SJR2,11,17 13Joint Rule 44 (2) (a) The legislative reference bureau shall make a preliminary
14determination of whether the bill requires a fiscal estimate shall be made by the
15legislative reference bureau, which, except
. Except as otherwise provided in joint
16rule 54 (2m), the legislative reference bureau shall indicate that a bill requires a
17fiscal estimate by displaying "FE" prominently on the jacket.
SJR2,11,2018 (b) No A jacket on which the "FE" symbol has been defaced may not be accepted
19for introduction unless the deletion of the "FE" symbol has been initialed by the chief
20or the deputy chief of the legislative reference bureau.
SJR2, s. 33 21Section 33. Joint rule 45 (1) (a) is renumbered joint rule 45 (1).
SJR2, s. 34 22Section 34. Joint rule 48 (title), (1), (2) and (4) are amended to read:
SJR2,12,4 23Joint Rule 48 (title) Review of agency prepared agency-prepared fiscal
24estimates.
(1) On the 6th working day after the legislative reference bureau
25transmits electronically a copy of a fiscal estimate for an introduced bill to the

1primary author, the bureau shall transmit electronically a copy of the fiscal estimate
2and any worksheet to the legislative fiscal bureau and to the chief clerk of the house
3of origin to be inserted in the bill jacket envelope and shall forthwith cause reproduce
4the estimate and any worksheet to be reproduced as are amendments.
SJR2,12,105 (2) During the 5-day period under sub. (1), the primary author of an introduced
6bill may transmit electronically to the department of administration a request that
7an original
to have a supplemental fiscal estimate prepared for the bill as affected
8by a proposed amendment or a proposed substitute amendment, whether offered for
9introduction or not, be prepared by the agency that prepared the fiscal estimate for
10the bill.
SJR2,12,1911 (4) During the 5-day period under sub. (1), the primary author of an introduced
12bill may transmit electronically a request that the agency that prepared the fiscal
13estimate rewrite its fiscal estimate. If the agency agrees to rewrite the estimate and
14the primary author agrees to a delay in the publication of the fiscal estimate, the
15agency shall immediately electronically notify the department of administration and
16the legislative reference bureau, and the rewritten fiscal estimate, notwithstanding
17sub. (1), shall be is the only original estimate reproduced and inserted in the bill
18jacket envelope, but both the rewritten and the initial fiscal estimate shall be
19retained by the legislative reference bureau.
SJR2, s. 35 20Section 35. Joint rule 51 (intro.) and (2) are amended to read:
SJR2,12,2521 Joint Rule 51 (intro.) No A proposal may not be introduced or offered unless
22it has been put in proper form by the legislative reference bureau. Only the persons
23authorized by this rule may use the drafting services of the legislative reference
24bureau to have proposals prepared for introduction. Persons authorized to use the
25drafting services are:
SJR2,13,2
1(2) Any agency, as defined in section 16.70 (1) (1e) of the statutes, created under
2chapter 13, 14, 15, or 758 of the statutes.
SJR2, s. 36 3Section 36. Joint rule 51 (4) is repealed.
SJR2, s. 37 4Section 37. Joint rule 51m is created to read:
SJR2,13,8 5Joint Rule 51m. Analyses on substitute amendments. The legislative
6reference bureau, if time permits, may prepare in plain language an analysis of a
7substitute amendment, to be reproduced with the substitute amendment when it is
8offered.
SJR2, s. 38 9Section 38. Joint rule 52 (intro.) and (1) (c) and (e) are amended to read:
SJR2,13,1310 Joint Rule 52. Format; text display; structure of proposals. (intro.) All
11bills proposals shall be reproduced on paper 8-1/2 by 11 inches. Each bill shall have
12a title, an enacting clause, and subject matter disposed of in one or more sections and
13shall have the arrangement and wording prescribed by the following:
SJR2,13,1714 (1) (c) Any bill may include 2 or more types of actions and treat both general
15statutory law and nonstatutory law, but the various types of actions used shall must
16be listed in the order shown in par. (a), and, if both statutory and nonstatutory law
17are treated in the same manner, the statutory law shall must be cited first.
SJR2,13,2518 (e) Executive budget bills under section 16.47 (1) of the statutes, other lengthy
19bills that encompass multiple subjects and that are to be introduced at the request
20of the governor or the committee on organization of either house, bills proposing bulk
21revision of one or more entire chapters of the statutes, reconciliation bills introduced
22by the committee on organization of either house, and correction and revision bills
23shall are not be subject to the requirements of pars. (a) to (d), and instead may shall
24use a descriptive title similar to the following example: "An Act to amend and revise
25chapter .... and to make diverse other changes in the statutes; relating to:...."
SJR2, s. 39
1Section 39. Joint rule 52 (5) (intro.), (a) and (b) are amended to read:
SJR2,14,72 Joint Rule 52 (5) (intro.) Any proposal, substitute amendment, or amendment
3that proposes to amend an existing law or legislative rule, and any joint resolution
4that proposes to amend a section of the state constitution, shall display the full text
5of the unit of the law, rule, or constitution that is being amended, with any matter
6to be stricken out typed with a line through the matter, and any new matter
7underscored. This requirement shall does not apply to:
SJR2,14,98 (a) Reconciliation bills introduced by the organization committee on
9organization
of either house and correction or revision bills.
SJR2,14,1310 (b) Appropriation sections that only increase or decrease the amount of an
11existing appropriation, which shall instead indicate the amount by which the
12applicable appropriation is to be increased or decreased, and the purpose of this
13increase or decrease.
SJR2, s. 40 14Section 40. Joint rule 53 (1) and (2) (a) are amended to read:
SJR2,14,1815 Joint Rule 53 (1) It is the policy of this state that law of continuing application
16shall be is incorporated into the statutes. The assignment of statute numbering to
17any part of a bill is indicative of a legislative intent that this text be incorporated into
18the statutes.
SJR2,14,2219 (2) (a) An increase or decrease in the amount of an existing sum certain
20appropriation, but the dollar amount by which the existing appropriation is
21increased or decreased shall must be reflected in the appropriation total as shown
22in the statutes in the schedule under section 20.005 (3) of the statutes.
SJR2, s. 41 23Section 41. Joint rule 54 (1), (2) and (2m) (a) are amended to read:
SJR2,15,3 24Joint Rule 54 (1) Before a proposal is jacketed for introduction, the legislative
25reference bureau shall submit a copy of the draft to the authorizing legislator, chief

1clerk, caucus, or state agency for approval, but substitute amendments or
2amendments shall be immediately prepared to be offered unless the authorizing
3legislator, chief clerk, caucus, or state agency requests prior submittal for approval.
SJR2,15,94 (2) The legislative reference bureau, except as otherwise provided in sub. (2m),
5shall provide to the authorizing legislator, chief clerk, caucus, or state agency 4 copies
6of each proposal approved under sub. (1) and 6 4 copies of each amendment approved
7under sub. (1). One copy is for the use of the requester. The other copies shall, if a
8proposal, be inserted in the jacket envelope or, if a substitute amendment or
9amendment, be attached to an amendment jacket.
SJR2,15,1610 (2m) (a) The chief of the legislative reference bureau and a chief clerk of either
11house may enter into a written agreement under this joint rule to have the chief
12clerk, when the chief clerk's house is sitting in session, receive on the floor of the
13house copies of drafts of proposals, substitute amendments, and amendments
14transmitted electronically by the legislative reference bureau, and place the
15proposals in jacket envelopes and attach jacket cover sheets (stripes) to drafts of
16amendments and substitute amendments.
SJR2, s. 42 17Section 42. Joint rule 55 (1) is amended to read:
SJR2,15,20 18Joint Rule 55 (1) Any bill, or joint resolution, or motion under joint rule 7 may
19have, following and separate from the names of the authors of the bill, or joint
20resolution, or motion, the names of one or more cosponsors from the other house.
SJR2, s. 43 21Section 43. Joint rule 57 (2) (intro.) is renumbered joint rule 57 (2) (a).
SJR2, s. 44 22Section 44. Joint rule 57 (2) (a) is renumbered joint rule 57 (2) (am).
SJR2, s. 45 23Section 45. Joint rule 59 is amended to read:
SJR2,16,12 24Joint Rule 59. Explanative notes. In addition to such notes as are required
25by law or joint rule, explanative notes may be included in revision and correction bills

1prepared by the legislative reference bureau, in reconciliation bills introduced by the
2committee on organization of either house, and in proposals introduced or offered
3and in substitute amendments or amendments offered by the joint legislative council
4or its law revision committee, at the request of the judicial council, and by or at the
5request of any other official interim study or investigative group. The notes shall be
6prepared by the requester, shall be factual in nature, shall be as brief as may be and,
7where feasible, shall follow the section of the proposal or amendment to which they
8relate. Notes shall may appear in the original reproduced version of the proposal or
9amendment only, and shall may not appear in the Wisconsin Acts, session law
10volumes, or statutes unless the chief of the legislative reference bureau determines
11that including them is essential. The notes constitute no part of the proposed act or
12engrossed or enrolled resolution.
SJR2, s. 46 13Section 46. Joint rule 60 (2) is amended to read:
SJR2,16,21 14Joint Rule 60 (2) Whenever the legislative reference bureau determines that
15the text of a proposal passed by the legislature cannot be properly enrolled because
16of unreconciled conflicts in adopted amendments, the bureau shall report the
17problem to the organization committee on organization of the house in which the
18proposal originated. If the organization committee on organization concurs with that
19determination: a), the committee shall introduce a joint resolution recalling the
20proposal for further legislative action; and b) the bureau may not enroll the proposal
21until the legislature acts on the joint resolution recalling the proposal.
SJR2, s. 47 22Section 47. Joint rule 62 (1) is amended to read:
SJR2,16,25 23Joint Rule 62 (1) The joint committee on legislative organization shall may
24determine the number of copies of each proposal and amendments thereto to be
25reproduced on a routine basis unless otherwise provided by joint resolution.
SJR2, s. 48
1Section 48. Joint rule 64 (1) (a) and (2) are amended to read:
SJR2,17,3 2Joint Rule 64 (1) (a) Reconciliation bills introduced by the organization
3committee on organization of either house or correction or revision bills.
SJR2,17,74 (2) In any official publication of any act or enrolled joint resolution, matter
5stricken out shall be shown with a line through the stricken matter and new matter
6shall be shown as plain text if all of the designated part is created and as underscored
7text if the designated part is otherwise treated.
SJR2, s. 49 8Section 49. Joint rule 73 (1) to (4) are amended to read:
SJR2,17,109 Joint Rule 73 (1) The chief clerk of each house shall prepare and transmit for
10reproduction, after the close adjournment of each daily session, its daily journal.
SJR2,17,1711 (2) The journals shall contain a concise description of the business conducted
12by each house. Any Each proposal shall be identified in the journal by number and
13relating clause on introduction when it is introduced or offered, when reported by the
14standing
a committee, when first considered on any legislative day, or after
15significant business relating to another subject has intervened. All other journal
16references to the proposal shall be by number only. Either house may order any other
17of its proceedings included in its journal.
SJR2,18,218 (3) All executive messages to the legislature, except veto messages and
19nominations for appointment requiring the advice and consent of the assembly
, shall
20be included in the senate journal only. Executive pardon communications or reports,
21and reports of the claims board under section 16.007 of the statutes and reports of
22lobbyist registrations required by section 13.685 (7) of the statutes shall be included
23in the senate journal. The report of a joint committee shall be included in the journal
24of the house in which the resolution or act creating the committee originated. Joint

1resolutions and amendments to bills and joint resolutions shall may not be included
2in the journal except as required by section 1 of article XII of the constitution.
SJR2,18,83 (4) The presiding officer of each house shall cause direct that notice of receipt
4of any proposed administrative rule under section 227.19 of the statutes to be
5included in the journal of the house, together with a notice of the standing committee
6to which the proposed rule is referred and the date of referral. The presiding officer
7shall cause direct that a similar notice to be included whenever a proposed rule is
8withdrawn.
SJR2, s. 50 9Section 50. Joint rule 73 (5) is repealed.
SJR2, s. 51 10Section 51. Joint rule 74 is amended to read:
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:
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