Wisconsin Legislature: SR2, s. 6

1995 Senate Resolution 2

ENGROSSED RESOLUTION

To repeal senate rule 96; to amend senate rules 5 (2) (c), 7 (4), 8 (1), 17 (1) (o), 18 (2) and (3), 21, 22 (2), 25 (1), 26 (1), 29, 30 (1), (2) and (3) (intro.) and (d), 31 (3), 32 (1) and (2), 33 (3), 34 (title), (1), (2) and (3), 35, 42 (1), 44, 45, 46 (1) and (5), 48, 50 (1), 89, 93 (1) and (3), 94 (3) (a), 95 and 98 (4) (intro); and to repeal and recreate senate rule 20 (1) and (2); relating to: the senate rules.

Resolved by the senate, That:

SR2, s. 1 Section 1. Senate rule 5 (2) (c) is amended to read:

Senate Rule 5 (2) (c) Cause to be kept and prepared for the printer the daily journal of the proceedings to be kept and reproduced for distribution.

SR2, s. 2 Section 2. Senate rule 7 (4) is amended to read:

Senate Rule 7 (4) On appeal being taken, the question shall be "Shall the decision of the chair stand as the judgment of the senate?" which question, and the action thereon, shall be entered on the journal. The vote shall be taken by ayes and noes. A tie vote sustains the ruling of the chair.

SR2, s. 3 Section 3. Senate rule 8 (1) is amended to read:

Senate Rule 8 (1) When the senate is called to order the members shall take their seats and remain with their heads uncovered while the senate remains in session. Members, officers and employes shall wear appropriate attire while the senate is in session. Appropriate attire for men shall include the wearing of a coat.

SR2, s. 4 Section 4. Senate rule 17 (1) (o) is amended to read:

Senate Rule 17 (1) (o) Fifteenth order. Announcements , adjournment honors and remarks under special privilege.

SR2, s. 5 Section 5. Senate rule 18 (2) and (3) are amended to read:

Senate Rule 18 (2) The printed sergeant at arms shall distribute a copy of the calendar shall be furnished to all members before such a the calendar is acted upon. The committee on senate organization shall provide at least 18 hours' notice of other matters to be taken up on the next session day, but the printed distributed calendar shall not be changed within such 18-hour period.

(3) Except as provided in sub. (2), the printed distributed calendar shall show the business scheduled to be taken up on the current day, organized according to the orders of business established by rule 17 (1). For proposals on 2nd reading, the calendar shall show all pending committee reports.

SR2, s. 6 Section 6. Senate rule 20 (1) and (2) are repealed and recreated to read:

Senate Rule 20 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the members of the committee on senate organization are:

1. The majority leader as chairperson.

2. The president.

3. The assistant majority leader.

4. The minority leader.

5. The assistant minority leader.

(b) If the 2 major political parties are represented in the senate by equal membership, the members of the committee on senate organization are:

1. The president of the senate.

2. The former majority and minority leaders and former majority and minority assistant leaders.

3. The former minority caucus chairperson.

(c) The other standing committees of the senate shall be created by the committee on senate organization as near to the commencement of the session as possible.

(2) (a) The chairperson of the committee on senate organization, as near to the commencement of the session as possible, shall make and report to the senate all committee appointments of members of the majority and minority parties. The chairperson of the committee on senate organization shall designate a chairperson for each senate committee and joint committee.

(b) With regard to members of any minority party, the appointments shall be based on nominations by the leader of that party.

(c) The majority and minority parties of the senate shall be represented on all senate standing committees and on all joint standing committees on the basis prescribed by the chairperson of the committee on senate organization, but at least in proportion to the representation of the 2 major political parties in the membership of the senate unless, for the senate membership of a joint committee, such proportional representation places the senate majority party in a minority position on the joint committee.

SR2, s. 7 Section 7. Senate rule 21 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 21. Special committees. All special committees shall be provided for on motion or by resolution, designating the number and object, and unless otherwise ordered, shall be appointed by the chairperson of the committee on senate organization. The member first named shall act as chairperson of such special committee.

SR2, s. 8 Section 8. Senate rule 22 (2) is amended to read:

Senate Rule 22 (2) On the question of the confirmation of appointments by the governor, the vote shall be taken by ayes and noes which shall be entered upon the journal. The question of the confirmation of such appointments shall not be subject to a motion for reconsideration under rule 67, and the senate may, but shall not be required to, act upon an appointment resubmitted by the governor when the identical appointment has once been refused confirmation by the senate. The chief clerk shall record the cumulative status of all appointments in the weekly bulletin of proceedings.

SR2, s. 9 Section 9. Senate rule 25 (1) is amended to read:

Senate Rule 25 (1) Any chairperson who determines to hold a hearing shall schedule the hearing as early in the session as practicable. The day, hour, and place of hearing before any committee shall be posted on the bulletin board of each house, and such notice shall state the number, author, and title relating clause of the bill or resolution to be considered. Whenever a scheduled hearing is cancelled canceled, the chairperson shall immediately notify the chief clerk and post cancellation notices on the bulletin boards of each house.

SR2, s. 10 Section 10. Senate rule 26 (1) is amended to read:

Senate Rule 26 (1) On or before Monday noon of each week the chairperson of each senate committee shall file with the chief clerk a list of the public hearings on measures before that committee which will be held during the following week. Such list shall be printed reproduced in full in the weekly schedule of committee activities. The chairperson of any senate committee may file notice of hearing on or before Monday noon of the 2nd week prior to the week in which the public hearing is scheduled so as to post advance notice of the hearing.

SR2, s. 11 Section 11. Senate rule 29 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 29. (title) Copies of bills, etc. and resolutions. At least 5 copies Copies of all bills and resolutions to be introduced shall be presented by the primary author to the chief clerk, enclosed in a jacket envelope as provided in rule 30. One copy shall be promptly returned to the legislative reference bureau with a cover sheet, prepared and attached by the chief clerk, containing the introductory information.

SR2, s. 12 Section 12. Senate rule 30 (1), (2) and (3) (intro.) and (d) are amended to read:

Senate Rule 30 (1) The legislative reference bureau shall provide jacket envelopes of a suitable size to hold any bill or resolution and the papers pertaining thereto, respectively, without folding or rolling. The clerk shall not file any paper for any purpose, the cover of which has been either folded or rolled. Such jacket envelopes shall be distinguished from those of the assembly by color. The envelopes shall be properly printed and ruled to receive the notations of the clerk.

(2) The legislative reference bureau shall enter the title relating clause and drafting number of the bill or resolution on the envelope, and the clerk shall enter the number, the date of introduction, the name of the member or committee introducing it and the committee of reference upon the envelope and upon the cover sheet. The usual notations of either committee or clerk shall be made on the envelope and only in the history file for the measure. Only those documents specified by the chief clerk shall be placed therein in the envelope.

(3) (intro.) The chief clerk shall also cause to be noted on such jacket envelope, and to be transcribed to enter in the history file for the measure:

(d) The reprinting reproduction of a measure with all adopted amendments engrossed therein.

SR2, s. 13 Section 13. Senate rule 31 (3) is amended to read:

Senate Rule 31 (3) Any The chief clerk shall enter any corrections made by the chief clerk under this rule shall be noted on the jacket envelope and entered in the journal.

SR2, s. 14 Section 14. Senate rule 32 (1) and (2) are amended to read:

Senate Rule 32 (1) When first considered and thereafter each time that a proposal is considered after business relating to another subject has intervened, it shall be identified in the journal by number and relating clause. Thereafter all reference to any bill, resolution, joint resolution or petition either in the journal, or messages shall be by number only, excepting in the journal where the ayes and noes are entered. The chief clerk shall read the titles relating clauses except where the senate directs otherwise, except that in messages of approval of bills by the governor the chief clerk shall read the bill number only unless a member requests the title relating clause to be read.

(2) No later than one-half hour following the adjournment of each day's session, members may submit to the chief clerk in writing a listing of visitors from their districts who witnessed a part of such day's session. Such list, together with the record of the guests introduced on that day under rule 17 (4), shall be printed entered at the end of the day's journal.

SR2, s. 15 Section 15. Senate rule 33 (3) is amended to read:

Senate Rule 33 (3) Such resolutions as are only expressive of opinion Resolutions offering commendations, congratulations or condolences, memorializing congress or an individual or affecting senate or legislative rules or procedures are declared not to be within the meaning of the term "business" under the constitutional provision limiting the matters to be considered during special sessions to such as are enumerated in the governor's call for a special session.

SR2, s. 16 Section 16. Senate rule 34 (title), (1), (2) and (3) are amended to read:

Senate Rule 34. (title) Printed bills, etc., Proposals to be on file one day before action. (1) All bills and joint resolutions, and all resolutions except those privileged for immediate consideration under rule 69, shall, after being printed distributed, lay over one day before being considered.

(2) The requirement for a one-day layover shall not apply to amendments, but copies of the full text, reproduced in whatever form, of each amendment shall be distributed to the members before final adoption of the amendment.

(3) Reading at length shall be required for resolutions privileged under rule 69 and for any governor's veto message unless written copies of the full text of such documents, printed or otherwise reproduced, have been distributed to the members.

SR2, s. 17 Section 17. Senate rule 35 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 35. Three separate readings. Every bill, and every joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution, shall receive 3 separate readings by title relating clause previous to its passage except where otherwise provided but shall not receive 2 readings on the same day.

SR2, s. 18 Section 18. Senate rule 42 (1) is amended to read:

Senate Rule 42 (1) Every bill or joint resolution upon which such action has been taken that it is next to be messaged to the assembly shall be so messaged by the chief clerk but shall be held in the chief clerk's office until the time for reconsideration of such bill or joint resolution has expired. If the rules have been suspended for immediate messaging, the chief clerk shall enter such action shall be noted on the jacket envelope in the history file for the bill or joint resolution. Every privileged joint resolution shall be messaged immediately unless it is otherwise ordered by the senate.

SR2, s. 19 Section 19. Senate rule 44 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 44. Signing of documents. The original of all enrolled acts and resolutions shall be signed by the chief clerk, and all writs, warrants and subpoenas issued by order of the senate shall be signed by the presiding officer, and attested by the chief clerk.

SR2, s. 20 Section 20. Senate rule 45 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 45. Offering of privileged resolution. Any resolution privileged by rule 69 shall, when sent to the clerk's desk, be read at length by the chief clerk, but may be read by title its relating clause if copies of the text have been distributed to the members. When so read, the privileged resolution shall be considered to be before the senate.

SR2, s. 21 Section 21. Senate rule 46 (1) is amended to read:

Senate Rule 46 (1) Bills, resolutions, amendments, petitions, reports, communications or other documents that may properly come before the senate shall be presented by a member thereof to the chief clerk, or a staff member designated by the chief clerk, at anytime. A brief statement of the contents thereof shall appear thereon, together with the name of the members introducing the same. If the document is to be printed, a copy shall be numbered and delivered to the legislative reference bureau for transmission to the contract printer. If a document is to be reproduced, the chief clerk shall number the document.

SR2, s. 22 Section 22. Senate rule 46 (5) is amended to read:

Senate Rule 46 (5) Proposed amendments A proposed amendment that is offered for the purpose of being printed shall have a heading stating the number of the bill, joint resolution or resolution it is proposed to amend and the name of the member proposing the amendment. The title chief clerk shall read the number of the amendment shall be read and the. The amendment shall be printed reproduced. The jacket copy of the amendment shall be placed in the jacket and printed copies shall be distributed as provided by the rules. Amendments filed shall be recorded at the end of each day's journal.

SR2, s. 23 Section 23. Senate rule 48 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 48. Reading of amendments. The full text of each amendment shall be read to the members by the chief clerk, and the identifying number of each amendment shall be stated by the president, but the reading at length shall not occur for amendments which have been printed or otherwise reproduced and distributed to the members.

SR2, s. 24 Section 24. Senate rule 50 (1) is amended to read:

Senate Rule 50 (1) No standing committee shall report any substitute or amendment for any proposal originating in either house referred to such committee nor shall the senate consider any substitute or amendment which relates to a different subject, is intended to accomplish a different purpose, would require a title relating clause essentially different from the relating clause of the original proposal or would totally alter the nature of the original proposal.

SR2, s. 25 Section 25. Senate rule 89 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 89. Certification of payroll. The chief clerk and the sergeant at arms of the senate shall certify to the department of administration the names of all persons employed in their respective departments by the senate, the capacity in which employed, and the amounts respectively due them, which certificate shall be approved by the presiding officer chairperson of the committee on senate organization.

SR2, s. 26 Section 26. Senate rule 93 (1) and (3) are amended to read:

Senate Rule 93 (1) No senate bill, senate joint resolution or senate resolution shall be considered unless it is germane to the subjects enumerated by the governor in the proclamation calling the special session proclamation or to the subjects enumerated by the committees on organization or in the joint resolution calling the extended or extraordinary session and is recommended for introduction by the committee on senate organization or by the joint committee on employment relations.

(3) The daily calendar shall be in effect immediately upon posting on the legislative bulletin boards. A printed The calendar shall need not be required distributed.

SR2, s. 27 Section 27. Senate rule 94 (3) (a) is amended to read:

Senate Rule 94 (3) (a) Within one week from the adoption of any resolution significantly changing these rules the chief clerk shall direct the printing distribution of a new pamphlet incorporating the entire text of these rules as affected by that resolution unless, in the judgment of the chief clerk, additional rule changes may soon be agreed to by the senate. Each pamphlet edition shall contain a revised table of contents and index prepared by the legislative reference bureau and shall be printed under the class 1 contract for legislative bills.

SR2, s. 28 Section 28. Senate rule 95 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 95. (title) Printing Copies for senate. All publications for the senate and printing reproduction to be done for the senate shall conform to the rules or be as determined by the committee on senate organization or the joint committee on legislative organization.

SR2, s. 29 Section 29. Senate rule 96 is repealed.

SR2, s. 30 Section 30. Senate rule 98 (4) (intro.) is amended to read:

Senate Rule 98 (4) (intro.) All citations on behalf of the senate shall be typed by employes assigned to the chief clerk, shall be prepared on an artistic form, approved by the committee on senate organization committee, suitable for framing, and shall be in substantially the following form: