SR3: Engrossed Resolution

Senate Rule 33. Introduction or offering of new proposals; admissibility of identical proposals; admissibility of resolutions in special session. (1) Any A member may introduce or offer new proposals in accordance with rule 46 (1). Before introducing or offering a member introduces or offers a new proposal to the senate, the member shall cause the legislative reference bureau to shall prepare the proposal in the proper form, and with the requisite number of copies for introduction or offering. A proposal may not be received if it contains handwritten changes in the copies prepared by the legislative reference bureau.

(2) A proposal identical with one already rejected may not be introduced or offered. However, an assembly bill or joint resolution that is identical to a senate bill or joint resolution previously rejected by the senate or any bill repealing a former act of the same biennial session may be introduced or offered.

(3) Resolutions offering commendations, congratulations, or condolences, memorializing congress or an individual, or affecting senate or legislative rules or procedures proceedings 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 those enumerated in the governor's call for a special session.

SR3, s. 29 Section 29. Senate rule 33 (3) is renumbered senate rule 93 (1d).

SR3, s. 30 Section 30. Senate rule 34 (1) and (4) are amended to read:

Senate Rule 34 (1) All bills and joint resolutions, and all resolutions except those privileged for immediate consideration under rule 69, shall, after being distributed, must lay over one day before being considered.

(4) Any proposal for a certificate A proposed citation under joint rule 7 shall, when received by the senate and whether originating in this house or in the assembly, be laid aside to allow time to examine the proposal proposed citation for its appropriateness under compliance with joint rule 7 (1), (1m), and (2). Upon approval by the president and the chief clerk, the proposals citations are deemed considered approved by the senate and shall be so recorded in the journal. If the president or chief clerk refuses to approve a proposal for a certificate proposed citation, the committee on senate organization may require the president and chief clerk to approve it. A written committee report is not necessary.

SR3, s. 31 Section 31. 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 must receive 3 separate readings by relating clause previous prior to its passage except where otherwise provided, but shall may not receive 2 readings on the same day.

SR3, s. 32 Section 32. Senate rule 36 (1), (1m) and (2) are amended to read:

Senate Rule 36 (1) On the first reading, every bill requiring 3 readings under rule 35 and all resolutions not privileged by rule 69 shall be referred to the appropriate committee. The president shall determine the appropriate committee shall be determined by the president under rule 46 and shall be announced by the chief clerk shall announce referral under the proper order of business. This rule applies to proposals originating in either house.

(1m) (a) On any legislative day when a report, showing the number and relating clause of proposals introduced or offered for introduction together with the president's referral, has been provided to the members prior to before the 2nd order of business, such the provision shall serve serves as the first reading and the announcement of the referral of such the proposals, and the content of the report shall be entered in the daily journal under the appropriate order of business. Rereferral under this rule may be made at any time, but may not be used to satisfy section 13.093 (1) of the statutes.

(b) Whenever the introduction and referral of a senate proposal is introduced or offered and referred or the receipt and referral of an assembly proposal occurs is received and referred on a day on which the senate does not meet, the chief clerk shall record in the journal the appropriate information concerning the proposal and such recording shall constitute clerk's act of recording the proposal in the journal under rule 46 (1) (b) constitutes the proposal's first reading.

(2) (a) All bills introduced in the senate which by any statute require reference in the senate to a particular committee shall be so referred upon first reading and all assembly bills when received from the assembly shall be so referred upon first reading except where the assembly record on the bill discloses that the statutory requirement has been satisfied by reference to the committee in the assembly.

(b) Only one such reference is required under this rule and the adoption of an amendment does not require rereference, but such rereference may be ordered by the senate at any time before passage or concurrence.

(c) Notwithstanding par. (a), the president may refer any a bill that pertains only incidentally to a matter of concern to a joint survey committee directly to the committee appropriate to the major substance of that bill, and in that case shall direct the appropriate joint survey committee to prepare its report on the bill while that bill is in the possession of the other committee. This rule does not suspend the requirement that the report of the appropriate joint survey committee must be received before the bill is given its 2nd reading.

SR3, s. 33 Section 33. Senate rule 37 (2) and (3) are amended to read:

Senate Rule 37 (2) All amendments to the bill a proposal shall be retained in the original bill jacket for the proposal.

(3) Amendments to a substitute amendment already adopted are in order before the bill or resolution is ordered engrossed and read a 3rd time without reconsideration of the adoption of the substitute amendment.

SR3, s. 34 Section 34. Senate rule 38 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 38. Third reading; question. (1) Upon the 3rd reading of the bill the question is stated thus: "This bill having been read 3 separate times, the question is, "Shall the bill pass' or "Shall the bill be concurred in'," as the case may be, or other appropriate language may be used. A proposal on the calendar for 3rd reading is not subject to amendment but it may, on motion or by unanimous consent, be referred back to 2nd reading for the consideration of proposed amendments. Such a The motion requires a majority vote and is debatable.

(2) The position of a proposal on the calendar for 3rd reading is subject to removal from that position if such the removal is necessitated by a motion for reconsideration that is pending or decided under rule 67, but if the motion is negatively decided before the proposal is reached for consideration under that order, the position of the proposal under the order remains unchanged.

SR3, s. 35 Section 35. Senate rule 40 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 40. Bill Proposal amended on 3rd reading to be reengrossed. If a senate proposal ordered engrossed and read a 3rd time is amended or otherwise changed it shall be reengrossed before being read a 3rd time. Any senate proposal that passed the senate with amendments shall be engrossed under the supervision of the chief clerk before being messaged to the assembly. However, if the amendment is an unamended substitute amendment, the original substitute amendment is the bill.

SR3, s. 36 Section 36. Senate rule 41 (1) (a) to (d) and (2) are amended to read:

Senate Rule 41 (1) (a) Any A proposal or other matter may be rereferred at any time previous prior to its passage, except that a motion to withdraw from committee may not take effect before a during the 7 days preceding any scheduled committee hearing if a hearing has been scheduled when the motion to withdraw is made during the week in which the proposal or other matter is scheduled for a public hearing or the 7 days following the date on which a committee hearing is held.

(b) A motion to rerefer or withdraw is in order, but the question is divisible, and the senate having once refused to rerefer or withdraw a proposal or other matter from committee, any subsequent motion to rerefer or withdraw shall require requires a suspension of the rules.

(c) A motion to withdraw a matter from the committee on senate organization shall, if approved, place places the matter on the calendar. A motion to withdraw a matter from any other committee shall, if approved, place places the matter in the committee on senate organization unless the senate rerefers the matter to a different committee.

(d) Whenever a bill is introduced in the senate or assembly under section 227.19 (5) (e) or 227.26 (2) (f) of the statutes, the bill is considered reported without recommendation and shall be placed before the committee on senate organization if a report is not received from the standing committee within 30 days after the date of referral. This paragraph does not apply if the bill is introduced within 30 days after the time at which further proposals may not be introduced or offered in the regular biennial session under joint rule 83 (2).

(2) Reference to committee is not in order after a proposal has been is passed or indefinitely postponed or finally disposed of by any action equivalent thereto. Questions of reconsideration, concurrence in amendments of the other house assembly, conference committee reports, or executive vetoes may be placed on the table, but shall may not be referred to committee.

SR3, s. 37 Section 37. Senate rule 42 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 42. Messaging to the assembly; proposals held during reconsideration period. (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 the bill or joint resolution has expired. If the rules have been suspended for immediate messaging, the chief clerk shall enter the action in the history file for the bill or joint resolution. Every privileged joint resolution shall be is messaged immediately without a suspension of the rules unless it is otherwise ordered by the senate.

(2) A bill or joint resolution that has been ordered immediately messaged to the assembly by the suspension of this rule is subject to further action by the senate while the bill or joint resolution is in actual physical possession of the senate. The further action is contingent upon a motion to rescind the action of ordering its immediate messaging being decided by a two-thirds vote.

SR3, s. 38 Section 38. Senate rule 45 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 45. Offering of privileged resolution. Any A 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 its relating clause if copies of the text have been distributed to the members. When so read, the privileged resolution is considered to be before the senate.

SR3, s. 39 Section 39. Senate rule 46 (1) is renumbered senate rule 46 (1) (a) and amended to read:

Senate Rule 46 (1) (a) Proposals, 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 , except as otherwise provided in senate rule 93 (1p) and joint rule 83 (2). A brief statement of the contents thereof shall must appear thereon, together with the name of the members introducing or offering the same. If a document is to be reproduced, the chief clerk shall number the document.

SR3, s. 40 Section 40. Senate rule 46 (1) (b) is created to read:

Senate Rule 46 (1) (b) The chief clerk shall announce each document introduced or offered under par. (a), and each proposal received from the assembly, on the next session day under the appropriate order of business. The document or proposal shall be recorded in the first journal published after the document or proposal is received by the chief clerk.

SR3, s. 41 Section 41. Senate rule 46 (2) is amended to read:

Senate Rule 46 (2) (a) The chief clerk shall advise the president of documents that must be referred under the rules and the president shall promptly refer the document to the appropriate committee. The chief clerk shall announce the referral on the next session day upon reaching the appropriate order of business.

(b) Within 3 working days after the time of initial referral by the president under rule 4 (10) (2), a proposed rule may, with consent of the chairperson of the standing committee, be withdrawn from the standing committee to which it is referred and rereferred to another standing committee. Such action does not extend the standing committee review period. Rereferral may be made at any time.

(c) Within 5 working days after the time of initial referral by the president under rule 36 (2), any a proposal or appointment may, with the consent of the chairperson of the standing committee, be withdrawn from the standing committee to which it is referred and rereferred to another standing committee. Rereferral under this rule may be made at any time, but may not be used to satisfy section 13.093 (1) of the statutes.

SR3, s. 42 Section 42. Senate rule 46 (2) (d) is created to read:

Senate Rule 46 (2) (d) The chief clerk shall announce each referral, or withdrawal and rereferral, provided for under the senate rules on the next session day under the appropriate order of business. Each referral, or withdrawal and rereferral, shall be recorded in the first journal published after the referral, or withdrawal and rereferral, occurs.

SR3, s. 43 Section 43. Senate rule 46 (5) is amended to read:

Senate Rule 46 (5) A proposed amendment that is offered shall must have a heading stating the number of the proposal that it is proposed to amend and the name of the member proposing the amendment. The chief clerk shall read the number of the amendment. The amendment shall be reproduced. The jacket copy of the amendment shall be placed in the jacket and copies shall be distributed as provided by the rules. Amendments filed shall be recorded at the end of each day's journal.

SR3, s. 44 Section 44. Senate rule 47 (3) and (4) are amended to read:

Senate Rule 47 (3) Any A senate resolution or joint resolution that does not propose an amendment to the constitution may be referred directly to the committee on senate organization. When placed on the calendar under rule 18 such resolutions shall be placed under the proper "2nd reading" order of business and, upon reading, the question is directly upon adoption or concurrence.

(4) During consideration of amendments when both simple amendments and substitute amendments to a proposal are pending, the question shall , in ascending numerical order be, is first upon amendments to the substitute amendment, unless the senate by majority vote otherwise orders.

SR3, s. 45 Section 45. Senate rule 48 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 48. Reading of amendments. The chief clerk shall read the full text of each amendment shall be read to the members by the chief clerk, and the presiding officer shall state the number of each amendment shall be stated by the presiding officer, but the reading at length may not occur for amendments that have been distributed to the members may not be read at length.

SR3, s. 46 Section 46. Senate rule 49 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 49 Offering amendments. Amendments shall be numbered in the order received, and shall bear the name of the member or the committee offering the same. Amendments shall be prepared in proper form by the legislative reference bureau, and shall must be offered in compliance with rule 29; except that when the proposal is debated on 2nd reading amendments may be offered from the floor. The chief clerk shall have amendments offered from the floor drawn in proper form as soon as possible and before the bill proposal is subsequently engrossed and delivered to a committee or to the assembly. This provision does not delay action upon an amendment offered from the floor.

SR3, s. 47 Section 47. Senate rule 50 (title) is amended to read:

Senate Rule 50 (title) Amendments Substitute amendments and amendments must be germane, general statement.

SR3, s. 48 Section 48. Senate rule 50 (1) is renumbered senate rule 50 (1m) and amended to read:

Senate Rule 50 (1m) A standing committee may not report any substitute amendment or amendment for any to a proposal originating in either house and referred to the committee , and the senate may not consider any substitute amendment or amendment to a proposal, that relates to a different subject, is intended to accomplish a different purpose, or would totally alter the nature of the original is not germane to that proposal.

SR3, s. 49 Section 49. Senate rule 50 (1) is created to read:

Senate Rule 50 (1) Every substitute amendment and amendment to a proposal must be germane to that proposal.

SR3, s. 50 Section 50. Senate rule 50 (2) to (4) are amended to read:

Senate rule 50 (2) Any substitute or A substitute amendment or amendment reported involving sub. (1) to a proposal may not be considered whenever, before its adoption, the senate is advised that the same is in violation of this rule, and if the presiding officer rules on the admissibility of the substitute or amendment when the question is raised that the substitute amendment or amendment is not germane to that proposal.

(3) The senate may consider presiding officer may rule only on the germaneness of a senate substitutes and amendments substitute amendment or amendment and only, and only when the substitute amendment or amendment is before the senate.

(4) An amendment to an amendment to a proposal must be germane to the amendment as well as to the original that proposal.

SR3, s. 51 Section 51. Senate rule 50 (5) is repealed.

SR3, s. 52 Section 52. Senate rule 50 (6) is renumbered senate rule 50 (6) (intro.) and amended to read:

Senate rule 50 (6) (intro.) An amendment otherwise germane which adds or repeals material previously adopted or rejected by the senate in another bill is germane. An identical The following substitute amendments or amendments are not germane:

(a) A substitute amendment or amendment or an amendment that is identical in effect to one previously rejected offered and disposed of as another substitute amendment or amendment to the same bill or identical to a proposal currently before the senate is not germane, but such amendments are germane if not identical with prior rejected amendments to the same bill or proposals currently before the senate proposal.

SR3, s. 53 Section 53. Senate rule 50 (7) is renumbered senate rule 50 (6) (b) and amended to read:

Senate rule 50 (6) (b) A substitute amendment or amendment relating to a specific subject or to a general class is not germane to a bill relating to a proposal that relates to a subject that is different specific subject, but an amendment limiting the scope of the proposal is germane from the subject of that proposal, that is intended to accomplish a purpose that is different from the purpose of that proposal, that negates that proposal entirely, or that substitutes another proposal pending before the senate.

SR3, s. 54 Section 54. Senate rule 50 (8) is renumbered senate rule 50 (8) (intro.) and amended to read:

Senate rule 50 (8) (intro.) Amendments The following substitute amendments and amendments are germane:

(a) A substitute amendment or amendment proposing methods a method of raising revenues are germane to for an appropriation bills and amendments bill or proposing appropriations are germane to an appropriation for a revenue bills. Amendments bill.

(b) A substitute amendment or amendment adding appropriations an appropriation necessary to fulfill the original intent of a proposal are germane.

SR3, s. 55 Section 55. Senate rule 50 (9) to (11) are repealed.

SR3, s. 56 Section 56. Senate rule 51 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 51. Amendment in the 3rd degree prohibited. Amendments beyond the degree of an amendment to an amendment to the main proposition are prohibited. For the purposes of this rule any a substitute amendment, and any an assembly amendment to a senate proposal or amendment, are considered a main proposition.

SR3, s. 57 Section 57. Senate rule 52 is amended to read:

Senate rule 52 Motions to be germane; how bills may not be amended. A motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration may not be admitted under color of amendment. A proposal may not be amended by annexing thereto or incorporating therein any other proposal pending before the senate.

SR3, s. 58 Section 58. Senate rule 55 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 55. Order of action. If adverse action is recommended by a committee, that question shall be is put first. However, the senate may direct the consideration of amendments, but adoption of amendments does not change the question.

SR3, s. 59 Section 59. Senate rule 58 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 58. Member out of order. Any A member called to order shall sit down, and may not speak, except in explanation, until it is determined whether or not the member was in order. When a member is called to order for words spoken, the exceptional words shall be taken down in writing to better enable the presiding officer to judge whether they are in violation of the rules.

SR3, s. 60 Section 60. Senate rule 59 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 59. How members may speak. Members may not speak except from their assigned places, and not more than twice on a question, except on leave of the senate. If a question pending is lost by adjournment and revived on the succeeding roll call day, a member who spoke twice on the preceding roll call day may not again speak without leave of the senate.

SR3, s. 61 Section 61. Senate rule 60 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 60. Personal privilege. Members may rise to explain matters personal to themselves by leave of the presiding officer, but may not discuss pending questions in the explanations. Questions of personal privilege are limited to questions affecting the rights, reputation, and conduct of the members in their representative capacities. A member's right to speak on a point of personal privilege shall have has precedence over all other questions except a motion to adjourn or a motion to raise a call.

SR3, s. 62 Section 62. Senate rule 62 is amended to read:

Senate Rule 62. Stating motions. When a motion is made, it shall be stated by the presiding officer shall state it or read by the chief clerk, previous shall read it prior to debate. If any a member requires it, all motions, except to adjourn, postpone, or refer, shall be reduced to writing. Except as provided in rule 67, any motion may be withdrawn by consent of the senate majority of those present.