(20) Current membership: The members of one of the houses, certified as elected in the last general election, omitting those who have subsequently resigned, have been removed, or have died.
(27) Expunge: To remove material from the record and thus undo some senate action.
(27m) Extraordinary session: The convening of the legislature by the assembly and senate committees on organization or by petition or joint resolution of the legislature to accomplish the business specified in the action calling the session. When used to continue a floorperiod of the regular biennial session for a limited purpose, the extraordinary session is referred to as an extended session.
(28) Fiscal estimate: A memorandum by a state agency pursuant to joint rules 41 to 49
50, explaining the impact of a bill on state or local finances.
(33) History: A record of actions on any given a proposal.
(35) Indefinite postponement: A motion to kill a proposal in its house of origin for a legislative biennial session.
(36) Introduction: The formal presentation of a bill before one of the houses [see also sub. (50m)].
(39) Joint resolution: A proposal requiring adoption by both houses, to: a) express the opinion of the legislature; b) change the joint rules of the legislature; c) propose an amendment to the state constitution; or d) propose or ratify an amendment to the U.S. constitution.
(40) Joint rules: The common rules of procedure proceedings adopted by both houses.
(44) Main motions and questions: The final affirmative question concerning a proposal during any stage of its consideration or any a motion made or question raised when no other matter is before the house. Main questions have lower precedence than privileged, incidental, and subsidiary questions.
(48) Members present: Those members in attendance at a daily session meeting of the senate.
(50) Nonconcurrence: The refusal of one house to agree to a proposal, amendment, or action of the other.
(50m) Offer: The formal presentation of a joint resolution, resolution, substitute amendment, amendment, or motion before a house [see also sub. (36)].
(52) Pair: A written agreement between 2 members on opposite sides of a question not to vote on that question while one or both are absent with leave, thereby permitting which permits the absent member to influence the outcome of a vote.
(53) Parliamentary inquiry: A request for an explanation of a legislative rule or procedure proceeding.
(54) Passage: Final approval in the first house of a bill introduced in that house if referring to action of one house and final approval of both houses of a bill introduced in either house if referring to action of both houses [see also subs. (3) and (16)].
(57m) President pro tempore: A member of the senate, elected by the membership to carry out the duties of the president in his or her absence until the return of the president or until a president is elected.
(59) Privileged motions and requests: A group of motions and requests relating to basic questions concerning the meetings, organization, rules, rights, and duties of the senate or assembly and its members and having the highest precedence for consideration. Privileged motions and requests take precedence over incidental, subsidiary, and main questions.
(62) Quorum: A majority of the current senate membership of one of the houses, unless otherwise required by the state constitution.
(63) Recess: A temporary suspension of business during a roll call day of the year.
(66) Regular session: The biennial session of the legislature established by the constitution and by section 13.02 of the statutes. The Wisconsin legislature convenes in the capitol on the first Monday of January in each odd-numbered year at 2 p.m. to take the oath of office, to select officers, and to organize itself for the conduct of its business, but if the first Monday falls on January 1 or 2, the legislature organizes on January 3. Daily meetings begin in January of each year and continue throughout the biennium biennial session until the final adjournment of the biennial session. "Session" is also often used to refer to the daily meetings of the legislature.
(70) Rescind: An action by which one of the houses nullifies an action or actions on a proposal so as to enable the house to again consider a proposal from a given stage. When such a motion to rescind prevails, the house resumes its consideration of a proposal at the stage indicated in the motion.
(71) Resolution: A proposal: a) expressing the opinion of one of the houses; or b) changing the rules of one of the houses; or confirming a nomination for appointment.
(73) Roll call day: A legislative day on which
any a roll call is taken.
(79) Sine die adjournment: The final adjournment of a legislative biennial or special session.
SR3, s. 93
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93. Senate rule 99 (17) is renumbered senate rule 99 (14m) and amended to read:
Senate Rule 99 (14m) Conference committee Committee of conference: A committee of representatives to the assembly and of senators, appointed to resolve differences on a specific proposal.
SR3, s. 94
Section
94. Senate rule 99 (57p) is created to read:
Senate Rule 99 (57p) Presiding officer: The person presiding over the senate or assembly in daily session [see also subs. (11), (57d), and (57m)].
