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1Senate Rule 46 (1) (a) Proposals, amendments, petitions, reports,
2communications, or other documents that may properly come before the senate shall
3be presented by a member thereof to the chief clerk, or a staff member designated by
4the chief clerk, at anytime, except as otherwise provided in senate rule 93 (1p) and
5joint rule 83 (2). A brief statement of the contents thereof must appear thereon,
6together with the name of the members introducing or offering the same. If a
7document is to be reproduced, the
The chief clerk shall number the document all
8proposals, amendments, and petitions
.
SR2, s. 47 9Section 47. Senate rule 46 (1) (b) is amended to read:
SR2,18,14 10Senate Rule 46 (1) (b) The chief clerk shall announce promptly record each
11document or proposal introduced or offered under par. (a), and each proposal received
12from the assembly, on the next session day under the appropriate order of business.
13The document or proposal shall be recorded
in the first journal published after the
14document or proposal is received by the chief clerk
.
SR2, s. 48 15Section 48. Senate rule 46 (2) (am) is created to read:
SR2,18,22 16Senate Rule 46 (2) (am) The president shall refer every notice and report
17concerning a proposed administrative rule received by the presiding officer under
18section 227.19 of the statutes to the appropriate standing committee of the senate
19within 7 working days following receipt and provide notice to that committee
20whenever the president is informed that a proposed rule is being withdrawn. The
21president shall refer any report received from a standing committee that objects to
22a proposed rule to the joint committee for review of administrative rules.
SR2, s. 49 23Section 49. Senate rule 46 (2) (b) is amended to read:
SR2,19,4 24Senate Rule 46 (2) (b) Within 3 working days after the time of initial referral
25by the president under rule 4 (2) par. (am), a proposed rule may, with consent of the

1chairperson of the standing committee, be withdrawn from the standing committee
2to which it is referred and rereferred to another standing committee. Such action
3does not extend the standing committee review period. Rereferral may be made at
4any time.
SR2, s. 50 5Section 50. Senate rule 46 (2) (c) is amended to read:
SR2,19,14 6Senate Rule 46 (2) (c) Within 5 working days after After the time of initial
7referral by the president under rule 36 (2), a proposal or appointment the president
8may, with the consent of the chairperson of the standing committee, be withdrawn
9withdraw a proposal or appointment from the standing committee to which it is
10referred and rereferred rerefer it to another standing committee, except that such
11a withdrawal may not take effect during the 7 days preceding any scheduled
12committee hearing or the 7 days following the date on which a committee hearing is
13held
. Rereferral under this rule may be made at any time, but may not be used to
14satisfy section 13.093 (1) of the statutes.
SR2, s. 51 15Section 51. Senate rule 46 (2) (d) is amended to read:
SR2,19,21 16Senate Rule 46 (2) (d) The chief clerk shall announce each referral, or
17withdrawal and rereferral, provided for under the senate rules on the next session
18day under the appropriate order of business. Each referral, or withdrawal and
19rereferral, shall be recorded
promptly record each referral, or withdrawal and
20rereferral,
in the first journal published after the referral, or withdrawal and
21rereferral, occurs
.
SR2, s. 52 22Section 52. Senate rule 46 (6) is created to read:
SR2,19,25 23Senate Rule 46 (6) Unless reconsidered under rule 67, a proposal, or an
24amendment as it affects a proposal, is adversely and finally disposed of for the
25biennial session of the legislature by any of the following results:
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1(a) Indefinite postponement (senate bills).
SR2,20,32 (b) Rejection (senate amendments, senate resolutions, and senate joint
3resolutions).
SR2,20,44 (c) Nonconcurrence (assembly bills and assembly joint resolutions).
SR2,20,55 (d) Failure to be ordered to a 3rd reading (senate bills and assembly bills).
SR2,20,66 (e) Failure of passage (senate bills).
SR2,20,77 (f) Failure of concurrence (assembly bills and assembly joint resolutions).
SR2,20,88 (g) Failure to pass notwithstanding the objections of the governor.
SR2, s. 53 9Section 53. Senate rule 47 (2) and (3) are repealed.
SR2, s. 54 10Section 54. Senate rule 50 (6) (a) is amended to read:
SR2,20,13 11Senate Rule 50 (6) (a) A substitute amendment or amendment that is identical
12in effect to one previously offered to the same proposal and disposed of as another
13substitute amendment or amendment to the same proposal
.
SR2, s. 55 14Section 55. Senate rule 50 (6) (b) is renumbered senate rule 50 (6) (b) (intro.)
15and amended to read:
SR2,20,19 16Senate Rule 50 (6) (b) (intro.) A substitute amendment or amendment to a
17proposal that relates to a subject that is different from the subject of that proposal,
18that is intended to accomplish a purpose that is different from the purpose of that
19proposal,
is any of the following:
SR2,20,21 20(c) A substitute amendment or amendment that negates that the original
21proposal entirely, or that substitutes another proposal pending before the senate.
SR2, s. 56 22Section 56. Senate rule 50 (6) (b) 1., 2., 3. and 4 are created to read:
SR2,20,23 23Senate Rule 50 (6) (b) 1. Irrelevant to the subject matter of the proposal.
SR2,20,2424 2. Inappropriate to the subject matter of the proposal.
SR2,20,2525 3. Not in a natural and logical sequence to the subject matter of the proposal.
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14. Substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
SR2, s. 57 2Section 57. Senate rule 52 is repealed.
SR2, s. 58 3Section 58. Senate rule 66 is amended to read:
SR2,21,9 4Senate Rule 66. Motion to postpone. A motion to postpone to a day certain,
5to refer, or to postpone indefinitely, being decided having failed, may not be again
6allowed on the same day unless the matter has been altered by amendment or
7advanced to a subsequent stage. A 2nd motion to reject an amendment is subject to
8this rule and may not be twice allowed on the same day unless the amendment was
9altered by amendment.
SR2, s. 59 10Section 59. Senate rule 70 is renumbered senate rule 70 (1).
SR2, s. 60 11Section 60. Senate rule 70 (2) is created to read:
SR2,21,15 12Senate Rule 70 (2) A bill vetoed in its entirety by the governor may not be
13divided. When a bill has been vetoed in part and the senate considers a specific item
14for passage notwithstanding the objections of the governor, any member may request
15that the item be divided. The item may be divided on request by a member if:
SR2,21,1816 (a) The request proposes to so divide the item that each separate proposition,
17if passed notwithstanding the objections of the governor, will result in a complete and
18workable law regardless of the action taken on any other part of the original item.
SR2,21,2119 (b) It is the opinion of the presiding officer that the item involves distinct and
20independent propositions capable of division and that the division will not be unduly
21complex.
SR2, s. 61 22Section 61. Senate rule 70 (3) is created to read:
SR2,22,7 23Senate Rule 70 (3) When a bill has been vetoed in part the committee on senate
24organization may, by a resolution offered under rule 17 (2), propose to schedule a
25specific part as a special order. When appropriate, the resolution may divide the part

1into one or more independent propositions and dependent propositions. The
2proposed division must include at least one separate proposition that, if passed
3notwithstanding the objections of the governor, will result in a complete and
4workable law regardless of the action taken on any other part of the original part.
5The presiding officer shall first put the question on the independent proposition. The
6question on any proposition dependent thereon may be put only if the independent
7proposition has been passed notwithstanding the objections of the governor.
SR2, s. 62 8Section 62. Senate rule 73m is created to read:
SR2,22,11 9Senate Rule 73m. Missed roll calls. (1) A member who does not vote during
10a roll call on a proposal may request unanimous consent to have his or her vote
11included in that roll after the roll is closed, if all of the following apply:
SR2,22,1212 (a) The request does not interrupt another roll call.
SR2,22,1413 (b) The request is made no later than immediately following the close of the
14next occurring roll call.
SR2,22,1515 (c) The member's vote, if included, will not change the result of the roll call.
SR2,22,2016 (2) If sub. (1) precludes a member from making a request or if the request is
17objected to, the member may request unanimous consent to have the journal reflect
18how the member would have voted had he or she been in his or her seat when the roll
19call was taken. A member may not interrupt a roll call to make a request under this
20subsection.
SR2, s. 63 21Section 63. Senate rule 77 (title) is amended to read:
SR2,22,23 22Senate Rule 77 (title) Current or previous question Voting immediately;
23time limit on debate.
SR2, s. 64 24Section 64. Senate rule 77 (1) is amended to read:
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1Senate Rule 77 (1) When any matter is under consideration any member may
2move the "current question" or that the "current question be put." that the senate
3vote immediately on the current question.
The motion is not debatable and if carried
4by a majority the subsidiary question then pending before the senate shall be put to
5a vote
without debate. If a motion is made under this subsection the question is:
6"Shall the senate vote immediately on the current question?" If the motion carries,
7the effect is to end the debate on the current question then before the senate and
8bring the senate to a vote on the current question. A motion to table is not in order
9after a motion under this subsection has been made. A motion that carries under this
10subsection does not prevent the offering of amendments or substitute amendments
11to the main question after the vote is taken on the current question.
SR2, s. 65 12Section 65. Senate rule 77 (3) is amended to read:
SR2,23,23 13Senate Rule 77 (3) When a matter is under consideration a member may move
14the "previous question" or that the "previous question be put." that the senate vote
15immediately on the main question.
The motion is not debatable and if carried by a
16majority the main question then pending before the senate shall be put to a vote
17without debate. If a motion is made under this subsection the question is: "Shall the
18senate vote immediately on the main question?" If the motion carries, the effect is
19to end the debate on the question then before the senate and bring the senate to a
20vote on the main question. Amendments or substitute amendments may be offered,
21but not debated, and shall be considered immediately. A motion to table the proposal
22to which the main question relates is not in order after a motion under this subsection
23has been made.
SR2, s. 66 24Section 66. Senate rule 78 is repealed.
SR2, s. 67 25Section 67. Senate rule 79 is amended to read:
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1Senate Rule 79. Main But one motion to reconsider in order; main
2question may remain before the senate.
When, on taking the previous question,
3the senate decides that the main question shall not now be put
After a motion under
4rule 77 (1) or (3) has carried, only one motion to reconsider is in order. If the motion
5to reconsider carries
, the main question shall remain as the question before the
6senate, in the same stage of proceedings as before the previous question was moved
7motion under rule 77 (1) or (3) was made.
SR2, s. 68 8Section 68. Senate rule 80 is amended to read:
SR2,24,14 9Senate Rule 80. But one call of the senate in order. On motion for the
10previous question, and before the ordering of the
After a motion to vote immediately
11on the
main question has carried but before the vote is taken, one call of the senate
12is in order; but after proceedings under the call have been once dispensed with, or
13after a majority orders the main question lifts the call, a call is not in order before
14the decision of vote on the main question.
SR2, s. 69 15Section 69. Senate rule 88 (2) is amended to read:
SR2,24,20 16Senate Rule 88 (2) On recommendation of the respective appointing officers,
17the committee on senate organization shall allocate the number of employees of the
18senate within the limits established by the staffing pattern then in force and the
19duties and responsibilities assigned to each employee. The committee on senate
20organization
chief clerk shall assign each position to the proper pay range.
SR2, s. 70 21Section 70. Senate rule 89 is amended to read:
SR2,25,2 22Senate Rule 89. Certification of payroll. The chief clerk and the sergeant
23at arms of the senate
shall certify to the department of administration the names of
24all persons employed in their respective offices by the senate, the capacity in which

1employed,
and the amounts respectively due them if the certificate is approved by
2the chairperson of the committee on senate organization
.
SR2, s. 71 3Section 71. Senate rule 93 (title) is amended to read:
SR2,25,4 4Senate Rule 93 (title) Special, extended, or extraordinary sessions.
SR2, s. 72 5Section 72. Senate rule 93 (intro.) is amended to read:
SR2,25,11 6Senate Rule 93 (intro.) Unless otherwise provided by the senate for a specific
7special, extended, or extraordinary session, the rules of the senate adopted for the
8biennial session, with the following modifications, apply to each special session
9called by the governor and to each extended or extraordinary session called by the
10senate and assembly organization committees or called by a joint resolution
11approved by both houses:
SR2, s. 73 12Section 73. Senate rule 93 (1) is amended to read:
SR2,25,22 13Senate Rule 93 (1) A Except as provided in sub. (1d), a proposal or amendment
14may not be considered unless it accomplishes the special purposes for which the
15special session was convened or the business specified in the action authorizing the
16extended floorperiod or extraordinary session. Notwithstanding rule 46 (6), any
17proposal that is adversely and finally disposed of for the biennial session may be
18revived by specific inclusion in the action authorizing an extraordinary session,
19provided that the proposal had not failed a vote of concurrence or passage in the
20senate. Any proposal revived under this subsection is considered to be at the same
21stage of the proceedings as it had attained upon being adversely and finally disposed
22of.
SR2, s. 74 23Section 74. Senate rule 93 (1d) is amended to read:
SR2,26,4 24Senate Rule 93 (1d) Resolutions offering commendations, congratulations, or
25condolences, memorializing congress or an individual, or affecting senate or

1legislative rules or proceedings are declared not to be within the meaning of the term
2"business" under the constitutional provision limiting the matters to be considered
3during special sessions to those enumerated in the governor's call for a special
4session. All such matters may be considered during any extraordinary session.
SR2, s. 75 5Section 75. Senate rule 93 (1p) is amended to read:
SR2,26,10 6Senate Rule 93 (1p) A senate proposal may not be considered unless it is
7recommended to be introduced or, offered , or considered by the committee on senate
8organization, the senate committee on finance, the joint committee on finance, the
9joint committee on legislative organization, or by the joint committee on employment
10relations.
SR2, s. 76 11Section 76. Senate rule 93 (2) is amended to read:
SR2,26,14 12Senate Rule 93 (2) A notice of hearing before a committee meeting is not
13required other than posting on the legislative bulletin board, and a bulletin of
14committee hearings may not be published.
SR2, s. 77 15Section 77. Senate rule 94 (1) and (2) are repealed.
SR2, s. 78 16Section 78. Senate rule 98 (3) is amended to read:
SR2,26,23 17Senate Rule 98 (3) The president and chief clerk shall sign a citation on behalf
18of the senate. If so signed, it is considered approved by the senate and shall be so
19recorded in the journal. The issuing senator, and any cosponsor, may also sign the
20citation. If the president or chief clerk refuses to approve a citation, the committee
21on senate organization may require the president and chief clerk to approve it. A
22copy of the finished citation shall be provided to the issuing senator, and another copy
23thereof shall be filed in the legislative reference bureau.
SR2, s. 79 24Section 79. Senate rule 99 (27m) is amended to read:
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1Senate Rule 99 (27m) Extraordinary session: The convening of the legislature
2by the assembly and senate committees on organization or by joint resolution of the
3legislature to accomplish the business specified in the action calling the session.
4When used to continue a floorperiod of the biennial session for a limited purpose, the
5extraordinary session is referred to as an extended session.
SR2, s. 80 6Section 80. Senate rule 99 (58) is repealed.
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