AR2: Resolution Text

LRB-1771/1

PJD:skg:kaf

1995 - 1996 LEGISLATURE

1995 Assembly RESOLUTION 2

January 3, 1995 - Introduced by Representatives Prosser, Freese, Jensen, Klusman and Green.

AR2,1,13 To repeal assembly rules 10 (2) (intro.), 23 (1) and 95 (19) and (72); to renumber assembly rules 10 (2) (a) to (c), 28 and 50; to renumber and amend assembly rules 10 (1), 13 (2) and 71 (1) and (2); to amend assembly rules 2 (3), 3 (1) (h) and (j), 5 (1) (b), (c), (d) and (f), 6 (1) (g), 9 (2) (b) and (c), (4), (5), (6) and (7), 11 (2) and (9), 13 (1) (c), 14 (2), 15 (4) (d), 18 (4), 19 (1) (a) and (b) and (3), 20 (intro.), (1) and (2), 25 (3), 26 (4) and (5), 28 (title), 31 (7), 35 (1), 36 (2), 37 (2), 38, 39 (3) and (4), 43 (1), 45 (1), 46 (2), (3) and (4), 48 (2), 52 (3), 53 (intro.), (1), (2), (3) and (4) (intro.) and (b), 54 (1), 56 (1) and (2), 59 (3), 67, 70 (1), 73 (1) (b), (2), (3) (a), (4) (a) and (c) and (6), 74 (title) and (2), 75 (1) (a) 3., 80 (4) and (6), 93 (4), 94 (3) (a) and (b), 95 (3), (4), (6), (39), (54), (63), (66), (67), (82) and (84) and 97 (3); to repeal and recreate assembly rule 9 (1); and to create assembly rules 10 (1) and (2), 11 (11), 13 (2) (b), 17m, 28 (2), 39 (4) (c), 42 (3) (c), 50 (2), 62 (3m), 69m, 75 (1) (d), 79 (5), 83 (4) and 95 (27m); relating to: the assembly rules.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This resolution makes various changes to the assembly rules:

Assembly Rule 2 (3): The rule is changed to permit legislative documents to be electronically transmitted to the department of administration for reproduction, rather than to the contract printer for printing.

Assembly Rule 3 (1) (h): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.

Assembly Rule 3 (1) (j): The rule makes it clear that the speaker also appoints members to statutory bodies not in the legislative branch.

Assembly Rule 5 (1) (b), (c), (d) and (f): See Assembly Rule 2 (3).

Assembly Rule 6 (1) (g): The rule is changed to reflect the change in Assembly Rule 95 (6), which expands the definition of the assembly chamber to include the areas mentioned in this rule.

Assembly Rule 9 (1), (4), (5), (6) and (7): The rule revises the standing committees of the assembly.

Assembly Rule 9 (2) (b), (bm), (c) and (cm): The rule requires the speaker to make all committee appointments of minority party members as nominated by the minority leader, except that the speaker may appoint any member of the minority party as chairperson of a committee. It provides that the minority member of each committee who is first nominated by the minority leader is the ranking minority member unless the speaker and minority leader agree that the first-nominated member shall serve as vice chairperson of the committee.

Assembly Rule 10 (1) to (2): The rule provides that special committees may be created only by resolution, except that the speaker may create a temporary special committee by written order.

Assembly Rule 11 (2): The rule permits committee chairpersons to appoint subcommittee chairpersons and that they may be members of any party.

Assembly Rule 11 (9): The rule, in conjunction with Assembly Rule 17m, requires committee chairpersons to report a proposal to the assembly within 7 working days after the committee takes executive action if the committee recommends that the proposal be adopted, passed or concurred in.

Assembly Rule 11 (11): The rule prohibits committees from meeting in the state but outside the city of Madison, without the prior joint authorization by the speaker and minority leader, during the period of July 1 through the date of the general election in even-numbered years. It also prohibits meetings in a legislative district from the date a special election is called for the district until the election is held, except in the city of Madison.

Assembly Rule 13 (1) (c): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.

Assembly Rule 13 (2) (a) and (b): The rule permits the speaker, with the consent of the chairperson and within 3 working days after initial referral, to withdraw a proposed administrative rule from the standing committee to which referred and rerefer it to another standing committee.

Assembly Rule 14 (2): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above. It also requires hearing notices to give the relating clause, rather than the entire title, of the proposal.

Assembly Rule 15 (4) (d): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.

Assembly Rule 17m: See Assembly Rule 11 (9) above.

Assembly Rule 18 (4): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.

Assembly Rule 19 (1) (a) and (b): The rule permits a committee to report a proposal without recommendation if the vote for adoption is a tie, if successive motions for rejection and passage, adoption or concurrence fail, and if successive motions for indefinite postponement, rejection or nonconcurrence and adoption fail.

Assembly Rule 19 (3): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.

Assembly Rule 20 (intro.): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.

Assembly Rule 20 (1) and (2): The rule changes the references from Clearinghouse Order to Clearinghouse Rule.

Assembly Rule 23 (1): The rule is repealed to delete mention of expenditures from the statutorily created assembly contingent fund that was repealed last session.

Assembly Rule 25 (3): The rule provides that representatives of news media who are actively engaged in reporting the proceedings of the assembly and who are on the floor of the assembly must be from news media that regularly publish or broadcast reports available to the general public. The rule also provides that the news media representatives may be only on the designated press areas of the floor during sessions.

Assembly Rule 26 (4) and (5): The rule prohibits persons from consuming food or smoking on the assembly floor while the assembly is not in session.

Assembly Rule 28: The rule provides that the daily session of the assembly ends at 8 p.m. unless adjourned earlier.

Assembly Rule 31 (7): The rule provides that motions for indefinite postponement or nonconcurrence are to be taken up on the 7th order of business.

Assembly Rule 35 (1): The rule prohibits the consideration of a conference committee report or veto until copies have been made available to members. It also requires that copies of proposals, conference committee reports and vetoes must be made available for at least 24 hours excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, rather than made available for at least one day.

Assembly Rule 36 (2): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.

Assembly Rule 37 (2): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.

Assembly Rule 38: See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.

Assembly Rule 39 (3): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.

Assembly Rule 39 (4) (a) and (c): The rule requires the speaker to refer a proposal, and the chief clerk to publish the referral, within 7 days after the chief clerk receives the proposal for introduction.

Assembly Rule 39 (4) (b): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.

Assembly Rule 42 (3) (c): The rule permits the speaker, with the consent of the chairperson and within 5 working days after initial referral, to withdraw a bill, joint resolution or resolution from the standing committee to which referred and rerefer it to another standing committee.

Assembly Rule 43 (1): The rule makes privileged any joint resolution relating to the officers, members, former members, procedures or organization of the assembly or any resolution or joint resolution relating to the officers, members, former members, procedures or organization of the legislature.

Assembly Rule 45 (1): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.

Assembly Rule 46 (2): The rule provides that amendments do not need to be considered if a substitute amendment has been adopted.

Assembly Rule 46 (3) and (4) and Assembly Rule 48 (2): The rules establish the form of the questions for proposals changing the U.S. constitution and upon the failure of a motion to reject.

Assembly Rule 50 (1) and (2): The rule requires the transmission of a proposal to the senate immediately following adoption of a conference report on a senate proposal, the passage of an assembly bill notwithstanding the objections of the governor, or assembly action on a vetoed senate bill.

Assembly Rule 52 (3): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.

Assembly Rule 53 (intro.), (1), (2), (3) and (4) (intro.) and (b): See Assembly Rule 2 (3) above.

Assembly Rule 54 (1): The rule restates one part of the general rule on germaneness to provide that an amendment is nongermane if it would require a relating clause, rather than an entire title, substantially different.