AR3,29,77 Chapter 5:
AR3,29,88 OFFERING, INTRODUCTION, AND DISPOSITION
AR3,29,99 OF PROPOSALS
AR3, s. 40 10Section 40. Assembly rule 39 is amended to read:
AR3,29,14 11Assembly Rule 39. Introduction and offering of proposals. (1) Except as
12otherwise provided in joint rule 83 (2), any member or standing committee may
13introduce or offer proposals for introduction in the assembly on any day of the
14biennial legislative session.
AR3,29,1715 (2) Any proposal introduced or offered for introduction shall have been
16prepared by the legislative reference bureau and shall conform to the legislative
17rules and laws governing form.
AR3,29,2018 (3) No A proposal may not be received for introduction or be offered if changes
19have been made in the 3-copy set to the draft prepared by the legislative reference
20bureau.
AR3,29,2221 (4) (a) Proposals shall be submitted to the office of the chief clerk for
22introduction or to be offered.
AR3,29,2523 (b) The chief clerk shall prepare a report containing the number, relating
24clause, and authors of each proposal to be introduced or offered. The report shall be
25presented to the speaker for referral under rule 42.
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1(c) The speaker shall refer a properly jacketed proposal within 7 14 working
2days after the office of the chief clerk receives the proposal for introduction or to be
3offered
or on the final legislative day of the last scheduled general-business
4floorperiod preceding the veto review session, whichever is earlier. The chief clerk
5shall publish the referral in the first journal published after the referral is made.
AR3, s. 41 6Section 41. Assembly rule 40 (intro.) and (2) are amended to read:
AR3,30,8 7Assembly Rule 40. Readings of bills. (intro.) Except as further provided in
8this rule:
AR3,30,109 (2) Unless otherwise ordered, each such reading shall consist of reading the
10relating clause in the bill's title or on first reading be as provided in rule 42 (2) or (3).
AR3, s. 42 11Section 42. Assembly rule 41 (1) and (2) are amended to read:
AR3,30,18 12Assembly Rule 41 (1) Except as further provided in subs. (2) and (3), any
13assembly joint resolution or resolution, and any senate joint resolution received by
14the assembly for consideration, shall receive a reading on each of 2 separate and
15nonconsecutive legislative days under the appropriate order of business designated
16in rule 31. Unless otherwise ordered, each such reading shall consist of reading the
17relating clause in the resolution's title or on first reading be as provided in rule 42
18(2) or (3).
AR3,30,2119 (2) Any such joint resolution proposing a change in the constitution of this state
20or the ratification of an amendment to the constitution of the United States shall be
21given 3 separate readings as provided for bills in rule 40.
AR3, s. 43 22Section 43. Assembly rule 42 is amended to read:
AR3,31,2 23Assembly Rule 42. First reading and reference of proposals. (1) Upon the
24introduction or offering of any proposal in the assembly, or the initial receipt of a

1senate proposal for consideration in the assembly, such the proposal shall be read for
2the first time.
AR3,31,53 (a) Any proposal that requires 2 or more readings shall be referred by the
4presiding officer or speaker to committee, or to the calendar for the 2nd legislative
5day following the referral, or to the committee on rules.
AR3,31,106 (b) The presiding officer or speaker may refer any proposal bill that requires
7referral to more than one joint survey committee simultaneously to several or all of
8the joint survey committees. The presiding officer or speaker may refer any bill that
9requires referral to one or more joint survey committees simultaneously to several
10or all of the joint survey committees and to an assembly committee.
AR3,31,1311 (c) The presiding officer or speaker may refer any budget bill offered under
12section 16.47 of the statutes
simultaneously to the joint committee on finance and
13to the appropriate joint survey committees.
AR3,31,2014 (2) On any legislative day when a report, showing the number and relating
15clause of proposals introduced or offered for introduction together with the speaker's
16referral, has been is provided to the members prior to before the 2nd order of business
17for assembly proposals or the 4th order of business for senate proposals, such
18provision shall serve serves as the first reading and the announcement of the referral
19of such the proposals, and the content of the report shall be entered in the daily
20journal under the appropriate order of business.
AR3,31,2421 (3) (a) Beginning on inauguration day and on any day of the regular biennial
22session period, proposals may be introduced or offered and referred by the speaker
23or presiding officer if such the action is not in conflict with any limitations imposed
24by the session schedule or otherwise agreed to by both houses.
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1(b) Whenever the introduction or offering and referral of an assembly proposal
2or the receipt and referral of a senate proposal occurs on a day on which the assembly
3does not meet, the chief clerk shall record in the journal the appropriate information
4concerning the proposal and such the recording shall constitute constitutes the
5proposal's first reading.
AR3,32,136 (c) Within 5 working days after After initial referral by the speaker or presiding
7officer
under sub. (1) (a) or (b) to a an assembly committee but before a vote by the
8committee is commenced on a proposal
, the speaker, with the consent of the
9chairperson and notwithstanding rule 15, may withdraw any bill, joint resolution or
10resolution
the proposal from the standing committee to which it is was initially
11referred and rerefer it to another standing committee or to a special committee or
12refer it to the calendar for the 2nd legislative day thereafter
. Rereferral under this
13rule may not be used to satisfy section 13.093 (1) of the statutes.
AR3, s. 44 14Section 44. Assembly rule 42 (1) (ad) and (am) are created to read:
AR3,32,19 15Assembly Rule 42 (1) (ad) All bills introduced in the assembly which by any
16statute require reference to a particular committee shall be so referred upon first
17reading and all senate bills when received from the senate shall be so referred upon
18first reading except where the senate record on the bill discloses that the statutory
19requirement has been satisfied by reference to the committee in the senate.
AR3,33,220 (am) Notwithstanding par. (ad), the speaker or presiding officer may refer any
21bill that pertains only incidentally to a matter of concern to a joint survey committee
22directly to the committee appropriate to the major substance of the bill, and in that
23case shall direct the appropriate joint survey committee to prepare its report on the
24bill while that bill is in the possession of the other committee. This rule does not

1suspend the requirement that the report of the appropriate joint survey committee
2must be received before the bill is given its 2nd reading.
AR3, s. 45 3Section 45. Assembly rule 43 is amended to read:
AR3,33,9 4Assembly Rule 43. Privileged resolutions. (1) Any resolution or joint
5resolution relating to the officers, members, former members, procedures , or
6organization of the assembly or legislature shall be is privileged in that it may be
7introduced offered under any order of business by a member who has the floor and
8may be taken up immediately before all other proposals then pending, unless
9referred by the presiding officer to a standing committee or to the calendar.
AR3,33,1210 (2) Any resolution subject to rule 89 which that is referred to the calendar shall
11be taken up on the 8th order of business on the 2nd legislative day after its
12introduction it is offered notwithstanding the existence of any unfinished calendars.
AR3,33,1613 (3) Any resolution to reprimand, censure, or expel an officer or member of the
14assembly shall identify the charges against the officer or member cited and shall be
15referred to the committee on ethics and standards of conduct for review under rule
1621.
AR3, s. 46 17Section 46. Assembly rule 44 is amended to read:
AR3,33,23 18Assembly Rule 44. Vetoes. (1) Upon the receipt of a message from the
19governor that an assembly proposal bill has been vetoed in whole or in part, or of a
20senate message that the senate has passed a vetoed senate proposal bill or senate
21proposal vetoed in part, the speaker or presiding officer shall refer the veto to the
22calendar for the 2nd legislative day thereafter, or to the committee on rules for
23calendar scheduling, or to a standing committee for review and report.
AR3,34,324 (2) Notwithstanding the referral of a veto to a standing committee, the
25committee on rules may schedule the veto for assembly action. When so scheduled,

1the veto shall be is before the assembly and may be passed notwithstanding the
2objections of the governor even if the standing committee has not submitted its
3report.
AR3, s. 47 4Section 47. Assembly rule 45 (1) to (5) are amended to read:
AR3,34,16 5Assembly Rule 45 (1) Whenever a committee reports on a proposal referred to
6that committee, the speaker or presiding officer shall refer or rerefer the proposal,
7except as otherwise provided in subs. (2) and (3), to the calendar for the 2nd
8legislative day thereafter for 2nd reading or to the committee on rules for calendar
9scheduling or to another standing or special committee, unless it is his or her
10judgment that reference of the proposal to the joint committee on finance is required
11by law or rule and the speaker or presiding officer refers the proposal to that
12committee. On any legislative day when a committee report, showing the speaker's
13subsequent referrals, has been provided to the members prior to before the 3rd order
14of business, such the report shall may not be read by the chief clerk to the members,
15but the content of the committee report and the speaker's referrals and rereferrals
16shall be reproduced in the journal.
AR3,34,2117 (2) Any proposal bill originally referred to the joint survey committee on
18retirement systems as required by law, and subsequently reported to the assembly,
19shall be referred by the speaker or presiding officer to a standing committee except
20the committee on rules and shall, when reported by that committee, be referred as
21provided in sub. (1).
AR3,34,2522 (3) Any proposal bill originally referred to the joint survey committee on tax
23exemptions as required by law, and subsequently reported to the assembly, shall be
24referred by the speaker or presiding officer either to a standing committee, or to the
25calendar for the 2nd legislative day thereafter, or to the committee on rules.
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1(4) When a proposal bill, during or after consideration by a standing committee
2or during consideration by the assembly, is found to be without the report of one or
3more joint survey committees to which it should have been referred, the proposal bill
4shall be so referred by the speaker or presiding officer.
AR3,35,115 (5) Beginning on inauguration day and on any day of the regular biennial
6session period, proposals may be reported by one committee and referred by the
7speaker or presiding officer to another committee or to the calendar if such the action
8is not in conflict with any limitations imposed by the session schedule or otherwise
9agreed to by both houses. Whenever such the referral of a proposal occurs on a day
10on which the assembly does not meet, the chief clerk shall record in the journal the
11appropriate information concerning the referral.
AR3, s. 48 12Section 48. Assembly rule 46 (2) to (4) are amended to read:
AR3,35,18 13Assembly Rule 46 (2) After a proposal receives its 2nd reading, the assembly
14shall consider every amendment to the proposal recommended in the latest
15committee report on the proposal and any additional amendments offered after such
16the report unless precluded from consideration under rule 55 (3). If there is no
17committee report, all amendments shall be considered unless precluded from
18consideration under rule 55 (3).
AR3,35,2219 (3) Following action on all pending amendments to an assembly bill , or to an
20assembly joint resolution proposing a change in the state or U.S. constitution, and
21the failure of any motion to indefinitely postpone such the proposal, the question
22shall be is: "Shall the proposal be ordered engrossed and read a 3rd time?"
AR3,36,223 (4) Following action on all pending assembly amendments to a senate bill, or
24to a senate joint resolution proposing a change in the state or U.S. constitution, and

1the failure of any motion for nonconcurrence, the question shall be is: "Shall the
2proposal be ordered to a 3rd reading?"
AR3, s. 49 3Section 49. Assembly rule 47 (3) is amended to read:
AR3,36,5 4Assembly Rule 47 (3) When the assembly fails to adopt an adverse committee
5recommendation, the main question shall then be stated in the affirmative.
AR3, s. 50 6Section 50. Assembly rule 48 is amended to read:
AR3,36,9 7Assembly Rule 48. Third reading and decisions on proposals. (1) The
8purpose of the 3rd reading stage is to make a final decision on each proposal requiring
93 readings which that is submitted to the assembly.
AR3,36,1510 (2) Following the 3rd reading of any bill or of any joint resolution proposing a
11change in the state or U.S. constitution, and the failure of any motion to indefinitely
12postpone, reject, or nonconcur, the question on assembly bills shall be is "Shall the
13bill be passed?", on assembly joint resolutions shall be is "Shall the joint resolution
14be adopted?", and on senate proposals shall be is "Shall the proposal be concurred
15in?".
AR3, s. 51 16Section 51. Assembly rule 49 (1) (b) and (2) are amended to read:
AR3,36,18 17Assembly Rule 49 (1) (b) Rejection (assembly amendments, assembly
18resolutions, and assembly joint resolutions).
AR3,36,2119 (2) Once an assembly proposal has been adversely disposed of, another
20assembly proposal identical or substantially similar in nature, but not more limited
21in scope, shall may not be considered by the assembly in that biennial session.
AR3, s. 52 22Section 52. Assembly rule 50 is amended to read:
AR3,37,3 23Assembly Rule 50. Messaging to the senate. (1) Each proposal which that
24passes or is adopted after a 3rd reading, and each senate proposal adversely disposed
25of by the assembly, shall be transmitted to the senate immediately after any motion

1to reconsider such the passage , adoption, or adverse disposition has failed fails or the
2time for making such the motion has expired expires, together with a certified report
3of the assembly's action.
AR3,37,74 (2) Immediately following adoption of a conference report on a senate proposal,
5the passage of an assembly bill notwithstanding the objections of the governor, or
6assembly action on a vetoed senate bill, such the proposal shall be transmitted to the
7senate together with a certified report of the assembly's action.
AR3, s. 53 8Section 53. Assembly rule 52 (1), (2) (intro.) and (3) are amended to read:
AR3,37,11 9Assembly Rule 52 (1) Amendments to proposals may be offered during the
10period of time following
after introduction of and preceding a decision on the proposal
11at the end of the 2nd reading stage, and as authorized by rule 73 (9).
AR3,37,1312 (2) (intro.) Amendments to amendments may be offered, but amendments in
13the 3rd degree shall may not be accepted.
AR3,37,1514 (3) Every amendment received by the chief clerk shall be provided as provided
15by the assembly rules.
AR3, s. 54 16Section 54. Assembly rule 52 (4) is created to read:
AR3,37,18 17Assembly Rule 52 (4) An amendment to a report of a committee of conference
18may not be offered.
AR3, s. 55 19Section 55. Assembly rule 53 (intro.) and (4) (b) are amended to read:
AR3,38,3 20Assembly Rule 53. Drafting of amendments. (intro.) Except as authorized
21in sub. (2), amendments shall be drafted by the legislative reference bureau before
22being offered for consideration to the assembly, or to any committee by a person other
23than a member thereof. No An amendment prepared by the legislative reference
24bureau may not be received for consideration if changes have been made in to the
255-copy set draft prepared by the bureau. Amendments may be deposited at the chief

1clerk's office on any day of the legislative session for the purpose of allowing them to
2be provided prior to before the 2nd reading stage for the proposals to which the
3amendments pertain.
AR3,38,114 (4) (b) Following the commencement of debate on any floor amendment the
5principal author may request permission to substitute the version of the amendment
6drafted by the legislative reference bureau for the version provided or read to the
7membership by the chief clerk. Unless such the permission is requested and granted,
8the substantive text of any floor amendment adopted by the assembly shall remain
9remains as provided or read to the membership by the chief clerk, but the legislative
10reference bureau shall prepare a copy which that incorporates any nonsubstantive,
11technical corrections required by rule 36.
AR3, s. 56 12Section 56. Assembly rule 54 (1), (2), (3) (intro.) and (d) to (g) and (4) (intro.),
13(b), (d) and (f) are amended to read:
AR3,38,19 14Assembly Rule 54 (1) General statement: The assembly shall may not consider
15any assembly amendment or assembly substitute amendment which that relates to
16a different subject or is intended to accomplish a different purpose than that of the
17proposal to which it relates or which that, if adopted and passed, would require a
18relating clause for the proposal which is substantially different from the proposal's
19original relating clause or which that would totally alter the nature of the proposal.
AR3,38,2320 (2) Procedure: The presiding officer shall rule on the admissibility of any
21assembly amendment or assembly substitute amendment when the question of
22germaneness is raised, but any such question shall is not be in order once an the
23amendment has been is adopted.
AR3,38,2424 (3) (intro.) Assembly amendments which that are not germane include:
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1(d) An amendment: 1) amending a statute or session law when the purpose of
2the proposal bill is limited to repealing such the law; or 2) repealing a statute or
3session law when the purpose of the proposal bill is limited to amending such the law.
AR3,39,54 (e) An amendment which that negates the effect of another assembly
5amendment previously adopted.
AR3,39,66 (f) An amendment which that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
AR3,39,87 (g) An amendment to a bill when legislative action on that bill is by law limited
8to passage, concurrence, indefinite postponement, or nonconcurrence as introduced.
AR3,39,99 (4) (intro.) Amendments which that are germane include:
AR3,39,1110 (b) An amendment which that accomplishes the same purpose in a different
11manner.
AR3,39,1312 (d) An amendment adding appropriations necessary to fulfill the original
13intent of a proposal bill.
AR3,39,1614 (f) An amendment which that changes the effective date of a repeal, reduces
15the scope of a repeal, or adds a short-term nonstatutory transitional provision to
16facilitate a repeal.
AR3, s. 57 17Section 57. Assembly rule 55 (1) (a) and (c) and (2) are amended to read:
AR3,39,20 18Assembly Rule 55 (1) (a) Substitute amendments offered prior to before the
19present consideration of the proposal shall be considered beginning with the
20substitute amendment most recently received.
AR3,39,2321 (c) Substitute amendments offered during the consideration of a substitute
22amendment to the proposal shall be considered in the sequence in which received,
23but only if no other another substitute amendment has not been adopted.
AR3,40,3
1(2) (a) Whenever a substitute amendment is before the assembly, simple
2amendments to it shall be considered in numerical sequence prior to before action
3on the substitute amendment.
AR3,40,64 (b) Whenever a simple amendment is before the assembly, amendments to it
5shall be considered in numerical sequence prior to before action on the simple
6amendment.
AR3, s. 58 7Section 58. Assembly rule 57 (1) (intro.) and (f) are amended to read:
AR3,40,10 8Assembly Rule 57 (1) (intro.) Once a member has been recognized and has the
9floor, the member may speak without interruption unless questions arise which that
10require immediate consideration. Such questions are:
AR3,40,1411 (f) Rising to ask whether the member who has the floor will yield to a proper
12question. The member who has the floor may yield to a proper question even if the
13member obtained the floor for the purpose of making a motion or raising a question
14which that is not debatable.
AR3, s. 59 15Section 59. Assembly rule 58 (2) and (3) are amended to read:
AR3,40,18 16Assembly Rule 58 (2) When the presiding officer calls a member to order, that
17the member shall may not speak, except in explanation, until it is determined
18whether or not the member is in order.
AR3,40,2219 (3) When a member is called to order for the use of improper or disorderly
20language, the specific words to which exception has been taken shall be put in
21writing, thus enabling the presiding officer better to be able to judge whether the
22words spoken were in violation of the assembly rules.
AR3, s. 60 23Section 60. Assembly rule 59 (intro.) and (3) are amended to read:
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