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2003 - 2004 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO 2003 ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 3
January 30, 2003 - Offered by Representatives Freese and Gard.
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1To amend assembly rule 9 (2) (a), assembly rule 11 (4), assembly rule 11 (9),
2assembly rule 12, assembly rule 30 (1), assembly rule 31 (7), assembly rule 32
3(1) (a), assembly rule 39 (1), assembly rule 41 (1), assembly rule 50 (1), assembly
4rule 56 (1), assembly rule 58 (3), assembly rules 73 (2) (a) and (3) (a), assembly
5rule 73 (9) and assembly rule 93 (4); and
to create assembly rule 17d and
6assembly rule 99;
relating to: the assembly rules.
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8Section
1. Assembly rule 9 (2) (a) is amended to read:
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9Assembly Rule 9 (2) (a) The
speaker shall determine the total number of
10members on each committee, unless specified by
statute, joint rule
, or assembly rule,
11and the allocation of the number between members of the majority and minority
12party
shall be determined by the speaker.
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1Assembly Rule 11 (4) All committee votes shall be taken in the presence of the
2committee. A member may not be recorded as voting unless the member is present
3at the committee session when the vote is taken.
This subsection does not apply to 4the committee on assembly organization, to the joint committee on legislative
5organization, or to the joint legislative council.
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7Assembly Rule 11 (9) The chairperson shall determine when proposals or other
8business
are is scheduled for public hearing or
, subject to rule 17d, executive action,
9and, subject to rule 17m, when committee actions are reported to the assembly.
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11Assembly Rule 12.
Committees not to meet during daily session. Except
12for conference committees
and the committee on rules, a committee may not meet
13while the assembly is in session.
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15Assembly Rule 17d.
Executive action. A committee may not vote on a
16proposal unless the proposal has been introduced, or offered, and made available to
17the public for at least 24 hours excluding:
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(1) Saturdays, Sundays, and state holidays specified in section 230.35 (4) (a)
19of the statutes; and
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(2) Hours after 5 p.m. or before 8 a.m.
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22Assembly Rule 30 (1) The call of the roll to record attendance shall be taken
23in the same manner as a roll call vote.
All members whose attendance is recorded
24as present shall be in their chairs for the call of the roll. A list of those present and
1absent shall be entered in the journal. A member who arrives late may, with the
2approval of the assembly, be recorded as present.
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4Assembly Rule 31 (7) Seventh order.
Consideration Making and consideration 5of motions for reconsideration of passage, indefinite postponement, concurrence, or
6nonconcurrence.
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7Section
8. Assembly rule 32 (1) (a) is amended to read:
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8Assembly Rule 32 (1) (a)
Messages Except as otherwise provided in this
9paragraph, messages from the senate or from the governor may be received and read,
10and any proposal referenced in the messages that is a senate proposal initially
11received for consideration of the assembly shall be referred and any other proposals
12referenced in the messages shall be taken up immediately unless referred by the
13presiding officer to a standing committee or to the calendar
. Any messages from the
14senate referring to a senate joint resolution memorializing Congress or any branch
15or officer of the federal government that is received for consideration of the assembly
16may be read but the senate joint resolution may not be received for consideration.
17The senate joint resolution shall be transmitted to the senate immediately after the
18message is read;
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20Assembly Rule 39 (1) Except as otherwise provided in joint rule 83 (2)
and this
21subsection, any member or standing committee may introduce or offer proposals in
22the assembly on any day of the biennial legislative session.
No member or standing
23committee may offer any assembly joint resolution or resolution memorializing
24Congress or any branch or officer of the federal government.
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1Assembly Rule 41 (1) Except as further provided in subs. (2) and (3)
and except
2as otherwise provided in this subsection, any assembly joint resolution or resolution,
3and any senate joint resolution received by the assembly for consideration, shall
4receive a reading on each of 2 separate and nonconsecutive legislative days under the
5appropriate order of business designated in rule 31. Unless otherwise ordered, each
6reading shall consist of reading the relating clause in the resolution's title or on first
7reading be as provided in rule 42 (2) or (3).
This subsection does not apply to any
8senate joint resolution that the assembly is prohibited from considering under rule
932 (1) (a).
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11Assembly Rule 50 (1) Each proposal that passes or is adopted after a 3rd
12reading, and each senate proposal adversely disposed of by the assembly, shall be
13transmitted
, along with a certified report of the assembly's action, to the senate
14immediately after
failure of any motion to reconsider the passage, adoption, or
15adverse disposition
fails, as applicable, or the
expiration of the time for making
the 16such a motion
expires, together with a certified report of the assembly's action.
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18Assembly Rule 56 (1) Any member who desires to speak in debate or submit
19any matter to the assembly shall rise in his or her assigned place and respectfully
20address the presiding officer. Upon being recognized, the member shall confine his
21or her remarks to the question before the assembly and shall avoid personalities. A
22member may be recognized or addressed only by the number of the member's district
23or by the county or municipality in which the member resides.
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1Assembly Rule 58 (3) When
the orderliness of remarks made by a member is
2called to order for questioned under sub. (1) based on the
alleged use of improper or
3disorderly language, the
member questioning the orderliness, upon the request of
4the presiding officer, shall give the presiding officer a written statement containing
5the specific words to which exception has been taken
shall be put in writing, thus
6enabling the presiding officer better to be able to judge whether the words spoken
7were in violation of the assembly rules.
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8Section
14. Assembly rules 73 (2) (a) and (3) (a) are amended to read:
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9Assembly Rule 73 (2)
(a) A motion to reconsider any decision
, other than
10passage
of or concurrence
in a proposal, may only be entered after the question to
11which
it the motion relates has been decided and must be entered either: 1) before
12the relating clause of the next proposal is read by the clerk, the next order of business
13is announced by the presiding officer, or other business is begun; or 2) on the
13th 147th order of business on the
next roll call 2nd legislative day
thereafter.
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(3)
(a) A motion for reconsideration of the vote by which a proposal is passed,
16adopted, concurred in, indefinitely postponed, rejected, or nonconcurred in may be
17entered: 1) before the relating clause of the next proposal is read by the clerk, the
18next order of business is announced by the presiding officer, or other business is
19begun; or 2) on the
13th 7th order of business on the
next roll call 2nd legislative day
20thereafter. Any motion to reconsider such final action shall be taken up immediately
21if the roll call day on which it is entered is already the 2nd or a later actual day
22following the vote constituting final action on the proposal, but consideration of any
23other motion for reconsideration of such final action, entered on the roll call day
24following the day on which the final action was taken, shall be laid over and placed
1on the calendar for the first legislative day that occurs at least 2 calendar days after
2the decision was made.
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4Assembly Rule 73 (9) When a motion to reconsider has been entered to return
5a proposal to the amendable stage,
the maker of the motion while the motion is
6pending, any member may offer
one new amendment
new amendments to that
7proposal
, which before the vote on the motion to reconsider. Any such new
8amendments shall be provided to the members.
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10Assembly Rule 93 (4) All proposals
shall be referred to
a the day's calendar
11and may be taken up immediately. A calendar need not be provided.
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13Assembly Rule 99.
Fiscal estimates. (1) The speaker or presiding officer may
14request from the legislative fiscal bureau an original fiscal estimate on a bill if the
15speaker or presiding officer believes that a fiscal estimate on the bill will not be
16completed by the state agency assigned to prepare the fiscal estimate before the bill
17receives a public hearing, is voted on by an assembly standing committee, or is
18considered by the assembly.
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(2) An original fiscal estimate prepared under sub. (1) shall be submitted to the
20legislative reference bureau for review by the requester under joint rule 48 and for
21reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope. The fiscal estimate, however,
22may not be reproduced or inserted if the fiscal estimate prepared by the state agency
23is available for reproduction and insertion before the fiscal estimate prepared under
24sub. (1).
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1(3) Unless otherwise determined by the assembly, failure to receive a fiscal
2estimate requested under sub. (1) on a bill that already has one or more original fiscal
3estimates does not delay consideration of the bill. Unless otherwise determined by
4the assembly, failure to receive a fiscal estimate requested other than under sub. (1)
5on a bill that already has one or more original fiscal estimates requested under sub.
6(1) does not delay consideration of the bill.