LRB-1771/1
PJD:skg:kaf
1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE
January 3, 1995 - Introduced by Representatives Prosser, Freese, Jensen,
Klusman and Green.
AR2,1,13
1To repeal assembly rules 10 (2) (intro.), 23 (1) and 95 (19) and (72); to renumber
2assembly rules 10 (2) (a) to (c), 28 and 50; to renumber and amend assembly
3rules 10 (1), 13 (2) and 71 (1) and (2); to amend
assembly rules 2 (3), 3 (1) (h)
4and (j), 5 (1) (b), (c), (d) and (f), 6 (1) (g), 9 (2) (b) and (c), (4), (5), (6) and (7), 11
5(2) and (9), 13 (1) (c), 14 (2), 15 (4) (d), 18 (4), 19 (1) (a) and (b) and (3), 20 (intro.),
6(1) and (2), 25 (3), 26 (4) and (5), 28 (title), 31 (7), 35 (1), 36 (2), 37 (2), 38, 39 (3)
7and (4), 43 (1), 45 (1), 46 (2), (3) and (4), 48 (2), 52 (3), 53 (intro.), (1), (2), (3) and
8(4) (intro.) and (b), 54 (1), 56 (1) and (2), 59 (3), 67, 70 (1), 73 (1) (b), (2), (3) (a),
9(4) (a) and (c) and (6), 74 (title) and (2), 75 (1) (a) 3., 80 (4) and (6), 93 (4), 94 (3)
10(a) and (b), 95 (3), (4), (6), (39), (54), (63), (66), (67), (82) and (84) and 97 (3); to
11repeal and recreate assembly rule 9 (1); and to create
assembly rules 10 (1)
12and (2), 11 (11), 13 (2) (b), 17m, 28 (2), 39 (4) (c), 42 (3) (c), 50 (2), 62 (3m), 69m,
1375 (1) (d), 79 (5), 83 (4) and 95 (27m);
relating to: the assembly rules.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This resolution makes various changes to the assembly rules:
Assembly Rule 2 (3): The rule is changed to permit legislative documents to be
electronically transmitted to the department of administration for reproduction,
rather than to the contract printer for printing.
Assembly Rule 3 (1) (h): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.
Assembly Rule 3 (1) (j): The rule makes it clear that the speaker also appoints
members to statutory bodies not in the legislative branch.
Assembly Rule 5 (1) (b), (c), (d) and (f): See Assembly Rule 2 (3).
Assembly Rule 6 (1) (g): The rule is changed to reflect the change in Assembly
Rule 95 (6), which expands the definition of the assembly chamber to include the
areas mentioned in this rule.
Assembly Rule 9 (1), (4), (5), (6) and (7): The rule revises the standing
committees of the assembly.
Assembly Rule 9 (2) (b), (bm), (c) and (cm): The rule requires the speaker to
make all committee appointments of minority party members as nominated by the
minority leader, except that the speaker may appoint any member of the minority
party as chairperson of a committee. It provides that the minority member of each
committee who is first nominated by the minority leader is the ranking minority
member unless the speaker and minority leader agree that the first-nominated
member shall serve as vice chairperson of the committee.
Assembly Rule 10 (1) to (2): The rule provides that special committees may be
created only by resolution, except that the speaker may create a temporary special
committee by written order.
Assembly Rule 11 (2): The rule permits committee chairpersons to appoint
subcommittee chairpersons and that they may be members of any party.
Assembly Rule 11 (9): The rule, in conjunction with Assembly Rule 17m,
requires committee chairpersons to report a proposal to the assembly within 7
working days after the committee takes executive action if the committee
recommends that the proposal be adopted, passed or concurred in.
Assembly Rule 11 (11): The rule prohibits committees from meeting in the state
but outside the city of Madison, without the prior joint authorization by the speaker
and minority leader, during the period of July 1 through the date of the general
election in even-numbered years. It also prohibits meetings in a legislative district
from the date a special election is called for the district until the election is held,
except in the city of Madison.
Assembly Rule 13 (1) (c): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.
Assembly Rule 13 (2) (a) and (b): The rule permits the speaker, with the consent
of the chairperson and within 3 working days after initial referral, to withdraw a
proposed administrative rule from the standing committee to which referred and
rerefer it to another standing committee.
Assembly Rule 14 (2): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above. It also requires hearing
notices to give the relating clause, rather than the entire title, of the proposal.
Assembly Rule 15 (4) (d): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.
Assembly Rule 17m: See Assembly Rule 11 (9) above.
Assembly Rule 18 (4): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.
Assembly Rule 19 (1) (a) and (b): The rule permits a committee to report a
proposal without recommendation if the vote for adoption is a tie, if successive
motions for rejection and passage, adoption or concurrence fail, and if successive
motions for indefinite postponement, rejection or nonconcurrence and adoption fail.
Assembly Rule 19 (3): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.
Assembly Rule 20 (intro.): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.
Assembly Rule 20 (1) and (2): The rule changes the references from
Clearinghouse Order to Clearinghouse Rule.
Assembly Rule 23 (1): The rule is repealed to delete mention of expenditures
from the statutorily created assembly contingent fund that was repealed last
session.
Assembly Rule 25 (3): The rule provides that representatives of news media
who are actively engaged in reporting the proceedings of the assembly and who are
on the floor of the assembly must be from news media that regularly publish or
broadcast reports available to the general public. The rule also provides that the
news media representatives may be only on the designated press areas of the floor
during sessions.
Assembly Rule 26 (4) and (5): The rule prohibits persons from consuming food
or smoking on the assembly floor while the assembly is not in session.
Assembly Rule 28: The rule provides that the daily session of the assembly ends
at 8 p.m. unless adjourned earlier.
Assembly Rule 31 (7): The rule provides that motions for indefinite
postponement or nonconcurrence are to be taken up on the 7th order of business.
Assembly Rule 35 (1): The rule prohibits the consideration of a conference
committee report or veto until copies have been made available to members. It also
requires that copies of proposals, conference committee reports and vetoes must be
made available for at least 24 hours excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal
holidays, rather than made available for at least one day.
Assembly Rule 36 (2): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.
Assembly Rule 37 (2): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.
Assembly Rule 38: See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.
Assembly Rule 39 (3): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.
Assembly Rule 39 (4) (a) and (c): The rule requires the speaker to refer a
proposal, and the chief clerk to publish the referral, within 7 days after the chief clerk
receives the proposal for introduction.
Assembly Rule 39 (4) (b): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.
Assembly Rule 42 (3) (c): The rule permits the speaker, with the consent of the
chairperson and within 5 working days after initial referral, to withdraw a bill, joint
resolution or resolution from the standing committee to which referred and rerefer
it to another standing committee.
Assembly Rule 43 (1): The rule makes privileged any joint resolution relating
to the officers, members, former members, procedures or organization of the
assembly or any resolution or joint resolution relating to the officers, members,
former members, procedures or organization of the legislature.
Assembly Rule 45 (1): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.
Assembly Rule 46 (2): The rule provides that amendments do not need to be
considered if a substitute amendment has been adopted.
Assembly Rule 46 (3) and (4) and Assembly Rule 48 (2): The rules establish the
form of the questions for proposals changing the U.S. constitution and upon the
failure of a motion to reject.
Assembly Rule 50 (1) and (2): The rule requires the transmission of a proposal
to the senate 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.
Assembly Rule 52 (3): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.
Assembly Rule 53 (intro.), (1), (2), (3) and (4) (intro.) and (b): See Assembly Rule
2 (3) above.
Assembly Rule 54 (1): The rule restates one part of the general rule on
germaneness to provide that an amendment is nongermane if it would require a
relating clause, rather than an entire title, substantially different.
Assembly Rule 56 (1): The rule requires a member to be recognized or addressed
only by the number of the member's district, rather than by that number or by
reference to the member's county or municipality of residence or by the main county
or municipality in that member's district.
Assembly Rule 56 (2): The rule requires the presiding officer to announce the
order that the members may speak.
Assembly Rule 59 (3): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above. The rule also prohibits
the display of exhibits, and permits reading aloud from a constitutional provision,
assembly rule or joint rule directly related to the proposal or its amendments.
Assembly Rule 62 (3m): The rule requires the presiding officer to rule on a point
of order within 7 legislative days.
Assembly Rule 67: The rule permits debate on motions to take from the table.
Assembly Rule 69m: The rule provides that a motion to recess to a day of the
year other than the day of the year on which the motion is made has the same effect
as a motion to adjourn.