AJR15,16,149 (f) The legislative fiscal bureau or the department of administration shall, if
10requested it receives an electronic request under joint rule 48 (3), prepare a
11supplemental fiscal estimate. If a supplemental fiscal estimate is requested
12electronically the fiscal bureau or the department shall submit transmit
13electronically
the prepared supplemental fiscal estimate to the legislative reference
14bureau for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope.
AJR15,16,1915 (g) A state agency shall submit transmit electronically any fiscal estimate
16requested electronically under joint rule 48 (2) to the department of administration
17for submission transmission electronically to the legislative reference bureau for
18review by the primary author under joint rule 48 and for reproduction and insertion
19in the bill jacket envelope.
AJR15, s. 26 20Section 26. Joint rule 42 (1) (a) and (2) to (4) are amended to read:
AJR15,16,2521 Joint Rule 42 (1) (a) Fiscal estimates shall be prepared by all state agencies
22receiving the appropriation, collecting the revenue, administering the program, or
23having information concerning the subject matter of the bill. Bills containing
24provisions for both appropriations and revenues or either appropriations or revenues
25for more than one state agency shall receive estimates from each such agency.
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1(2) The name of the state agency preparing the estimate, and the date, shall
2be reproduced at the end of the estimate. The estimate shall also be signed by include
3the name and telephone number of
a responsible official of the agency.
AJR15,17,114 (3) Each state agency shall prepare the fiscal estimate within 5 working days
5from the date on which it receives the bill, but the department of administration, on
6a limited basis only and upon an agency's request received prior to before the end of
7the 5-day period and applicable to only one fiscal estimate, may extend such the
8period for the specified fiscal estimate to not more than 10 working days if the bill
9necessitates extended research. Whenever such the extension is granted, the
10department of administration shall immediately notify the legislative reference
11bureau.
AJR15,17,1712 (4) The state agencies are requested to utilize use the bills, substitute
13amendments, and amendments submitted transmitted to them for official purposes
14only. In particular, no state agency may copy, or otherwise disseminate information
15regarding, any bill, substitute amendment, or amendment to it by "LRB" number,
16indicating that such the bill, substitute amendment, or amendment submitted
17transmitted has not been offered for introduction or introduced in the legislature.
AJR15, s. 27 18Section 27. Joint rule 43 is amended to read:
AJR15,17,2419 Joint Rule 43. Reliable dollar estimate. The estimate shall be factual in
20nature, and shall provide as reliable a dollar estimate as possible. The fiscal estimate
21shall contain a statement setting forth the assumptions used in arriving at the dollar
22estimate. Identification of technical or policy problems in the bill shall not be
23included in the estimate but should be submitted transmitted electronically and
24separately in a technical memorandum.
AJR15, s. 28 25Section 28. Joint rule 44 (title) and (2) (a) are amended to read:
AJR15,18,1
1Joint Rule 44 (title) Bill jackets to display "FE.".
AJR15,18,52 (2) (a) The preliminary determination of whether the bill requires a fiscal
3estimate shall be made by the legislative reference bureau, which, except as
4otherwise provided in joint rule 54 (2m),
shall indicate that a bill requires a fiscal
5estimate displaying "FE" prominently on the jacket.
AJR15, s. 29 6Section 29. Joint rule 45 is amended to read:
AJR15,18,167 Joint Rule 45. Duties of legislative reference bureau. (1) After a proposed
8bill has been drafted the legislative reference bureau shall inform the requester that
9a fiscal estimate is required when it submits the draft to the requester. If authorized
10by the requester, the bureau shall promptly submit such transmit electronically the
11proposed bill to the department of administration for preparation of a fiscal estimate.
12The requester may introduce the bill without the fiscal estimate, but when such a bill
13is introduced the legislative reference bureau shall promptly submit transmit
14electronically
a copy of the bill to the department of administration for preparation
15of a fiscal estimate. The legislative reference bureau shall keep a record of the date
16on which each bill is thus submitted transmitted electronically and its number.
AJR15,19,217 (2) If the fiscal estimate is procured before the bill is introduced, the legislative
18reference bureau shall submit transmit electronically a copy of the estimate to the
19requester. If the requester desires to introduce the bill, the reference bureau shall
20place the estimate and any worksheet at the end of the bill or in the jacket envelope,
21and prepare the bill for introduction. The fiscal estimate and any worksheet shall
22be reproduced at the end of the bill or as an appendix as are amendments. If the fiscal
23estimate is procured transmitted electronically to the legislative reference bureau
24after the bill has been introduced, the legislative reference bureau shall submit

1transmit electronically a copy of the estimate and any worksheet to the primary
2author of the introduced bill as provided under joint rule 48.
AJR15, s. 30 3Section 30. Joint rule 46 is amended to read:
AJR15,19,94 Joint Rule 46. Duties of department of administration and state
5agencies.
(1) The department of administration shall promptly review each bill
6received, determine all of the agencies to which it that shall be submitted for prepare
7a fiscal estimate, and forward transmit electronically the fiscal estimate request to
8such those agencies, keeping a record of the date of submission electronic
9transmission
to and electronic receipt from the agencies and the number of the bill.
AJR15,19,1710 (2) The state agency shall prepare an original typed copy of the estimate and
11of any worksheet and such copies as are specified by the department of
12administration. It shall return transmit electronically the estimate and any
13worksheet and the bill within 5 working days to the department of administration
14unless the department of administration, under joint rule 42 (3), extends the period
15for the preparation of the estimate. The department of administration shall notify
16electronically the state agency of any bill not returned transmitted electronically to
17the department of administration
within the deadline.
AJR15,19,2018 (3) The department of administration shall promptly return transmit
19electronically
all fiscal estimates and any worksheets to the legislative reference
20bureau, retaining one copy of each estimate and worksheet for its files.
AJR15,19,2421 (4) The department of administration shall, when requested under joint rule
2248 (3), prepare a supplemental fiscal estimate, and shall submit transmit
23electronically
the supplemental fiscal estimate to the legislative reference bureau for
24reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope.
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1(5) The department of administration may correct any computation or other
2clerical error in a fiscal estimate prepared by an agency but may not make any
3substantive change. If the department makes such a correction it shall note on the
4fiscal estimate prepared by the agency the manner in which it has been corrected by
5the department and shall submit transmit electronically both the corrected and
6uncorrected fiscal estimates to the legislative reference bureau.
AJR15, s. 31 7Section 31. Joint rule 47 is amended to read:
AJR15,20,138 Joint Rule 47. Duties of joint committee on finance. The joint committee
9on finance may, by the vote of a majority of its members, direct that any legislative
10fiscal bureau memorandum on a bill referred to the committee, other than a budget
11bill, be inserted in the bill jacket envelope. If the committee so directs, a an electronic
12copy of the memorandum shall be distributed transmitted electronically to all
13legislators and to the legislative reference bureau.
AJR15,20,2014 Joint Rule 48. Review of agency prepared fiscal estimates. (1) On the 6th
15working day after the legislative reference bureau submits transmits electronically
16a copy of a fiscal estimate for an introduced bill to the primary author, the bureau
17shall forward copies transmit electronically a copy of the fiscal estimate and any
18worksheet to the legislative fiscal bureau and to the chief clerk of the house of origin
19to be inserted in the bill jacket envelope and shall forthwith cause the original, signed
20copy of the
estimate and any worksheet to be reproduced as are amendments.
AJR15,21,221 (2) During the 5-day period under sub. (1), the primary author of an introduced
22bill may transmit electronically a request that an original fiscal estimate for the bill
23as affected by an introduced or an unintroduced a proposed amendment or an
24introduced or unintroduced
a proposed substitute amendment, whether offered for

1introduction or not,
be prepared by the agency which that prepared the fiscal
2estimate for the bill.
AJR15,21,63 (3) The primary author of an introduced bill may transmit electronically a
4request that the legislative fiscal bureau or the department of administration
5prepare a supplemental fiscal estimate if the primary author disagrees with the
6fiscal estimate for the bill prepared by the state agency.
AJR15,21,157 (4) During the 5-day period under sub. (1), the primary author of an introduced
8bill may transmit electronically a request that the agency which that prepared the
9fiscal estimate rewrite its fiscal estimate. If the agency agrees to rewrite the estimate
10and the primary author agrees to a delay in the publication of the fiscal estimate, the
11agency shall immediately electronically notify the department of administration and
12the legislative reference bureau, and the rewritten fiscal estimate, notwithstanding
13sub. (1), shall be the only original estimate reproduced and inserted in the bill jacket
14envelope, but both the rewritten and the initial fiscal estimate shall be retained by
15the legislative reference bureau.
AJR15, s. 32 16Section 32. Joint rule 49 is amended to read:
AJR15,21,2117 Joint Rule 49. Bills not conforming. (1) Any member may at any time that
18a bill is before the house raise the issue that such the bill requires a fiscal estimate,
19and if the presiding officer determines that such the bill (not having such the
20estimate) requires an estimate, the presiding officer shall direct the legislative
21reference bureau to secure the requisite estimate.
AJR15,21,2422 (2) Bills requiring fiscal estimates shall not be voted on by either house, and
23shall receive neither a public hearing nor be voted on by a standing committee, prior
24to
before the receipt of the original fiscal estimate for the bill.
AJR15,22,3
1(3) If the fiscal estimate for the bill has not been provided to the members when
2the vote on passage is taken, then the chief clerk shall read the fiscal estimate at
3length before the vote.
AJR15, s. 33 4Section 33. Joint rule 50 is created to read:
AJR15,22,85 Joint Rule 50. Waiver of requirement to transmit electronically. The
6president and speaker may jointly waive for a limited time any requirement under
7joint rules 41, 43, 45, 46, 47, and 48 for electronic transmission and permit, instead,
8transmission in paper form.
AJR15, s. 34 9Section 34. Joint rule 51 (intro.) and (2) are amended to read:
AJR15,22,1410 Joint Rule 51. Use of LRB legal services. (intro.) No measure proposal may
11be introduced or offered for introduction unless it has been put in proper form by the
12legislative reference bureau. Only the persons authorized by this rule may use the
13drafting services of the legislative reference bureau to have measures proposals
14prepared for introduction. Persons authorized to use such the drafting services are:
AJR15,22,1615 (2) Any agency of Wisconsin state government, as defined in section 16.70 (1)
16of the statutes, created under chapter 13, 14, 15, or 758 of the statutes
.
AJR15, s. 35 17Section 35. Joint rule 51 (4) is created to read:
AJR15,22,1818 Joint Rule 51 (4) A party caucus of either house of the legislature.
AJR15, s. 36 19Section 36. Joint rule 52 (intro.), (1) (c) and (d) 4. and (e), (4) (intro.), (5) (intro.),
20(a) and (b), (6) and (7) are amended to read:
AJR15,22,2421 Joint Rule 52. Format; text display; structure of proposals. (intro.) All
22bills shall be reproduced on paper 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Each bill shall have a title, an
23enacting clause, and subject matter disposed of in one or more sections and shall have
24the arrangement and wording prescribed by the following:
AJR15,23,4
1(1) (c) Any bill may include 2 or more types of actions and treat both general
2statutory law and nonstatutory law, but the various types of actions used shall be
3listed in the order shown in par. (a), and, if both statutory and nonstatutory law are
4treated in the same manner, the statutory law shall be cited first.
AJR15,23,55 (d) 4. Making, continuing, or renewing an appropriation.
AJR15,23,146 (e) Executive budget bills under section 16.47 (1) of the statutes , other lengthy
7bills that encompass multiple subjects and that are to be introduced at the request
8of the governor or the committee on organization of either house
, bills proposing bulk
9revision of one or more entire chapters of the statutes, reconciliation bills introduced
10by the committee on organization of either house, and revisor's correction and
11revisor's revision bills shall not be subject to the requirements of pars. (a) to (d), and
12instead may use a descriptive title similar to the following example: "An Act to
13amend and revise chapter .... and to make diverse other changes in the statutes;
14relating to:....".
AJR15,23,1915 (4) (intro.) The subject matter of the bill shall follow the enacting clause and
16be displayed in one or more sections which that, except for budget bills or other bills
17of unusual length, shall be numbered consecutively. Substitute amendments may
18follow the section numbering of the bill. Each section shall begin in one of the
19following forms:
AJR15,23,2520 (5) (intro.) Any proposal, substitute amendment, or amendment that proposes
21to amend an existing law or legislative rule, and any joint resolution that proposes
22to amend a section of the state constitution, shall display the full text of the unit of
23the law, rule, or constitution that is being amended, with any matter to be stricken
24out typed with a line through the matter, and any new matter underscored. This
25requirement shall not apply to:
AJR15,24,2
1(a) Reconciliation bills introduced by the organization committee of either
2house and revisor's correction or revisor's revision bills.
AJR15,24,63 (b) Appropriation sections which that only increase or decrease the amount of
4an existing appropriation, which shall instead indicate the amount by which the
5applicable appropriation is to be increased or decreased, and the purpose of this
6increase or decrease.
AJR15,24,107 (6) All parts of the statutes and of other laws which that are intended to be
8superseded or repealed should be specifically referred to, so far as practicable, and
9expressly superseded or repealed. This directive is not intended to affect judicial
10construction.
AJR15,24,1711 (7) Except as necessary to revise the relating clause of the affected bill, joint
12resolution, resolution
proposal or substitute amendment, an amendment may not
13change the title of the proposal. When a substitute amendment or proposal is
14reproduced with all adopted amendments engrossed therein, or when the proposal
15is enrolled after passage, or adoption, and concurrence, the legislative reference
16bureau shall make the required changes in the title so that the title correctly lists all
17sections provisions affected by the proposal.
AJR15, s. 37 18Section 37. Joint rule 53 (1) and (2) (f) and (m) are amended to read:
AJR15,24,2219 Joint Rule 53 (1) It is the policy of this state that law of continuing application
20shall be incorporated into the statutes. The assignment of statute numbering to any
21part of a bill shall be deemed is indicative of a legislative intent that this text be
22incorporated into the statutes.
AJR15,24,2423 (2) (f) A ratification of a collective bargaining agreement for state employes
24employees.
AJR15,25,2
1(m) Any other provision which that is narrow in scope and intended to be
2temporary.
AJR15, s. 38 3Section 38. Joint rule 54 is amended to read:
AJR15,25,9 4Joint Rule 54. Approval and jacketing of drafts. (1) Before jacketing a
5proposal is jacketed for introduction, the legislative reference bureau shall submit
6a copy of the draft to the authorizing legislator, chief clerk, caucus, or state agency
7for approval, but substitute amendments or amendments shall be immediately
8prepared for introduction to be offered unless the authorizing legislator, chief clerk,
9caucus,
or state agency requests prior submittal for approval.
AJR15,25,1510 (2) The legislative reference bureau, except as otherwise provided in sub. (2m),
11shall provide to the authorizing legislator, chief clerk, caucus, or state agency 4 copies
12of each approved proposal approved under sub. (1) and 6 copies of each approved
13amendment approved under sub. (1). One copy shall be is for the use of the requester.
14The other copies shall, if a proposal, be inserted in the jacket envelope or, if a
15substitute amendment or amendment, be attached to an amendment jacket.
AJR15,25,1916 (3) (a) Jacket envelopes for proposals, and amendment jackets for substitute
17amendments and amendments, shall be identified by red for proposals, substitute
18amendments, and amendments introduced or offered in the senate, and shall be
19identified by black for those introduced or offered in the assembly.
AJR15,25,2520 (b) Each amendment jacket shall contain blanks to identify the substitute
21amendment or amendment by number, to list the date of introduction it is offered,
22and to enter the name or names of the member, members, or committee of the house
23of origin
that offered the substitute amendment or amendment. Each amendment
24jacket shall allow sufficient space to add, if appropriate, the name of the individual
25or organization requesting the introduction that it be offered.
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1(c) Each jacket envelope shall be large enough to hold the papers pertaining to
2the proposal without such the papers being folded.
AJR15, s. 39 3Section 39. Joint rule 54 (2m) is created to read:
AJR15,26,104 Joint Rule 54 (2m) (a) The chief of the legislative reference bureau and a chief
5clerk of either house may enter into a written agreement under this joint rule to have
6the chief clerk, when the chief clerk's house is in session, receive on the floor of the
7house copies of drafts of proposals, substitute amendments, and amendments
8transmitted electronically by the legislative reference bureau, and place the
9proposals in jacket envelopes and attach jacket cover sheets (stripes) to drafts of
10amendments and substitute amendments.
AJR15,26,1811 (b) The legislative reference bureau and the chief clerk may not act under this
12subsection until the legislative technology services bureau makes the computer
13programming changes and the legislative reference bureau and the chief clerk make
14the process changes necessary to permit the legislative reference bureau to transmit
15and the chief clerk to receive the drafts electronically in the chamber of the house,
16in a manner that ensures the confidentiality of the drafts, without changing the way
17the legislative reference bureau jackets proposals, substitute amendments, and
18amendments electronically.
AJR15,26,2119 (c) The legislative reference bureau and the chief clerk may not act under this
20subsection unless the chief clerk states in the agreement that the chief clerk and his
21or her employees:
AJR15,26,2322 1. Will comply with the requirements for confidentiality of drafts with which
23the legislative reference bureau must comply.
AJR15,27,3
12. Provide, maintain, and supervise the equipment and the jackets for the
2electronic transmittal to the chief clerk as if the equipment and jackets were under
3the immediate supervision of the legislative reference bureau.
AJR15,27,54 3. Submit directly to, and only to, the member any proposal in its jacket and
5any substitute amendment or amendment with its jacket attached.
AJR15,27,96 (d) The legislative reference bureau may not transmit a draft of a proposal,
7substitute amendment, or amendment to the chief clerk under this rule unless the
8member requesting the draft waives confidentiality of the draft and requests the
9legislative reference bureau to transmit the draft under this rule.
AJR15, s. 40 10Section 40. Joint rule 55 is amended to read:
AJR15,27,1411 Joint Rule 55. Authors and cosponsors. (1) Any bill, joint resolution, or
12motion under joint rule 7 may have, following and separate from the names of the
13authors of the measure bill, joint resolution, or motion, the names of one or more
14cosponsors from the other house.
AJR15,27,1715 (2) When a proposal or amendment is introduced or offered by request, the
16name of the person requesting introduction or the offering of the proposal or offering
17of the
amendment shall be made a part of the record of the proposal.
AJR15, s. 41 18Section 41. Joint rule 56 (title), (1), (2) and (3) (b) are amended to read:
AJR15,27,2319 Joint Rule 56 (title) Clerical corrections in legislative measures
20proposals and amendments. (1) The chief clerks and the legislative reference
21bureau shall correct all minor clerical errors found in any bill, resolution proposal or
22amendment thereto. Any correction under this rule shall be entered by the chief clerk
23in the history file for the proposal of the house having possession of the proposal.
AJR15,27,2524 (2) The current edition of Webster's new international dictionary shall be used
25as
is the standard on questions of correct spelling, word usage, and proper grammar.
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1(3) (b) Correcting the title of a proposal so that the enumeration of sections
2affected accurately reflects the statutes, session laws, Wisconsin Acts, sections of the
3constitution, or legislative rules treated in the proposal.
AJR15, s. 42 4Section 42. Joint rule 57 (2) (intro.) and (b) are amended to read:
AJR15,28,95 Joint Rule 57 (2) (intro.) The text of a proposed constitutional amendment is
6not subject to change when a joint resolution submits such text for "2nd
7consideration" after the proposal joint resolution was adopted on "first
8consideration" by the last preceding legislature, unless appropriate changes are
9made to revert the status of the constitutional amendment to "first consideration.".
AJR15,28,1610 (b) Because any change in the text of a proposed constitutional amendment
11before the senate or assembly for "2nd consideration" reverts that proposed
12amendment to "first consideration" status, any such change shall be presented to the
13senate or assembly in the form of a substitute amendment which that, in its title, its
14resolving clauses, and its instructions for transmittal to the next succeeding
15legislature, properly sets forth the resultant "first consideration" status of the
16proposed constitution text constitutional amendment.
AJR15, s. 43 17Section 43. Joint rule 59 is amended to read:
AJR15,29,818 Joint Rule 59. Explanative notes. In addition to such notes as are required
19by law or joint rule, explanative notes may be included in revision and correction bills
20prepared by the revisor of statutes, in reconciliation bills introduced by the
21committee on organization of either house, and in bills, joint resolutions, or
22resolutions
proposals introduced or offered and in substitute amendments or
23amendments offered by the joint legislative council or its law revision committee, at
24the request of the judicial council, and by or at the request of any other official interim
25study or investigative group. Such The notes shall be prepared by the requester,

1shall be factual in nature, shall be as brief as may be and, where feasible, shall follow
2the section of the measure proposal or amendment to which they relate. Notes shall
3appear in the original reproduced version of the measure proposal or amendment
4only, and shall not appear in the Wisconsin Acts or session law volumes unless the
5chief of the legislative reference bureau determines that including them is essential
6or in the statutes unless the revisor determines that including them is essential.
7Such The notes constitute no part of the proposed act or engrossed or enrolled
8resolution
.
AJR15, s. 44 9Section 44. Joint rule 60 (title) and (1) are amended to read:
AJR15,29,1910 Joint Rule 60 (title) Enrolled bills proposals. (1) Except as provided in sub.
11(2), immediately after the passage of any bill, or the adoption of and concurrence in
12any joint resolution amending the constitution, and in the case of a bill, before it is
13presented to the governor for approval, the legislative reference bureau shall prepare
14the number of enrolled copies of the proposal requested by the chief clerk of the house
15in which the measure proposal originated. One such copy shall be used as the
16enrolled bill that is presented to the governor or the enrolled resolution that is
17deposited with the secretary of state
. Four copies of the enrolled bill or resolution
18shall be delivered to the secretary of state. A sufficient number of copies of the
19enrolled bill or enrolled resolution shall be delivered to the revisor of statutes.
AJR15, s. 45 20Section 45. Joint rule 62 is amended to read:
AJR15,29,2421 Joint Rule 62. Number of copies. (1) The joint committee on legislative
22organization shall determine the number of copies of each bill, joint resolution, or
23resolution
proposal and amendments thereto which shall to be reproduced on a
24routine basis unless otherwise provided by joint resolution.
AJR15,30,3
1(2) Additional copies of a legislative proposal may be procured by the house in
2which the measure proposal originated, as provided in the rules of the house or upon
3authorization by the committee on organization or chief clerk of that house.
AJR15, s. 46 4Section 46. Joint rule 63 is amended to read:
AJR15,30,165 Joint Rule 63. Reproduction of engrossed measures proposals and
6amendments
. Upon the finding by the chief clerk of either house that a bill, joint
7resolution, resolution
proposal or major amendment thereto has been amended in
8the house of origin to a considerable degree, the chief clerk may instruct the
9legislative reference bureau to prepare and have reproduced an engrossed copy of the
10measure proposal or amendment. In preparing engrossed copy for a bill, joint
11resolution
or resolution proposal the legislative reference bureau shall, if time
12permits, provide it with a revised analysis. Upon receipt from the legislative
13reference bureau of the engrossed copy, the chief clerk shall enter that fact in the
14history file for the measure proposal. Any subsequent amendments to a measure
15proposal ordered reproduced with all adopted amendments engrossed therein shall
16be drafted to the reproduced engrossed text.
AJR15, s. 47 17Section 47. Joint rule 64 (1) (intro.), (a) and (b) are amended to read:
AJR15,30,2318 Joint Rule 64 (1) (intro.) Any proposal, substitute amendment, or amendment
19that proposes to amend an existing law or legislative rule, and any joint resolution
20that proposes to amend a section of the state constitution or joint rules, shall display
21the full text of the unit of the law, rule, or constitution that is being amended, with
22any matter to be stricken out displayed with a line through the matter, and any new
23matter displayed with underscoring. This requirement shall does not apply to:
AJR15,30,2524 (a) Reconciliation bills introduced by the organization committee of either
25house or revisor's correction or revisor's revision bills.
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