SR2, s. 41 18Section 41. Senate rule 36 is amended to read:
SR2,23,2 19Senate Rule 36. First reading; reference to committee. (1) On the first
20reading, every bill requiring 3 readings under rule 35 and all other resolutions not
21privileged by rule 69 shall be referred to the appropriate committee. The appropriate
22committee shall be determined by the presiding officer president under rule 46 and
23shall be announced by the chief clerk under the proper order of business unless the
24senate, on motion, makes a different order in relation thereto; and this
. This rule

1shall apply as well to bills and resolutions applies to proposals originating in either
2house.
SR2,23,83 (2) (a) All bills introduced in the senate which by any provision of statute
4require reference to a particular committee shall be so referred upon first reading
5and all assembly bills when received from the assembly shall be so referred upon first
6reading except where the assembly record on such the bill discloses that such the
7statutory requirement has been satisfied by reference to such the committee in the
8assembly.
SR2,23,119 (b) Only one such reference shall be is required under this rule and the adoption
10of an amendment shall does not require rereference, but such rereference may be
11ordered by the senate at any time prior to before passage or concurrence.
SR2,23,1812 (c) Notwithstanding par. (a), the presiding officer president may refer any bill
13which that pertains only incidentally to a matter of concern to a joint survey
14committee directly to the committee appropriate to the major substance of that bill,
15and in that case shall direct the appropriate joint survey committee to prepare its
16report on the bill while that bill is in the possession of the other committee. This rule
17does not suspend the requirement that the report of the appropriate joint survey
18committee must be received before the bill is given its 2nd reading.
SR2,23,2519 (3) Whenever a bill, resolution proposal or other matter has been is referred to
20a special committee and such the special committee makes its report thereon, it shall
21the referral and report have the same effect as a reference to and a report by a
22standing committee and reference to a standing committee shall not be required by
23this rule, except that bills referred to a statutory joint survey committee shall, upon
24report by that committee, be referred by the presiding officer to the appropriate
25standing committee of the senate
.
SR2, s. 42
1Section 42. Senate rule 36 (1m) is created to read:
SR2,24,8 2Senate Rule 36 (1m) (a) On any legislative day when a report, showing the
3number and relating clause of proposals offered for introduction together with the
4president's referral, has been provided to the members prior to the 2nd order of
5business, such provision shall serve as the first reading and the announcement of the
6referral of such proposals, and the content of the report shall be entered in the daily
7journal under the appropriate order of business. Rereferral under this rule may be
8made at any time, but may not be used to satisfy section 13.093 (1) of the statutes.
SR2,24,139 (b) Whenever the introduction and referral of a senate proposal or the receipt
10and referral of an assembly proposal occurs on a day on which the senate does not
11meet, the chief clerk shall record in the journal the appropriate information
12concerning the proposal and such recording shall constitute the proposal's first
13reading.
SR2, s. 43 14Section 43. Senate rule 36 (2m) is created to read:
SR2,24,17 15Senate Rule 36 (2m) Bills referred to a statutory joint survey committee shall,
16upon report by that committee, be referred by the president to the appropriate
17standing committee of the senate.
SR2, s. 44 18Section 44. Senate rule 37 (3) is amended to read:
SR2,24,21 19Senate Rule 37 (3) Amendments to a substitute already adopted shall be are
20in order prior to before the bill or resolution being is ordered engrossed and read a
213rd time without reconsideration of the adoption of the substitute.
SR2, s. 45 22Section 45. Senate rule 38 is amended to read:
SR2,25,5 23Senate Rule 38. Third reading; question. (1) Upon the 3rd reading of the
24bill the question shall be is stated thus: "This bill having been read 3 separate times,
25the question is, "Shall the bill pass' or "Shall the bill be concurred in'," as the case may

1be, or other appropriate language may be used. A bill or resolution proposal on the
2calendar for 3rd reading shall not be is not subject to amendment but it may, on
3motion or by unanimous consent be referred back to 2nd reading for the
4consideration of proposed amendments. Such a motion requires a majority vote and
5is debatable.
SR2,25,116 (2) The position of a bill or resolution proposal on the calendar for 3rd reading
7shall be is subject to removal from such that position if such removal is necessitated
8by a motion for reconsideration that is pending or decided under rule 67, but if such
9the motion is negatively decided prior to the bill or resolution being before the
10proposal is
reached for consideration under that order, the position of the bill or
11resolution
proposal under such the order shall remain remains unchanged.
SR2, s. 46 12Section 46. Senate rule 39 is amended to read:
SR2,25,18 13Senate Rule 39. Minimum affirmative vote and special quorum. On the
14question on bills and resolutions proposals ready for a 3rd reading in cases where a
15minimum affirmative vote or special quorum is required by constitution, statutes,
16rules, or otherwise, and when there are permanent vacancies in the senate, the
17membership presently serving shall be is the basis for determining such minimum
18affirmative vote or special quorum.
SR2, s. 47 19Section 47. Senate rule 40 is amended to read:
SR2,26,2 20Senate Rule 40. Bill amended on 3rd reading to be reengrossed. If a
21senate bill or resolution proposal ordered engrossed and read a 3rd time is amended
22or otherwise changed it shall be reengrossed before being read a 3rd time. Any senate
23bill or resolution which proposal that passed the senate with amendments shall be
24engrossed under the supervision of the chief clerk before being messaged to the

1assembly; provided, that. However, if the amendment is an unamended substitute,
2the original substitute shall be is the bill.
SR2, s. 48 3Section 48. Senate rule 41 (1) (a), (b) and (d), (2) and (3) are amended to read:
SR2,26,9 4Senate Rule 41 (1) (a) Any bill, resolution proposal or other matter may be
5rereferred at any time previous to its passage, except that in no case shall a motion
6to withdraw from committee may not take effect prior to before a committee hearing
7if such a hearing has been scheduled when the motion to withdraw is made during
8the week in which the bill, resolution proposal or other matter is scheduled for a
9public hearing.
SR2,26,1310 (b) A motion to rerefer or withdraw shall be is in order, but the question shall
11be
is divisible, and the senate having once refused to rerefer or withdraw a bill,
12resolution
proposal or other matter from committee, any subsequent motion to
13rerefer or withdraw shall require a suspension of the rules.
SR2,26,2014 (d) Whenever a bill is introduced in the senate or assembly under section 227.19
15(5) (e) or 227.26 (2) (f) of the statutes, the bill shall be is considered reported without
16recommendation and shall be placed before the committee on senate organization if
17no
a report is not received from the standing committee within 30 days of after the
18date of referral. This paragraph does not apply if the bill is introduced within 30 days
19of after the time at which no further proposals may not be introduced in the regular
20session under joint rule 83 (2).
SR2,26,2521 (2) In no case shall reference Reference to committee be is not in order after a
22bill or resolution proposal has been passed or indefinitely postponed or finally
23disposed of by any action equivalent thereto. Questions of reconsideration,
24concurrence in amendments of the other house, or executive vetoes may be placed on
25the table, but shall in no case not be referred to any committee.
SR2,27,4
1(3) The legislative council shall not be deemed to be is not a legislative
2committee within the meaning of this rule and reference of bills or resolutions
3proposals thereto for recommendation as in the case of standing or special
4committees shall not be is not in order.
SR2, s. 49 5Section 49. Senate rule 42 is amended to read:
SR2,27,13 6Senate Rule 42. Messaging to the assembly; proposals held during
7reconsideration period.
(1) Every bill or joint resolution upon which such action
8has been taken that it is next to be messaged to the assembly shall be so messaged
9by the chief clerk, but shall be held in the chief clerk's office until the time for
10reconsideration of such the bill or joint resolution has expired. If the rules have been
11suspended for immediate messaging, the chief clerk shall enter such the action in the
12history file for the bill or joint resolution. Every privileged joint resolution shall be
13messaged immediately unless it is otherwise ordered by the senate.
SR2,27,1914 (2) A bill or joint resolution which that has been ordered immediately messaged
15to the assembly by the suspension of this rule shall be is subject to further action by
16the senate as long as such while the bill or joint resolution is in actual possession of
17the senate, such. The further action , however, being is contingent upon a motion to
18rescind the action of ordering its immediate messaging being decided by a two-thirds
19vote.
SR2, s. 50 20Section 50. Senate rule 43 is amended to read:
SR2,28,3 21Senate Rule 43. Enrolling bills and joint resolutions. Promptly after a
22senate bill has passed both houses, and before it is presented to the governor for
23approval, the chief clerk shall deliver the jacket to the legislative reference bureau,
24which shall enroll the bill, prepare the requisite number of copies, and return the
25jacket and copies to the chief clerk, who shall record it correctly enrolled in the

1journal stating the day it was presented to the governor. As far as applicable, the
2same procedure shall be followed in the case of senate joint resolutions requiring
3enrolling.
SR2, s. 51 4Section 51. Senate rule 44 is amended to read:
SR2,28,8 5Senate Rule 44. Signing of documents. The original of all enrolled acts and
6joint resolutions, all engrossed resolutions, and all writs, warrants, and subpoenas
7issued by order of the senate shall be signed by the presiding officer president, and
8attested by the chief clerk.
SR2, s. 52 9Section 52. Senate rule 45 is amended to read:
SR2,28,14 10Senate Rule 45. Offering of privileged resolution. Any resolution
11privileged by rule 69 shall, when sent to the clerk's desk, be read at length by the chief
12clerk, but may be read by its relating clause if copies of the text have been distributed
13to the members. When so read, the privileged resolution shall be is considered to be
14before the senate.
SR2, s. 53 15Section 53. Senate rule 46 (title), (1), (2) and (5) are amended to read:
SR2,28,23 16Senate Rule 46. (title) Presentation of bills, resolutions, petitions, etc.
17proposals and other matters. (1) Bills, resolutions Proposals, amendments,
18petitions, reports, communications, or other documents that may properly come
19before the senate shall be presented by a member thereof to the chief clerk, or a staff
20member designated by the chief clerk, at anytime. A brief statement of the contents
21thereof shall appear thereon, together with the name of the members introducing or
22offering
the same. If a document is to be reproduced, the chief clerk shall number
23the document.
SR2,29,424 (2) (a) The chief clerk shall advise the presiding officer president of documents
25which that must be referred under the rules and the presiding officer president shall

1promptly determine refer the document to the appropriate committee of reference for
2such documents so that they can be read and referred by the
. The chief clerk shall
3announce the referral on the next session day
upon reaching the appropriate order
4of business.
SR2,29,105 (b) Within 3 working days of after the time of initial referral by the president
6under rule 4 (10), a proposed rule may, with consent of the chair chairperson of the
7standing committee
, be withdrawn from the standing committee to which it is
8referred and rereferred to another standing committee. Such action does not extend
9the standing committee review period. Rereferral may be made during any
10floorperiod or committee work period at any time.
SR2,29,1711 (c) Within 5 working days of after the time of initial referral by the president
12under rule 36 (2), any bill, joint resolution, resolution proposal or appointment may,
13with the consent of the chair chairperson of the standing committee, be withdrawn
14from the standing committee to which it is referred and rereferred to another
15standing committee. Rereferral under this rule may be made during any committee
16work period
at any time, but may not be used to satisfy section 13.093 (1) of the
17statutes.
SR2,29,2418 (5) A proposed amendment that is offered shall have a heading stating the
19number of the bill, joint resolution, or resolution proposal that it is proposed to
20amend and the name of the member proposing the amendment. The chief clerk shall
21read the number of the amendment. The amendment shall be reproduced. The
22jacket copy of the amendment shall be placed in the jacket and copies shall be
23distributed as provided by the rules. Amendments filed shall be recorded at the end
24of each day's journal.
SR2, s. 54 25Section 54. Senate rule 47 (1), (3) and (5) are amended to read:
SR2,30,3
1Senate Rule 47 (1) Consideration of simple amendments or of substitute
2amendments shall be is in order only upon the second reading of the bill or resolution
3proposal and if in compliance with rule 34.
SR2,30,84 (3) Any senate resolution or joint resolution which that does not propose an
5amendment to the constitution may be referred directly to the committee on senate
6organization. When placed on the calendar under rule 18 such resolutions shall be
7placed under the proper "2nd reading" order of business and, upon reading, the
8question shall be is directly upon adoption or concurrence.
SR2,30,109 (5) In no case shall amendment be Amendments are not in order upon
10consideration of an executive veto.
SR2, s. 55 11Section 55. Senate rule 48 is amended to read:
SR2,30,15 12Senate Rule 48. Reading of amendments. The full text of each amendment
13shall be read to the members by the chief clerk, and the number of each amendment
14shall be stated by the president presiding officer, but the reading at length shall may
15not occur for amendments which that have been distributed to the members.
SR2, s. 56 16Section 56. Senate rule 49 is amended to read:
SR2,30,25 17Senate Rule 49. Offering amendments. Amendments shall be numbered in
18the order received, and shall bear the name of the member or the committee offering
19the same. Amendments shall be prepared in proper form by the legislative reference
20bureau, and shall be offered in compliance with rule 29; except that when the
21proposal is debated on 2nd reading, amendments may be offered from the floor. The
22chief clerk shall have amendments offered from the floor drawn in proper form as
23soon as possible and before the bill is subsequently engrossed, and delivered to a
24committee or to the assembly. This provision does not delay action upon any an
25amendment offered from the floor.
SR2, s. 57
1Section 57. Senate rule 50 (1) to (3), (5), (6), (8) and (10) are amended to read:
SR2,31,6 2Senate Rule 50 (1) No A standing committee shall may not report any
3substitute or amendment for any proposal originating in either house and referred
4to such the committee nor shall and the senate may not consider any substitute or
5amendment which that relates to a different subject, is intended to accomplish a
6different purpose, or would totally alter the nature of the original proposal.
SR2,31,117 (2) Any substitute or amendment so reported shall be rejected involving sub.
8(1) may not be considered
whenever prior to, before its adoption, the senate is advised
9that the same is in violation of this rule, and the president shall rule presiding officer
10rules
on the admissibility of such the substitute or amendment when the question
11is raised.
SR2,31,1412 (3) The senate may consider the germaneness of senate substitutes and
13amendments only, and only when such the substitute or amendment is before the
14senate.
SR2,31,2015 (5) An amendment repealing a section amended by the original proposal or
16amending a section repealed by the original proposal, except to change the effective
17date, or striking out all new material in the original proposal is not germane, but an
18amendment restoring a proposal to its original form or an amendment adding new
19statutory material on the same subject and with the same purpose to a proposal
20amending or restoring material stricken by a previous amendment is germane.
SR2,32,221 (6) An amendment otherwise germane which adds or repeals material
22previously adopted or rejected by the senate in another bill is germane. An identical
23amendment or an amendment identical in effect to one previously rejected as
24another amendment to the same bill or identical with to a proposal currently before

1the senate is not germane, but such amendments are germane if not identical with
2prior rejected amendments to the same bill or proposals currently before the senate.
SR2,32,63 (8) Amendments proposing methods of raising revenues are germane to
4appropriation measures bills and amendments proposing appropriations are
5germane to revenue measures bills. Amendments adding appropriation measures
6appropriations necessary to fulfill the original intent of a proposal are germane.
SR2,32,97 (10) Amendments to a revision bill are germane, but amendments to a revisor's
8revision or correction bill are germane only if they make corrections and do not add
9new substantive material.
SR2, s. 58 10Section 58. Senate rule 51 is amended to read:
SR2,32,15 11Senate Rule 51. Amendment in the 3rd degree prohibited. In order to
12prevent confusion, amendments
Amendments beyond the degree of an amendment
13to an amendment to the main proposition are prohibited. For the purposes of this
14rule any substitute amendment, and any assembly amendment to a senate proposal
15or amendment, shall be are considered as a main proposition.
SR2, s. 59 16Section 59. Senate rule 52 is amended to read:
SR2,32,21 17Senate Rule 52. Motions to be germane; how bills may not be amended.
18No A motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall
19may not be admitted under color of amendment; and no bill or resolution shall at any
20time
. A proposal may not be amended by annexing thereto or incorporating therein
21any other bill or resolution proposal pending before the senate.
SR2, s. 60 22Section 60. Senate rule 55 is amended to read:
SR2,33,2 23Senate Rule 55. Order of action. If adverse action is recommended by a
24committee, that question shall be put first put. However, the senate may direct the

1consideration of amendments, but adoption of amendments shall does not change the
2question.
SR2, s. 61 3Section 61. Senate rule 56 is amended to read:
SR2,33,9 4Senate Rule 56. Recognition; debate. Members who are about to speak in
5debate or deliver any matter to the senate shall rise in their places and respectfully
6address the chair presiding officer, and, upon being recognized, shall proceed,
7confining themselves to the question under debate, and avoiding personalities.
8Members may not question the motives of another member. Members may read
9briefly from printed material unless there is objection.
SR2, s. 62 10Section 62. Senate rule 57 is amended to read:
SR2,33,13 11Senate Rule 57. President Presiding officer to name first speaker. When
12any 2 or more members rise at the same time, the president presiding officer shall
13name the person who is to speak first.
SR2, s. 63 14Section 63. Senate rule 58 is amended to read:
SR2,33,20 15Senate Rule 58. Member out of order. Any member called to order shall sit
16down, and shall may not speak, except in explanation, until it shall have been is
17determined whether or not the member was in order. When a member is called to
18order for words spoken, the exceptional words shall be taken down in writing to
19better enable the president presiding officer to judge whether they are in violation
20of the rules.
SR2, s. 64 21Section 64. Senate rule 59 is amended to read:
SR2,34,2 22Senate Rule 59. How members may speak. Members shall may not speak
23except from their assigned places, and not more than twice on a question, except on
24leave of the senate. And if If a question pending be is lost by adjournment and
25revived on the succeeding day, no a member who shall have spoken spoke twice on

1the preceding day shall be permitted may not again to speak without leave of the
2senate.
SR2, s. 65 3Section 65. Senate rule 60 is amended to read:
SR2,34,10 4Senate Rule 60. Personal privilege. Members may rise to explain matters
5personal to themselves by leave of the president presiding officer, but shall may not
6discuss pending questions in such the explanations. Questions of personal privilege
7shall be are limited to questions affecting the rights, reputation, and conduct of the
8members in their representative capacities. A member's right to speak on a point of
9personal privilege shall have precedence over all other questions except a motion to
10adjourn or a motion to raise a call.
SR2, s. 66 11Section 66. Senate rule 61 is amended to read:
SR2,34,20 12Senate Rule 61. Special privilege. Any member desiring to make a personal
13explanation on a matter other than one of personal privilege may rise and, by leave
14of the president presiding officer, and within such limitation of time as the president
15presiding officer or senate may determine, discuss any subject relative to state or
16local government, public welfare, conduct of public officials in relation to their official
17duties, as well as and matters pertaining to the rights of the senate collectively, and
18its safety, and dignity, and the integrity of its proceedings. A member shall may not
19be granted the right to speak on a point of special privilege while any matter is
20pending or under discussion before the senate.
SR2, s. 67 21Section 67. Senate rule 62 is amended to read:
SR2,35,2 22Senate Rule 62. Stating motions. When a motion is made, it shall be stated
23by the president presiding officer or read by the chief clerk, previous to debate. If any
24member requires it, all motions, except to adjourn, postpone, or refer, shall be

1reduced to writing. Except as provided in rule 67, any motion may be withdrawn by
2consent of the senate.
SR2, s. 68 3Section 68. Senate rule 63 (1) (intro.), (d), (j) and (k) and (2) are amended to
4read:
SR2,35,6 5Senate Rule 63 (1) (intro.) When a question is under debate, no a motion shall
6may not be received except:
SR2,35,87 (d) Personal privilege (not debatable, subject to time limit imposed by president
8the presiding officer, see rule 60).
SR2,35,109 (j) To refer to a standing committee (debatable, in order at any time prior to
10before passage, see rule 41).
SR2,35,1211 (k) To refer to a special committee (debatable, in order at any time prior to
12before passage, see rule 41).
SR2,35,1413 (2) These several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they
14stand arranged are set forth in this rule.
SR2, s. 69 15Section 69. Senate rule 64 is amended to read:
SR2,35,22 16Senate Rule 64. Motion to adjourn always in order. A motion to adjourn
17shall always be in order except when the senate is voting, but this rule shall not
18authorize any
. However, a member to may not move an adjournment when another
19member has the floor, nor shall and 2 consecutive motions to adjourn be are not in
20order unless other business intervenes. A motion to adjourn to a time certain or to
21recess shall have the same privilege as a motion to adjourn, but such motions shall
22have the order of precedence prescribed in rule 63.
SR2, s. 70 23Section 70. Senate rule 65 is amended to read:
SR2,36,3
1Senate Rule 65. Laying on table. (1) A motion to lay on the table shall has
2only have the effect of disposing of the matter temporarily and it may be taken from
3the table at any time by order of the senate.
SR2,36,54 (2) A motion to lay a bill or resolution proposal on the table shall, if approved,
5have the effect of returning the matter to the committee on senate organization.
SR2,36,86 (3) A motion to remove a bill or resolution proposal from the table shall, if
7approved, have the effect of withdrawing the matter from the committee on senate
8organization and placing it on the calendar.
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