Assembly Journal of February 7, 2002 .......... Page: 650
Point of order:
Representative Duff rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 769 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54.
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken.
Representative Schooff appealed the ruling of the chair.
Assembly Journal of February 7, 2002 .......... Page: 651
The question was: Shall the ruling of the Chair stand as the ruling of the Assembly?
The roll was taken. The result follows:
Ayes - 48, Noes - 36, Absent or not voting - 15. Motion carried.
[Note:] The bill related to the sales tax on purchases of a motor vehicle purchased after a consumer receives a refund under a new motor vehicle warranty. The amendment related to the amount of the sales tax on amounts paid by a motor vehicle manufacturer under an employee purchase program.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of March 7, 2002 .......... Page: 753
Point of order:
Representative Seratti rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 9 to Assembly Bill 876 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54.
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken.
[Note:] The bill related to small employer insurance. The amendment changed the funding source for the bill and decreased, from 35% to 15%, the amount that small employer insurance rates could deviate from the midpoint cost of policies with similar case characteristics.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of March 7, 2002 .......... Page: 762
Point of order:
Representative Jeskewitz rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 892 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54.
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken.
Representative Krug appealed the ruling of the chair.
The question was: Shall the ruling of the Chair stand as the ruling of the Assembly?
The roll was taken. The vote was: Ayes-56, Noes-43. Motion carried.
[Note:] The bill related to credit unions and universal banks and created additional exceptions to the priority of wage claims liens statute. The amendment deleted those additional exceptions and also deleted the existing exceptions.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of March 14, 2002 .......... Page: 785
Point of order:
Representative Krug rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly amendment 4 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1, January 2002 Special Session was not germane under Assembly Rule 54.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese took the point of order under advisement.
[Note:] No ruling. The bill was a 475 page multi-issue budget adjustment bill introduced at the request of the governor. The substitute amendment was a 455 page multi-issue substitute amendment offered by the joint committee on finance. The amendment authorized a decrease in the number of members on the Milwaukee board of supervisors. The amendment to the amendment permitted the decrease only if approved at a referendum and permitted the salary of the members to be decreased or the position to be made part-time.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Rule 54 (4) Amendments that are germane include:
(b) An amendment that accomplishes the same purpose in a different manner.
(e) An amendment relating only to particularized details.
Assembly Journal of March 14, 2002 .......... Page: 786
Point of order:
Representative Krug rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 2 to Assembly amendment 4 to Assembly Substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1, January 2002 Special Session was not germane under Assembly Rule 54.
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese took the point of order under advisement.
[Note:] No ruling. The bill was a 475 page multi-issue budget adjustment bill introduced at the request of the governor. The substitute amendment was a 455 page multi-issue substitute amendment offered by the joint committee on finance. The amendment authorized a decrease in the number of members on the Milwaukee board of supervisors. The amendment to the amendment permitted the decrease only if approved at a referendum.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Rule 54 (4) Amendments that are germane include:
(b) An amendment that accomplishes the same purpose in a different manner.
(e) An amendment relating only to particularized details.
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Assembly Journal of June 29, 1999 .......... Page: 257
Point of order:
Representative Black rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 25 to Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 Assembly Bill 133 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(c) and (5).
The Chair (Representative Duff) ruled the point of order not well taken.
The Chair ruled as follows:
"Assembly amendment 25, which prohibited constitutional officers, except the governor, from having their likeness on an outdoor sign, sought to replace language in Assembly amendment 2 prohibiting constitutional officers, except the governor, from using state funds to place their likeness on a billboard.
Assembly amendment 25 is not a substantial expansion of Assembly amendment 2 because it amended and modified the same section, subject and related to the particularized details included in Assembly amendment 2. The amendment also did not substantially expand the scope of the original proposal, a multi-subject executive budget bill, because it merely adds to the directives and requirements to state agencies and constitutional officers that are typically included in budget bills."
Representative Meyer appealed the ruling of the Chair.
The question was: Shall the ruling of the Chair stand as the ruling of the Assembly?
The roll was taken. The vote was: Ayes-54, Noes-45. Motion carried.
[Note:] Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(e) An amendment that negates the effect of another assembly amendment previously adopted.
(5) An amendment to an amendment must be germane to both the amendment and the original proposal.
Assembly Journal of September 29, 1999 .......... Page: 356
Point of order:
Representative Krug rose to the point of order that Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 315 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54.
Speaker pro tempore Freese took the point of order under advisement.
Assembly Journal of November 4, 1999 .......... Page: 518
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled not well taken the point of order raised by Representative Krug on Wednesday, September 29, that Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 315 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54.
[Note:] The bill prohibited the Department of Transportation from disclosing information that contains personal identifiers of 10 or more people. ASA-1, offered by the standing committee, related to disclosure of personal identifiers by the department.
Assembly Journal of March 14, 2000 .......... Page: 749
Point of order:
Representative M. Lehman rose to the point of order that Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 735 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54.
The Chair (Representative Duff) ruled the point of order well taken.
[Note:] The bill established a single sales factor apportionment of income for corporate income tax purposes. ASA-1 decreased the gasoline tax rate.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(a) One individual proposition amending another individual proposition.
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of March 15, 2000 .......... Page: 765
Point of order:
Representative Bock rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 1 to Senate Bill 144 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54.
Speaker pro tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken.
[Note:] The bill changed the valuation of state employee's accumulated sick leave payments to include valuation based on payments for completion of education courses. The amendment applied the provision only to employees in the classified service and only to those who are classified in a teaching position.
Assembly Journal of March 23, 2000 .......... Page: 828
Point of order:
Representative Krug rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 3 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 916 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54.
Speaker pro tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken.
[Note:] The bill made a supplemental appropriation for BadgerCare, suspending several legislative rules enacted in the statutes. The amendment deleted from the statutes suspended the statute (s. 20.003 (4)) requiring a general fund balance of a specified amount.
Assembly Journal of March 28, 2000 .......... Page: 854
Point of order:
Representative Meyer rose to the point of order that Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 860 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54.
Speaker pro tempore Freese took the point of order under advisement.
Assembly Journal of March 30, 2000 .......... Page: 898
Representative Jensen asked unanimous consent that the rules be suspended and that Assembly Bill 860 be taken up at this time. Granted.
Assembly Bill 860
Relating to: references to the Internal Revenue Code for income tax and franchise tax purposes, withholding income taxes from the amount paid to purchase the assignment of a lottery prize and requiring the lottery administrator to report to the department of revenue the federal income tax number of an assignee.
Representative Hahn asked unanimous consent that Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 860 be withdrawn and returned to the author. Granted.
[Note:] The bill updated reference in the statutes to the Internal Revenue Code. The amendment added individual income tax modifications for medical insurance premiums.
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Senate Journal of March 19, 1998 .......... Page: 533
Point of order:
Senator Chvala raised the point of order that Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 389 is not germane.
The Chair took the point under advisement.
Senate Journal of March 19, 1998 .......... Page: 534
Senator Roessler, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 389 be withdrawn and returned to author.
[Note:] The bill provided exceptions for dental plans from certain mandated coverages. The amendment added provisions regarding policy coverages for only specified diseases and maximums for required coverages.
SENATE RULE 50. Amendments must be germane, general statement. (1) No standing committee shall report any substitute or amendment for any proposal originating in either house referred to such committee nor shall the senate consider any substitute or amendment which relates to a different subject, is intended to accomplish a different purpose or would totally alter the nature of the original proposal.
(7) A substitute or amendment relating to a specific subject or to a general class is not germane to a bill relating to a different specific subject, but an amendment limiting the scope of the proposal is germane.
