1995 Senate Resolution 2
ENGROSSED RESOLUTION
To repeal senate rule 96; to amend senate rules 5 (2) (c), 7 (4), 8 (1), 17 (1) (o), 18 (2) and (3), 21, 22 (2), 25 (1), 26 (1), 29, 30 (1), (2) and (3) (intro.) and (d), 31 (3), 32 (1) and (2), 33 (3), 34 (title), (1), (2) and (3), 35, 42 (1), 44, 45, 46 (1) and (5), 48, 50 (1), 89, 93 (1) and (3), 94 (3) (a), 95 and 98 (4) (intro); and to repeal and recreate senate rule 20 (1) and (2); relating to: the senate rules.
Resolved by the senate, That:
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1. Senate rule 5 (2) (c) is amended to read:
Senate Rule 5 (2) (c) Cause to be kept and prepared for the printer the daily journal of the proceedings to be kept and reproduced for distribution.
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2. Senate rule 7 (4) is amended to read:
Senate Rule 7 (4) On appeal being taken, the question shall be "Shall the decision of the chair stand as the judgment of the senate?" which question, and the action thereon, shall be entered on the journal. The vote shall be taken by ayes and noes. A tie vote sustains the ruling of the chair.
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3. Senate rule 8 (1) is amended to read:
Senate Rule 8 (1) When the senate is called to order the members shall take their seats and remain with their heads uncovered while the senate remains in session. Members, officers and employes shall wear appropriate attire while the senate is in session. Appropriate attire for men shall include the wearing of a coat.
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4. Senate rule 17 (1) (o) is amended to read:
Senate Rule 17 (1) (o) Fifteenth order. Announcements
, adjournment honors and remarks under special privilege.
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5. Senate rule 18 (2) and (3) are amended to read:
Senate Rule 18 (2) The printed sergeant at arms shall distribute a copy of the calendar shall be furnished to all members before such a the calendar is acted upon. The committee on senate organization shall provide at least 18 hours' notice of other matters to be taken up on the next session day, but the printed distributed calendar shall not be changed within such 18-hour period.
(3) Except as provided in sub. (2), the printed
distributed calendar shall show the business scheduled to be taken up on the current day, organized according to the orders of business established by rule 17 (1). For proposals on 2nd reading, the calendar shall show all pending committee reports.
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6. Senate rule 20 (1) and (2) are repealed and recreated to read:
Senate Rule 20 (1) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), the members of the committee on senate organization are:
1. The majority leader as chairperson.
2. The president.
3. The assistant majority leader.
4. The minority leader.
5. The assistant minority leader.
(b) If the 2 major political parties are represented in the senate by equal membership, the members of the committee on senate organization are:
1. The president of the senate.
2. The former majority and minority leaders and former majority and minority assistant leaders.
3. The former minority caucus chairperson.
(c) The other standing committees of the senate shall be created by the committee on senate organization as near to the commencement of the session as possible.
(2) (a) The chairperson of the committee on senate organization, as near to the commencement of the session as possible, shall make and report to the senate all committee appointments of members of the majority and minority parties. The chairperson of the committee on senate organization shall designate a chairperson for each senate committee and joint committee.
(b) With regard to members of any minority party, the appointments shall be based on nominations by the leader of that party.
(c) The majority and minority parties of the senate shall be represented on all senate standing committees and on all joint standing committees on the basis prescribed by the chairperson of the committee on senate organization, but at least in proportion to the representation of the 2 major political parties in the membership of the senate unless, for the senate membership of a joint committee, such proportional representation places the senate majority party in a minority position on the joint committee.
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7. Senate rule 21 is amended to read:
Senate Rule 21.
Special committees. All special committees shall be provided for on motion or by resolution, designating the number and object, and unless otherwise ordered, shall be appointed by the chairperson of the committee on senate organization. The member first named shall act as chairperson of such special committee.
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8. Senate rule 22 (2) is amended to read:
Senate Rule 22 (2) On the question of the confirmation of appointments by the governor, the vote shall be taken by ayes and noes which shall be entered upon the journal. The question of the confirmation of such appointments shall not be subject to a motion for reconsideration under rule 67, and the senate may, but shall not be required to, act upon an appointment resubmitted by the governor when the identical appointment has once been refused confirmation by the senate. The chief clerk shall record the cumulative status of all appointments in the weekly bulletin of proceedings.
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9. Senate rule 25 (1) is amended to read:
Senate Rule 25 (1) Any chairperson who determines to hold a hearing shall schedule the hearing as early in the session as practicable. The day, hour, and place of hearing before any committee shall be posted on the bulletin board of each house, and such notice shall state the number, author, and title relating clause of the bill or resolution to be considered. Whenever a scheduled hearing is cancelled canceled, the chairperson shall immediately notify the chief clerk and post cancellation notices on the bulletin boards of each house.
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10. Senate rule 26 (1) is amended to read:
Senate Rule 26 (1) On or before Monday noon of each week the chairperson of each senate committee shall file with the chief clerk a list of the public hearings on measures before that committee which will be held during the following week. Such list shall be printed reproduced in full in the weekly schedule of committee activities. The chairperson of any senate committee may file notice of hearing on or before Monday noon of the 2nd week prior to the week in which the public hearing is scheduled so as to post advance notice of the hearing.
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11. Senate rule 29 is amended to read:
Senate Rule 29. (title) Copies of bills, etc.
and resolutions. At least 5 copies Copies of all bills and resolutions to be introduced shall be presented by the primary author to the chief clerk, enclosed in a jacket envelope as provided in rule 30. One copy shall be promptly returned to the legislative reference bureau with a cover sheet, prepared and attached by the chief clerk, containing the introductory information.
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12. Senate rule 30 (1), (2) and (3) (intro.) and (d) are amended to read:
Senate Rule 30 (1) The legislative reference bureau shall provide jacket envelopes of a suitable size to hold any bill or resolution and the papers pertaining thereto, respectively, without folding or rolling. The clerk shall not file any paper for any purpose, the cover of which has been either folded or rolled. Such jacket envelopes shall be distinguished from those of the assembly by color. The envelopes shall be properly printed and ruled to receive the notations of the clerk.
(2) The legislative reference bureau shall enter the title relating clause and drafting number of the bill or resolution on the envelope, and the clerk shall enter the number, the date of introduction, the name of the member or committee introducing it and the committee of reference upon the envelope and upon the cover sheet. The usual notations of either committee or clerk shall be made on the envelope and only in the history file for the measure. Only those documents specified by the chief clerk shall be placed therein in the envelope.
(3) (intro.) The chief clerk shall also cause to be noted on such jacket envelope, and to be transcribed to enter in the history file for the measure:
(d) The reprinting reproduction of a measure with all adopted amendments engrossed therein.
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13. Senate rule 31 (3) is amended to read:
Senate Rule 31 (3) Any The chief clerk shall enter any corrections made by the chief clerk under this rule shall be noted on the jacket envelope and entered in the journal.
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14. Senate rule 32 (1) and (2) are amended to read:
Senate Rule 32 (1) When first considered and thereafter each time that a proposal is considered after business relating to another subject has intervened, it shall be identified in the journal by number and relating clause. Thereafter all reference to any bill, resolution, joint resolution or petition either in the journal, or messages shall be by number only, excepting in the journal where the ayes and noes are entered. The chief clerk shall read the titles relating clauses except where the senate directs otherwise, except that in messages of approval of bills by the governor the chief clerk shall read the bill number only unless a member requests the title relating clause to be read.
(2) No later than one-half hour following the adjournment of each day's session, members may submit to the chief clerk in writing a listing of visitors from their districts who witnessed a part of such day's session. Such list, together with the record of the guests introduced on that day under rule 17 (4), shall be printed entered at the end of the day's journal.
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15. Senate rule 33 (3) is amended to read:
Senate Rule 33 (3) Such resolutions as are only expressive of opinion Resolutions offering commendations, congratulations or condolences, memorializing congress or an individual or affecting senate or legislative rules or procedures are declared not to be within the meaning of the term "business" under the constitutional provision limiting the matters to be considered during special sessions to such as are enumerated in the governor's call for a special session.
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16. Senate rule 34 (title), (1), (2) and (3) are amended to read:
Senate Rule 34. (title) Printed bills, etc., Proposals to be on file one day before action. (1) All bills and joint resolutions, and all resolutions except those privileged for immediate consideration under rule 69, shall, after being printed distributed, lay over one day before being considered.
(2) The requirement for a one-day layover shall not apply to amendments, but copies of the full text, reproduced in whatever form,
of each amendment shall be distributed to the members before final adoption
of the amendment.
(3) Reading at length shall be required for resolutions privileged under rule 69 and for any governor's veto message unless written copies of the full text of such documents, printed or otherwise reproduced, have been distributed to the members.
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17. Senate rule 35 is amended to read:
