SR2: Resolution Text

SR2, s. 41 Section 41. Senate rule 36 is amended to read:

SR2,23,2 Senate Rule 36. First reading; reference to committee. (1) On the first reading, every bill requiring 3 readings under rule 35 and all other resolutions not privileged by rule 69 shall be referred to the appropriate committee. The appropriate committee shall be determined by the presiding officer president under rule 46 and shall be announced by the chief clerk under the proper order of business unless the senate, on motion, makes a different order in relation thereto; and this. This rule shall apply as well to bills and resolutions applies to proposals originating in either house.

SR2,23,8 (2) (a) All bills introduced in the senate which by any provision of statute require reference to a particular committee shall be so referred upon first reading and all assembly bills when received from the assembly shall be so referred upon first reading except where the assembly record on such the bill discloses that such the statutory requirement has been satisfied by reference to such the committee in the assembly.

SR2,23,11 (b) Only one such reference shall be is required under this rule and the adoption of an amendment shall does not require rereference, but such rereference may be ordered by the senate at any time prior to before passage or concurrence.

SR2,23,18 (c) Notwithstanding par. (a), the presiding officer president may refer any bill which that pertains only incidentally to a matter of concern to a joint survey committee directly to the committee appropriate to the major substance of that 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.

SR2,23,25 (3) Whenever a bill, resolution proposal or other matter has been is referred to a special committee and such the special committee makes its report thereon, it shall the referral and report have the same effect as a reference to and a report by a standing committee and reference to a standing committee shall not be required by this rule, except that bills referred to a statutory joint survey committee shall, upon report by that committee, be referred by the presiding officer to the appropriate standing committee of the senate.

SR2, s. 42 Section 42. Senate rule 36 (1m) is created to read:

SR2,24,8 Senate Rule 36 (1m) (a) On any legislative day when a report, showing the number and relating clause of proposals offered for introduction together with the president's referral, has been provided to the members prior to the 2nd order of business, such provision shall serve as the first reading and the announcement of the referral of such proposals, and the content of the report shall be entered in the daily journal under the appropriate order of business. Rereferral under this rule may be made at any time, but may not be used to satisfy section 13.093 (1) of the statutes.

SR2,24,13 (b) Whenever the introduction and referral of a senate proposal or the receipt and referral of an assembly proposal occurs on a day on which the senate does not meet, the chief clerk shall record in the journal the appropriate information concerning the proposal and such recording shall constitute the proposal's first reading.

SR2, s. 43 Section 43. Senate rule 36 (2m) is created to read:

SR2,24,17 Senate Rule 36 (2m) Bills referred to a statutory joint survey committee shall, upon report by that committee, be referred by the president to the appropriate standing committee of the senate.

SR2, s. 44 Section 44. Senate rule 37 (3) is amended to read:

SR2,24,21 Senate Rule 37 (3) Amendments to a substitute already adopted shall be are in order prior to before the bill or resolution being is ordered engrossed and read a 3rd time without reconsideration of the adoption of the substitute.

SR2, s. 45 Section 45. Senate rule 38 is amended to read:

SR2,25,5 Senate Rule 38. Third reading; question. (1) Upon the 3rd reading of the bill the question shall be is stated thus: "This bill having been read 3 separate times, the question is, "Shall the bill pass' or "Shall the bill be concurred in'," as the case may be, or other appropriate language may be used. A bill or resolution proposal on the calendar for 3rd reading shall not be is not subject to amendment but it may, on motion or by unanimous consent be referred back to 2nd reading for the consideration of proposed amendments. Such a motion requires a majority vote and is debatable.

SR2,25,11 (2) The position of a bill or resolution proposal on the calendar for 3rd reading shall be is subject to removal from such that position if such removal is necessitated by a motion for reconsideration that is pending or decided under rule 67, but if such the motion is negatively decided prior to the bill or resolution being before the proposal is reached for consideration under that order, the position of the bill or resolution proposal under such the order shall remain remains unchanged.

SR2, s. 46 Section 46. Senate rule 39 is amended to read:

SR2,25,18 Senate Rule 39. Minimum affirmative vote and special quorum. On the question on bills and resolutions proposals ready for a 3rd reading in cases where a minimum affirmative vote or special quorum is required by constitution, statutes, rules, or otherwise, and when there are permanent vacancies in the senate, the membership presently serving shall be is the basis for determining such minimum affirmative vote or special quorum.

SR2, s. 47 Section 47. Senate rule 40 is amended to read:

SR2,26,2 Senate Rule 40. Bill amended on 3rd reading to be reengrossed. If a senate bill or resolution proposal ordered engrossed and read a 3rd time is amended or otherwise changed it shall be reengrossed before being read a 3rd time. Any senate bill or resolution which proposal that passed the senate with amendments shall be engrossed under the supervision of the chief clerk before being messaged to the assembly; provided, that. However, if the amendment is an unamended substitute, the original substitute shall be is the bill.

SR2, s. 48 Section 48. Senate rule 41 (1) (a), (b) and (d), (2) and (3) are amended to read:

SR2,26,9 Senate Rule 41 (1) (a) Any bill, resolution proposal or other matter may be rereferred at any time previous to its passage, except that in no case shall a motion to withdraw from committee may not take effect prior to before a committee hearing if such a hearing has been scheduled when the motion to withdraw is made during the week in which the bill, resolution proposal or other matter is scheduled for a public hearing.

SR2,26,13 (b) A motion to rerefer or withdraw shall be is in order, but the question shall be is divisible, and the senate having once refused to rerefer or withdraw a bill, resolution proposal or other matter from committee, any subsequent motion to rerefer or withdraw shall require a suspension of the rules.

SR2,26,20 (d) Whenever a bill is introduced in the senate or assembly under section 227.19 (5) (e) or 227.26 (2) (f) of the statutes, the bill shall be is considered reported without recommendation and shall be placed before the committee on senate organization if no a report is not received from the standing committee within 30 days of after the date of referral. This paragraph does not apply if the bill is introduced within 30 days of after the time at which no further proposals may not be introduced in the regular session under joint rule 83 (2).

SR2,26,25 (2) In no case shall reference Reference to committee be is not in order after a bill or resolution proposal has been passed or indefinitely postponed or finally disposed of by any action equivalent thereto. Questions of reconsideration, concurrence in amendments of the other house, or executive vetoes may be placed on the table, but shall in no case not be referred to any committee.

SR2,27,4 (3) The legislative council shall not be deemed to be is not a legislative committee within the meaning of this rule and reference of bills or resolutions proposals thereto for recommendation as in the case of standing or special committees shall not be is not in order.

SR2, s. 49 Section 49. Senate rule 42 is amended to read:

SR2,27,13 Senate Rule 42. Messaging to the assembly; proposals held during reconsideration period. (1) Every bill or joint resolution upon which such action has been taken that it is next to be messaged to the assembly shall be so messaged by the chief clerk, but shall be held in the chief clerk's office until the time for reconsideration of such the bill or joint resolution has expired. If the rules have been suspended for immediate messaging, the chief clerk shall enter such the action in the history file for the bill or joint resolution. Every privileged joint resolution shall be messaged immediately unless it is otherwise ordered by the senate.

SR2,27,19 (2) A bill or joint resolution which that has been ordered immediately messaged to the assembly by the suspension of this rule shall be is subject to further action by the senate as long as such while the bill or joint resolution is in actual possession of the senate, such. The further action , however, being is contingent upon a motion to rescind the action of ordering its immediate messaging being decided by a two-thirds vote.

SR2, s. 50 Section 50. Senate rule 43 is amended to read:

SR2,28,3 Senate Rule 43. Enrolling bills and joint resolutions. Promptly after a senate bill has passed both houses, and before it is presented to the governor for approval, the chief clerk shall deliver the jacket to the legislative reference bureau, which shall enroll the bill, prepare the requisite number of copies, and return the jacket and copies to the chief clerk, who shall record it correctly enrolled in the journal stating the day it was presented to the governor. As far as applicable, the same procedure shall be followed in the case of senate joint resolutions requiring enrolling.

SR2, s. 51 Section 51. Senate rule 44 is amended to read:

SR2,28,8 Senate Rule 44. Signing of documents. The original of all enrolled acts and joint resolutions, all engrossed resolutions, and all writs, warrants, and subpoenas issued by order of the senate shall be signed by the presiding officer president, and attested by the chief clerk.

SR2, s. 52 Section 52. Senate rule 45 is amended to read:

SR2,28,14 Senate Rule 45. Offering of privileged resolution. Any resolution privileged by rule 69 shall, when sent to the clerk's desk, be read at length by the chief clerk, but may be read by its relating clause if copies of the text have been distributed to the members. When so read, the privileged resolution shall be is considered to be before the senate.

SR2, s. 53 Section 53. Senate rule 46 (title), (1), (2) and (5) are amended to read:

SR2,28,23 Senate Rule 46. (title) Presentation of bills, resolutions, petitions, etc. proposals and other matters. (1) Bills, resolutions Proposals, amendments, petitions, reports, communications, or other documents that may properly come before the senate shall be presented by a member thereof to the chief clerk, or a staff member designated by the chief clerk, at anytime. A brief statement of the contents thereof shall appear thereon, together with the name of the members introducing or offering the same. If a document is to be reproduced, the chief clerk shall number the document.

SR2,29,4 (2) (a) The chief clerk shall advise the presiding officer president of documents which that must be referred under the rules and the presiding officer president shall promptly determine refer the document to the appropriate committee of reference for such documents so that they can be read and referred by the. The chief clerk shall announce the referral on the next session day upon reaching the appropriate order of business.

SR2,29,10 (b) Within 3 working days of after the time of initial referral by the president under rule 4 (10), a proposed rule may, with consent of the chair chairperson of the standing committee, be withdrawn from the standing committee to which it is referred and rereferred to another standing committee. Such action does not extend the standing committee review period. Rereferral may be made during any floorperiod or committee work period at any time.

SR2,29,17 (c) Within 5 working days of after the time of initial referral by the president under rule 36 (2), any bill, joint resolution, resolution proposal or appointment may, with the consent of the chair chairperson of the standing committee, be withdrawn from the standing committee to which it is referred and rereferred to another standing committee. Rereferral under this rule may be made during any committee work period at any time, but may not be used to satisfy section 13.093 (1) of the statutes.

SR2,29,24 (5) A proposed amendment that is offered shall have a heading stating the number of the bill, joint resolution, or resolution proposal that it is proposed to amend and the name of the member proposing the amendment. The chief clerk shall read the number of the amendment. The amendment shall be reproduced. The jacket copy of the amendment shall be placed in the jacket and copies shall be distributed as provided by the rules. Amendments filed shall be recorded at the end of each day's journal.

SR2, s. 54 Section 54. Senate rule 47 (1), (3) and (5) are amended to read:

SR2,30,3 Senate Rule 47 (1) Consideration of simple amendments or of substitute amendments shall be is in order only upon the second reading of the bill or resolution proposal and if in compliance with rule 34.

SR2,30,8 (3) Any senate resolution or joint resolution which that does not propose an amendment to the constitution may be referred directly to the committee on senate organization. When placed on the calendar under rule 18 such resolutions shall be placed under the proper "2nd reading" order of business and, upon reading, the question shall be is directly upon adoption or concurrence.

SR2,30,10 (5) In no case shall amendment be Amendments are not in order upon consideration of an executive veto.

SR2, s. 55 Section 55. Senate rule 48 is amended to read:

SR2,30,15 Senate Rule 48. Reading of amendments. The full text of each amendment shall be read to the members by the chief clerk, and the number of each amendment shall be stated by the president presiding officer, but the reading at length shall may not occur for amendments which that have been distributed to the members.

SR2, s. 56 Section 56. Senate rule 49 is amended to read:

SR2,30,25 Senate Rule 49. Offering amendments. Amendments shall be numbered in the order received, and shall bear the name of the member or the committee offering the same. Amendments shall be prepared in proper form by the legislative reference bureau, and shall be offered in compliance with rule 29; except that when the proposal is debated on 2nd reading, amendments may be offered from the floor. The chief clerk shall have amendments offered from the floor drawn in proper form as soon as possible and before the bill is subsequently engrossed, and delivered to a committee or to the assembly. This provision does not delay action upon any an amendment offered from the floor.

SR2, s. 57 Section 57. Senate rule 50 (1) to (3), (5), (6), (8) and (10) are amended to read:

SR2,31,6 Senate Rule 50 (1) No A standing committee shall may not report any substitute or amendment for any proposal originating in either house and referred to such the committee nor shall and the senate may not consider any substitute or amendment which that relates to a different subject, is intended to accomplish a different purpose, or would totally alter the nature of the original proposal.

SR2,31,11 (2) Any substitute or amendment so reported shall be rejected involving sub. (1) may not be considered whenever prior to, before its adoption, the senate is advised that the same is in violation of this rule, and the president shall rule presiding officer rules on the admissibility of such the substitute or amendment when the question is raised.

SR2,31,14 (3) The senate may consider the germaneness of senate substitutes and amendments only, and only when such the substitute or amendment is before the senate.

SR2,31,20 (5) An amendment repealing a section amended by the original proposal or amending a section repealed by the original proposal, except to change the effective date, or striking out all new material in the original proposal is not germane, but an amendment restoring a proposal to its original form or an amendment adding new statutory material on the same subject and with the same purpose to a proposal amending or restoring material stricken by a previous amendment is germane.

SR2,32,2 (6) An amendment otherwise germane which adds or repeals material previously adopted or rejected by the senate in another bill is germane. An identical amendment or an amendment identical in effect to one previously rejected as another amendment to the same bill or identical with to a proposal currently before the senate is not germane, but such amendments are germane if not identical with prior rejected amendments to the same bill or proposals currently before the senate.

SR2,32,6 (8) Amendments proposing methods of raising revenues are germane to appropriation measures bills and amendments proposing appropriations are germane to revenue measures bills. Amendments adding appropriation measures appropriations necessary to fulfill the original intent of a proposal are germane.

SR2,32,9 (10) Amendments to a revision bill are germane, but amendments to a revisor's revision or correction bill are germane only if they make corrections and do not add new substantive material.

SR2, s. 58 Section 58. Senate rule 51 is amended to read:

SR2,32,15 Senate Rule 51. Amendment in the 3rd degree prohibited. In order to prevent confusion, amendments Amendments beyond the degree of an amendment to an amendment to the main proposition are prohibited. For the purposes of this rule any substitute amendment, and any assembly amendment to a senate proposal or amendment, shall be are considered as a main proposition.

SR2, s. 59 Section 59. Senate rule 52 is amended to read:

SR2,32,21 Senate Rule 52. Motions to be germane; how bills may not be amended. No A motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall may not be admitted under color of amendment; and no bill or resolution shall at any time. A proposal may not be amended by annexing thereto or incorporating therein any other bill or resolution proposal pending before the senate.

SR2, s. 60 Section 60. Senate rule 55 is amended to read:

SR2,33,2 Senate Rule 55. Order of action. If adverse action is recommended by a committee, that question shall be put first put. However, the senate may direct the consideration of amendments, but adoption of amendments shall does not change the question.

SR2, s. 61 Section 61. Senate rule 56 is amended to read:

SR2,33,9 Senate Rule 56. Recognition; debate. Members who are about to speak in debate or deliver any matter to the senate shall rise in their places and respectfully address the chair presiding officer, and, upon being recognized, shall proceed, confining themselves to the question under debate, and avoiding personalities. Members may not question the motives of another member. Members may read briefly from printed material unless there is objection.

SR2, s. 62 Section 62. Senate rule 57 is amended to read:

SR2,33,13 Senate Rule 57. President Presiding officer to name first speaker. When any 2 or more members rise at the same time, the president presiding officer shall name the person who is to speak first.

SR2, s. 63 Section 63. Senate rule 58 is amended to read:

SR2,33,20 Senate Rule 58. Member out of order. Any member called to order shall sit down, and shall may not speak, except in explanation, until it shall have been is determined whether or not the member was in order. When a member is called to order for words spoken, the exceptional words shall be taken down in writing to better enable the president presiding officer to judge whether they are in violation of the rules.

SR2, s. 64 Section 64. Senate rule 59 is amended to read:

SR2,34,2 Senate Rule 59. How members may speak. Members shall may not speak except from their assigned places, and not more than twice on a question, except on leave of the senate. And if If a question pending be is lost by adjournment and revived on the succeeding day, no a member who shall have spoken spoke twice on the preceding day shall be permitted may not again to speak without leave of the senate.

SR2, s. 65 Section 65. Senate rule 60 is amended to read:

SR2,34,10 Senate Rule 60. Personal privilege. Members may rise to explain matters personal to themselves by leave of the president presiding officer, but shall may not discuss pending questions in such the explanations. Questions of personal privilege shall be are limited to questions affecting the rights, reputation, and conduct of the members in their representative capacities. A member's right to speak on a point of personal privilege shall have precedence over all other questions except a motion to adjourn or a motion to raise a call.

SR2, s. 66 Section 66. Senate rule 61 is amended to read:

SR2,34,20 Senate Rule 61. Special privilege. Any member desiring to make a personal explanation on a matter other than one of personal privilege may rise and, by leave of the president presiding officer, and within such limitation of time as the president presiding officer or senate may determine, discuss any subject relative to state or local government, public welfare, conduct of public officials in relation to their official duties, as well as and matters pertaining to the rights of the senate collectively, and its safety, and dignity, and the integrity of its proceedings. A member shall may not be granted the right to speak on a point of special privilege while any matter is pending or under discussion before the senate.

SR2, s. 67 Section 67. Senate rule 62 is amended to read:

SR2,35,2 Senate Rule 62. Stating motions. When a motion is made, it shall be stated by the president presiding officer or read by the chief clerk, previous to debate. If any member requires it, all motions, except to adjourn, postpone, or refer, shall be reduced to writing. Except as provided in rule 67, any motion may be withdrawn by consent of the senate.

SR2, s. 68 Section 68. Senate rule 63 (1) (intro.), (d), (j) and (k) and (2) are amended to read:

SR2,35,6 Senate Rule 63 (1) (intro.) When a question is under debate, no a motion shall may not be received except:

SR2,35,8 (d) Personal privilege (not debatable, subject to time limit imposed by president the presiding officer, see rule 60).

SR2,35,10 (j) To refer to a standing committee (debatable, in order at any time prior to before passage, see rule 41).

SR2,35,12 (k) To refer to a special committee (debatable, in order at any time prior to before passage, see rule 41).

SR2,35,14 (2) These several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they stand arranged are set forth in this rule.

SR2, s. 69 Section 69. Senate rule 64 is amended to read:

SR2,35,22 Senate Rule 64. Motion to adjourn always in order. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order except when the senate is voting, but this rule shall not authorize any. However, a member to may not move an adjournment when another member has the floor, nor shall and 2 consecutive motions to adjourn be are not in order unless other business intervenes. A motion to adjourn to a time certain or to recess shall have the same privilege as a motion to adjourn, but such motions shall have the order of precedence prescribed in rule 63.

SR2, s. 70 Section 70. Senate rule 65 is amended to read:

SR2,36,3 Senate Rule 65. Laying on table. (1) A motion to lay on the table shall has only have the effect of disposing of the matter temporarily and it may be taken from the table at any time by order of the senate.

SR2,36,5 (2) A motion to lay a bill or resolution proposal on the table shall, if approved, have the effect of returning the matter to the committee on senate organization.

SR2,36,8 (3) A motion to remove a bill or resolution proposal from the table shall, if approved, have the effect of withdrawing the matter from the committee on senate organization and placing it on the calendar.