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1Assembly Rule 14 (2) On or before Monday noon of each week or on or before
2Friday noon of the first week of the biennial session, the chairperson of each standing
3committee shall post on the assembly bulletin board and file with the chief clerk a
4list of the public hearings which that will be held before such the committee during
5the following week. The announcement of any hearing shall give the day, hour, place,
6and nature of the business, or number, author, and relating clause of any proposal,
7to be considered. These lists shall be reproduced in the weekly schedule of committee
8activities.
AR3,14,109 (3) No A hearing shall may not be held until copies of any of the legislation
10scheduled for hearing are available to the public.
AR3, s. 17 11Section 17. Assembly rule 15 (1) to (3), (4) (b) and (c), (5) and (6) are amended
12to read:
AR3,14,16 13Assembly Rule 15 (1) No A proposal may not be withdrawn from any committee
14until 21 calendar days have expired since the proposal was referred to the committee.
15After the 21-day period, proposals a proposal may be withdrawn either by motion
16or by petition, but:
AR3,14,1717 (a) No A bill may not be withdrawn from a joint survey committee.
AR3,14,2018 (b) No A bill requiring, but not having, an emergency statement for passage
19may not be withdrawn from the joint committee on finance or from the committee on
20rules.
AR3,14,2421 (2) The motion to withdraw a proposal from committee shall be is in order only
22on the first day in any week on which the call of the roll is taken under the first order
23of business. Such The motions shall be decided by majority vote of a majority of the
24members present and voting
.
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1(3) Once a motion to withdraw a proposal from a committee which requires a
2majority vote of a majority of the members present and voting fails, all subsequent
3motions to withdraw that proposal from the same committee shall require a vote of
4two-thirds majority of the members present and voting for adoption and shall must
5be decided without debate.
AR3,15,86 (4) (b) Each withdrawal petition signature shall be dated by the signer.
7Withdrawal petitions may not be circulated prior to before the expiration of the
821-day period.
AR3,15,119 (c) Any withdrawal petition shall be filed with the chief clerk, who shall
10immediately examine it for compliance with this rule. All questions concerning the
11adequacy of a withdrawal petition shall be decided by the speaker.
AR3,15,1612 (5) Immediately upon adoption of any a withdrawal motion or the chief clerk's
13announcement of receipt of a proper withdrawal petition, the affected proposal shall
14be
is taken from committee and placed in the committee on rules for calendar
15scheduling, but, if the withdrawal was is from that committee, the affected proposal
16shall be is placed directly on the calendar for the 2nd legislative day thereafter.
AR3,15,2317 (6) Whenever a bill is introduced in the assembly or senate under section 227.19
18(5) (e) or 227.26 (2) (f) of the statutes, the bill shall be is considered reported without
19recommendation and shall be is placed before the committee on rules if no a report
20is not received from the standing committee within 30 days of after the date of
21referral. This subsection does not apply if the bill is introduced within 30 days of
22after the time at which no further proposals may not be introduced or offered in the
23regular session under joint rule 83 (2).
AR3, s. 18 24Section 18. Assembly rule 17 (2) and (3) are amended to read:
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1Assembly Rule 17 (2) No A claim shall may not be considered by the assembly
2until it has been reported on by the claims board and then only in bill the form of a
3bill
.
AR3,16,54 (3) If the claims board recommends rejection of a claim, a member may
5resubmit such the claim in the form of a bill.
AR3, s. 19 6Section 19. Assembly rule 17m is amended to read:
AR3,16,10 7Assembly Rule 17m. Committee reports; time limits. A committee
8chairperson shall report a proposal to the assembly within 7 working days after the
9committee takes executive action on the proposal if the committee recommends that
10the proposal be adopted, passed, or concurred in.
AR3, s. 20 11Section 20. Assembly rule 18 (intro.), (1) (intro.) and (5) (intro.) are amended
12to read:
AR3,16,16 13Assembly Rule 18. Committee report with recommendations. (intro.)
14When the committee to which a proposal was is referred makes recommendations,
15the chairperson shall report in concise form the executive action of the committee.
16The report shall be signed by the chairperson.
AR3,16,1917 (1) (intro.) The committee report shall indicate the actual numerical vote on the
18motion on which the recommendation is based; and the form of such the report shall
19be
is as illustrated in the following example:
AR3,16,2220 (5) (intro.) Whenever a committee introduces or offers a proposal for
21introduction
, it shall include in the bill jacket a report in the following form, and shall
22deposit the jacket with the chief clerk:
AR3, s. 21 23Section 21. Assembly rule 19 (1) (a) and (b), (2) (intro.) and (3) are amended
24to read:
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1Assembly Rule 19 (1) (a) If a vote for passage, adoption, or concurrence is a tie;
2or
AR3,17,43 (b) If successive motions for indefinite postponement, rejection, or
4nonconcurrence, and passage, adoption, or concurrence fail.
AR3,17,65 (2) (intro.) When no a recommendation is not made, the committee shall report
6as illustrated in the following example:
AR3,17,107 (3) The report of the committee shall be reproduced in the journal.
8Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (2), the chief clerk shall record in the journal that a
9bill is reported without recommendation whenever the bill is withdrawn from
10committee under rule 15 (6) prior to before the committee's vote on the bill.
AR3, s. 22 11Section 22. Assembly rule 20 (intro.) and (1) are amended to read:
AR3,17,20 12Assembly Rule 20. Committee reports concerning proposed rules.
13(intro.) Each committee to which a proposed administrative rule is referred under
14rule 3 (1) (r) shall submit a report within the review period specified in section 227.19
15(4) (b) of the statutes in the form specified in this rule, authenticated by the personal
16signature of the chairperson or cochairpersons. The report of the committee shall be
17reproduced in the journal. Whenever a committee schedules a public hearing or
18meeting with an agency representative concerning a proposed rule, or whenever
19modifications to a proposed rule are agreed to be made or received, the committee
20shall submit an interim report. The form of the report shall be is as follows:
AR3,17,2121 (1) For standing committees:
AR3,17,2222 The committee on .......... reports [and recommends]:
AR3,17,2323 Clearinghouse Rule [year]-1
AR3,17,24 24 An Order of the.... (name of agency) relating to rules concerning....
AR3,17,25 25Public hearing scheduled.
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1(list date, time, and place of public hearing)
AR3,18,22 Clearinghouse Rule [year]-2
AR3,18,3 3 An Order of the.... (name of agency) relating to rules concerning....
AR3,18,4 4Meeting with agency representative scheduled.
AR3,18,55 (list date, time, and place of meeting)
AR3,18,66 Clearinghouse Rule [year]-3
AR3,18,7 7 An Order of the.... (name of agency) relating to rules concerning....
AR3,18,8 8Modifications to be made by agency.
AR3,18,99 Clearinghouse Rule [year]-4
AR3,18,10 10 An Order of the.... (name of agency) relating to rules concerning....
AR3,18,11 11Modifications received from agency.
AR3,18,1212 Clearinghouse Rule [year]-5
AR3,18,13 13 An Order of the.... (name of agency) relating to rules concerning....
AR3,18,14 14No action taken.
AR3,18,1515 Clearinghouse Rule [year]-6
AR3,18,16 16 An Order of the.... (name of agency) relating to rules concerning....
AR3,18,1717 Objection: Ayes, 5; Noes, 1; Absent, 1.
AR3,18,1818 Clearinghouse Rule [year]-7
AR3,18,19 19 An Order of the.... (name of agency) relating to rules concerning....
AR3,18,2020 No objection: Ayes, 6; Noes, 1.
AR3,18,2221 .................................
22Chairperson
AR3, s. 23 23Section 23. Assembly rule 21 (1) to (3) and (6) are amended to read:
AR3,19,5 24Assembly Rule 21 (1) Any resolution to reprimand, censure, or expel an officer
25or member of the assembly shall be referred to a special committee on ethics and

1standards of conduct, convened for the purpose of holding one or more public
2hearings on the resolution and submitting the committee's recommendation to the
3assembly. The special committee shall consist of 3 members of the majority party and
43 members of the minority party, appointed as are the members of standing
5committees.
AR3,19,96 (2) The hearing shall be scheduled as soon as possible, allowing reasonable
7time to ascertain the facts of the controversy, to furnish a copy of the detailed written
8charges to the officer or member cited, and to permit that person to prepare a proper
9defense.
AR3,19,1210 (3) At the hearing, the officer or member cited may have the advice of counsel,
11may offer testimony to mitigate or refute the charges, and may cross-examine any
12witness testifying in support of the charges.
AR3,19,1613 (6) Following assembly action on the committee's report, by passage adoption
14or rejection of the resolution, referral of the resolution to a standing committee, or
15return of the resolution to its primary author, the special committee on ethics and
16standards of conduct shall be is discharged.
AR3, s. 24 17Section 24. Assembly rule 23 is amended to read:
AR3,20,2 18Assembly Rule 23. Committee on assembly organization. (2) Corrections
19prior to before third reading. Any proposal ordered to a 3rd reading shall be
20examined by the chief clerk for the purpose of correcting grammatical, structural, or
21other errors in the proposal. The clerk shall call any proposal found to contain errors
22which that alter its real intent to the attention of the committee on assembly
23organization and the committee shall report any required corrections to the
24assembly in the form of amendments. When corrective amendments are reported by

1the committee, the affected proposal automatically and temporarily reverts to the
2engrossing stage for the limited purpose of considering the corrective amendment.
AR3,20,83 (3) Corrections in enrolling. Whenever in the process of enrolling the chief
4clerk or the legislative reference bureau discovers an error in a proposal which that
5alters its real intent, this fact the error shall be reported to the committee on
6assembly organization. If the committee concurs with the judgment of the clerk or
7bureau, the committee shall introduce offer a joint resolution to recall the proposal
8for further legislative action.
AR3,20,119 (4) Enrolled bill to governor. On motion of the assembly or by directive of
10the speaker, any assembly bill which that has been correctly enrolled may be
11immediately messaged to the office of the governor.
AR3, s. 25 12Section 25. Assembly rule 24 (1), (2) (a) and (b), (3) (a) and (b) and (4) are
13amended to read:
AR3,20,18 14Assembly Rule 24 (1) The committee on rules shall consist consists of the
15speaker, speaker pro tempore, majority leader, assistant majority leader, majority
16caucus chairperson, minority leader, assistant minority leader, minority caucus
17chairperson, and 2 members from the majority party and 2 members from the
18minority party appointed by the speaker.
AR3,20,2219 (2) (a) For all proposals previously reported to the assembly by any standing
20committee, action of the committee on rules shall be is governed by those
21requirements and limitations provided in these the assembly rules which pertain to
22establishing calendars and special orders of business.
AR3,20,2523 (b) For all other proposals, action of the committee on rules shall be is governed
24either by the rules for establishing calendars and special orders or by the rules which
25that apply to the consideration of proposals by standing committees.
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1(3) (a) If the proposal should have been referred to a joint survey committee or
2the joint committee on finance, but was not so referred , or is a senate proposal that,
3if it were an assembly proposal, should have been so referred
, return the proposal to
4the speaker for referral.
AR3,21,65 (b) If the proposal is not referred under par. (a), refer the proposal to an
6appropriate order on a calendar dated at least 2 days after such the referral.
AR3,21,97 (4) Notwithstanding sub. (3) (b), any proposal in the committee on rules in the
8final week of the regularly scheduled last general-business floorperiod in the
9even-numbered year may be placed on any calendar for that floorperiod.
AR3, s. 26 10Section 26. Assembly rule 25 (intro.), (1) and (3) are amended to read:
AR3,21,17 11Assembly Rule 25. Admission to the floor of the assembly. (intro.)
12Members of the legislature, elected state officers, and only the following other
13persons, shall be admitted to the assembly floor within guidelines determined by the
14speaker during any session or for one-half one-quarter hour before and immediately
15one-quarter hour after any session. However, none of the following listed persons
16shall have has the privilege of the floor if registered as a lobbyist or directly or
17indirectly engaged in defeating or promoting any legislation before the assembly:
AR3,21,1918 (1) The members of congress Congress, justices of the supreme court, and
19former members of the legislature.
AR3,21,2320 (3) Representatives of news media that regularly publish or broadcast reports
21available to the general public who are actively engaged in reporting the proceedings
22of the assembly, except that during the sessions of the assembly the privilege shall
23extend
extends only to the designated press area.
AR3, s. 27 24Section 27. Assembly rule 26 (1) to (5), (6) (a) and (7) are amended to read:
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1Assembly Rule 26 (1) The presiding officer shall preserve order, decorum, and
2quiet on and about the assembly floor during sessions.
AR3,22,63 (2) While the presiding officer is addressing the assembly or submitting a
4question, no a member shall may not cross or leave the floor. While a member is
5speaking, no other a member shall may not walk between the speaking member and
6the presiding officer.
AR3,22,87 (3) No A person may not read any printed newspaper on the assembly floor or
8in the visitor galleries while the assembly is in session.
AR3,22,109 (4) No A person may not consume food on the assembly floor or in the visitor
10galleries.
AR3,22,1111 (5) No A person may not smoke on the assembly floor or in the visitor galleries.
AR3,22,1612 (6) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), no a person may not use a 2-way
13commercial mobile radio service (, such as a cellular telephone or personal
14communications service), or a 2-way mobile radio device, such as a cellular
15telephone,
in the assembly chamber, other than in the parlor, lobbies, offices of the
16speaker, majority leader, and minority leader, and in hallways.
AR3,22,1917 (7) No A person, except other than a person specified in rule 25 (3), may not
18possess or use in the assembly chamber a microphone designed to pick up
19conversation more than 10 feet away from the microphone.
AR3, s. 28 20Section 28. Assembly rule 26 (6) (b) 4. and 5. are created to read:
AR3,22,22 21Assembly Rule 26 (6) (b) 4. The assembly chief clerk or a person acting at his
22or her direction.
AR3,22,23 23Assembly Rule 26 (6) (b) 5. A member in the parlor or lobbies.
AR3, s. 29 24Section 29. Assembly rule 27 is amended to read:
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1Assembly Rule 27. Absences and leaves. No A member may not be absent
2from any daily session without a leave of absence. One member may request a leave
3for another.
AR3, s. 30 4Section 30. Assembly rule 28 is amended to read:
AR3,23,8 5Assembly Rule 28. Hour for convening. Unless a different hour is prescribed
6by law, resolution, or motion, the assembly, upon a simple motion to adjourn, shall
7convene at 9 a.m. on the next legislative day; except that if such the day is the first
8legislative day of any week, the hour of convening shall be is 10 a.m.
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