AR3,41,74 (3) Display documents or exhibits or read aloud from documents other than
5from the proposal then under debate or any amendment thereto, or from any statute,
6session law, constitutional provision, assembly rule, or joint rule directly related to
7the proposal or its amendments.
AR3, s. 61 8Section 61. Assembly rule 60 (1) is amended to read:
AR3,41,11 9Assembly Rule 60 (1) Whenever the assembly has one or more calendars
10pending of a later date than the calendar on which the assembly is then working,
11debate is limited, as follows:
AR3,41,1212 (a) No A member may not speak for more than 5 minutes on any question.
AR3,41,1313 (b) No A question may not be considered for more than 20 minutes.
AR3, s. 62 14Section 62. Assembly rule 61 (intro.) and (1) to (3) are amended to read:
AR3,41,19 15Assembly Rule 61. Questions of privilege. (intro.) Questions of privilege are
16under the immediate control of the presiding officer and the assembly. Such
17questions pertain to the rights, integrity, and safety of the assembly collectively, to
18the rights, reputation, or conduct of members of the assembly in their representative
19capacity, or to the conduct of government in general.
AR3,41,2320 (1) "Assembly privilege": With recognition by the presiding officer, any
21member may raise and discuss a question pertaining to the safety, dignity, decorum,
22comfort, rights, organization, or officers of the assembly which that requires
23immediate attention.
AR3,42,224 (2) "Personal privilege": With recognition by the presiding officer, any
25member may rise to explain a personal matter which that affects the rights,

1reputation, and conduct of the member in his or her representative capacity. No A
2pending question may not be discussed in any such the explanation.
AR3,42,93 (3) "Special privilege": Any member desiring to make a statement on a matter
4other than one of assembly or personal privilege may rise and, with recognition by
5the presiding officer and within any time limits determined by the presiding officer
6or the assembly, may discuss any subject relative to state or local government, the
7conduct of public officials in relation to their official duties, or other matters
8concerning the public welfare, or any question pertaining to the rights of the
9assembly collectively, its safety, dignity, or the integrity of its proceedings.
AR3, s. 63 10Section 63. Assembly rule 62 (2), (3) (a) and (b) 1., (3m), (6) and (7) are
11amended to read:
AR3,42,13 12Assembly Rule 62 (2) No A member may not speak more than once on any point
13of order.
AR3,42,1514 (3) (a) Immediately announce and explain a ruling on a point of order which
15that has been raised; or
AR3,42,1916 (b) 1. When the point of order concerns a proposal or a question currently
17pending on such proposal, taking the point of order under advisement shall remove
18removes the proposal from further consideration until the presiding officer
19announces the ruling on the point of order.
AR3,42,2220 (3m) The presiding officer shall rule on a point of order within 7 legislative days
21after the point of order is raised or on the final legislative day of the last scheduled
22general-business floorperiod preceding the veto review session, whichever is earlier.
AR3,42,2523 (6) Any member may appeal a ruling of the presiding officer on any point of
24order. When an appeal is made, the question shall be is: "Shall the decision of the
25chair stand as the decision of the assembly?"
AR3,43,2
1(7) Appeals are debatable and shall be are decided by a majority of the members
2present and voting
on a roll call vote. The presiding officer may vote on appeals.
AR3, s. 64 3Section 64. Assembly rule 63 is amended to read:
AR3,43,5 4Assembly Rule 63. Putting a motion. When a motion is made, it shall be
5stated by the presiding officer or read by the chief clerk prior to before debate.
AR3, s. 65 6Section 65. Assembly rule 64 is amended to read:
AR3,43,12 7Assembly Rule 64. Seconding. Whenever a requested action is required to
8be seconded, immediately after the request is made, the presiding officer shall ask
9if there are sufficient seconds. Any member wishing to be a second shall then stand
10in his or her assigned place until counted. The presiding officer shall count the
11seconds and immediately announce whether or not there are sufficient seconds for
12the request to be granted by the assembly.
AR3, s. 66 13Section 66. Assembly rule 65 (1) (intro.) and (i), (2) (h), (3) (b) and (4) are
14amended to read:
AR3,43,17 15Assembly Rule 65 (1) (intro.) When a main question is under debate the
16following privileged motions and requests are in order if appropriate under the rules
17governing motions, requests, and proposals:
AR3,43,1918 (i) To introduce offer and ask consideration of a privileged resolution [rules 33
19and 43].
AR3,43,2120 (2) (h) To postpone indefinitely, reject, or nonconcur in a proposal [rules 49 and
2172].
AR3,43,2322 (3) (b) Amendments to amendable motions are not in order as long as no while
23a
question of higher precedence is pending; and
AR3,44,224 (4) If any motion is made while no other question is before the assembly, or is
25made subject to qualifications not specifically authorized in these the assembly

1rules, such the motion loses its precedence and becomes a main motion, subject to the
2rules that apply to main motions.
AR3, s. 67 3Section 67. Assembly rule 66 (1) (intro.) and (f) and (2) are amended to read:
AR3,44,7 4Assembly Rule 66 (1) (intro.) In addition to the motions and requests listed in
5rule 65 (1) and (2), and subject to the limitations imposed by other rules, the following
6incidental motions, requests, and questions are in order while a proposal or question
7is under debate:
AR3,44,98 (f) A request or motion by the maker of a pending motion that it be withdrawn,
9provided that if rule 73 (6) does not apply.
AR3,44,1310 (2) The motions, requests, and questions listed in sub. (1) do not have no an
11order of precedence, can be initiated at any time they are timely, and shall be
12disposed of before any question to which they relate is returned to or any other
13incidental motion, request, or question is entertained.
AR3, s. 68 14Section 68. Assembly rule 67 is amended to read:
AR3,44,17 15Assembly Rule 67. Nondebatable motions. Any motion to adjourn, recess,
16end debate, or suspend the rules, and all incidental questions relating to such
17motions including appeals, shall be are decided without debate.
AR3, s. 69 18Section 69. Assembly rule 68 is amended to read:
AR3,44,21 19Assembly Rule 68. Amendments to motions to be germane. Amendments
20to amendable motions shall comply with are subject to the rules of germaneness in
21rule 54 as if they were amendments to proposals and amendments.
AR3, s. 70 22Section 70. Assembly rule 69 (3) and (4) are amended to read:
AR3,44,25 23Assembly Rule 69 (3) Two consecutive motions to adjourn shall are not be in
24order unless other significant business has intervened between the motions or unless
25there is no other business is pending before the assembly.
AR3,45,4
1(4) While a motion remains undecided pending the chair's presiding officer's
2ruling on a point of order taken under advisement, it is dilatory to enter a
3substantially similar motion on the same question, but it is proper to request an
4expansion of the question under advisement.
AR3, s. 71 5Section 71. Assembly rule 70 (4) is amended to read:
AR3,45,8 6Assembly Rule 70 (4) A motion to fix the time for convening the next daily
7session may be amended by altering the time. The motion is debatable and in order
8only when there is no other main question is before the assembly.
AR3, s. 72 9Section 72. Assembly rule 71 is amended to read:
AR3,45,13 10Assembly Rule 71. Ending debate. (1) When a proposal is under
11consideration, any member who obtains the floor may move that debate on the
12proposal be ended. Any such motion shall be seconded by at least 15 members, shall
13may not be debated, and shall be is decided by a roll call vote.
AR3,45,1614 (2) If the motion prevails, debate on the proposal shall be ended ends and all
15pending and subsequently entered motions concerning the proposal shall be are
16decided without debate in the order prescribed by these the assembly rules.
AR3, s. 73 17Section 73. Assembly rule 72 is amended to read:
AR3,45,21 18Assembly Rule 72. Postponing; rejecting; referring. When a motion to
19postpone to a day or time certain, to postpone indefinitely, to reject, to nonconcur, or
20to refer to a specific standing or special committee has failed, it may not be allowed
21again on the same day at the same stage in the consideration of that proposal.
AR3, s. 74 22Section 74. Assembly rule 73 (intro.), (2) (b) and (3) to (10) are amended to
23read:
AR3,46,2 24Assembly Rule 73. Reconsidering. (intro.) A motion to reconsider an
25assembly decision on any question may only be made by a member who voted with

1or was paired with the side which that prevailed on that question, except that in the
2case of a tie vote or voice vote any member may move reconsideration.
AR3,46,53 (2) (b) For any decision other than passage, adoption, concurrence, indefinite
4postponement, rejection, or nonconcurrence, the motion for reconsideration shall be
5considered when the proposal is next regularly scheduled for consideration.
AR3,46,166 (3) (a) A motion for reconsideration of the vote by which a proposal is passed,
7adopted, concurred in, indefinitely postponed, rejected, or nonconcurred in may be
8entered: 1) before the relating clause of the next proposal is read by the clerk, the next
9order of business is announced by the presiding officer, or other business is begun;
10or 2) on the 13th order of business on the next roll call day. Any motion to reconsider
11such final action shall be taken up immediately if the roll call day on which it is
12entered is already the 2nd or a later actual day following the vote constituting final
13action on the proposal, but consideration of any other motion for reconsideration of
14such final action, entered on the roll call day following the day on which the final
15action was taken, shall be laid over and placed on the calendar for the first legislative
16day which that occurs at least 2 calendar days after the decision was made.
AR3,46,2117 (b) On the final legislative day of the last scheduled general-business
18floorperiod preceding the veto review session in any legislative biennium, any
19pending motion to reconsider shall be taken up on the 7th order of business on that
20day. Any motion to reconsider entered subsequently may be taken up at any time on
21such that day by majority vote of a majority of the members present and voting.
AR3,47,222 (4) (a) A motion to reconsider the decision on an amendment shall be placed on
23the same calendar as the motion to reconsider the final 2nd reading stage decision
24on the proposal to which the amendment relates, regardless of when made. The
25failure of any calendar that has been provided to members to show any such a motion

1to reconsider a decision on an amendment shall does not prevent the consideration
2of such the motion under the proper order of business on that calendar day.
AR3,47,43 (b) Reconsideration of decisions on amendments shall follow follows the
4sequence in rule 55 for consideration of amendments.
AR3,47,115 (c) No A motion to reconsider a decision on any amendment may not be
6considered unless the final decision on the proposal at the end of the 2nd reading
7stage is reconsidered, returning the proposal to the amendable stage. If the
8engrossed proposal consists of a substitute amendment, with or without adopted
9amendments, both the vote to engross and the vote to adopt the substitute
10amendment must be reconsidered in order to return the proposal to the amendable
11stage.
AR3,47,1512 (5) The decision on any motion to reconsider is final and may not be
13reconsidered, but motions to reconsider subsequent decisions on the same proposal,
14at the same or a later stage, shall be are in order if otherwise permitted under this
15rule.
AR3,47,1816 (6) Once a motion to reconsider has been is entered, it may only be withdrawn
17only by the member who made the motion and only before the expiration of the time
18period for making the motion unless thereafter authorized by the assembly.
AR3,47,2119 (7) A motion to reconsider is only debatable when the question to which it
20relates is debatable. In any such debate, no a member may not speak more than once
21nor or for more than 3 minutes.
AR3,47,2522 (8) The adoption by both houses of a joint resolution returning a proposal to the
23assembly for further action returns the proposal to the stage specified in the
24resolution. The adoption of a motion for reconsideration shall is not be required to
25reach that stage.
AR3,48,3
1(9) When a motion to reconsider has been entered in order to return a proposal
2to the amendable stage, the maker of the motion may offer one new amendment to
3that proposal for introduction and provision, which shall be provided to the members.
AR3,48,64 (10) The entering of a motion for reconsideration does not impair the
5effectiveness of any adopted resolution relating to the officers, members, procedures,
6or organization of the assembly.
AR3, s. 75 7Section 75. Assembly rule 74 (intro.), (1) and (2) are amended to read:
AR3,48,11 8Assembly Rule 74. Tabling; taking from table. (intro.) A motion to table
9disposes of a matter temporarily. The committee on rules may refer any tabled
10matter to an appropriate calendar. Unless such the referral has been made, a tabled
11matter may be taken from the table at any time by order of the assembly.
AR3,48,1312 (1) A motion to table a matter is only in order only if the matter is currently
13before the assembly.
AR3,48,1614 (2) A motion to table or to take from the table may not be amended, but may
15be debated for not exceeding 10 minutes. In debating a motion to table or to take from
16the table, no a member may not speak for more than 2 minutes.
AR3, s. 76 17Section 76. Assembly rule 76 (1), (3), (4) and (6) to (8) are amended to read:
AR3,48,19 18Assembly Rule 76 (1) Unless otherwise required by the state constitution, by
19law, or by legislative rule, all questions shall be are decided by a majority of a quorum.
AR3,48,2320 (3) A roll call vote shall be taken when the recording of the "ayes" and "noes"
21is required by the state constitution, by law, or by legislative rule, when deemed
22desirable
ordered by the presiding officer, or when requested by a member with the
23support of 15 seconds.
AR3,49,224 (4) When the voting machine is available, the machine shall may be used to
25record the "ayes" and "noes.". When the voting machine is not available, the chief

1clerk shall call and tally the roll. On all roll call votes, the record produced by the
2voting machine or the chief clerk's tally shall be is official and final.
AR3,49,63 (6) During a roll call vote, any member may raise the point of order that a
4member appears to be absent from the chamber but is shown as voting according to
5the roll call display boards. If the presiding officer rules the point of order "well
6taken", the vote of the absent member shall may not be recorded.
AR3,49,107 (7) Any interruption of a roll call vote, from the time the voting machine is
8opened or the calling commenced to the announcement of the official totals by the
9presiding officer, shall be is out of order except to raise a point of order concerning
10the taking of the vote.
AR3,49,1411 (8) After the voting machine is closed or the calling completed, a member's
12request to be recorded as voting or as voting contrary to the way shown in the official
13record shall be shown in the journal, but shall does not alter the outcome of the roll
14call vote.
AR3, s. 77 15Section 77. Assembly rule 79 (1) and (4) are amended to read:
AR3,49,17 16Assembly Rule 79 (1) No A pair may not be recognized unless one or both of the
17parties thereto are absent with leave.
AR3,49,1918 (4) A pair shall is not be counted as part of the official result of a vote, but shall
19be recorded.
AR3, s. 78 20Section 78. Assembly rule 80 (2), (4), (5) (b) and (6) are amended to read:
AR3,49,25 21Assembly Rule 80 (2) If it is the opinion of the chair presiding officer that the
22proposed division of a simple amendment is unduly complex or the purpose of the
23division can be more clearly or simply accomplished by amendment, or that a call for
24a division is being used as a substitute for a series of amendments, the question shall
25may not be divided.
AR3,50,4
1(4) Bills, joint resolutions, resolutions, and substitute amendments, and
2amendments received from the senate for assembly concurrence, may not be divided.
3A bill vetoed in its entirety by the governor may not be divided. A report of a
4committee of conference may not be divided.
AR3,50,75 (5) (b) It is the opinion of the chair presiding officer that the item involves
6distinct and independent propositions capable of division and that the division will
7not be unduly complex.
AR3,50,178 (6) When a bill has been vetoed in part the committee on rules may, by a
9resolution offered under rule 33, propose to schedule a specific part as a special order.
10When appropriate, the resolution may divide the part into one or more independent
11propositions and dependent propositions. The proposed division must include at
12least one separate proposition which that, if passed notwithstanding the objections
13of the governor, will result in a complete and workable law regardless of the action
14taken on any other part of the original part. The chair presiding officer shall first
15put the question on any such the independent proposition. The question on any
16proposition dependent thereon shall may be put only if the independent proposition
17has been passed notwithstanding the objections of the governor.
AR3, s. 79 18Section 79. Assembly rule 81 is amended to read:
AR3,50,20 19Assembly Rule 81. Tie loses question. Whenever the assembly casts a tie
20vote, the question shall be is lost.
AR3, s. 80 21Section 80. Assembly rule 82 is amended to read:
AR3,50,24 22Assembly Rule 82. Interruptions of clerk during roll call. No A person
23shall may not visit or remain at the clerk's desk while a roll call vote or tabulation
24is in progress.
AR3, s. 81 25Section 81. Assembly rule 83 (2) and (4) are amended to read:
AR3,51,3
1Assembly Rule 83 (2) A call of the assembly is in order at any time, including
2while a motion to adjourn is pending, but not when voting is in progress , or when a
3request for a leave of absence or a motion to lift a call is pending.
AR3,51,64 (4) On a call of the assembly being requested, the presiding officer shall state
5substantially: "It requires 15 members to second a call of the assembly; those in favor
6of the call will rise.". If 15 members rise, the call is ordered.
AR3, s. 82 7Section 82. Assembly rule 84 is amended to read:
AR3,51,10 8Assembly Rule 84. Members to remain in chamber when under call.
9When a call of the assembly is ordered, the sergeant at arms shall close the doors and
10no member members may not leave the assembly chamber.
AR3, s. 83 11Section 83. Assembly rule 86 (1), (3) and (4) are amended to read:
AR3,51,14 12Assembly Rule 86 (1) Business may be transacted as if there were no call except
13that no further action may not be taken on the specific question under consideration
14when the call was ordered.
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