Current membership (definition)   95 (20)
majority of, necessary quorum to transact business,
see
Joint Rules 11 and 12 for exceptions   30 (2)
majority of, required to change assembly rules (roll call required)   89
D
Dane County fund-raising events   98
Debate:
call of the assembly   83 (1)
documents, reading from during debate limited   59 (3)
ending, motion for (seconding required, roll call required)   71
incidental motions, requests and questions during   66
interruptions, purposes for which permitted   57
limited on delayed calendar: 5 min/member, 20 min/question   60 (1)
may be limited by resolution establishing special order   33 (1)
motions acted on without   67
on committee on rules; special order resolution, limit 5 min. pro/con   33 (3)
on motion for reconsideration allowed only if question was debatable,
limited to 3 min/member   73 (7)
privileged motions and requests during   65 (1)
questions in order during   57
recognition in (by district or municipality of residence; not by name)   56 (1)
remarks to be confined to question, avoid personalities   56 (1)
speaking more than twice, or not from assigned place
(vote of two-thirds members present required)   59 (1), (2)
special order resolution, adoption or rejection (5 min/question)   33 (3)
subsidiary motions and requests during   65 (2)
tabling motion, debate limited to 10 min. (2 min/member)   74 (2)
Debate, motion to end:
acted on without debate   67, 71
call for not in order in committee of the whole   8 (2)
moving to end the debate   71
precedence of motion   65 (2)(b)
previous question (definition)   95 (58)
requires support of 15 members   71 (1)
roll call required   71
Decorum:
eating, not permitted on floor or in galleries   26 (4)
members not to cross or leave floor while presiding
officer is speaking   26 (2)
microphones, possession and use   26 (7)
mobile radio service devices   26 (6)
newspaper reading, not permitted during session on floor or in galleries   26 (3)
presiding officer to maintain order, decorum, and quiet   3m (1)(f), 26 (1)
sergeant at arms carries out instructions concerning any
disturbance in chamber   6 (1)(g)
smoking, not permitted on floor or in galleries   26 (5)
Definitions, alphabetical list of major terms   95
Delete and substitute: proposition indivisible   80 (3)
Dilatory (definition)   95 (22)
Dilatory motions out of order   69
successive calls on same question not permitted   88
Dilatory use of motion to suspend rules not permitted   90 (5)
"Dipping” of bill through joint committee on finance, see s. 13.093 (1), stats.
Division of the question:
bill, joint resolution, or resolution not divisible   80 (4)
definition of "division of the question”   95 (23)
motion or simple amendment divisible when containing
2 severable propositions   80 (1)
motion to delete and substitute is one indivisible proposition   80 (3)
not to be used when amendment more clearly achieves purpose   80 (2)
partial veto, how may be divided   80 (5), (6)
report of committee of conference not divisible, see also Joint Rule 3 (3)   80 (4)
requesting a division is authorized interruption   57 (1)(h)
senate amendment received for assembly concurrence not divisible   80 (4)
substitute amendment not divisible   80 (4)
veto of entire bill, may not be divided   80 (4)
Document provision to members, except calendars,
sergeant at arms supervises   6 (1)(c)
Documents, consent required to read from   59 (3), 90 (2)
Documents presented to assembly   37 (2)
Doors to assembly:
all rooms inside constitute "assembly chamber” (definition)   95 (6)
closed when call is ordered; members may not leave   84
E
Eating, not permitted on floor or in galleries   26 (4)
Education, committee on (standing committee)   9 (1)(g)
Education reform, committee on (standing committee)   9 (1)(h)
Elected membership (definition)   95 (24)
Election of officers, midterm vacancy, see also art. IV, sec. 30, and art. XIII,
sec. 6, Wis. Con.; ss. 13.02 (1), 13.13, 13.15 (1), 13.18 (1), stats.   1
Elections and campaign reform, committee on (standing committee)   9 (1)(hd)
Electric voting machine, see Roll call, Voting machine
Emergency statement: bill lacking required statement not to be withdrawn
from joint committee on finance or committee on rules   15 (1)(b)
Employees of assembly:
appointment, supervision   7
chief clerk, sergeant implement personnel management system,
see also Joint Rule 91   5 (1)(t), 6 (1)(i)
social security, insurance, retirement records kept by chief clerk   5 (1)(s)
Employment relations committee (JCOER), assembly and joint,
see also s. 13.111, stats. (standing committee)   9 (7)
permitted to introduce proposals in special, extended, or
extraordinary session   93 (2)
Enacting and enabling clause, inserted when omitted   36 (1)(b)
End debate, motion to, see Debate, motion to end   71
Energy and utilities, committee on (standing committee)   9 (1)(hm)
Engrossed proposal (definition)   95 (25)
Engrossing:
chief clerk supervises work relating to   5 (1)(e)
corrective amendment by committee on assembly organization   23 (2), (3)
duties of chief clerk and legislative reference bureau   5 (1)(f)
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