AJR15: Joint Resolution Text

Joint Rule 83 (4) (b): The rule is repealed to delete the requirement that any bill or joint resolution not yet agreed to by both houses at the conclusion of the last general-business floorperiod is not adversely disposed of if the bill or joint resolution has been passed by one house and concurred in, as amended, by the other house, and that those proposals are considered at the veto review session.

Joint Rule 99: The rule creates definitions for the joint rules based on the definitions from Assembly Rule 95, modified to work with both houses.

AJR15,4,1 Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That:

AJR15, s. 1 Section 1. Joint rule 1 is amended to read:

AJR15,5,3 Joint Rule 1. Joint convention. Whenever there shall be is a joint convention of the 2 houses, the president of the senate shall preside over such the joint convention, if present, and the speaker of the assembly shall preside if the president is not present, and the chief clerk of the assembly shall act as clerk thereof, assisted by the chief clerk of the senate.

AJR15, s. 2 Section 2. Joint rule 2 is amended to read:

AJR15,5,11 Joint Rule 2. Receding from position on amendment. Whenever an amendment has been nonconcurred in by the other house, any member may move to recede from such the amendment. If the motion prevails such the amendment shall thereby be reconsidered and rejected and the bill or amendment to which said the amendment had been adopted by the house shall thereby be passed or concurred in, as the case may be, so that no further action shall be is not required thereon in either house.

AJR15, s. 3 Section 3. Joint rule 3 is renumbered joint rule 3 (1) and amended to read:

AJR15,5,20 Joint Rule 3 (1) In all cases of disagreement between the senate and assembly on amendments, adopted by either house to a bill or joint resolution passed by the other house, a committee of conference consisting of 3 members from each house may be requested by either house, and the other house shall appoint a similar committee. At least one member from each house shall be a member of the minority party. If one or more members of the minority party voted with the majority, only a member of the minority party who voted with the majority may be a member of the committee of conference.

AJR15,6,7 (a) The usual manner of procedure is as follows: If a bill of one house has been amended and passed by the other house, and has been returned to the house of origin and that the house of origin has refused to concur in an amendment, such the house of origin may appoint a committee of conference and notify the other house, which shall appoint a committee of conference unless it votes to recede from its amendment. Such committees shall be appointed by the presiding officer, but senate committees shall be confirmed as are standing committees as provided in the rules of each house. The joint committee shall, at a convenient hour agreed upon, meet and state to each other, verbally orally or in writing, the reasons of their respective houses for or against the disagreement, and confer thereon, and shall report to their respective houses any agreement they arrive at by the vote of at least 2 a majority of the members of the committee representing each house.

AJR15,6,12 (b) When the committee of conference committee has reached agreement the report shall be first presented, if a senate bill or joint resolution, to the assembly and, if an assembly bill or joint resolution, to the senate. The vote by each house to adopt approve the conference report constitutes final action on the proposal and may not be reconsidered.

AJR15,6,16 (c) Approval of the conference report by a roll call vote in each house sufficient to constitute final passage of the proposal shall be final passage of the bill or final adoption and concurrence in the joint resolution in the form and with the changes proposed by the report.

AJR15,6,20 (d) If the committee of conference committee is unable to agree, another committee of conference committee consisting of new members may be appointed as provided in the rules of each house and may proceed to further consideration of the proposal or of amendments thereto.

AJR15, s. 4 Section 4. Joint rule 3 (2) is created to read:

AJR15,6,23 Joint Rule 3 (2) A committee of conference shall meet on the call of either cochairperson.

AJR15, s. 5 Section 5. Joint rule 3 (3) is created to read:

AJR15,7,2 Joint Rule 3 (3) A report of a committee of conference may not be amended and may not be divided.

AJR15, s. 6 Section 6. Joint rule 5 is amended to read:

AJR15,7,10 Joint Rule 5. Bill recalled from governor. Any bill may be recalled by joint resolution from the governor for further consideration and shall, after having been actually returned to the house where it originated, be deemed to be before said the house for its action thereon and. The bill may be reconsidered or otherwise acted upon without any reconsideration or other action thereon being first had in the other house. Any action taken shall then be messaged to the other house for its concurrence.

AJR15, s. 7 Section 7. Joint rule 6 is amended to read:

AJR15,7,14 Joint Rule 6. Measure Proposal recalled from other house. The recall of a measure proposal from outside the jurisdiction of the house requires the adoption of and concurrence in a joint resolution recalling the proposal.

AJR15, s. 8 Section 8. Joint rule 7 (intro.), (1), (2) and (4) (intro.) and (a) to (c) are amended to read:

AJR15,7,21 Joint Rule 7. Citations by the legislature. (intro.) For the purpose of extending the commendations, condolences, or congratulations of the legislature to a particular person, group, or organization, or to recognize a particular event or occasion, there may be issued a "citation by the legislature.". The approval of such the citations shall in each house be governed by the rules of that house.

AJR15,8,3 (1) Citations may be used in place of resolutions for commendations, congratulations, or condolences to past or present state officials or other public figures, groups, or organizations, or to give recognition to an important event or occasion. Citations may not be used for procedural matters nor or in place of resolutions memorializing the U.S. congress Congress, but only if appropriate to express the feeling of one house or of both houses of the legislature with reference to a person or to an event or occasion.

AJR15,8,5 (2) Citations may not be used for matters of a an inappropriate, controversial, or partisan political nature.

AJR15,8,9 (4) (intro.) The chief clerks of the 2 houses shall cooperate with the legislative reference bureau in designing design a worksheet format for citations under this rule. This worksheet shall contain spaces for the following information, which incorporates the following requirements:

AJR15,8,10 (a) The short title of the citation.

AJR15,8,15 (b) The signature of the sponsor in the house of origin and, if the citation is to be issued by the entire legislature rather than by one house only, the signature of the cosponsor from the 2nd house. Citations shall contain the State Seal and signature blocks for the president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and the chief clerk of the house of origin.

AJR15,8,18 (c) The full text of the citation. Because a citation is to be presented on an 8-1/2 inch by 11 inch form, artistically designed and suitable for framing, the full text of the citation shall not exceed 15 typewritten lines of 70 characters each.

AJR15, s. 9 Section 9. Joint rule 7 (4) (d) is repealed.

AJR15, s. 10 Section 10. Joint rule 10 is created to read:

AJR15,8,23 Joint Rule 10. Each house determines its rules. Each house may determine the rules of its own proceedings and punish for contempt and disorderly behavior, as provided under section 8 of article IV of the constitution.

AJR15, s. 11 Section 11. Joint rule 11 (1) and (2) (a), (c) and (d) are amended to read:

AJR15,9,4 Joint Rule 11 (1) Unless a different and higher vote quorum is required by the state constitution for a specific action, a majority of the current membership constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, as provided under section 7 of article IV of the constitution.

AJR15,9,5 (2) (a) Imposes, continues, or renews a tax.

AJR15,9,6 (c) Makes, continues, or renews an appropriation of public or trust money.

AJR15,9,7 (d) Releases, discharges, or commutes a claim or demand of the state.

AJR15, s. 12 Section 12. Joint rule 11 (3) is created to read:

AJR15,9,13 Joint Rule 11 (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.

AJR15, s. 13 Section 13. Joint rule 12 (1) and (2) (g) are amended to read:

AJR15,9,17 Joint Rule 12 (1) Unless a different and higher 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.

AJR15,9,19 (2) (g) A majority of all the representatives members elected to the assembly is necessary to vote an impeachment under section 1 of article VII of the constitution.

AJR15, s. 14 Section 14. Joint rule 12 (3) is created to read:

AJR15,9,24 Joint Rule 12 (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.

AJR15, s. 15 Section 15. Joint rule 14 is amended to read:

AJR15,10,3 Joint Rule 14. Stationery; reproduction of legislative documents. (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.

AJR15,10,12 (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 such the reproduction would conflict, the contract shall continue continues to govern until it expires.

AJR15,10,18 (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 shall determine the number of copies routinely to be reproduced unless otherwise provided by law or, 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.

AJR15, s. 16 Section 16. Joint rule 21 is amended to read:

AJR15,11,6 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 such the proposals if, in their judgment, the business of the legislature and the convenience of the members and the public, who are interested in such 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 in only one house which will require consideration in both houses. Such The joint hearings shall take the place of separate hearings, and shall be final unless the house where the proposal is pending orders a further hearing before its own committee.

AJR15, s. 17 Section 17. Joint rule 22 is amended to read:

AJR15,11,11 Joint Rule 22. Cochairpersons of joint committees. All standing or special joint committees shall have a senate and an assembly cochairperson. Any meeting of a joint committee shall be chaired by the cochairperson from the house which that referred the business then before the joint committee.

AJR15, s. 18 Section 18. Joint rule 23 is amended to read:

AJR15,11,16 Joint Rule 23. Joint committee on legislative organization. (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.

AJR15,11,21 (2) The committee shall have such the powers and responsibilities as are 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.

AJR15, s. 19 Section 19. Joint rule 27 is amended to read:

AJR15,12,2 Joint Rule 27. Committee hearings open to public. Unless otherwise provided by law, every committee hearing, executive session, or other meeting shall be open to the public. If time permits, advance notice of every regularly scheduled committee hearing, executive session, or other meeting shall be published as provided in joint rule 75.

AJR15, s. 20 Section 20. Joint rule 31 (1) (a), (c) and (d), (3) and (4) are amended to read:

AJR15,12,5 Joint Rule 31 (1) (a) The date, time, place, and subject of each hearing, and of each meeting of the committee.

AJR15,12,8 (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 such the appearance is made.

AJR15,12,10 (d) The vote of each member on all motions, bills, resolutions proposals, amendments, or administrative rules acted upon.

AJR15,12,17 (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 chair chairperson of his or her intent to file a minority report and may then file such 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.

AJR15,12,25 (4) The committee shall file, in the jacket envelope of every bill, joint resolution, resolution proposal or administrative rule reported by it, the original record of the committee's proceedings containing the information compiled under sub. (1) for the proposal or administrative rule. A duplicate of the record shall be filed by the chief clerk numerically by the number of the proposal or administrative rule in the form most accessible for the use of the members and the public during the session. At the end of the biennial session the duplicates shall be filed in the legislative reference bureau.

AJR15, s. 21 Section 21. Joint rule 32 (title), (1) (intro.), (b), (d) and (g) and (3) are amended to read:

AJR15,13,8 Joint Rule 32 (title) Certification of passage of, or adoption of and concurrence in, proposals. (1) (intro.) The chief clerk of each house shall supervise the entry of actions by that house in the history file for any bill, joint resolution, or resolution 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:

AJR15,13,9 (b) The name of the member, members, or committee introducing the proposal.

AJR15,13,12 (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.

AJR15,13,15 (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 such the opinion was received.

AJR15,13,18 (3) Each house shall provide by rule the manner by which the passage by or adoption of and concurrence in that house of bills, joint resolutions, or resolutions shall be proposals are certified.

AJR15, s. 22 Section 22. Joint rule 33 is amended to read:

AJR15,13,24 Joint Rule 33. Book of enrolled bills. (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 submitted to the governor for approval. The chief clerk's entry shall show the number of the bill, and shall be countersigned by an employe employee of the office of the governor.

AJR15,14,4 (2) Such 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.

AJR15, s. 23 Section 23. Joint rule 34 is amended to read:

AJR15,14,10 Joint Rule 34. Submittal of enrolled bills to governor. After the 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 office of the governor for approval.

AJR15, s. 24 Section 24. Joint rule 35 is amended to read:

AJR15,14,16 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.

AJR15, s. 25 Section 25. Joint rule 41 (3) (a) to (g) are amended to read:

AJR15,15,3 Joint Rule 41 (3) (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 from for the legislative fiscal bureau, or through the department of administration from 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 submitted transmitted electronically to the legislative reference bureau for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope.

AJR15,15,17 (b) At the 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 from 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 which that already has one or more original fiscal estimates shall not delay consideration of the bill. A supplemental fiscal estimate prepared under this paragraph shall be submitted transmitted electronically to the legislative reference bureau for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope.

AJR15,15,21 (c) The department of administration may submit 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.

AJR15,16,2 (d) In addition to the original estimates prepared by state agencies, the department of administration shall, if appropriate, submit 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.

AJR15,16,8 (e) Any state agency may submit transmit electronically to the department of administration for submit 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.

AJR15,16,14 (f) The legislative fiscal bureau or the department of administration shall, if requested 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 submit transmit electronically the prepared supplemental fiscal estimate to the legislative reference bureau for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope.

AJR15,16,19 (g) A state agency shall submit transmit electronically any fiscal estimate requested electronically under joint rule 48 (2) to the department of administration for submission transmission electronically to the legislative reference bureau for review by the primary author under joint rule 48 and for reproduction and insertion in the bill jacket envelope.

AJR15, s. 26 Section 26. Joint rule 42 (1) (a) and (2) to (4) are amended to read:

AJR15,16,25 Joint Rule 42 (1) (a) Fiscal estimates shall be prepared by all state agencies receiving the appropriation, collecting the revenue, administering the program, or having information concerning the subject matter of the bill. Bills containing provisions for both appropriations and revenues or either appropriations or revenues for more than one state agency shall receive estimates from each such agency.

AJR15,17,3 (2) The name of the state agency preparing the estimate, and the date, shall be reproduced at the end of the estimate. The estimate shall also be signed by include the name and telephone number of a responsible official of the agency.

AJR15,17,11 (3) Each state agency shall prepare the fiscal estimate within 5 working days from the date on which it receives the bill, but the department of administration, on a limited basis only and upon an agency's request received prior to before the end of the 5-day period and applicable to only one fiscal estimate, may extend such the period for the specified fiscal estimate to not more than 10 working days if the bill necessitates extended research. Whenever such the extension is granted, the department of administration shall immediately notify the legislative reference bureau.