AR3: Resolution Text

AR3,31,20 (2) On any legislative day when a report, showing the number and relating clause of proposals introduced or offered for introduction together with the speaker's referral, has been is provided to the members prior to before the 2nd order of business for assembly proposals or the 4th order of business for senate proposals, such provision shall serve serves as the first reading and the announcement of the referral of such the proposals, and the content of the report shall be entered in the daily journal under the appropriate order of business.

AR3,31,24 (3) (a) Beginning on inauguration day and on any day of the regular biennial session period, proposals may be introduced or offered and referred by the speaker or presiding officer if such the action is not in conflict with any limitations imposed by the session schedule or otherwise agreed to by both houses.

AR3,32,5 (b) Whenever the introduction or offering and referral of an assembly proposal or the receipt and referral of a senate proposal occurs on a day on which the assembly does not meet, the chief clerk shall record in the journal the appropriate information concerning the proposal and such the recording shall constitute constitutes the proposal's first reading.

AR3,32,13 (c) Within 5 working days after After initial referral by the speaker or presiding officer under sub. (1) (a) or (b) to a an assembly committee but before a vote by the committee is commenced on a proposal, the speaker, with the consent of the chairperson and notwithstanding rule 15, may withdraw any bill, joint resolution or resolution the proposal from the standing committee to which it is was initially referred and rerefer it to another standing committee or to a special committee or refer it to the calendar for the 2nd legislative day thereafter. Rereferral under this rule may not be used to satisfy section 13.093 (1) of the statutes.

AR3, s. 44 Section 44. Assembly rule 42 (1) (ad) and (am) are created to read:

AR3,32,19 Assembly Rule 42 (1) (ad) All bills introduced in the assembly which by any statute require reference to a particular committee shall be so referred upon first reading and all senate bills when received from the senate shall be so referred upon first reading except where the senate record on the bill discloses that the statutory requirement has been satisfied by reference to the committee in the senate.

AR3,33,2 (am) Notwithstanding par. (ad), the speaker or presiding officer may refer any bill that pertains only incidentally to a matter of concern to a joint survey committee directly to the committee appropriate to the major substance of the bill, and in that case shall direct the appropriate joint survey committee to prepare its report on the bill while that bill is in the possession of the other committee. This rule does not suspend the requirement that the report of the appropriate joint survey committee must be received before the bill is given its 2nd reading.

AR3, s. 45 Section 45. Assembly rule 43 is amended to read:

AR3,33,9 Assembly Rule 43. Privileged resolutions. (1) Any resolution or joint resolution relating to the officers, members, former members, procedures , or organization of the assembly or legislature shall be is privileged in that it may be introduced offered under any order of business by a member who has the floor and may be taken up immediately before all other proposals then pending, unless referred by the presiding officer to a standing committee or to the calendar.

AR3,33,12 (2) Any resolution subject to rule 89 which that is referred to the calendar shall be taken up on the 8th order of business on the 2nd legislative day after its introduction it is offered notwithstanding the existence of any unfinished calendars.

AR3,33,16 (3) Any resolution to reprimand, censure, or expel an officer or member of the assembly shall identify the charges against the officer or member cited and shall be referred to the committee on ethics and standards of conduct for review under rule 21.

AR3, s. 46 Section 46. Assembly rule 44 is amended to read:

AR3,33,23 Assembly Rule 44. Vetoes. (1) Upon the receipt of a message from the governor that an assembly proposal bill has been vetoed in whole or in part, or of a senate message that the senate has passed a vetoed senate proposal bill or senate proposal vetoed in part, the speaker or presiding officer shall refer the veto to the calendar for the 2nd legislative day thereafter, or to the committee on rules for calendar scheduling, or to a standing committee for review and report.

AR3,34,3 (2) Notwithstanding the referral of a veto to a standing committee, the committee on rules may schedule the veto for assembly action. When so scheduled, the veto shall be is before the assembly and may be passed notwithstanding the objections of the governor even if the standing committee has not submitted its report.

AR3, s. 47 Section 47. Assembly rule 45 (1) to (5) are amended to read:

AR3,34,16 Assembly Rule 45 (1) Whenever a committee reports on a proposal referred to that committee, the speaker or presiding officer shall refer or rerefer the proposal, except as otherwise provided in subs. (2) and (3), to the calendar for the 2nd legislative day thereafter for 2nd reading or to the committee on rules for calendar scheduling or to another standing or special committee, unless it is his or her judgment that reference of the proposal to the joint committee on finance is required by law or rule and the speaker or presiding officer refers the proposal to that committee. On any legislative day when a committee report, showing the speaker's subsequent referrals, has been provided to the members prior to before the 3rd order of business, such the report shall may not be read by the chief clerk to the members, but the content of the committee report and the speaker's referrals and rereferrals shall be reproduced in the journal.

AR3,34,21 (2) Any proposal bill originally referred to the joint survey committee on retirement systems as required by law, and subsequently reported to the assembly, shall be referred by the speaker or presiding officer to a standing committee except the committee on rules and shall, when reported by that committee, be referred as provided in sub. (1).

AR3,34,25 (3) Any proposal bill originally referred to the joint survey committee on tax exemptions as required by law, and subsequently reported to the assembly, shall be referred by the speaker or presiding officer either to a standing committee, or to the calendar for the 2nd legislative day thereafter, or to the committee on rules.

AR3,35,4 (4) When a proposal bill, during or after consideration by a standing committee or during consideration by the assembly, is found to be without the report of one or more joint survey committees to which it should have been referred, the proposal bill shall be so referred by the speaker or presiding officer.

AR3,35,11 (5) Beginning on inauguration day and on any day of the regular biennial session period, proposals may be reported by one committee and referred by the speaker or presiding officer to another committee or to the calendar if such the action is not in conflict with any limitations imposed by the session schedule or otherwise agreed to by both houses. Whenever such the referral of a proposal occurs on a day on which the assembly does not meet, the chief clerk shall record in the journal the appropriate information concerning the referral.

AR3, s. 48 Section 48. Assembly rule 46 (2) to (4) are amended to read:

AR3,35,18 Assembly Rule 46 (2) After a proposal receives its 2nd reading, the assembly shall consider every amendment to the proposal recommended in the latest committee report on the proposal and any additional amendments offered after such the report unless precluded from consideration under rule 55 (3). If there is no committee report, all amendments shall be considered unless precluded from consideration under rule 55 (3).

AR3,35,22 (3) Following action on all pending amendments to an assembly bill , or to an assembly joint resolution proposing a change in the state or U.S. constitution, and the failure of any motion to indefinitely postpone such the proposal, the question shall be is: "Shall the proposal be ordered engrossed and read a 3rd time?"

AR3,36,2 (4) Following action on all pending assembly amendments to a senate bill, or to a senate joint resolution proposing a change in the state or U.S. constitution, and the failure of any motion for nonconcurrence, the question shall be is: "Shall the proposal be ordered to a 3rd reading?"

AR3, s. 49 Section 49. Assembly rule 47 (3) is amended to read:

AR3,36,5 Assembly Rule 47 (3) When the assembly fails to adopt an adverse committee recommendation, the main question shall then be stated in the affirmative.

AR3, s. 50 Section 50. Assembly rule 48 is amended to read:

AR3,36,9 Assembly Rule 48. Third reading and decisions on proposals. (1) The purpose of the 3rd reading stage is to make a final decision on each proposal requiring 3 readings which that is submitted to the assembly.

AR3,36,15 (2) Following the 3rd reading of any bill or of any joint resolution proposing a change in the state or U.S. constitution, and the failure of any motion to indefinitely postpone, reject, or nonconcur, the question on assembly bills shall be is "Shall the bill be passed?", on assembly joint resolutions shall be is "Shall the joint resolution be adopted?", and on senate proposals shall be is "Shall the proposal be concurred in?".

AR3, s. 51 Section 51. Assembly rule 49 (1) (b) and (2) are amended to read:

AR3,36,18 Assembly Rule 49 (1) (b) Rejection (assembly amendments, assembly resolutions, and assembly joint resolutions).

AR3,36,21 (2) Once an assembly proposal has been adversely disposed of, another assembly proposal identical or substantially similar in nature, but not more limited in scope, shall may not be considered by the assembly in that biennial session.

AR3, s. 52 Section 52. Assembly rule 50 is amended to read:

AR3,37,3 Assembly Rule 50. Messaging to the senate. (1) Each proposal which that passes or is adopted after a 3rd reading, and each senate proposal adversely disposed of by the assembly, shall be transmitted to the senate immediately after any motion to reconsider such the passage , adoption, or adverse disposition has failed fails or the time for making such the motion has expired expires, together with a certified report of the assembly's action.

AR3,37,7 (2) 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, such the proposal shall be transmitted to the senate together with a certified report of the assembly's action.

AR3, s. 53 Section 53. Assembly rule 52 (1), (2) (intro.) and (3) are amended to read:

AR3,37,11 Assembly Rule 52 (1) Amendments to proposals may be offered during the period of time following after introduction of and preceding a decision on the proposal at the end of the 2nd reading stage, and as authorized by rule 73 (9).

AR3,37,13 (2) (intro.) Amendments to amendments may be offered, but amendments in the 3rd degree shall may not be accepted.

AR3,37,15 (3) Every amendment received by the chief clerk shall be provided as provided by the assembly rules.

AR3, s. 54 Section 54. Assembly rule 52 (4) is created to read:

AR3,37,18 Assembly Rule 52 (4) An amendment to a report of a committee of conference may not be offered.

AR3, s. 55 Section 55. Assembly rule 53 (intro.) and (4) (b) are amended to read:

AR3,38,3 Assembly Rule 53. Drafting of amendments. (intro.) Except as authorized in sub. (2), amendments shall be drafted by the legislative reference bureau before being offered for consideration to the assembly, or to any committee by a person other than a member thereof. No An amendment prepared by the legislative reference bureau may not be received for consideration if changes have been made in to the 5-copy set draft prepared by the bureau. Amendments may be deposited at the chief clerk's office on any day of the legislative session for the purpose of allowing them to be provided prior to before the 2nd reading stage for the proposals to which the amendments pertain.

AR3,38,11 (4) (b) Following the commencement of debate on any floor amendment the principal author may request permission to substitute the version of the amendment drafted by the legislative reference bureau for the version provided or read to the membership by the chief clerk. Unless such the permission is requested and granted, the substantive text of any floor amendment adopted by the assembly shall remain remains as provided or read to the membership by the chief clerk, but the legislative reference bureau shall prepare a copy which that incorporates any nonsubstantive, technical corrections required by rule 36.

AR3, s. 56 Section 56. Assembly rule 54 (1), (2), (3) (intro.) and (d) to (g) and (4) (intro.), (b), (d) and (f) are amended to read:

AR3,38,19 Assembly Rule 54 (1) General statement: The assembly shall may not consider any assembly amendment or assembly substitute amendment which that relates to a different subject or is intended to accomplish a different purpose than that of the proposal to which it relates or which that, if adopted and passed, would require a relating clause for the proposal which is substantially different from the proposal's original relating clause or which that would totally alter the nature of the proposal.

AR3,38,23 (2) Procedure: The presiding officer shall rule on the admissibility of any assembly amendment or assembly substitute amendment when the question of germaneness is raised, but any such question shall is not be in order once an the amendment has been is adopted.

AR3,38,24 (3) (intro.) Assembly amendments which that are not germane include:

AR3,39,3 (d) An amendment: 1) amending a statute or session law when the purpose of the proposal bill is limited to repealing such the law; or 2) repealing a statute or session law when the purpose of the proposal bill is limited to amending such the law.

AR3,39,5 (e) An amendment which that negates the effect of another assembly amendment previously adopted.

AR3,39,6 (f) An amendment which that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.

AR3,39,8 (g) An amendment to a bill when legislative action on that bill is by law limited to passage, concurrence, indefinite postponement, or nonconcurrence as introduced.

AR3,39,9 (4) (intro.) Amendments which that are germane include:

AR3,39,11 (b) An amendment which that accomplishes the same purpose in a different manner.

AR3,39,13 (d) An amendment adding appropriations necessary to fulfill the original intent of a proposal bill.

AR3,39,16 (f) An amendment which that changes the effective date of a repeal, reduces the scope of a repeal, or adds a short-term nonstatutory transitional provision to facilitate a repeal.

AR3, s. 57 Section 57. Assembly rule 55 (1) (a) and (c) and (2) are amended to read:

AR3,39,20 Assembly Rule 55 (1) (a) Substitute amendments offered prior to before the present consideration of the proposal shall be considered beginning with the substitute amendment most recently received.

AR3,39,23 (c) Substitute amendments offered during the consideration of a substitute amendment to the proposal shall be considered in the sequence in which received, but only if no other another substitute amendment has not been adopted.

AR3,40,3 (2) (a) Whenever a substitute amendment is before the assembly, simple amendments to it shall be considered in numerical sequence prior to before action on the substitute amendment.

AR3,40,6 (b) Whenever a simple amendment is before the assembly, amendments to it shall be considered in numerical sequence prior to before action on the simple amendment.

AR3, s. 58 Section 58. Assembly rule 57 (1) (intro.) and (f) are amended to read:

AR3,40,10 Assembly Rule 57 (1) (intro.) Once a member has been recognized and has the floor, the member may speak without interruption unless questions arise which that require immediate consideration. Such questions are:

AR3,40,14 (f) Rising to ask whether the member who has the floor will yield to a proper question. The member who has the floor may yield to a proper question even if the member obtained the floor for the purpose of making a motion or raising a question which that is not debatable.

AR3, s. 59 Section 59. Assembly rule 58 (2) and (3) are amended to read:

AR3,40,18 Assembly Rule 58 (2) When the presiding officer calls a member to order, that the member shall may not speak, except in explanation, until it is determined whether or not the member is in order.

AR3,40,22 (3) When a member is called to order for the use of improper or disorderly language, the specific words to which exception has been taken shall be put in writing, thus enabling the presiding officer better to be able to judge whether the words spoken were in violation of the assembly rules.

AR3, s. 60 Section 60. Assembly rule 59 (intro.) and (3) are amended to read:

AR3,41,3 Assembly Rule 59. Conduct during debate. (intro.) Unless permission is given by unanimous consent or the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present, no a member may not:

AR3,41,7 (3) Display documents or exhibits or read aloud from documents other than from the proposal then under debate or any amendment thereto, or from any statute, session law, constitutional provision, assembly rule, or joint rule directly related to the proposal or its amendments.

AR3, s. 61 Section 61. Assembly rule 60 (1) is amended to read:

AR3,41,11 Assembly Rule 60 (1) Whenever the assembly has one or more calendars pending of a later date than the calendar on which the assembly is then working, debate is limited, as follows:

AR3,41,12 (a) No A member may not speak for more than 5 minutes on any question.

AR3,41,13 (b) No A question may not be considered for more than 20 minutes.

AR3, s. 62 Section 62. Assembly rule 61 (intro.) and (1) to (3) are amended to read:

AR3,41,19 Assembly Rule 61. Questions of privilege. (intro.) Questions of privilege are under the immediate control of the presiding officer and the assembly. Such questions pertain to the rights, integrity, and safety of the assembly collectively, to the rights, reputation, or conduct of members of the assembly in their representative capacity, or to the conduct of government in general.

AR3,41,23 (1) "Assembly privilege": With recognition by the presiding officer, any member may raise and discuss a question pertaining to the safety, dignity, decorum, comfort, rights, organization, or officers of the assembly which that requires immediate attention.

AR3,42,2 (2) "Personal privilege": With recognition by the presiding officer, any member may rise to explain a personal matter which that affects the rights, reputation, and conduct of the member in his or her representative capacity. No A pending question may not be discussed in any such the explanation.

AR3,42,9 (3) "Special privilege": Any member desiring to make a statement on a matter other than one of assembly or personal privilege may rise and, with recognition by the presiding officer and within any time limits determined by the presiding officer or the assembly, may discuss any subject relative to state or local government, the conduct of public officials in relation to their official duties, or other matters concerning the public welfare, or any question pertaining to the rights of the assembly collectively, its safety, dignity, or the integrity of its proceedings.

AR3, s. 63 Section 63. Assembly rule 62 (2), (3) (a) and (b) 1., (3m), (6) and (7) are amended to read:

AR3,42,13 Assembly Rule 62 (2) No A member may not speak more than once on any point of order.

AR3,42,15 (3) (a) Immediately announce and explain a ruling on a point of order which that has been raised; or

AR3,42,19 (b) 1. When the point of order concerns a proposal or a question currently pending on such proposal, taking the point of order under advisement shall remove removes the proposal from further consideration until the presiding officer announces the ruling on the point of order.

AR3,42,22 (3m) The presiding officer shall rule on a point of order within 7 legislative days after the point of order is raised or on the final legislative day of the last scheduled general-business floorperiod preceding the veto review session, whichever is earlier.

AR3,42,25 (6) Any member may appeal a ruling of the presiding officer on any point of order. When an appeal is made, the question shall be is: "Shall the decision of the chair stand as the decision of the assembly?"

AR3,43,2 (7) Appeals are debatable and shall be are decided by a majority of the members present and voting on a roll call vote. The presiding officer may vote on appeals.

AR3, s. 64 Section 64. Assembly rule 63 is amended to read:

AR3,43,5 Assembly Rule 63. Putting a motion. When a motion is made, it shall be stated by the presiding officer or read by the chief clerk prior to before debate.

AR3, s. 65 Section 65. Assembly rule 64 is amended to read: