SR2: Resolution Text

SR2,15,21 Senate Rule 32 (2) No later than one-half hour following the adjournment of each legislative day, members Members may submit to the chief clerk in writing a listing of visitors from their districts who witnessed a part of the day's meeting. The list, together with the record of the guests introduced on that legislative day under rule 17 (4), shall be entered at the end of the day's journal.

SR2, s. 37 Section 37. Senate rule 36 (1) is amended to read:

SR2,16,3 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 under rule 46 and the chief clerk shall announce referral shall be printed in the journal under the proper order of business. This rule applies to proposals originating in either house.

SR2, s. 38 Section 38. Senate rule 36 (2) (a) is amended to read:

SR2,16,10 Senate Rule 36 (2) (a) All Except as provided in pars. (c) and (d), all bills introduced in the senate which by 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.

SR2, s. 39 Section 39. Senate rule 36 (2) (b) is amended to read:

SR2,16,15 Senate Rule 36 (2) (b) Only one such reference is required under this rule and the adoption of an amendment does not require rereference, but rereference may be ordered by the senate at any time before passage or concurrence or as provided under rules 41 (1) (e) and 46 (2) (c).

SR2, s. 40 Section 40. Senate rule 37 (1) is amended to read:

SR2,16,19 Senate Rule 37 (1) Before a bill, or a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution, is amended or ordered to a 3rd reading it shall be read a 2nd time by relating clause.

SR2, s. 41 Section 41. Senate rule 37 (4) is created to read:

SR2,16,22 Senate Rule 37 (4) Any proposal ordered to a 3rd reading is considered engrossed.

SR2, s. 42 Section 42. Senate rule 38 (3) is created to read:

SR2,16,24 Senate Rule 38 (3) A 3rd reading shall be by relating clause.

SR2, s. 43 Section 43. Senate rule 40 is amended to read:

SR2,17,7 Senate Rule 40. 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 considered reengrossed before being read a 3rd time the 3rd reading. 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.

SR2, s. 44 Section 44. Senate rule 41 (1) (b) is amended to read:

SR2,17,13 Senate Rule 41 (1) (b) A motion to withdraw and rerefer or to withdraw is in order, but the question is divisible, and except that if the senate having has once refused to withdraw and rerefer or to withdraw a proposal or other matter from committee, any subsequent motion to withdraw and rerefer or to withdraw requires a suspension of the rules.

SR2, s. 45 Section 45. Senate rule 41 (1) (e) is amended to read:

SR2,17,24 Senate Rule 41 (1) (e) During any interim period between regularly scheduled floorperiods, if If the committee on senate organization receives a standing committee's report on a bill that by statute requires review by the joint committee on finance before being passed, the committee on senate organization may, on any day of the interim, rerefer that bill to the joint committee on finance and, in that case, shall direct the. The chief clerk to shall promptly record the rereferral by an appropriate entry in the journal. The committee on senate organization may, with the consent of the senate cochairperson of the joint committee on finance, withdraw a bill from the joint committee on finance and place the bill on the calendar. Withdrawal under this rule satisfies section 13.093 (1) of the statutes.

SR2, s. 46 Section 46. Senate rule 46 (1) (a) is amended to read:

SR2,18,8 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 must appear thereon, together with the name of the members introducing or offering the same. If a document is to be reproduced, the The chief clerk shall number the document all proposals, amendments, and petitions.

SR2, s. 47 Section 47. Senate rule 46 (1) (b) is amended to read:

SR2,18,14 Senate Rule 46 (1) (b) The chief clerk shall announce promptly record each document or proposal 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.

SR2, s. 48 Section 48. Senate rule 46 (2) (am) is created to read:

SR2,18,22 Senate Rule 46 (2) (am) The president shall refer every notice and report concerning a proposed administrative rule received by the presiding officer under section 227.19 of the statutes to the appropriate standing committee of the senate within 7 working days following receipt and provide notice to that committee whenever the president is informed that a proposed rule is being withdrawn. The president shall refer any report received from a standing committee that objects to a proposed rule to the joint committee for review of administrative rules.

SR2, s. 49 Section 49. Senate rule 46 (2) (b) is amended to read:

SR2,19,4 Senate Rule 46 (2) (b) Within 3 working days after the time of initial referral by the president under rule 4 (2) par. (am), 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.

SR2, s. 50 Section 50. Senate rule 46 (2) (c) is amended to read:

SR2,19,14 Senate Rule 46 (2) (c) Within 5 working days after After the time of initial referral by the president under rule 36 (2), a proposal or appointment the president may, with the consent of the chairperson of the standing committee, be withdrawn withdraw a proposal or appointment from the standing committee to which it is referred and rereferred rerefer it to another standing committee, except that such a withdrawal may not take effect during the 7 days preceding any scheduled committee hearing or the 7 days following the date on which a committee hearing is held. Rereferral under this rule may be made at any time, but may not be used to satisfy section 13.093 (1) of the statutes.

SR2, s. 51 Section 51. Senate rule 46 (2) (d) is amended to read:

SR2,19,21 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 promptly record each referral, or withdrawal and rereferral, in the first journal published after the referral, or withdrawal and rereferral, occurs.

SR2, s. 52 Section 52. Senate rule 46 (6) is created to read:

SR2,19,25 Senate Rule 46 (6) Unless reconsidered under rule 67, a proposal, or an amendment as it affects a proposal, is adversely and finally disposed of for the biennial session of the legislature by any of the following results:

SR2,20,1 (a) Indefinite postponement (senate bills).

SR2,20,3 (b) Rejection (senate amendments, senate resolutions, and senate joint resolutions).

SR2,20,4 (c) Nonconcurrence (assembly bills and assembly joint resolutions).

SR2,20,5 (d) Failure to be ordered to a 3rd reading (senate bills and assembly bills).

SR2,20,6 (e) Failure of passage (senate bills).

SR2,20,7 (f) Failure of concurrence (assembly bills and assembly joint resolutions).

SR2,20,8 (g) Failure to pass notwithstanding the objections of the governor.

SR2, s. 53 Section 53. Senate rule 47 (2) and (3) are repealed.

SR2, s. 54 Section 54. Senate rule 50 (6) (a) is amended to read:

SR2,20,13 Senate Rule 50 (6) (a) A substitute amendment or amendment that is identical in effect to one previously offered to the same proposal and disposed of as another substitute amendment or amendment to the same proposal.

SR2, s. 55 Section 55. Senate rule 50 (6) (b) is renumbered senate rule 50 (6) (b) (intro.) and amended to read:

SR2,20,19 Senate Rule 50 (6) (b) (intro.) A substitute amendment or amendment to a proposal that relates to a subject that is different from the subject of that proposal, that is intended to accomplish a purpose that is different from the purpose of that proposal, is any of the following:

SR2,20,21 (c) A substitute amendment or amendment that negates that the original proposal entirely, or that substitutes another proposal pending before the senate.

SR2, s. 56 Section 56. Senate rule 50 (6) (b) 1., 2., 3. and 4 are created to read:

SR2,20,23 Senate Rule 50 (6) (b) 1. Irrelevant to the subject matter of the proposal.

SR2,20,24 2. Inappropriate to the subject matter of the proposal.

SR2,20,25 3. Not in a natural and logical sequence to the subject matter of the proposal.

SR2,21,1 4. Substantially expands the scope of the proposal.

SR2, s. 57 Section 57. Senate rule 52 is repealed.

SR2, s. 58 Section 58. Senate rule 66 is amended to read:

SR2,21,9 Senate Rule 66. Motion to postpone. A motion to postpone to a day certain, to refer, or to postpone indefinitely, being decided having failed, may not be again allowed on the same day unless the matter has been altered by amendment or advanced to a subsequent stage. A 2nd motion to reject an amendment is subject to this rule and may not be twice allowed on the same day unless the amendment was altered by amendment.

SR2, s. 59 Section 59. Senate rule 70 is renumbered senate rule 70 (1).

SR2, s. 60 Section 60. Senate rule 70 (2) is created to read:

SR2,21,15 Senate Rule 70 (2) A bill vetoed in its entirety by the governor may not be divided. When a bill has been vetoed in part and the senate considers a specific item for passage notwithstanding the objections of the governor, any member may request that the item be divided. The item may be divided on request by a member if:

SR2,21,18 (a) The request proposes to so divide the item that each separate proposition, if passed notwithstanding the objections of the governor, will result in a complete and workable law regardless of the action taken on any other part of the original item.

SR2,21,21 (b) It is the opinion of the presiding officer that the item involves distinct and independent propositions capable of division and that the division will not be unduly complex.

SR2, s. 61 Section 61. Senate rule 70 (3) is created to read:

SR2,22,7 Senate Rule 70 (3) When a bill has been vetoed in part the committee on senate organization may, by a resolution offered under rule 17 (2), propose to schedule a specific part as a special order. When appropriate, the resolution may divide the part into one or more independent propositions and dependent propositions. The proposed division must include at least one separate proposition that, if passed notwithstanding the objections of the governor, will result in a complete and workable law regardless of the action taken on any other part of the original part. The presiding officer shall first put the question on the independent proposition. The question on any proposition dependent thereon may be put only if the independent proposition has been passed notwithstanding the objections of the governor.

SR2, s. 62 Section 62. Senate rule 73m is created to read:

SR2,22,11 Senate Rule 73m. Missed roll calls. (1) A member who does not vote during a roll call on a proposal may request unanimous consent to have his or her vote included in that roll after the roll is closed, if all of the following apply:

SR2,22,12 (a) The request does not interrupt another roll call.

SR2,22,14 (b) The request is made no later than immediately following the close of the next occurring roll call.

SR2,22,15 (c) The member's vote, if included, will not change the result of the roll call.

SR2,22,20 (2) If sub. (1) precludes a member from making a request or if the request is objected to, the member may request unanimous consent to have the journal reflect how the member would have voted had he or she been in his or her seat when the roll call was taken. A member may not interrupt a roll call to make a request under this subsection.

SR2, s. 63 Section 63. Senate rule 77 (title) is amended to read:

SR2,22,23 Senate Rule 77 (title) Current or previous question Voting immediately; time limit on debate.

SR2, s. 64 Section 64. Senate rule 77 (1) is amended to read:

SR2,23,11 Senate Rule 77 (1) When any matter is under consideration any member may move the "current question" or that the "current question be put." that the senate vote immediately on the current question. The motion is not debatable and if carried by a majority the subsidiary question then pending before the senate shall be put to a vote without debate. If a motion is made under this subsection the question is: "Shall the senate vote immediately on the current question?" If the motion carries, the effect is to end the debate on the current question then before the senate and bring the senate to a vote on the current question. A motion to table is not in order after a motion under this subsection has been made. A motion that carries under this subsection does not prevent the offering of amendments or substitute amendments to the main question after the vote is taken on the current question.

SR2, s. 65 Section 65. Senate rule 77 (3) is amended to read:

SR2,23,23 Senate Rule 77 (3) When a matter is under consideration a member may move the "previous question" or that the "previous question be put." that the senate vote immediately on the main question. The motion is not debatable and if carried by a majority the main question then pending before the senate shall be put to a vote without debate. If a motion is made under this subsection the question is: "Shall the senate vote immediately on the main question?" If the motion carries, the effect is to end the debate on the question then before the senate and bring the senate to a vote on the main question. Amendments or substitute amendments may be offered, but not debated, and shall be considered immediately. A motion to table the proposal to which the main question relates is not in order after a motion under this subsection has been made.

SR2, s. 66 Section 66. Senate rule 78 is repealed.

SR2, s. 67 Section 67. Senate rule 79 is amended to read:

SR2,24,7 Senate Rule 79. Main But one motion to reconsider in order; main question may remain before the senate. When, on taking the previous question, the senate decides that the main question shall not now be put After a motion under rule 77 (1) or (3) has carried, only one motion to reconsider is in order. If the motion to reconsider carries, the main question shall remain as the question before the senate, in the same stage of proceedings as before the previous question was moved motion under rule 77 (1) or (3) was made.

SR2, s. 68 Section 68. Senate rule 80 is amended to read:

SR2,24,14 Senate Rule 80. But one call of the senate in order. On motion for the previous question, and before the ordering of the After a motion to vote immediately on the main question has carried but before the vote is taken, one call of the senate is in order; but after proceedings under the call have been once dispensed with, or after a majority orders the main question lifts the call, a call is not in order before the decision of vote on the main question.

SR2, s. 69 Section 69. Senate rule 88 (2) is amended to read:

SR2,24,20 Senate Rule 88 (2) On recommendation of the respective appointing officers, the committee on senate organization shall allocate the number of employees of the senate within the limits established by the staffing pattern then in force and the duties and responsibilities assigned to each employee. The committee on senate organization chief clerk shall assign each position to the proper pay range.

SR2, s. 70 Section 70. Senate rule 89 is amended to read:

SR2,25,2 Senate Rule 89. Certification of payroll. The chief clerk and the sergeant at arms of the senate shall certify to the department of administration the names of all persons employed in their respective offices by the senate, the capacity in which employed, and the amounts respectively due them if the certificate is approved by the chairperson of the committee on senate organization.

SR2, s. 71 Section 71. Senate rule 93 (title) is amended to read:

SR2,25,4 Senate Rule 93 (title) Special, extended, or extraordinary sessions.

SR2, s. 72 Section 72. Senate rule 93 (intro.) is amended to read:

SR2,25,11 Senate Rule 93 (intro.) Unless otherwise provided by the senate for a specific special, extended, or extraordinary session, the rules of the senate adopted for the biennial session, with the following modifications, apply to each special session called by the governor and to each extended or extraordinary session called by the senate and assembly organization committees or called by a joint resolution approved by both houses:

SR2, s. 73 Section 73. Senate rule 93 (1) is amended to read:

SR2,25,22 Senate Rule 93 (1) A Except as provided in sub. (1d), a proposal or amendment may not be considered unless it accomplishes the special purposes for which the special session was convened or the business specified in the action authorizing the extended floorperiod or extraordinary session. Notwithstanding rule 46 (6), any proposal that is adversely and finally disposed of for the biennial session may be revived by specific inclusion in the action authorizing an extraordinary session, provided that the proposal had not failed a vote of concurrence or passage in the senate. Any proposal revived under this subsection is considered to be at the same stage of the proceedings as it had attained upon being adversely and finally disposed of.

SR2, s. 74 Section 74. Senate rule 93 (1d) is amended to read: