th day after the individual is nominated for appointment.
SR2,6 11Section 6 . Senate rule 65 (2) is amended to read:
SR2,3,15 12Senate Rule 65 (2) A motion to lay a proposal on the table, if approved, has
13the effect of returning the matter
If a proposal is tabled on a certain day and is not
14removed from the table on that day, the proposal is returned
to the committee on
15senate organization.
SR2,7 16Section 7 . Senate rule 65 (3) is repealed.
SR2,8 17Section 8 . Senate rule 98 (4) is repealed and recreated to read:
SR2,3,20 18Senate Rule 98 (4) All citations on behalf of the senate must be prepared on
19an artistic form approved by the committee on senate organization, must be suitable
20for framing, and must be in substantially the following form:
SR2,3,2121 (Scrollwork Incorporating State Coat of Arms)
SR2,3,2222 CITATION BY THE SENATE
SR2,3,2323 Know You By These Presents:
SR2,3,2424 Whereas, ...; and
SR2,3,2525 Whereas, ...; now,
SR2,4,2
1Therefore, The Members of the Wisconsin Senate, on the motion of
2Senator(s)...hereby .... .
SR2,4,3 3State Capitol
SR2,4,44 Madison, Wisconsin
SR2,4,55 _________________
SR2,4,66 (Date)
SR2,4,77 _________________
SR2,4,88 (Appropriate Signatures)
SR2,4,99 (End)
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