Assembly Rule 75 (1) (d) On a conference report: "Shall the report of the committee of conference on Assembly (Senate) Bill .... be (approved) (rejected)?
AR2, s. 65
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65. Assembly rule 79 (5) is created to read:
Assembly Rule 79 (5) For the purpose of establishing a qualified majority or quorum, both members of the pair are considered not present.
AR2, s. 66
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66. Assembly rule 80 (4) is amended to read:
Assembly Rule 80 (4) Bills, joint resolutions, resolutions and substitute amendments, and amendments received from the senate for assembly concurrence, may not be divided. A bill vetoed in its entirety by the governor may not be divided.
AR2, s. 67
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67. Assembly rule 80 (6) is amended to read:
Assembly Rule 80 (6) When a bill has been vetoed in part the committee on rules may, by a resolution offered under rule 33, propose to schedule a specific item part as a special order. When appropriate, the resolution may divide the
item part into one or more independent propositions and dependent propositions. The proposed division must include at least one separate proposition which, if passed notwithstanding the objections of the governor, will result in a complete and workable law regardless of the action taken on any other part of the original item
part. The chair shall first put the question on any such independent proposition. The question on any proposition dependent thereon shall be put only if the independent proposition has been passed notwithstanding the objections of the governor.
AR2, s. 68
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68. Assembly rule 83 (4) is created to read:
Assembly Rule 83 (4) On a call of the assembly being requested, the presiding officer shall state substantially: "It requires 15 members to second a call of the assembly; those in favor of the call will rise". If 15 members rise, the call is ordered.
AR2, s. 69
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69. Assembly rule 93 (4) is amended to read:
Assembly Rule 93 (4) All measures referred to a calendar may be taken up immediately. A printed calendar shall need not be required distributed.
AR2, s. 70
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70. Assembly rule 94 (3) (a) and (b) are amended to read:
Assembly Rule 94 (3) (a) Within one week from the adoption of any resolution significantly changing the assembly rules, the chief clerk shall direct the printing reproduction of a new pamphlet incorporating the entire text of these rules as affected by that resolution unless, in the judgment of the speaker, additional rule changes may soon be agreed to by the members. Each pamphlet edition shall contain a revised table of contents and index prepared by the legislative reference bureau
and shall be printed under the class 1 contract for printing of legislative bills.
(b) The chief clerk shall supervise the production of the book printing of these rules for insertion into the assembly manual.
AR2, s. 71
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71. Assembly rule 95 (3), (4) and (6) are amended to read:
Assembly Rule 95 (3) Adoption: Approval of a motion,
amendment, substitute amendment, simple resolution, or joint resolution.
(4) Amendment: A suggested alteration in any proposal
, often referred to as a simple amendment in distinction to a substitute amendment intended to take the place of the proposal.
(6) Assembly chamber: The In the capitol, the entire area west of the easternmost doors of the assembly, including the visitor's galleries, lobbies, offices of the speaker, majority leader and minority leader and hallways. In the insurance building on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, the entire first floor, excluding the hall in front of the elevators, and the visitor galleries and auxiliary rooms adjacent thereto.
AR2, s. 72
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72. Assembly rule 95 (19) is repealed.
AR2, s. 73
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73. Assembly rule 95 (27m) is created to read:
Assembly Rule 95 (27m) Extraordinary session: The convening of the legislature by the assembly and senate organization committees or by petition or joint resolution of the legislature to accomplish the business specified in the action calling the session. When used to continue a floorperiod of the regular session for a limited purpose, the extraordinary session is referred to as an extended session.
AR2, s. 73m
Section 73m. Assembly rule 95 (33m) is created to read:
Assembly Rule 95 (33m) History file: The list of entries made by the chief clerk in the bulletin of proceedings recording the actions of the legislature on a proposal.
AR2, s. 74
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74. Assembly rule 95 (39), (54), (63), (66) and (67) are amended to read:
Assembly Rule 95 (39) Joint resolution: A proposal
requiring adoption by both houses, to: a) expressing express the opinion of the legislature,; b)
changing change the joint rules, or; c) proposing propose an amendment to the state constitution, requiring adoption by both houses; or d) propose or ratify an amendment to the U.S. constitution.
(54) Passage: Final assembly approval of an assembly joint resolution proposing to amend the constitution or of an assembly bill.
(63) Recess: A temporary suspension of business during a legislative day of the year.
(66) Regular session: The biennial session of the legislature established by the constitution and by section 13.02 of the statutes. The Wisconsin legislature convenes in the capitol on the first Monday of January in each odd-numbered year at 2 p.m. to take the oath of office, select officers, and to organize itself for the conduct of its business (if the first Monday falls on January 1 or 2, the legislature organizes on January 3). Daily meetings begin on the first Tuesday after the 8th of in January in each year and continue throughout the biennium until the final adjournment of the session. The term "session" is also often used to refer to the daily meetings of the legislature.
(67) Rejection: An action by which an amendment for the adverse and final disposition of: a) a resolution or joint resolution is adversely and finally disposed of for the biennial session of the legislature; b) an amendment or substitute amendment with regard to one specific document; c) the application of a motion to the current situation; and d) the report of a committee.
AR2, s. 75
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75. Assembly rule 95 (72) is repealed.
AR2, s. 76
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76. Assembly rule 95 (82) and (84) are amended to read:
Assembly Rule 95 (82) Special committee: A committee created by a motion or resolution, or a temporary special committee created by a written order of the speaker under rule 10, to investigate specific matters during a session or committee work period, and report to the assembly.
(84) Special session: An extraordinary The convening of the legislature by the governor to accomplish a special purpose for which convened.
AR2, s. 77
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77. Assembly rule 97 (3) is amended to read:
Assembly Rule 97 (3) The committee on assembly organization shall establish a procedure for reviewing each citation proposed under this rule, but an assembly citation may not be used to declare a special day or to declare a person an honorary citizen.
