Assembly Journal of March 30, 2000 .......... Page: 906
Point of order:
Representative Krug rose to the point of order that Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 362 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
Speaker pro tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken.
[Note:] The bill required fiscal estimates for bills containing criminal penalties and the amendment created a joint review committee on criminal penalties.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
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Assembly Journal of May 13, 1997 .......... Page: 148
Point of order:
Representative Carpenter rose to the point of order that Assembly substitute amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 104 was not germane under Assembly Rules 54 (1) and (3)(f).
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker pro tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken.
[Note:] The bill prohibited marriage between persons of the same sex. The substitute amendment related to marriage between one man and one woman.
Assembly Rule 54 (1) General statement: The assembly may not consider any assembly amendment or assembly substitute amendment that relates to a different subject or is intended to accomplish a different purpose than that of the proposal to which it relates or that, if adopted and passed, would require a relating clause for the proposal which is substantially different from the proposal's original relating clause or that would totally alter the nature of the proposal.
(3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of February 5, 1998 .......... Page: 554
Point of order:
Representative Urban rose to the point of order that Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 267 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker pro tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken.
[Note:] The bill designated the colby cheese as the state cheese. The amendment designated cheese as the state symbol of food and directed the secretary of agriculture to designate a different type of cheese each biennium as the state symbol for inclusion in the Wisconsin Blue Book.
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 18, 1998 .......... Page: 673
Point of order:
Representative Notestein rose to the point of order that Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 729 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese took the point of order under advisement.
Assembly Journal of March 18, 1998 .......... Page: 676
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled well taken the point of order raised by Representative Notestein that Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 729 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3) (f).
[Note:] The bill related to the assignment of lottery prizes. The amendment added provisions related to taxation of persons that buy or sell lottery tickets.
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 May 5, 1998 .......... Page: 851
Point of order:
Representative Handrick rose to the point of order that Assembly substitute amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 159 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54(3)(f).
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled the point of order well taken.
Representative Schneider 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-52, Noes-45. Motion carried.
[Note:] The bill prohibited school districts from beginning school before Labor Day. The substitute amendment provided a study in lieu of the bill's provisions.
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 May 14, 1998 .......... Page: 902
Point of order:
Representative Johnsrud rose to the point of order that Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 4, April 1998 Special Session 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 the permit guarantee program in DNR. ASA-1 created time periods for review of DNR applications for certain permits.
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 May 19, 1998 .......... Page: 910
Point of order:
Representative Krug rose to the point of order that Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2, April 1998 Special Session was not germane under Assembly Rule 54(3)(f).
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Jensen ruled not well taken the point of order raised by Representative Krug that Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 2, April 1998 Special Session was not germane under Assembly Rule 54(3)(f).
The lady from the 12th and the gentleman from the 7th have asserted that the proposal is not germane on the grounds that the proposal substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
The proposed substitute amendment, Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 to Special Session Senate Bill 2, proposes to make various changes to the statutes governing the public school system in a 1st class city. One provision in the relating clause provides that this proposal relates to "reorganizing" schools in first class cities. It could be argued that this provision only narrows the scope of this proposal and provides for a particularized detail (by providing for the creation of a commission and the placement of certain referendum questions concerning the reorganization of schools in first class cities in the spring, 1999 election). In addition, both the original bill and the proposed substitute have appropriations. This amendment is clearly germane under Assembly Rule 54(4).
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-49, Noes-40. Motion carried.
[Note:] Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
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Assembly Journal of February 16, 1995 .......... Page: 100
Point of order:
Representative Black rose to the point of order that Assembly substitute amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 37 was not germane under Assembly Rules 54(1) and 54(3)(f).
The chair (Speaker Pro Tempore Freese) took the point of order under advisement.
Ruling on the point of order:
The chair (Speaker Pro Tempore Freese) ruled not timely the point of order raised by Representative Black that Assembly substitute amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 37 was not germane because there were simple amendments to the substitute amendment pending. The simple amendments to the substitute amendment must be disposed of before a point of order on that substitute amendment would be in order.
Representative Black moved that Assembly substitute amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 37 be laid on the table.
[Note:] Assembly Rule 54 Assembly Rule 54 (1) General statement: The assembly may not consider any assembly amendment or assembly substitute amendment that relates to a different subject or is intended to accomplish a different purpose than that of the proposal to which it relates or that, if adopted and passed, would require a relating clause for the proposal which is substantially different from the proposal's original relating clause or that would totally alter the nature of the proposal.
(3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of June 28, 1995 .......... Page: 357
Point of order:
Representative Freese rose to the point of order that Assembly substitute amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 146 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54(3)(f).
Speaker Prosser took the point of order under advisement.
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Prosser ruled not well taken the point of order raised by Representative Freese that Assembly substitute amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 146 was not germane.
Representative Freese moved that Assembly substitute amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 146 be laid on the table.
[Note:] The bill created the crime of causing the death to an unborn child. The substitute amendment created the crime of battery to a pregnant female resulting in great bodily harm to or death of her fetus.
Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane.
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of September 27, 1995 .......... Page: 507
Point of order:
Representative Plache rose to the point of order that Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1, September 1995 Special Session was not germane under Assembly Rule 54(3)(f).
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese took the point of order under advisement.
Assembly Journal of September 27, 1995 .......... Page: 508
Ruling on the point of order:
Speaker Pro Tempore Freese ruled not well taken the point of order raised by Representative Plache that Assembly substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 1, September 1995 Special Session was not germane because the bill and the substitute amendment have virtually the same relating clause except eliminated the room tax and the highway infrastructure which, according to Assembly Rule 54(4)(c), is germane because it was limiting the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Bill 1, September 1995 Special Session created a local professional baseball park district in certain jurisdictions that is made up of multi counties contiguous to that county and that is two counties.
Assembly substitute amendment 1 also establishes a professional baseball park made up of multi counties that are contiguous and that is five counties.
Both the bill and the substitute amendment have components that deal with governance those differences that are within the components are different based on a particularized details of the jurisdictions. Both refer to jurisdiction in the plural.
Assembly Bill 1, September 1995 Special Session and Assembly substitute amendment 1 are both germane to the special session call. Where in fact, on the previous ruling dealing with the luxury box should have taken this point into consideration.
In the previous ruling of Assembly amendment 23 to Assembly substitute amendment 1, I neglected to include in that ruling that the amendment is not germane to the call under Assembly Rule 93(1) because no proposal may be considered by the Assembly unless they are germane to the session. We established that it was an expansion based on the fact we had a one tenth of one percent local taxing jurisdiction compared to the amendment that was offering to do a 5.5% in most taxing jurisdictions or most counties and was available to do in all 72 counties if there were indeed a professional type of facility that would use the luxury sky box or that type of system so it was an expansion because it not only raised it from one-tenth of one percent at a local jurisdiction but it was establishing 5.5% statewide sales tax opportunity.
Assembly amendment 23 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 also is dramatically different from the standpoint that it is an expansion, Assembly substitute amendment 1 is dealing with particularized details in the fact that we're dealing with a multi county jurisdiction in both the substitute and the bill.
Representative Plache 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-52, Noes-47. Motion carried.
[Note:] Assembly Rule 54 (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane.
(f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.
Assembly Journal of January 31, 1996 .......... Page: 807
Point of order:
Representative Hubler rose to the point of order that Assembly substitute amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 13 was not germane under Assembly Rule 54(3)(f).
