Absence of members from daily sessions:
call of assembly83 (1)
journal lists those present or absent30 (1)
leaves shall be obtained27
must be in chair to be present30 (1)
number smaller than a quorum (majority of current membership)
may compel attendance of30 (3)
one member may request leave for another
27
request for leave proper during debate66 (1)(e)
upon request member arriving late may be recorded as
present30 (1)
Act (definition)95 (1)
Actions, motions, and questions in order during debate
57, 65, 66
Adjourn (definition)95 (2)
Adjourn, motion to:
acted on without debate, exceptions70
always in order except while voting or while assembly recessed for caucus70 (1)
call of assembly may be moved83 (2)
precedence does not authorize such motion
while another member has floor70 (1)
privilege of motion or request65 (1)(c), (d)
recess to next day: same as69m
roll call required when assembly under call
86 (3)
simple motion not debatable or amendable
70 (3)
to fix time for convening, debatable and amendable
70 (4)
to fixed other time, debatable and amendable
70 (2)
two consecutive motions to adjourn not in order
69 (3)
Adjournment:
in committee of the whole8 (6), (7)
motion proper at any time, but not while voting or while another
member has floor or while assembly recessed
for caucus70 (1)
not debatable or amendable70 (3)
roll call required for adjournment under call
86 (3)
simple motion adjourns to 9 a.m. (exception)
28
sine die adjournment (definition)95 (79)
smaller number than quorum (majority of current membership)
may adjourn30 (3)
terminates call of the assembly (roll call required)86 (3), 87 (3)
Administrative rules:
chief clerk files with agency, senate, and JCRAR
5 (1)(u)
committee for review of, see also ss. 13.56
and 13.565, stats.3 (1)(r), 5 (1)(u), 9 (6), 20 (2)
how assigned to standing committee for review
3 (1)(r), 13 (2)
legislative history of review of, see Joint Rule 78
report by standing committee or JCRAR after review of proposed
20
report with objections, referral to JCRAR
3 (1)(r)
scheduled for floor action:
report without recommendation, after 30 days
15 (6)
special ordered, after 40 days33 (7)
withdrawal and rereferral of proposed administrative
rule by speaker13 (2)(b)
withdrawal of proposed administrative rule, speaker provides
notice of3 (1)(r), 13 (2)(a)
Admission to floor of assembly chamber:
by action of assembly25 (4)
limitations25
open from one hour before daily session to one hour
after daily adjournment6 (1)(d)
presiding officer may grant25 (4)
sergeant at arms supervises coming and going
6 (1)(b)
those permitted25
Adverse and final disposition:
list of methods49 (1)
motion not permitted twice on same day at same stage
of proposal72
once determined, substantially similar proposal
not to originate in assembly in same session49 (2)
subject to reconsideration only in accordance with rule 7349 (1)
Advice and consent of assembly51m
Advisement:
presiding officer may take point of order under
62 (3)(b)
question under: may be expanded69 (4)
Aging and long-term care, committee on (standing committee)
9 (1)(a)
Agriculture, committee on (standing committee)
9 (1)(b)
Amend a proposal or motion, precedence of motion for
65 (2)(g)
Amendments:
amendment to amendment52 (2), 55 (2)(b)
changes not permitted in amendments prepared by
legislative reference bureau39 (3), 53
changing or amending rules requires assembly resolution
89 (1)
committee floor amendment adopting by, redrafting
by legislative reference bureau53 (3)
committee reports out only if adoption recommended
18 (3)
conference report and attachments not amendable, see Joint Rule 3 (3)
considered on 2nd reading of proposal46
corrective, by committee on assembly organization
23 (2), (3)
definition of "amendment"95 (4)
delete and substitute, proposition indivisible
80 (3)
division, when improper80 (2)
floor amendments, corrections in53 (3), (4)
germane:
list of amendments which are54 (4)
list of assembly amendments which are not
54 (3)
history file to show name of member or committee
sponsoring53 (1)
how offered by committee18 (2), 53 (3)
in order on 2nd reading and before engrossment
52 (1)
in 3rd degree not accepted52 (2)
may be offered on motion to fix time to which adjournment
is taken70 (2)
may be revived by assembly while proposal is in
amendable stage18 (3), 47 (2)
must be germane to proposal, see Germaneness of amendments
not permitted on resolution by committee on rules
for special order33 (2)
numbering of53 (1)
