Assembly

ar99(1) (1) The speaker or presiding officer may request from the legislative fiscal bureau an original fiscal estimate on a bill if the speaker or presiding officer believes that a fiscal estimate on the bill will not be completed by the state agency assigned to prepare the fiscal estimate before the bill receives a public hearing, is voted on by an assembly standing committee, or is considered by the assembly.

ar99(2) (2) An original fiscal estimate prepared under sub. (1) shall be submitted to the legislative reference bureau for review by the requester under joint rule 48 and for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope. The fiscal estimate, however, may not be reproduced or inserted if the fiscal estimate prepared by the state agency is available for reproduction and insertion before the fiscal estimate prepared under sub. (1).

ar99(3) (3) Unless otherwise determined by the assembly, failure to receive a fiscal estimate requested under sub. (1) on a bill that already has one or more original fiscal estimates does not delay consideration of the bill. Unless otherwise determined by the assembly, failure to receive a fiscal estimate requested other than under sub. (1) on a bill that already has one or more original fiscal estimates requested under sub. (1) does not delay consideration of the bill.

[cr. 2003 A.Res. 3]

Alphabetical Index

Revised by Legislative Reference Bureau
January 2013

Assembly Rule

A

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 proposed20

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)

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)