Item veto, see Veto
J
Jefferson's manual applicable when no specific assembly
or joint rule governs procedures, unless inconsistent
with constitutional or statutory provisions 91 (1)
Jobs, economy, and small business, committee on
(standing committee) 9 (1)(p)
Joint committee for review of administrative rules (JCRAR),
see
Administrative rules
Joint committee on employment relations (JCOER), see
Employment relations committee, assembly and joint
Joint committee on finance, see Finance committee, assembly and joint
Joint committee on information policy and technology, see Information
policy and technology, committee on
Joint convention, see also Joint Rule 1:
assembly chief clerk acts as chief clerk of
32 (2)
definition of "joint convention" 95 (37)
interrupts business of the assembly 32 (2)
senate president (or speaker) presides 32 (2)
Joint hearing (definition) 95 (38)
Joint resolution:
copies to be provided 24 hours before consideration
unless privileged 35 (1)
definition of "joint resolution" 95 (39)
division not proper 80 (4)
executive action, 24 hours after proposal public 17d
introduction by committee 18 (5)
presentation of 39
privileged when relating to members, procedures, or
organization 43 (1)
proposing amendment to Wisconsin constitution:
question on 3rd reading 75 (1)(b)
receives 3 readings before adoption 41 (2)
second consideration, what may be amended, see
Joint Rule 57 (2)
ratifying amendment to U.S. constitution
41 (2)
readings required 41
referred to standing committee, special committee,
next calendar, or committee on rules, unless privileged
42
relating to legislative rules (roll call required;
a majority of current membership required
to adopt) 43 (2), 89
rereferred to committee 13 (1)(am), 42 (3)(c), 45
stating question of adoption or concurrence
75 (1)(b)
to recall proposal (after passage) for further action
23 (3), 51
Joint rules:
definition of "joint rules" 95 (40)
together with assembly rules govern parliamentary practice
91
Joint session, see Joint convention
Joint survey committee:
bills may not be withdrawn from 15 (1)(a)
referral of bill returned by standing committee and
committee on rules 24 (3)(a)
referral of proposal to one or more, simultaneously 42 (1)(b)
report to be read at length if not provided
35 (3)
Journal, see also art. IV, sec. 10, Wis. Con.:
chief clerk's or legislative reference bureau's corrections
in legislative proposal 36
communications included in journal by order of
assembly or presiding officer 37 (2)
conforms to rules and directives by committee on
assembly organization 38
definition of "journal" 95 (41)
gives daily list of those present or absent
30 (1)
may note fact that member wished to be recorded
on roll call 76 (8)
preparation supervised by chief clerk 5 (1)(b)
roll call record to show names and totals
76 (9)
Judiciary and ethics, committee on (standing committee)
9 (1)(q)
L
Labor and workforce development, committee on
(standing committee) 9 (1)(r)
Last general-business floorperiod, final legislative day:
reconsideration motion taken up by majority
vote of members present and voting 73 (3)(b)
Lay on table, see Table, motion to
Leave (definition), see also Absence, leave of 95 (42)
Leaving chamber: no member to leave
while assembly under call 84
Leaving floor: no member to cross or leave
while presiding officer is addressing assembly 26 (2)
Legislative citation, see Certificate
96
Legislative day (definition) 95 (43)
Legislative reference bureau, see also ss. 13.90 and 13.92, stats.:
committee's floor amendment, reviews and redrafts
53 (3)
correction in proposal:
authorized for wrong spelling, grammar, numbering,
or improper word use and wrong numbering
or referencing 36 (1)(a)
enacting or enabling clause, inserts when missing
36 (1)(b)
titles of proposals, when required in 36 (1)(c)
drafts all proposals for introduction 39 (2), (3)
engrossed proposal, prepares for reproduction
5 (1)(f)
flaw in enrolled bill, notifies committee on assembly
organization 23 (2), (3)
inauguration day, duties of chief 5 (1)(a)
indexes to proposals by subject and author,
see Joint Rules 77 and 78
publishing assembly manual, assists chief clerk
94 (1)
required to make clerical corrections in proposals
36
Legislature, organization of, see art. IV, sections 7 to 20,
Wis. Con. and ss. 13.01 to 13.58, stats.
Lieutenant governor, confirmation 51m
Lifting a call of the assembly 87
Lobbyists do not have privilege of floor
25
Local affairs, committee on urban and
(standing committee) 9 (1)(x)
M
Main motions and questions (definition)
95 (44)
Main question on 2nd reading conforms to committee
recommendation; exceptions 47
Majority:
definition of "majority" 95 (45)
special order: vote of members present to advance
to 3rd reading or message to senate 33 (4)
vote of current membership to change rules (roll call required)
89
vote of current membership to lift call (roll call required) 87 (2)
vote of members present (even if less than quorum)
to adjourn under call (roll call required) 86 (3), 87 (3)
vote of members present may withdraw bill from
committee after 21 days 15 (1)
