The chair ruled the point of order well taken.
Senate Journal of October 2, 1979 .......... Page: 725
[Point of order:]
Senator Kleczka raised the point of order that pursuant to Senate Rule 50, senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 167 [relating to authorization for electors to vote in the primary of more than one political party] was not germane.
[Note:] S.Sub.1 (above) added provisions to outlaw straight-ticket voting for all elections.
S.Amdt.1 (below) provided for an "Australian" primary ballot listing, by office, every candidate and the candidate's party affiliation.
The chair [Pres. Risser] ruled the point of order well taken. [Intervening text omitted.]
[Point of order:]
Senator Kleczka raised the point of order that pursuant to Senate Rule 50, senate amendment 1 was not germane.
250 The chair ruled the point of order well taken.
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Assembly Journal of March 23, 1978 .......... Page: 4031
Point of order:
Representative McClain rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to Senate Bill 650 [relating to leaves for qualified prison inmates and granting rule-making authority] was not germane under Assembly Rule 50 (3) (f) because it relates to private conjugal visits.
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 23, 1978 .......... Page: 4030
Point of order:
Representative McClain rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to Senate Bill 142 [relating to delivering liquor or dangerous drugs to, or permitting persons of different sexes to be placed together in, a prison or house of correction] was not germane under Assembly Rule 50 (3) (f) because it relates to private conjugal visits.
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 10, 1978 .......... Page: 3585
Point of order:
Representative Medinger rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 4 to assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1179 [relating to a definition of death] was not germane under Assembly Rule 50 (3) (f). The speaker took the point of order under advisement.
Assembly Journal of March 10, 1978 .......... Page: 3598
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled not well taken the point of order raised by Representative Medinger that assembly amendment 4 to assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1179 was not germane under Assembly Rule 50 (3) (f).
Assembly Journal of March 9, 1978 .......... Page: 3548
Point of order:
Representative McClain rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to assembly amendment 15 to assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 656 was not germane under Assembly Rule 50 (3) (f).
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order well taken because the amendment related to cost controls which were not part of the original bill.
Representative DeLong rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 15 to assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 656 was not germane under Assembly Rule 50 (3) (f).
The speaker ruled the point of order well taken because the amendment was not necessary to the purpose of the bill, which was to implement merger of the retirement systems, and required a different relating clause.
251Assembly Journal of January 3, 1977 .......... Page: 36
Point of order:
Representative Wahner rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Resolution 7 was not germane under Assembly Rule 55.
[Note:] 1977 A.Res.7, in the manner of a "session law" provision, continued the assembly rules, renamed some assembly standing committees and created others until such time as a complete revision of the assembly rules was enacted by 1977 A.Res. 6.
A.Amdt.1 proposed a requirement of proportional representation of the assembly on all standing committees.
The speaker [Jackamonis] ruled the point of order well taken because Assembly Resolution 7 did not deal with the composition of committees and the amendment would expand the scope of the resolution.
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Assembly Journal of May 6, 1975 .......... Page: 755
Point of order:
Representative Thompson rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 152 was not germane under Assembly Rule 55. The speaker took the point of order under advisement.
Assembly Journal of May 6, 1975 .......... Page: 757
Point of order:
The speaker [Anderson] ruled the point of order raised by Representative Thompson on assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 152 well taken because the amendment would expand the scope of the bill and require a title substantially different.
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Senate Journal of January 24, 1973 .......... Page: 218
[Point of order:]
Senator Chilsen raised the point of order that amendment 1 was not germane to Senate Joint Resolution 18. The chair took the point of order under advisement.
Senate Journal of January 25, 1973 .......... Page: 224
[Ruling of the chair:]
On Wednesday, January 24, 1973, Senate Joint Resolution 18 was introduced. Said resolution relating to commending President Nixon for concluding the conflict in Vietnam. During the debate on the adoption of this resolution, senate amendment 1 to this Resolution was introduced. Senator Chilsen rose to a point of order stating that senate amendment 1 was not germane. The chair took the point of order under advisement.
The question of germaneness of an amendment is at times at best a judgment call. It is the judgment of the chair that the amendment is not germane in that the amendment expands the basic intent of Senate Resolution 18.
252Germaneness: individual proposition (one amending another)
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Assembly Journal of June 14, 1994 .......... Page: 1017
Point of order:
Representative Freese rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1, June 1994 Spec.Sess. [relating to testing defendants in certain criminal actions and children in certain delinquency proceedings for HIV infection and certain diseases and requiring certain counseling and referral for persons infected with HIV or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
The chair took the point of order under advisement.
[Note:] As introduced, the bill required a health care provider, home health agency or inpatient health care facility that tests an individual with HIV infection or AIDS to provide counseling about HIV and referral for appropriate health care and support services. All were already involved in treatment of HIV infection or AIDS.
A.Amdt-1 attempted to require local health departments to provide the counseling and referral.
Assembly Journal of June 14, 1994 .......... Page: 1027
Ruling of the chair:
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled well taken the point of order raised by Representative Freese that assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 2, June 1994 Spec.Sess. was not germane.
Assembly Journal of March 23, 1994 .......... Page: 889
Point of order:
Representative Grobschmidt rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to Senate Bill 703 [relating to school board contracts with private agencies for children at risk programs] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
[Note:] A.Amdt-1 proposed a broad expansion of the bill's scope by adding the following topics: "authorizing a 1st class city school board to contract with certain private schools or agencies for educational programs; authorizing a 1st class city school district board to close a school; and subjects of collective bargaining in 1st class city school district employment".
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 23, 1994 .......... Page: 876
Point of order:
253 Representative Bell rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1179 [relating to creating a sales tax and use tax exemption for food sold by a community-based residential facility] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
[Note:] The bill added community-based residential facilities to the listing of institutions (hospitals, sanatoriums, nursing homes, retirement homes) for which internal sales of food and beverages were exempt from the sales tax.
A.Amdt-1 proposed to exempt from the sales tax repetitive janitorial cleaning in any building.
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 22, 1994 .......... Page: 863
Point of order:
Representative Lehman rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 2 to assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 601 [relating to special distinguishing registration plates and granting rule-making authority] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
[Note:] The original bill, and A.Sub.Amdt-1 in greater detail, transferred the creation of distinguishing registration plates for special groups from the statutes to the department of transportation under rule-making power.
A.Amdt-2 to the substitute amendment proposed to divert specified amounts, from the appropriation containing the revenue for special registration plates, to 4 towns for highway signing.
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 15, 1994 .......... Page: 812
Point of order:
Representative Roberts rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 636 [relating to recalculation of shared revenue payments for the city of Onalaska] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
254 [Note:] The original bill was a special act, designed to increase shared revenue payments to the city of Onalaska based on revised October 1990, 1991 and 1992 population estimates. The fiscal estimate by the department of revenue explained that the necessary funds would be obtained "by an equal reduction in total shared revenue payments to all other municipalities and counties".
A.Sub.Amdt-1, offered by the committee on ways and means, made the proposal apply to any municipality for which the federal government brought in a corrected 1990 decennial census population. "Municipality" was not defined within the pages of the substitute amendment.
A.Amdt-1 to the substitute was not related to correction of shared revenue over- or under-payments resulting from census corrections. Instead, it proposed to exclude Menominee county from the maximum limit on regular shared revenue deficiency payments.
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 10, 1994 .......... Page: 772
Point of order:
Representative Bell rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1247 [relating to funding for the general relief program and supplemental medical assistance payments to county hospitals; and making appropriations] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
[Note:] A.Amdt-1 proposed a broad-based expansion of the proposal's scope by adding material relating to "general equalization aids; minimum aids to school districts; creating a committee called the school funding authority and a governmental school funding committee; increased funding for the county mandate relief program, the small municipalities improvement program and the expenditure restraint program".
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
Assembly Journal of March 10, 1994 .......... Page: 772
Point of order:
Representative Bell rose to the point of order that assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 1246 [relating to: increasing funding for juvenile correctional health services, violent juvenile offenders, the rental of space for juvenile aftercare agents, fuel and utilities for the secured juvenile correctional facility for girls, juvenile residential aftercare facilities and the staffing of secured juvenile correctional facilities and juvenile aftercare services; youth aids; the corrective sanctions program for juvenile offenders; requiring the department of health and social services to submit certain reports relating to the staffing of secured juvenile correctional facilities; and making appropriations] was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
[Note:] A.Amdt-2 proposed a broad-based expansion of the proposal's scope by adding material relating to "general equalization aids; minimum aids to school districts; creating a committee called the school funding authority and a governmental school funding committee; increased funding for the county mandate relief program, the small municipalities improvement program and the expenditure restraint program".
The chair (Speaker pro tempore Carpenter) ruled the point of order well taken.
