SR3, s. 60
7Section
60. Senate rule 59 is amended to read:
SR3,29,12
8Senate Rule 59.
How members may speak. Members may not speak except
9from their assigned places, and not more than twice on a question, except on leave
10of the senate. If a question pending is lost by adjournment and revived on the
11succeeding
roll call day, a member who spoke twice on the preceding
roll call day may
12not again speak without leave of the senate.
SR3, s. 61
13Section
61. Senate rule 60 is amended to read:
SR3,29,20
14Senate Rule 60.
Personal privilege. Members may rise to explain matters
15personal to themselves by leave of the presiding officer, but may not discuss pending
16questions in the explanations. Questions of personal privilege are limited to
17questions affecting the rights, reputation, and conduct of the members in their
18representative capacities. A member's right to speak on a point of personal privilege
19shall have has precedence over all other questions except a motion to adjourn or a
20motion to raise a call.
SR3, s. 62
21Section
62. Senate rule 62 is amended to read:
SR3,30,2
22Senate Rule 62.
Stating motions. When a motion is made,
it shall be stated
23by the presiding officer
shall state it or
read by the chief clerk
, previous shall read
24it prior to debate. If
any a member requires it, all motions, except to adjourn,
1postpone, or refer, shall be reduced to writing. Except as provided in rule 67, any
2motion may be withdrawn by consent of the
senate
majority of those present.
SR3, s. 63
3Section
63. Senate rule 63 (2) is amended to read:
SR3,30,5
4Senate Rule 63 (2) These several motions
shall have precedence in the order
5in which they are set forth in this rule.
SR3, s. 64
6Section
64. Senate rule 64 is amended to read:
SR3,30,12
7Senate Rule 64.
Motion to adjourn always in order. A motion to adjourn
8shall is always
be in order except when the senate is voting. However, a member may
9not move an adjournment when another member has the floor and 2 consecutive
10motions to adjourn are not in order unless other business intervenes. A motion to
11adjourn to a time certain or to recess
shall have
has the same privilege as a motion
12to adjourn, but such motions
shall have the order of precedence prescribed in rule 63.
SR3, s. 65
13Section
65. Senate rule 65 is amended to read:
SR3,30,16
14Senate Rule 65.
Laying on table. (1) A motion to lay on the table has only
15the effect of disposing of the matter temporarily and it may be taken from the table
16at any time by order of the
senate majority of those present.
SR3,30,1817
(2) A motion to lay a proposal on the table
shall, if approved,
have has the effect
18of returning the matter to the committee on senate organization.
SR3,30,2119
(3) A motion to remove a proposal from the table
shall, if approved,
have has 20the effect of withdrawing the matter from the committee on senate organization and
21placing it on the calendar.
SR3, s. 66
22Section
66. Senate rule 67 (1), (3), (6), (7) and (8) are amended to read:
SR3,31,3
23Senate Rule 67
(1) A motion to reconsider a question may be made by
any a 24member having the floor who voted with the majority, or whose position recorded
25under rule 75 agreed with the majority. In the case of a voice vote or tie vote, the
1motion for reconsideration may be offered by
any a member not recorded absent on
2the question that is moved to be reconsidered. The motion for reconsideration is
3subject to all rules governing debate that apply to the question moved to reconsider.
SR3,31,64
(3) The motion for reconsideration shall be made on the same or the next
5succeeding
legislative roll call day and it shall be received under any order of
6business.
SR3,31,157
(6) A motion for reconsideration, when made on the same day as the action that
8is moved to be reconsidered, and not acted upon due to adjournment, other than
9adjournment under call on the question, expires with adjournment, but if made on
10the following day is not lost by adjournment. A motion to reconsider amendments
11to a
bill proposal is in order notwithstanding the
bill's proposal's advancement to a
123rd reading and a motion to reconsider the advancement is in order notwithstanding
13the suspension of the rules to take final action if the motions for reconsideration are
14otherwise timely and in order. Reconsideration of amendments under this rule
shall 15have the same priority as to order of action as to amend under rule 63.
SR3,31,2116
(7) Whenever a
bill proposal is returned from the assembly, the governor, or
17elsewhere for further action pursuant to the senate's request for the return, motions
18for reconsideration necessarily incident to opening the
bill proposal for further action
19shall be admitted regardless of the time limitation otherwise imposed by this rule.
20Action on executive vetoes or appointments or any motion to suspend the rules
shall 21is not
be subject to a motion for reconsideration.
SR3,31,2422
(8) A motion for reconsideration, once entered, may only be withdrawn by the
23member making the motion,
and only within the time when the motion by another
24member would still be timely; later only by consent of or action by the senate.
SR3, s. 67
25Section
67. Senate rule 68 is amended to read:
SR3,32,8
1Senate Rule 68.
Questions to be decided without debate. A motion to
2adjourn, to adjourn to a fixed time, to take a recess, to lay on the table, to take from
3the table, to place a call, to raise a call, to grant a leave, to suspend the rules, or to
4reconsider a nondebatable question or a call for the current or previous question, are
5decided without debate
. And all and may not be placed on the table. All incidental
6questions of order arising after a motion is made for any of the questions named in
7this rule, and pending the motion, is decided, whether on appeal or otherwise,
8without debate.
SR3, s. 68
9Section
68. Senate rule 69 is amended to read:
SR3,32,14
10Senate Rule 69.
Privileged motion or resolution. A motion or resolution
11relating to the organization or
procedure proceedings of the senate, or to any of its
12officers, members, or committees, is privileged in that it need not lie over for
13consideration, but may be taken up immediately unless referred to the calendar or
14committee.
SR3, s. 69
15Section
69. Senate rule 70 is amended to read:
SR3,32,24
16Senate Rule 70.
Division of question.
Any A member may call for the
17division of a question, which shall be divided if it consists of propositions in substance
18so distinct that, one being taken away, a substantive proposition
shall remain 19remains for the decision of the senate. A motion to delete and substitute is
20indivisible, but a motion to delete being lost does not preclude an amendment or a
21motion to delete and substitute. Division of action directly upon the substance of a
22proposal, as to pass, advance to a 3rd reading, indefinitely postpone, or any
23equivalent, which division may be accomplished by an amendment, are not
24permitted under this rule.
SR3, s. 70
25Section
70. Senate rule 72 (2) and (3) are amended to read:
SR3,33,2
1Senate Rule 72 (2) Members shall remain in their seats and
shall may not be
2disturbed by any other person while the ayes and noes are being called.
SR3,33,43
(3) A request for a roll call
shall is not be in order after the result of the vote
4has been announced.
SR3, s. 71
5Section
71. Senate rule 73 (1) is amended to read:
SR3,33,9
6Senate Rule 73
(1) All members present when a question is put shall vote as
7their names are called. For a special cause the senate may excuse a member from
8voting, but it
shall is not
be in order for a member to be excused after the senate has
9commenced voting.
SR3, s. 72
10Section
72. Senate rule 74 is amended to read:
SR3,33,13
11Senate Rule 74.
Explanation of vote not allowed. Explanation by a
12member of his or her vote, at the time of the calling of the member's name,
shall is 13not
be allowed.
SR3, s. 73
14Section
73. Senate rule 76 is renumbered senate rule 76 (1) and amended to
15read:
SR3,33,23
16Senate Rule 76 (1)
The committee on senate organization may, or the majority
17leader and the minority leader if that committee does not object may jointly,
18designate time Time limits and schedules for debate
may be designated in the
19manner described in sub. (2). The time limits may be rejected or modified by majority
20vote of the senate, but this question is not debatable. The schedules and time limits
21shall be announced by the presiding officer immediately upon being presented.
22Promptly at the expiration of the time allotted, the presiding officer shall put the
23question.
SR3, s. 74
24Section
74. Senate rule 76 (2) is created to read:
SR3,34,2
1Senate Rule 76 (2) Time limits and schedules for debate may be designated
2under sub. (1) by any of the following means:
SR3,34,33
(a) By the committee on senate organization.
SR3,34,54
(b) Jointly by the majority leader and the minority leader, if the committee on
5senate organization does not object.
SR3,34,76
(c) By the presiding officer, if the majority leader and the minority leader do not
7object.
SR3, s. 75
8Section
75. Senate rule 77 (3) is amended to read:
SR3,34,12
9Senate Rule 77 (3) When
any a matter is under consideration
any a member
10may move the "previous question" or that the "previous question be put." The motion
11shall is not
be debatable and if carried by a majority the main question then pending
12before the senate shall be put without debate.
SR3, s. 76
13Section
76. Senate rule 78 (1) and (3) are amended to read:
SR3,34,17
14Senate Rule 78
(1) The previous question being moved, the question
shall then
15be is: "Shall the main question be now put?", which question is determined by the
16ayes and noes. The main question being ordered to be now put, its effect is to end all
17debate, and bring the senate to a direct vote upon the main question.
SR3,34,2018
(3) Ordering the previous question at any stage of a proposal
shall preclude 19precludes debate on all questions under that order, but not upon a motion to
20reconsider the question terminating that order.
SR3, s. 77
21Section
77. Senate rule 80 is amended to read:
SR3,35,2
22Senate Rule 80.
But one call of the senate in order. On motion for the
23previous question, and before the ordering of the main question, one call of the senate
24is in order; but after proceedings under the call have been once dispensed with, or
1after a majority
has ordered orders the main question, a call is not in order before
2the decision of the question.
SR3, s. 78
3Section
78. Senate rule 82 is amended to read:
SR3,35,7
4Senate Rule 82.
Putting question. (1) On a call of the senate being moved,
5the presiding officer shall say: "It requiring 5 senators to make a call of the senate,
6those in favor of the call
will shall rise." And, if a sufficient number rise, the call shall
7be thereby ordered without debate.
SR3,35,108
(2) When a motion for a call of the senate
has failed
fails of the support of the
9necessary 5 members, and announcement of that fact
has been is made, a 2nd motion
10for a call on the same question is not in order unless other business intervenes.
SR3, s. 79
11Section
79. Senate rule 85 (5) is amended to read:
SR3,35,19
12Senate Rule 85 (5)
Raising call. A motion to raise one or more calls takes
13precedence over every other motion, except a motion to adjourn. The affirmative vote
14of a majority of
the members who are then those present is required for adoption.
15Upon adoption of a motion to raise one or more calls, business shall be taken up at
16the point at which it was interrupted by the call, except that motions to recess or
17adjourn take precedence over the question on which the call was raised, and
18subsequent calls on motions unrelated to progress of a proposal are in order. The
19motion to raise a call is not amendable.
SR3, s. 80
20Section
80. Senate rule 86 is amended to read:
SR3,36,2
21Senate Rule 86.
Sergeant at arms may report. The sergeant at arms may
22make a report of the proceedings under the call at any time. The motion to accept
23the report is determined by ayes and noes. The call may not be raised unless a
24majority of
the members who are then those present vote in favor of the motion. If
1the report is not accepted, the sergeant at arms shall proceed to a completion of the
2duties under rule 84.
SR3, s. 81
3Section
81. Senate rule 87 is amended to read:
SR3,36,8
4Senate Rule 87.
Call raised when absentees present and business
5disposed of. When the sergeant at arms reports that all who were absent without
6leave are present and names them, the report shall be entered on the journal. The
7call
shall end ends as soon as the business, pending when the call was made, is
8disposed of.
SR3, s. 82
9Section
82. Senate rule 88 (1) and (3) are amended to read:
SR3,36,13
10Senate Rule 88
(1) The committee on senate organization
shall have has 11general supervision and direction over all employees of the senate and may supervise
12or assign supervision over employees as it considers proper to the chief clerk, to the
13sergeant at arms, or to members
of the senate.
SR3,36,1914
(3) Employees may not be allowed compensation except for such time as they
15are
actually in attendance, except when absent with leave granted by their superior
16officers. Employees are not exempt from this provision on any day of the week. All
17employees shall perform such duties in connection with the work of the senate as are
18assigned to them by their superior officers, and shall be available at such hours as
19their superior officers direct.
SR3, s. 83
20Section
83. Senate rule 90 is amended to read:
SR3,37,2
21Senate Rule 90.
Creating, amending, or repealing rules. Senate rules
22may be created, amended, or repealed by resolution adopted by a vote of a majority
23of the senate membership presently serving. The vote is taken by ayes and noes. The
24resolution shall set forth the precise detail of the proposed creation, amendment, or
25repeal. After the senate rules have been established at the commencement of the
1legislative biennium biennial session, any resolution to change the senate rules
shall 2must lay over one week.
SR3, s. 84
3Section
84. Senate rule 92 is amended to read:
SR3,37,7
4Senate Rule 92.
Continuity of senate rules. Senate rules are effective until
5amended or
rescinded repealed by the senate. Senate rules remain in force at the
6beginning of a succeeding
regular biennial session until superseded by rules adopted
7by the senate in the succeeding
biennial session of the legislature.
SR3, s. 85
8Section
85. Senate rule 93 (intro.), (1) and (6) are amended to read:
SR3,37,15
9Senate Rule 93.
Special, extended, or extraordinary sessions. (intro.)
10Unless otherwise provided by the senate for a specific special, extended, or
11extraordinary session, the rules of the senate adopted for the
regular biennial session
12shall, with the following modifications, apply to each special session called by the
13governor and to each extended or extraordinary session called by the senate and
14assembly organization committees or called by a joint resolution approved by both
15houses:
SR3,37,2116
(1) A
senate proposal
or amendment may not be considered unless it
is germane
17to the subjects enumerated by the governor in the proclamation calling the special
18session or to the subjects enumerated by the committees on organization or in the
19joint resolution calling the extended or extraordinary session and
accomplishes the
20special purposes for which the special session was convened or the business specified
21in the action authorizing the extended floorperiod or extraordinary session.
SR3,37,25
22(1p) A senate proposal may not be considered unless it is recommended to be
23introduced or offered by the committee on senate organization
, the senate committee
24on finance, the joint committee on finance, the joint committee on legislative
25organization, or by the joint committee on employment relations.
SR3,38,2
1(6) Any motion to advance a proposal and any motion to message a proposal to
2the
other house assembly may be adopted by a majority of those present and voting.
SR3, s. 86
3Section
86. Senate rule 94 (1) is amended to read:
SR3,38,15
4Senate Rule 94
(1) Whenever directed to do so by the committee on senate
5organization, the chief clerk shall recompile and publish the senate manual
6containing the senate rules, the joint rules of the senate and assembly, and the
7constitution of this state, together with appropriate directories of the members of the
8legislature, legislative employees, accredited correspondents of the news media, a
9detailed alphabetical index, and such other information approved by the committee
10on senate organization as is useful to the members
of the senate. In recompiling the
11senate manual, the chief clerk shall make the spelling and other minor corrections
12authorized to be made in legislation under rule 31 (1) and (4) and shall consult with
13the legislative reference bureau to make any references to provisions of the
14constitution, statutes, joint rules, or senate rules conform to the numbers then
15assigned to the provisions.
SR3, s. 87
16Section
87. Senate rule 96 (1) and (3) are amended to read:
SR3,38,21
17Senate Rule 96
(1) The committee on senate organization may request from
18the legislative fiscal bureau an original fiscal estimate on
any a bill if the committee
19believes that a fiscal estimate on the bill will not be completed by the state agency
20assigned to prepare the fiscal estimate before the bill receives a public hearing, is
21voted on by a senate standing committee, or is considered by the senate.
SR3,39,222
(3) Unless otherwise determined by the senate, failure to receive a fiscal
23estimate requested under sub. (1) on a bill that already has one or more original fiscal
24estimates
shall does not delay consideration of the bill. Unless otherwise determined
25by the senate, failure to receive a fiscal estimate requested other than under sub. (1)
1on a bill that already has one or more original fiscal estimates requested under sub.
2(1)
shall does not delay consideration of the bill.
SR3, s. 88
3Section
88. Senate rule 97 is amended to read:
SR3,39,9
4Senate Rule 97.
Space assignments. At the commencement of each biennial
5session, the committee on senate organization shall assign to each member the seat
6to be occupied by that member during the biennial
term
session. The schedule of
7room assignments to members and committees, and the schedule of meetings of
8standing committees, shall follow the schedule of the previous
biennial session
9unless changed by vote of the committee on senate organization.
SR3, s. 89
10Section
89. Senate rule 98 (intro.) is renumbered senate rule 98 (1) and
11amended to read:
SR3,39,17
12Senate Rule 98 (1)
Any A member
of the senate may sponsor a citation on
13behalf of the senate to a particular person
, group, or organization or to commemorate
14a particular
event or occasion as specified in the citation. Citations may be issued
15during any floorperiod
as well as, during any committee work period
, or
during the
16interim period
scheduled for the
of committee work
of the interim committees.
17Citations are issued without formal approval by vote of the senate.
SR3, s. 90
18Section
90. Senate rule 98 (1) is renumbered senate rule 98 (1m) and amended
19to read:
SR3,39,24
20Senate Rule 98 (1m) Citations may be used in place of resolutions for
21commendations, congratulations, and condolences of persons
, groups, or
22organizations or to give recognition to unusual and important events
or occasions,
23except that the use of citations
shall may not be abused. The committee on senate
24organization may more specifically interpret this subsection.
SR3, s. 91
25Section
91. Senate rule 98 (3) and (4) (intro.) are amended to read:
SR3,40,8
1Senate Rule 98 (3)
A
The president and chief clerk shall sign a citation on
2behalf of the senate
shall be signed by the president and by the chief clerk. If so
3signed, it is considered approved by the senate and shall be so recorded in the journal.
4The issuing senator may also sign the citation. If the president or chief clerk refuses
5to approve a citation, the committee on senate organization may require the
6president and chief clerk to approve it. A copy of the finished citation shall be
7provided to the issuing senator, and another copy thereof shall be filed in the
8legislative reference bureau.
SR3,40,129
(4) (intro.) All citations on behalf of the senate
shall must be prepared on an
10artistic form,
shall must first be approved by the committee on senate organization,
11shall must be suitable for framing, and
shall must be in substantially the following
12form:
SR3, s. 92
13Section
92. Senate rule 99 (3) to (8), (16), (17), (20), (27) to (28), (33), (35), (36),
14(39), (40), (44), (48), (50), (50m), (52) to (54), (57m), (59), (62), (63), (66), (70) to (73)
15and (79) are amended to read:
SR3,40,17
16Senate Rule 99 (3)
Adoption: Approval of a motion, amendment, substitute
17amendment, simple resolution, or joint resolution
[see also subs. (16) and (54)].
SR3,40,2018
(4)
Amendment: A suggested alteration in
any a proposal
or amendment, often
19referred to as a simple amendment in distinction to a substitute amendment,
which
20is intended to take the place of the proposal.
SR3,40,2221
(5)
Appeal: A member's challenge of a ruling on a point of order. To prevail,
22an appeal requires the support of a majority of
the members present a quorum.
SR3,41,223
(7)
Bill: A proposed change of law originating in either house, requiring
24passage by one house and concurrence of the other house of the legislature and
25approval of the governor, or passage notwithstanding the objections of the governor
1by a two-thirds vote in each house,
or that becomes law without the signature of the
2governor, before becoming effective.
SR3,41,33
(8)
Calendar: The agenda for
any
a legislative day.
SR3,41,54
(16)
Concurrence: The action by which one house agrees to a proposal or action
5of the other house
[see also subs. (3) and (54)].