SR2,37,2116 (7) Whenever a bill is returned from the assembly, the governor, or elsewhere
17for further action pursuant to the senate's request for such the return, motions for
18reconsideration necessarily incident to opening the bill for further action shall be
19admitted regardless of the time limitation otherwise imposed by this rule. Action on
20executive vetoes or appointments or any motion to suspend the rules shall in no case
21not be subject to a motion for reconsideration.
SR2,37,2422 (8) A motion for reconsideration, once entered, may only be withdrawn by the
23member making such the motion, within the time when such the motion by another
24member would still be timely; later only by consent of or action by the senate.
SR2,38,3
1(9) The motion for reconsideration having been put and lost shall may not be
2renewed but, if carried, subsequent motions for reconsideration of the same action
3shall be are in order.
SR2, s. 73 4Section 73. Senate rule 68 is amended to read:
SR2,38,11 5Senate Rule 68. Questions to be decided without debate. A motion to
6adjourn, to adjourn to a fixed time, to take a recess, to lay on the table, to take from
7the table, to place a call, to raise a call, to grant a leave, to suspend the rules, or to
8reconsider a nondebatable question or a call for the current or previous question,
9shall be are decided without debate. And all incidental questions of order arising
10after a motion is made for any of the questions named in this rule, and pending such
11the motion, shall be is decided, whether on appeal or otherwise, without debate.
SR2, s. 74 12Section 74. Senate rule 69 is amended to read:
SR2,38,17 13Senate Rule 69. Privileged motion or resolution. Any A motion or
14resolution relating to the organization or procedure of the senate, or to any of its
15officers, members, or committees, shall be is privileged in that it need not lie over for
16consideration, but may be taken up immediately unless referred to the calendar or
17committee.
SR2, s. 75 18Section 75. Senate rule 70 is amended to read:
SR2,39,2 19Senate Rule 70. Division of question. Any member may call for the division
20of a question, which shall be divided if it consists of propositions in substance so
21distinct that, one being taken away, a substantive proposition shall remain for the
22decision of the senate. A motion to delete and substitute shall be deemed is
23indivisible, but a motion to delete being lost shall does not preclude an amendment
24or a motion to delete and substitute. Division of action directly upon the substance
25of a bill or resolution proposal, as to pass, advance to a 3rd reading, indefinitely

1postpone, or any equivalent, which division may be accomplished by an amendment,
2shall are not be permitted under this rule.
SR2, s. 76 3Section 76. Senate rule 71 is amended to read:
SR2,39,7 4Senate Rule 71. Putting question. All questions may be put in this form.:
5"Those who are of the opinion that the bill pass, be concurred in, etc., (as the case may
6be) say, `Aye'. Those of contrary opinion say, `No';" or other appropriate words may
7be used.
SR2, s. 77 8Section 77. Senate rule 72 (1) is amended to read:
SR2,39,13 9Senate Rule 72 (1) The ayes and noes may be ordered by the president
10presiding officer for any vote and shall be ordered when demanded by one-sixth of
11the members present. The chief clerk shall record the votes taken by ayes and noes,
12report the result, and enter the report in the journal together with the names of those
13absent or not voting.
SR2, s. 78 14Section 78. Senate rule 73 (2) is amended to read:
SR2,39,17 15Senate Rule 73 (2) In case When the vote is by ayes and noes, a member
16entering the chamber after the question is put and before it is decided , may have the
17question stated and vote, such with the vote to be being counted in the outcome.
SR2, s. 79 18Section 79. Senate rule 75 is amended to read:
SR2,40,2 19Senate Rule 75. Recording position of absent member. Any member
20absent from all or part of a day's session by leave of the senate under rule 16 or 23
21may, within one week after returning, instruct the chief clerk in writing, on a form
22entitled "statement of position" to be provided by the chief clerk, to have the journal
23show that had the member been present when a certain vote was taken the member
24would on that issue have voted aye or have voted no. If the member returns before

1the vote is taken, such the statement of position shall be is void and the member shall
2cast his or her vote as required under rule 73.
SR2, s. 80 3Section 80. Senate rule 76 is amended to read:
SR2,40,11 4Senate Rule 76. Scheduling time limits for debate. The committee on
5senate organization may, or the majority leader and the minority leader if that
6committee does not object may jointly, designate time limits and schedules for
7debate. The time limits may be rejected or modified by majority vote of the senate,
8but this question shall is not be debatable. Such The schedules and time limits shall
9be announced by the chair presiding officer immediately upon being presented.
10Promptly at the expiration of the time allotted, the president presiding officer shall
11put the question.
SR2, s. 81 12Section 81. Senate rule 77 is amended to read:
SR2,40,17 13Senate Rule 77. Current or previous question; time limit on debate. (1)
14When any matter is under consideration any member may move the "current
15question" or that the "current question be put". Such." The motion shall be is not
16debatable and if carried by a majority the subsidiary question then pending before
17the senate shall be put without debate.
SR2,40,2018 (2) A motion to establish the amount of time to be given a particular matter may
19be made in the same manner as provided in sub. (1), except that this motion shall be
20is subject to amendment, which also shall be is decided without debate.
SR2,40,2421 (3) When any matter is under consideration any member may move the
22"previous question" or that the "previous question be put". Such." The motion shall
23not be debatable and if carried by a majority the main question then pending before
24the senate shall be put without debate.
SR2, s. 82 25Section 82. Senate rule 78 is amended to read:
SR2,41,5
1Senate Rule 78. Putting of motion; ending debate. (1) The previous
2question being moved, the question shall then be: "Shall the main question be now
3put?", which question shall be is determined by the ayes and noes. The main question
4being ordered to be now put, its effect shall be to put an end to is to end all debate,
5and bring the senate to a direct vote upon the main question.
SR2,41,86 (2) Amendments or substitute amendments may be offered, but not debated,
7and shall be considered immediately, and a. A motion to lay on the table shall is not
8be in order after the main question has been is ordered.
SR2,41,119 (3) Ordering the previous question at any stage of a bill or resolution proposal
10shall preclude debate on all questions under that order, but not upon a motion to
11reconsider the question terminating that order.
SR2, s. 83 12Section 83. Senate rule 79 is amended to read:
SR2,41,16 13Senate Rule 79. Main question may remain before the senate. When, on
14taking the previous question, the senate shall decide decides that the main question
15shall not now be put, the main question shall remain as the question before the
16senate, in the same stage of proceedings as before the previous question was moved.
SR2, s. 84 17Section 84. Senate rule 80 is amended to read:
SR2,41,23 18Senate Rule 80. But one call of the senate in order. On motion for the
19previous question, and prior to before the ordering of the main question, one call of
20the senate shall be is in order; but after proceedings under such the call shall have
21been once dispensed with, or after a majority shall have has ordered the main
22question, no a call shall be is not in order prior to before the decision of such the
23question.
SR2, s. 85 24Section 85. Senate rule 81 (2) is amended to read:
SR2,42,4
1Senate Rule 81 (2) A call of the senate may be ordered on any motion or
2question before the senate, including a motion to adjourn, but a call of the senate on
3a motion to adjourn shall is not be in order once the senate is under call on any other
4question.
SR2, s. 86 5Section 86. Senate rule 82 is amended to read:
SR2,42,9 6Senate Rule 82. Putting question. (1) On a call of the senate being moved,
7the president presiding officer shall say: "It requiring 5 senators to make a call of
8the senate, those in favor of the call will rise." And, if a sufficient number shall rise,
9the call shall be thereby ordered without debate.
SR2,42,1310 (2) When a motion for a call of the senate has failed of the support of the
11necessary 5 members, and announcement of that fact has been made, a 2nd motion
12for a call on the same question shall is not be in order unless other business
13intervenes.
SR2, s. 87 14Section 87. Senate rule 83 is amended to read:
SR2,42,18 15Senate Rule 83. Doors to be closed. A call of the senate being ordered, the
16sergeant at arms shall close the doors, and no member shall be allowed to members
17may not leave the chamber, but the public shall be permitted to may come and go
18under such regulations as the sergeant at arms may find finds necessary.
SR2, s. 88 19Section 88. Senate rule 85 (1) and (5) to (7) are amended to read:
SR2,43,2 20Senate Rule 85 (1) General rule. While the senate is under call no, business
21shall may not be transacted with reference to the matter on which the call is made
22except: a) to receive and act upon the report of the sergeant at arms, b) to act on a
23motion to raise one or more calls, c) to adjourn, or d) to adjourn to a time certain. A
24roll call on a call of the senate must be completed before the senate may take up a

1special order fixed for that time. A joint resolution to dispose of all measures matters
2before the senate and to recess includes measures matters under call.
SR2,43,103 (5) Raising call. A motion to raise one or more calls shall take takes precedence
4over every other motion, except a motion to adjourn. Such motion shall require the
5The affirmative vote of a majority of the members who are then present, is required
6for adoption. Upon adoption of a motion to raise one or more calls, business shall be
7taken up at the point at which it was interrupted by the call, except that motions to
8recess or adjourn take precedence over the question on which the call was raised, and
9subsequent calls on motions unrelated to progress of a proposal are in order. Such
10The motion to raise a call is not amendable.
SR2,43,1411 (6) Effect of adjournment upon call of senate. A majority of those present
12may adjourn, but upon reconvening, the senate shall not be considered to be is not
13under call, but the call of the senate may again be ordered in the same manner as
14above described provided in this rule.
SR2,43,1815 (7) Granting leave under call. Absent members may be granted leave during
16a call of the senate by majority vote but. Leave cannot be cancelled canceled after
17a call of the senate has been ordered. Prior leave expires when the senator returns
18although it is before the time limit set.
SR2, s. 89 19Section 89. Senate rule 86 is amended to read:
SR2,43,25 20Senate Rule 86. Sergeant at arms may report. The sergeant at arms may
21make a report of the proceedings under the call at any time. The motion to accept
22such the report shall be is determined by ayes and noes, and the. The call shall may
23not be raised unless a majority of the members who are then present vote in favor
24of the motion. If such the report is not accepted, the sergeant at arms shall proceed
25to a completion of the duties under rule 84.
SR2, s. 90
1Section 90. Senate rule 87 is amended to read:
SR2,44,6 2Senate Rule 87. Call raised when absentees present and business
3disposed of.
When the sergeant at arms reports that all who were absent without
4leave (naming them) are present, such and names them, the report shall be entered
5on the journal. The call shall be at an end as soon as the business, pending when the
6call was made, is disposed of.
SR2, s. 91 7Section 91. Senate rule chapter 9 (title) is amended to read:
SR2,44,98 Chapter 9:
9EMPLOYES EMPLOYEES
SR2, s. 92 10Section 92. Senate rule 88 is amended to read:
SR2,44,16 11Senate Rule 88. Employment and supervision of senate employes
12employees. (1) The committee on senate organization shall have general
13supervision and direction over all employes employees of the senate and may
14supervise or assign supervision over employes employees as it may consider
15considers proper to the chief clerk, to the sergeant at arms, or to members of the
16senate.
SR2,44,2117 (2) On recommendation of the respective appointing officers, the committee on
18senate organization shall allocate the number of employes employees of the senate
19within the limits established by the staffing resolution pattern then in force and the
20duties and responsibilities assigned to each employes employee. The committee on
21senate organization shall assign each position to the proper pay range.
SR2,45,322 (3) Employes shall Employees may not be allowed compensation except for
23such time as they are actually in attendance, except when absent with leave granted
24by their superior officers. Upon no day of the week shall employes be exempted
25Employees are not exempt
from this provision on any day of the week. All employes

1employees shall perform such duties in connection with the work of the senate as are
2assigned to them by their superior officers, and shall be available at such hours as
3their superior officers shall direct direct.
SR2, s. 93 4Section 93. Senate rule 89 is amended to read:
SR2,45,10 5Senate Rule 89. Certification of payroll. The chief clerk and the sergeant
6at arms of the senate shall certify to the department of administration the names of
7all persons employed in their respective departments offices by the senate, the
8capacity in which employed, and the amounts respectively due them, which if the
9certificate shall be is approved by the chairperson of the committee on senate
10organization.
SR2, s. 94 11Section 94. Senate rule 90 is amended to read:
SR2,45,18 12Senate Rule 90. Creating, amending, or repealing rules. Senate rules
13may be created, amended, or repealed by resolution adopted by a vote of a majority
14of the senate membership presently serving. The vote shall be is taken by ayes and
15noes. Any such The resolution shall set forth the precise detail of the proposed
16creation, amendment, or repeal. After the senate rules have been established at the
17commencement of the legislative biennium, any resolution to change the senate rules
18shall lay over one week.
SR2, s. 95 19Section 95. Senate rule 91 is amended to read:
SR2,45,22 20Senate Rule 91. Suspending rules. These Senate rules may be suspended
21by the senate by vote of two-thirds of the members present. The vote shall be is
22determined by ayes and noes unless unanimous consent is given.
SR2, s. 96 23Section 96. Senate rule 92 is amended to read:
SR2,46,3 24Senate Rule 92. Continuity of senate rules. These Senate rules shall be are
25effective until amended or rescinded by the senate. The Senate rules shall also

1remain in force at the beginning of a succeeding regular biennial session until
2superseded by rules adopted by the senate in such the succeeding session of the
3legislature.
SR2, s. 97 4Section 97. Senate rule 93 (intro.), (1) to (3) and (5) are amended to read:
SR2,46,10 5Senate Rule 93. Special, extended, or extraordinary sessions. (intro.)
6Unless otherwise provided by the senate for a specific special, extended , or
7extraordinary session, the rules of the senate adopted for the regular session shall,
8with the following modifications, apply to each special session called by the governor
9and to each extended or extraordinary session called by the senate and assembly
10organization committees or called by a joint resolution approved by both houses:
SR2,46,1711 (1) No A senate bill, senate joint resolution or senate resolution shall proposal
12may not
be considered unless it is germane to the subjects enumerated by the
13governor in the proclamation calling the special session or to the subjects
14enumerated by the committees on organization or in the joint resolution calling the
15extended or extraordinary session and is recommended for introduction to be
16introduced or offered
by the committee on senate organization or by the joint
17committee on employment relations.
SR2,46,2018 (2) No A notice of hearing before a committee shall be is not required other than
19posting on the legislative bulletin board, and no a bulletin of committee hearings
20shall may not be published.
SR2,46,2221 (3) The daily calendar shall be is in effect immediately upon posting on the
22legislative bulletin boards. The calendar need not be distributed.
SR2,46,2423 (5) No A motion shall may not be entertained to postpone action to a day or time
24certain.
SR2, s. 98 25Section 98. Senate rule 94 (1) and (3) are amended to read:
SR2,47,12
1Senate Rule 94 (1) Whenever directed to do so by the committee on senate
2organization, the chief clerk shall recompile and publish the senate manual
3containing these the senate rules, the joint rules of the senate and assembly, and the
4constitution of this state, together with appropriate directories of the members of the
5legislature, legislative employes employees, accredited correspondents of the news
6media, a detailed alphabetical index, and such other information approved by the
7committee on senate organization as is deemed useful to the members of the senate.
8In recompiling the senate manual, the chief clerk shall make the spelling and other
9minor corrections authorized to be made in legislation under rule 31 (1) and (4) and
10shall consult with the legislative reference bureau to make any references to
11provisions of the constitution, statutes, joint rules, or senate rules conform to the
12numbers then assigned to such the provisions.
SR2,47,1813 (3) (a) Within one week from after the adoption of any a resolution significantly
14changing these the senate rules, the chief clerk shall direct the distribution of a new
15pamphlet incorporating the entire text of these the senate rules as affected by that
16the resolution unless, in the judgment of the chief clerk, additional rule changes may
17soon be agreed to by the senate. Each pamphlet edition shall contain a revised table
18of contents and index prepared by the legislative reference bureau.
SR2,47,2019 (b) As directed by the chief clerk, any a resolution amending these the senate
20rules may be engrossed and duplicated for distribution.
SR2, s. 99 21Section 99. Senate rule 95 is amended to read:
SR2,47,25 22Senate Rule 95. Copies for senate. All publications for the senate and
23reproduction to be done for the senate shall conform to the senate and joint rules or
24be as determined by the committee on senate organization or the joint committee on
25legislative organization.
SR2, s. 100
1Section 100. Senate rule 96 is created to read:
SR2,48,7 2Senate Rule 96. Fiscal estimates. (1) The committee on senate organization
3may request from the legislative fiscal bureau an original fiscal estimate on any bill
4if the committee believes that a fiscal estimate on the bill will not be completed by
5the state agency assigned to prepare the fiscal estimate before the bill receives a
6public hearing, is voted on by a senate standing committee, or is considered by the
7senate.
SR2,48,138 (2) An original fiscal estimate prepared under sub. (1) shall be submitted to the
9legislative reference bureau for review by the requester under joint rule 48 and for
10reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope. The fiscal estimate, however,
11may not be reproduced or inserted if the fiscal estimate prepared by the state agency
12is available for reproduction and insertion before the fiscal estimate prepared under
13sub. (1).
SR2,48,1914 (3) Unless otherwise determined by the senate, failure to receive a fiscal
15estimate requested under sub. (1) on a bill that already has one or more original fiscal
16estimates shall not delay consideration of the bill. Unless otherwise determined by
17the senate, failure to receive a fiscal estimate requested other than under sub. (1) on
18a bill that already has one or more original fiscal estimates requested under sub. (1)
19shall not delay consideration of the bill.
SR2, s. 101 20Section 101. Senate rule 97 is amended to read:
SR2,49,2 21Senate Rule 97. Space assignments. At the commencement of each biennial
22term session, the committee on senate organization shall assign to each member the
23seat to be occupied by that member during the biennial term. The schedule of room
24assignments to members and committees, and the schedule of meetings of standing

1committees, shall follow the schedule of the previous sessions session unless changed
2by vote of the committee on senate organization.
SR2, s. 102 3Section 102. Senate rule 98 is amended to read:
SR2,49,10 4Senate Rule 98. Citations on behalf of the senate. Any member or
5members of the senate may sponsor a citation on behalf of the senate to a particular
6person or organization or to commemorate a particular occasion as specified in the
7citation. Citations may be issued during any floorperiod as well as during any
8committee work period or the period scheduled for the work of the interim
9committees. Citations are issued without formal approval by vote of the senate, but
10each citation requires prior approval by the committee on senate organization
.
SR2,49,1511 (1) Citations may be used in place of resolutions for commendations,
12congratulations, and condolences of persons or organizations or to give recognition
13to unusual and important events, except that the use of citations shall not be abused.
14The committee on senate organization may more specifically interpret this
15paragraph subsection.
SR2,49,1916 (2) If desired by the issuing member, a citation on behalf of the senate may be
17coauthored by one or more other members or cosponsored by one or more
18representatives to the assembly, but in that case the proposal for issuing the citation
19shall be signed by each of the coauthors or cosponsors
.
SR2,50,220 (3) Any A citation on behalf of the senate shall be signed by the presiding officer,
21president and by the chief clerk. If so signed, it is considered approved by the senate
22and shall be so recorded in the journal. If the president or chief clerk refuses to
23approve a citation, the committee on senate organization may require the president
24and chief clerk to approve it.
A copy of the finished citation shall be provided to the

1issuing senator, and another copy thereof shall be filed in the legislative reference
2bureau.
SR2,50,53 (4) All citations on behalf of the senate shall be prepared on an artistic form,
4shall be approved by the committee on senate organization, shall be suitable for
5framing, and shall be in substantially the following form:
SR2,50,96 (Scrollwork Incorporating State Coat of Arms)
7 ----------------------
8 CITATION BY THE SENATE
9 ----------------------
SR2,50,10 10Know You By These Presents:
SR2,50,12 11Whereas, The Burlington Standard Press has been recognized by the
12Wisconsin Newspaper Association; and
SR2,50,14 13Whereas, William E. Branen, Publisher of the Burlington Standard Press, has
14been named by....; now,
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