SB193: Bill Text

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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE

2011 Senate BILL 193

September 20, 2011 - Introduced by Senators T. Cullen, Holperin, C. Larson, Carpenter, Hansen, S. Coggs and Schultz, cosponsored by Representatives Mason, Fields, Sinicki, Turner, Toles, Pope-Roberts, Bernard Schaber and Berceau. Referred to Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.

SB193,1,2 An Act to create 13.086 of the statutes; relating to: prohibiting a vote on bills during the first 21 days after introduction.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Under this bill, no house of the legislature may vote on passage of a bill until 21 days after the bill's introduction, unless two-thirds of the members elected to that house vote to suspend the 21-day waiting period.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB193, s. 1 Section 1. 13.086 of the statutes is created to read:

SB193,1,7 13.086 Waiting period to vote on bills. No house of the legislature may vote on passage of a bill until 21 days after the bill's introduction, unless two-thirds of the members elected to that house vote to suspend the waiting period described under this section.

SB193, s. 2 Section 2. Initial applicability.

SB193,2,2 (1) This act first applies to bills introduced on the effective date of this subsection.

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