jr11(3)
(3) A majority of those present, even though a smaller number than a majority of the current membership is present, may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide, as provided under
section 7 of
article IV of the constitution.
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oint Rule 12.
Required vote total. jr12(1)(1) Unless a different total vote is required by the state constitution, by law, or by legislative rule, for a specific action, all questions are decided by a majority of a quorum.
jr12(2)(a)(a) As required by the state constitution, each of the bills or actions under pars.
(am) to
(g) requires such higher affirmative vote total for passage or concurrence in either house. The vote is taken by ayes and noes and shall be so recorded in the journal.
jr12(2)(am)
(am) Three‐fourths of all the members elected to both houses are necessary to approve any bill to grant increased retirement fund benefits under
section 26 of
article IV of the constitution.
jr12(2)(b)
(b) Two‐thirds of all the members elected to that house in which the member serves are necessary to approve the expulsion of a member under
section 8 of
article IV of the constitution.
jr12(2)(c)
(c) Two‐thirds of all the members elected to each house are necessary to remove a justice or judge by address of the legislature under
section 13 of
article VII of the constitution.
jr12(2)(d)
(d) Two‐thirds of the members present and constituting a quorum in each house are necessary to pass any bill, or to pass any part of an appropriation bill, notwithstanding the objections of the governor under
section 10 of
article V of the constitution.
jr12(2)(e)
(e) Two‐thirds of the senators present and constituting a quorum are necessary to convict in an impeachment trial under
section 1 of
article VII of the constitution.
jr12(2)(f)
(f) A majority of all the members elected to each house is necessary to authorize state debt for extraordinary expenditures under section 6, or to authorize bonded indebtedness under section 7 of article VIII, or to give first or second consideration approval to any proposed amendment to the state constitution under
section 1 of
article XII of the constitution.
jr12(2)(g)
(g) A majority of all the members elected to the assembly is necessary to vote an impeachment under
section 1 of
article VII of the constitution.
jr12(3)
(3) One-sixth of the members present of either house are necessary to require that the yeas and nays of the members of that house on any question be entered on the journal, as provided under
section 20 of
article IV of the constitution.
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oint Rule 13.
Adjournment for more than 3 days. As provided by
section 10 of
article IV of the constitution, neither house shall, without the consent of the other house through approval of a joint resolution by both houses, adjourn for more than 3 consecutive days (Sundays excepted).
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Joint Rule 14.
Stationery; reproduction of legislative documents. jr14(1)(1) All stationery purchased for the legislature shall be let by contract to the lowest responsible bidder, as provided under
section 25 of
article IV of the constitution.
jr14(2)
(2) Each house of the legislature may have publications and other matter reproduced in the manner provided by the rules of each house or the joint rules. In addition, the legislature or either house thereof may provide by rule, and the joint committee on legislative organization may provide by motion with the ayes and noes recorded in its minutes, for reproduction of materials for the legislature in any form, manner, or amount which in the judgment of the legislature, the house, or the joint committee best serves the interests of the people of the state, except that where there is a contract for reproduction with which the reproduction would conflict, the contract continues to govern until it expires.
jr14(3)
(3) For any legislative document originating in one house of the legislature and to be reproduced for both houses of the legislature, the joint committee on legislative organization may determine the number of copies routinely to be reproduced unless otherwise provided by law, joint rule, or resolution but the chief clerks of the senate and assembly, acting jointly, may authorize the reproduction of additional copies if warranted by the anticipated requests.
Chapter 3:
COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
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Joint Rule 21.
Joint hearings of standing committees. The chairpersons of corresponding committees of both houses or committees having corresponding proposals referred to them shall arrange joint hearings of their committees to consider the proposals if, in their judgment, the business of the legislature and the convenience of the members and the public, who are interested in the proposals, will be promoted thereby. The proposals to be considered, the time and place of the hearings, who presides at the hearings, and any other matters convenient to the hearings may be agreed upon by the chairpersons. Joint hearings may also be arranged to consider a proposal introduced or offered in only one house which will require consideration in both houses. The joint hearings take the place of separate hearings and are final unless the house in which the proposal is pending orders a further hearing before its own committee.
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Joint Rule 22.
Cochairpersons of joint committees. All standing or special joint committees shall have a senate and an assembly cochairperson. Unless otherwise provided by both cochairpersons, a meeting of a joint committee shall be chaired by the cochairperson from the house that referred the business then before the joint committee.
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Joint Rule 23.
Joint committee on legislative organization. jr23(1)(1) There is created a joint committee on legislative organization consisting of the speaker of the assembly, the president of the senate, the majority and minority leader of each house, and the assistant majority and minority leader of each house.
jr23(2)
(2) The committee has the powers and responsibilities conferred upon it by statute or by the joint rules and may take appropriate action thereunder. The committee shall recommend to the houses any action it considers likely to more closely coordinate the work of the 2 houses or to save expenses or increase the efficiency of the legislature.
jr23(3)
(3) The committee shall adopt a policy for the preservation of historically significant electronic records of legislative business that are maintained by the chief clerks of the 2 houses.
jr23(4)
(4) The committee shall adopt a continuity of operations plan for the purpose of meeting at a temporary seat of government to conduct legislative business as provided under section
323.51 (1m) of the statutes.
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oint Rule 25.
Funeral delegation. A joint delegation consisting of members of the senate appointed by the president and of members of the assembly appointed by the speaker shall attend the funeral of any deceased member of the legislature.
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Joint Rule 27.
Committee hearings open to public. Unless otherwise provided by law, every committee hearing, executive session, or other meeting is open to the public. If time permits, advance notice of every regularly scheduled committee hearing, executive session, or other meeting is published as provided in joint rule
75.
Chapter 4:
CLERICAL PROCEDURES
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oint Rule 31.
Record of committee proceedings. jr31(1)(1) The chairperson or acting chairperson of each committee of the legislature shall keep a record of the committee's proceedings containing the following information:
jr31(1)(a)
(a) The date, time, place, and subject of each hearing, and of each meeting of the committee.
jr31(1)(b)
(b) The attendance of committee members at each meeting.
jr31(1)(c)
(c) The name of each person appearing before the committee, with the name of the person or persons and the name of the group or organization on whose behalf the appearance is made.
jr31(1)(d)
(d) The vote of each member on all motions, proposals, amendments, appointments, or administrative rules acted upon.
jr31(2)
(2) The record shall be ready and approved before the expiration of 10 days after each committee meeting or at the next regular meeting of the committee, whichever is earlier.
jr31(3)
(3) Any member of a joint committee who is opposed to the committee's majority report may, at the time of the committee's final vote on the matter, notify the chairperson of his or her intent to file a minority report and may then file the report with the chairperson no later than the 2nd business day after the vote. For any joint committee or committee of conference the committee report, including any minority report, may be provided to the members as decided by the presiding officer for each house.
jr31(4)
(4) The committee shall file, in the jacket envelope of every proposal, appointment, or administrative rule reported by it, the original record of the committee's proceedings containing the information compiled under sub.
(1) for the proposal, appointment, or administrative rule.
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Joint Rule 32.
Certification of passage of, or adoption of and concurrence in, proposals. jr32(1)(1) The chief clerk of each house shall supervise the entry of actions by that house in the history file for any proposal. The chief clerk of each house shall include the history entries in the jacket envelope before submitting the jacket to the chief clerk of the other house. The entries shall include the following:
jr32(1)(a)
(a) The number and relating clause of the proposal.
jr32(1)(b)
(b) The name of the member, members, or committee introducing or offering the proposal.
jr32(1)(c)
(c) If appropriate, the name of the individual or organization requesting the proposal.
jr32(1)(d)
(d) The dates of introduction, reference to committee, and all subsequent actions pertaining to the proposal, including any motion to end debate of the proposal.
jr32(1)(e)
(e) If appropriate, the date on which a fiscal estimate is received.
jr32(1)(f)
(f) The date of each public hearing.
jr32(1)(g)
(g) The date and resolution number of any request, approved by that house, for an opinion of the attorney general, and the date on which the opinion was received.
jr32(1)(h)
(h) The date of any clerical correction in the proposal as authorized by joint rule
56.
jr32(1)(i)
(i) The date and authorizing chief clerk for any reproduction of a proposal with all adopted amendments engrossed therein or of any major amendment thereto as authorized by joint rule
63.
jr32(1)(j)
(j) Any other appropriate information, as determined by the chief clerk.
jr32(3)
(3) Each house shall provide by rule the manner by which the passage by or adoption of and concurrence in that house of proposals are certified.
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Joint Rule 33.
Book of enrolled bills. jr33(1)(1) The chief clerk of each house shall keep a book in which the chief clerk enters the date on which any enrolled bill, originating in that house, is presented to the governor for approval. The chief clerk's entry shall show the number of the bill, and shall be countersigned by an employee of the office of the governor.
jr33(2)
(2) The books shall similarly show the day of deposit in the office of the secretary of state of bills that become law without the signature of the governor, of bills passed notwithstanding the objections of the governor, and of resolutions required to be published.
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Joint Rule 34.
Presentment of enrolled bills to governor. After an enrolled bill has been signed by the appropriate officer or officers certifying to its passage, it shall be presented, as provided in the session schedule or by other legislative rule, by the chief clerk of the house in which it originated to the governor for approval.
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Joint Rule 35.
Assignment of enrolled joint resolution numbers. The chief clerk, in cooperation with the secretary of state, shall assign an enrolled joint resolution number to any joint resolution amending the constitution and may assign an enrolled joint resolution number to any other joint resolution if the joint resolution originated in the chief clerk's house.
Chapter 5:
FISCAL ESTIMATE PROCEDURE
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oint Rule 41.
When fiscal estimates required or permitted. jr41(1)(a)(a) All bills making an appropriation and any bill increasing or decreasing existing appropriations or state or general local government fiscal liability or revenues shall carry a fiscal estimate.
jr41(1)(b)(b) An executive budget bill introduced under section
16.47 (1) of the statutes is exempt from the fiscal estimate requirement under par.
(a) but may, if it contains a provision affecting a public retirement system or providing a tax exemption, be analyzed as to that provision by the appropriate joint survey committee.
jr41(1)(c)(c) For purposes of par.
(a), a bill increasing or decreasing the liability or revenues of the unemployment reserve fund is considered to increase or decrease state fiscal liability or revenues.
jr41(2)(a)(a) Fiscal estimates are required on original bills only and not on substitute amendments or amendments.
jr41(2)(b)
(b) A bill containing a penalty provision is exempt from the fiscal estimate requirement if the bill contains no other provisions requiring a fiscal estimate under sub.
(1) (a).
jr41(3)(a)(a) The joint committee on finance by the approval of a majority of its members, or either cochairperson of the committee, may transmit electronically a request for the legislative fiscal bureau, or through the department of administration for an appropriate state agency, to prepare a supplemental fiscal estimate on any bill or on a bill as affected by any proposed amendment or proposed substitute amendment if the committee or cochairperson believes that the fiscal estimate on the bill, or on the bill as affected by the proposed amendment, would be substantially different from the fiscal estimate on the original bill. A supplemental fiscal estimate prepared under this paragraph shall be transmitted electronically to the legislative reference bureau for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope.
jr41(3)(b)
(b) Upon a request of a bill's primary author, transmitted electronically unless directed otherwise by the presiding officer, the presiding officer of either house may transmit electronically a request through the department of administration for an appropriate state agency to prepare a supplemental fiscal estimate on any bill, or on a bill as affected by any proposed amendment or proposed substitute amendment, if the presiding officer believes that the fiscal estimate on the bill, or on the bill as affected by the proposed amendment, would be substantially different from the fiscal estimate on the original bill. Unless otherwise determined by the house in which the bill may be placed on the calendar, failure to receive a supplemental fiscal estimate requested under this paragraph on a bill that already has one or more original fiscal estimates does not delay consideration of the bill. A supplemental fiscal estimate prepared under this paragraph shall be transmitted electronically to the legislative reference bureau for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope.
jr41(3)(c)
(c) The department of administration may transmit electronically a supplemental fiscal estimate to the legislative reference bureau for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope if the department disagrees with a fiscal estimate prepared by a state agency.
jr41(3)(d)
(d) In addition to the original estimates prepared by state agencies, the department of administration shall, if appropriate, transmit electronically to the legislative reference bureau, for review by the requester under joint rule
48 and for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope, a consolidated fiscal estimate summarizing all original fiscal estimates prepared by state agencies relating to a specific bill.
jr41(3)(e)
(e) Any state agency may transmit electronically to the department of administration for transmission electronically to the legislative reference bureau for review by the primary author of an introduced bill under joint rule
48 and for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope an updated fiscal estimate supplementing the original estimate on any bill if the agency has available better or more current information.
jr41(3)(f)
(f) The legislative fiscal bureau or the department of administration shall, if it receives an electronic request under joint rule
48 (3), prepare a supplemental fiscal estimate. If a supplemental fiscal estimate is requested electronically the fiscal bureau or the department shall transmit electronically the prepared supplemental fiscal estimate to the legislative reference bureau for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope.
