SJR2,18,1711 Joint Rule 74. Journals in book form. (1) Within 60 90 days next following
12after the close final adjournment of any biennial session of the legislature, the chief
13clerk of each house shall prepare the matter for its daily journal, which is required
14by the order of such house to be included therein; and any other matter, not already
15included in either journal, which is required to be included by joint action of the
16legislature, shall be prepared and transmitted by the chief clerk of the house in which
17the action originated.
SJR2,18,2418 (2) One hundred copies shall be reproduced and bound. The journals for both
19houses shall be bound in cloth. The journals of regular, extraordinary, and special
20sessions may be bound together in the same volumes if the extraordinary or special
21session is called before the journals of the regular sessions have been bound; if not
22so bound the journals of both houses for the extraordinary or special session shall be
23bound together. The chief clerk of each house legislative reference bureau shall
24distribute the copies.
SJR2, s. 52 25Section 52. Joint rule 75 is repealed and recreated to read:
SJR2,19,6
1Joint Rule 75. Schedule of committee activities. The chief clerk of each
2house shall publish, on a daily basis on the legislature's committee Internet Web site,
3a committee schedule containing the name of each committee, its chairperson, the
4room number or place, and the time and date of each meeting scheduled; and, if
5applicable, shall designate each proposal, appointment, or administrative rule to be
6heard by number or name, author, and topic.
SJR2, s. 53 7Section 53. Joint rule 76 (1) is amended to read:
SJR2,19,188 Joint Rule 76 (1) After the 3rd week of the biennial session, a "Bulletin of
9Proceedings" shall be published at convenient intervals. The senate and assembly
10parts shall each be published under the direction of the respective chief clerk and the
11index part shall be published as provided in joint rule 77. The senate and assembly
12parts shall each contain a directory of the officers, members, and committees of the
13legislature. The senate and assembly parts shall contain , status of business, bills
14enacted into law, acts originating in that house, bills vetoed, joint resolutions
15enrolled and deposited with the secretary of state, and
the complete history of
16legislative action on the proposals and petitions originating in that house; in
17addition, the senate part shall contain the history of senate advice and consent on
18nominations for appointment.
SJR2, s. 54 19Section 54. Joint rule 77 (3) and (4) are amended to read:
SJR2,19,2120 Joint Rule 77 (3) Author indexes to proposals introduced or offered by
21committees, or by the entire membership of one or both houses.
SJR2,19,2522 (4) A subject index to the legislative journals, which includes an alphabetical
23index by name to lobbyists' principals and an alphabetical list of the names of
24registered lobbyists and, in conjunction with each name, the principals represented
25by each lobbyist
.
SJR2, s. 55
1Section 55. Joint rule 77 (7) to (9) are renumbered joint rule 77 (5) to (7), and
2joint rule 77 (5), as renumbered, is amended to read:
SJR2,20,4 3Joint Rule 77 (5) A subject index to Wisconsin Acts and enrolled proposals,
4vetoed and partially vetoed bills, and supreme court orders
.
SJR2, s. 56 5Section 56. Joint rule 77 (8) is created to read:
SJR2,20,9 6Joint Rule 77 (8) If provided the necessary information by the government
7accountability board, a list of organizations employing lobbyists; a list of registered
8lobbyists and the organizations represented by each lobbyist; and a list of state
9agency legislative liaisons.
SJR2, s. 57 10Section 57. Joint rule 78 is amended to read:
SJR2,20,20 11Joint Rule 78. Bulletin and index to actions concerning proposed
12administrative rules.
The administrative rules bulletin of proceedings shall be
13prepared jointly by the chief clerks of the 2 houses, the legislative council staff, and
14the legislative reference bureau. The bulletin shall contain a history of each
15transaction affecting a proposed administrative rule received under section 227.15
16(1) of the statutes, prepared by the chief clerk of each house. It shall also contain a
17subject index, and an author index by agency of any proposed administrative rule
18received under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes,
prepared by the legislative
19reference bureau. A replacement or supplement to the The administrative rules
20volume shall be published at least once every month the end of the biennial session.
SJR2, s. 58 21Section 58. Joint rule 79 (intro.), (1), (4) and (6) are amended to read:
SJR2,21,222 Joint Rule 79. Biennial record continuity; special sessions. (intro.) For
23each biennial session biennium, the chief clerks of the 2 houses and the legislative
24reference bureau shall, and the offices of the governor and secretary of state are
25requested to, treat the legislative documents of the regular session and of any special

1sessions convened by the governor during that biennium biennial session in the
2following manner:
SJR2,21,83 (1) Drafting requests. The legislative reference bureau shall number all
4drafting requests received by it in a continuing sequence throughout each legislative
5biennium
biennial session. Separate sequences may be used to distinguish
6proposals, substitute amendments, simple amendments to proposals other than the
7budget bill, floor amendments to proposals, and drafts for incorporation into the
8budget bill or any amendments thereto.
SJR2,21,169 (4) Journals. The daily journals for each special session shall be identified as
10journals of the legislature meeting in special session, but shall be filed in consecutive
11order, by date, together with the journals recording the action in regular session
12throughout the legislative biennium biennial session. When the legislature, at
13different times within a single calendar day, conducts the business of the regular
14session as well as business under the governor's special session call, the actions may
15be recorded in a single journal for that day but actions under the special session call
16shall be clearly identified as actions of the legislature meeting in special session.
SJR2,21,2017 (6) Wisconsin Acts. The office of the governor is requested and the chief clerks
18of the senate and assembly are directed to number all Wisconsin Acts enacted
19throughout a single biennial session period, whether enacted in regular or in special
20session, into a single consecutive act number sequence.
SJR2, s. 59 21Section 59. Joint rule 81 (1), (2) (b), (3) (intro.) and (b) and (4) are amended
22to read:
SJR2,21,2423 Joint Rule 81 (1) Each biennial session period begins and ends on the first
24Monday in January of the odd-numbered year, as follows:
SJR2,22,4
1(a) The incoming legislature shall convene in the capitol at 2 p.m. to take the
2oath of office, select officers, and do all other things necessary to organize itself for
3the conduct of its business, but if the first Monday in January falls on January 1 or
42, the organizational meeting shall be is held on January 3.
SJR2,22,75 (b) Each biennial session period shall be structured into floorperiods,
6committee work periods, and an interim committee work period, and shall include
7at least one meeting of the legislature in January of each year.
SJR2,22,128 (c) Early in each biennial session, the joint committee on legislative
9organization shall introduce a joint resolution setting forth the session schedule for
10that biennium biennial session. The joint resolution is amendable and shall, when
11approved by both houses, constitute the session schedule for that biennium biennial
12session
unless later changed by action of the 2 houses.
SJR2,22,1513 (2) (b) Any extended floorperiod or extraordinary session shall be is limited to
14the business specified in the action by which it is authorized and to advice and
15consent on nominations for appointment
.
SJR2,22,1816 (3) (intro.) Any day of the legislative biennium biennial session that is not
17reserved by the session schedule to conduct an organizational meeting or to be part
18of a scheduled floorperiod of the legislature is available for committee work, but:
SJR2,22,2319 (b) The committee on senate organization may designate a committee work day
20for senate advice and consent on nominations for appointment and the committee on
21assembly organization may designate a committee work day for assembly advice and
22consent on nominations for appointment
, whether or not that day was already
23assigned as a session day under par. (a).
SJR2,23,3
1(4) The biennial session schedule shall specify the final date dates on which the
2chief clerks of the 2 houses shall submit present to the office of the governor all bills
3approved by the 2 houses.
SJR2, s. 60 4Section 60. Joint rule 81m (2) (intro.) and (b) are amended to read:
SJR2,23,6 5Joint Rule 81m (2) (intro.) The limited-business floorperiod shall be is a
6floorperiod limited to action on:
SJR2,23,107 (b) Reconciliation bills introduced by the organization committee on
8organization
of either house that resolve conflicts between mutually inconsistent
9acts of the legislative biennial session and proposals recalled for further legislative
10action under joint rule 60 (2).
SJR2, s. 61 11Section 61. Joint rule 82 (intro.) is renumbered joint rule 82 (1) and amended
12to read:
SJR2,23,1513 Joint Rule 82 (1) The biennial session schedule shall provide for a 3-day veto
14review session no earlier than April 1 of the even-numbered year and no later than
15June 30 of the even-numbered year.
SJR2, s. 62 16Section 62. Joint rule 82 (1) is renumbered joint rule 82 (1m), and joint rule
1782 (1m) (intro.), (b) and (d), as renumbered, are amended to read:
SJR2,23,19 18Joint Rule 82 (1m) (intro.) The veto review session shall be is a floorperiod
19limited to action on:
SJR2,23,2120 (b) Pending nominations for appointments requiring senate or assembly
21confirmation.
SJR2,23,2522 (d) Reconciliation bills introduced by the organization committee on
23organization
of either house that resolve conflicts between mutually inconsistent
24acts of the legislative biennial session and proposals recalled for further legislative
25action under joint rule 60 (2).
SJR2, s. 63
1Section 63. Joint rule 82 (1m) (g) is created to read:
SJR2,24,3 2Joint Rule 82 (1m) (g) Resolutions or joint resolutions offering recognition or
3condolences introduced by any member of the legislature.
SJR2, s. 64 4Section 64. Joint rule 82 (2) (a) is amended to read:
SJR2,24,85 Joint Rule 82 (2) (a) Any Unless otherwise provided by the committee on
6senate organization or the assembly committee on rules, any
vetoes of regular or
7special session bills not previously on a calendar in the house of origin shall be shown
8as pending business on the calendar for the veto review session's first day.
SJR2, s. 65 9Section 65. Joint rule 82 (2) (b) is amended to read:
SJR2,24,1310 Joint Rule 82 (2) (b) Any pending veto required to be scheduled under par. (a)
11that does not receive final action during the veto review session is sustained. The
12disposition shall be recorded as "failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the
13governor."
SJR2, s. 66 14Section 66. Joint rule 83 (1) is amended to read:
SJR2,24,1815 Joint Rule 83 (1) During any scheduled floorperiod the introduction, or
16offering, and disposition of proposals and the offering and disposition of
17amendments, and of certificates under joint rule 7 citations, shall, in each house, be
18governed by the rules thereof.
SJR2, s. 67 19Section 67. Joint rule 83 (2) is repealed.
SJR2, s. 68 20Section 68. Joint rule 83 (3) is amended to read:
SJR2,24,2321 Joint Rule 83 (3) Any proposal on which final action has not been taken at the
22conclusion adjournment of the last general-business floorperiod in the
23odd-numbered year shall be is carried forward to the even-numbered year.
SJR2, s. 69 24Section 69. Joint rule 83 (4) (a) is amended to read:
SJR2,25,6
1Joint Rule 83 (4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), at the conclusion
2adjournment of the last general-business floorperiod scheduled by the session
3schedule for the spring of the even-numbered year, any bill or joint resolution not yet
4agreed to by both houses, and any resolution not yet passed by the house of origin,
5is adversely disposed of for the biennial session and recorded as "failed to pass,"
6"failed to adopt," or "failed to concur."
SJR2, s. 70 7Section 70. Joint rule 83 (5) is amended to read:
SJR2,25,148 Joint Rule 83 (5) Following the conclusion adjournment of the last
9general-business floorperiod scheduled by the session schedule for the spring of the
10even-numbered year, no further regular session proposals may be introduced or
11offered
for the balance of the legislative biennium biennial session, except proposals
12under joint rule 81 (2) (c) or 82 (1) (1m); or required for the conduct of any special
13session called by the governor, of any extraordinary session called by the legislature,
14of the veto review session, or of any extended floorperiod.
SJR2, s. 71 15Section 71. Joint rule 84 (intro.) and (4) are amended to read:
SJR2,25,2016 Joint Rule 84. Committees continue throughout biennium biennial
17session
. (intro.) Every standing committee and, unless otherwise ordered, every
18special committee of one or both houses, shall continue continues throughout the
19entire biennial session biennium of the legislature creating the committee. Any such
20committee may:
SJR2,26,721 (4) Technical assistance. Request the legislative council staff, legislative
22reference bureau, legislative technology services bureau, and legislative fiscal
23bureau for the necessary technical assistance appropriate to the completion of the
24committee's tasks. The joint committee on legislative organization shall coordinate
25the assignment of staff under this subsection. Any chairperson who determines that

1the attendance of staff is necessary to the proper conduct of any meeting scheduled
2at a location other than the capitol may, with the prior authorization of the committee
3on senate organization in the case of a senate committee chairperson or the speaker
4in the case of an assembly committee chairperson, authorize the reimbursement of
5such staff for actual and necessary expenses incurred in attending the meeting, from
6the general program operations appropriation to the senate or assembly under
7section 20.765 (1) (a) or (b) of the statutes.
SJR2, s. 72 8Section 72. Joint rule 87 (intro.) is amended to read:
SJR2,26,129 Joint Rule 87. Recess duties Duties of the chief clerk after floorperiods
10and sessions
. (intro.) Following the conclusion adjournment of any scheduled
11floorperiod or any special session or extraordinary session, the chief clerk of each
12house shall:
SJR2, s. 73 13Section 73. Joint rule 87 (3) (intro.) is amended to read:
SJR2,26,1514 Joint Rule 87 (3) Committee schedules and journals Journals and bulletins.
15(intro.) Compile and cause to be published publish:
SJR2, s. 74 16Section 74. Joint rule 87 (3) (a) is repealed.
SJR2, s. 75 17Section 75. Joint rule 87 (3) (b) is amended to read:
SJR2,26,2018 Joint Rule 87 (3) (b) Such journals as are necessary, showing the chief clerk's
19entries for all business received by the chief clerk's office during the recess after the
20floorperiod or special or extraordinary session
.
SJR2, s. 76 21Section 76. Joint rule 87 (3) (c) is repealed and recreated to read:
SJR2,26,23 22Joint Rule 87 (3) (c) In cooperation with the legislative reference bureau, the
23bulletin of proceedings shall be published in accordance with joint rules 76 and 77.
SJR2, s. 77 24Section 77. Joint rule 96 is amended to read:
SJR2,27,4
1Joint Rule 96. Rescinding, amending, Changing or suspending rules.
2(1) The joint rules of the legislature may be rescinded or changed only with the
3approval of a majority of the actual current membership of each house. The vote shall
4be
is taken by ayes and noes.
SJR2,27,95 (2) Any proposal to rescind or change a joint rule shall be introduced offered
6as a joint resolution stating the proposed change. Except as authorized by
7unanimous consent or by vote of two-thirds of the members present, the joint
8resolution shall may not be acted upon in either house until the joint resolution has
9been made available to the members for 24 hours.
SJR2,27,1210 (3) Any joint rule may be suspended in either house by vote of two-thirds of the
11members present. The vote shall be is determined by ayes and noes unless
12unanimous consent is given.
SJR2, s. 78 13Section 78. Joint rule 98 (3) is amended to read:
SJR2,27,1514 Joint Rule 98 (3) The chief clerk of each house shall supervise the reproduction
15of the joint rules for insertion into the assembly and senate manuals.
SJR2, s. 79 16Section 79. Joint rule 99 (intro.), (3), (4), (5), (14), (16), (27m), (28), (36), (38),
17(40), (50), (50m), (54), (59), (63), (66), (71), (75), (82), (83) and (89) are amended to
18read:
SJR2,27,2119 Joint Rule 99. Definitions. (intro.) The following are definitions of the major
20terms used in joint rules 1 to 99 or traditionally used in deliberations on the floor and
21statutes governing legislative proceedings
:
SJR2,27,2322 (3) Adoption: Approval of a motion, amendment, substitute amendment,
23simple resolution, or joint resolution [see also subs. (16) and (54)].
SJR2,28,3
1(4) Amendment: A suggested alteration in any proposal or amendment, often
2referred to as a simple amendment in distinction to a substitute amendment, which
3is
intended to take the place of the proposal.
SJR2,28,64 (5) Appeal: A member's challenge of a ruling on a point of order. To prevail,
5an appeal requires the support of a majority of the members present , pursuant to the
6rules of a house
.
SJR2,28,87 (14) Committee executive action: The action of a committee on any proposal
8or veto.
SJR2,28,109 (16) Concurrence: The action by which one house agrees to a proposal or action
10of the other house [see also subs. (3) and (54)].
SJR2,28,1511 (27m) Extraordinary session: The convening of the legislature by the
12assembly and senate committees on organization of each house or by petition or joint
13resolution of the legislature to accomplish the business specified in the action calling
14the session. When used to continue a floorperiod of the regular biennial session for
15a limited purpose, the extraordinary session is referred to as an extended session.
SJR2,28,1816 (28) Fiscal estimate: A memorandum pursuant to joint rules 41 to 50 and the
17rules of each house
, explaining the impact of any proposal a bill on state or local
18finances.
SJR2,28,2019 (36) Introduction: The formal presentation of a bill before one of the houses
20[see also sub. (50m)].
SJR2,28,2221 (38) Joint hearing: A hearing held by a joint committee or by committees of
22both houses.
SJR2,28,2423 (40) Joint rules: The common Common rules of procedure proceedings
24adopted by both houses.
SJR2,29,2
1(50) Nonconcurrence: The refusal of one house to agree to a proposal,
2amendment,
or action of the other.
SJR2,29,43 (50m) Offer: The formal presentation of a joint resolution, resolution,
4substitute amendment, amendment, or motion before a house [see also sub. (36)].
SJR2,29,75 (54) Passage: Final approval in the first house of a bill introduced in that house
6if referring to action of one house and final approval of both houses of a bill introduced
7in either house if referring to action of both houses [see also subs. (3) and (16)]
.
SJR2,29,128 (59) Privileged motions and requests: A group of motions and requests
9relating to basic questions concerning the meetings, organization, rules, rights, and
10duties of the senate or assembly and having the highest precedence for consideration.
11Privileged motions and requests take precedence over incidental, subsidiary, and
12main questions.
SJR2,29,1413 (63) Recess: A temporary suspension of business during a roll call day of the
14year
.
SJR2,29,2215 (66) Regular session: The biennial session of the legislature established by the
16constitution and by section 13.02 of the statutes. The Wisconsin legislature convenes
17in the capitol on the first Monday of January in each odd-numbered year at 2 p.m.
18to take the oath of office, to select officers, and to organize itself for the conduct of its
19business, but if the first Monday falls on January 1 or 2, the legislature organizes on
20January 3. Daily meetings begin in January of each year and continue throughout
21the biennium biennial session until the final adjournment of the biennial session.
22"Session" is also often used to refer to the daily meetings of the legislature.
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