ar94(3)(c)(c) As directed by the chief clerk, any resolution amending the assembly rules may be engrossed and may be duplicated for distribution.

ar95Assembly Rule 95. Definitions. The following are definitions of the major terms used in the assembly rules or traditionally used in deliberations on the floor.

ar95(1)(1) Act: A bill that has passed both houses of the legislature, been enrolled, and been approved by the governor or passed over the governor’s veto, or that becomes law without the signature of the governor, and published.

ar95(2)(2) Adjourn: To conclude a legislative day’s business [see also sub. (79)].

ar95(3)(3) Adoption: Approval of a motion, amendment, substitute amendment, simple resolution, or joint resolution.

ar95(4)(4) Amendment: A suggested alteration in any proposal, often referred to as a simple amendment in distinction to a substitute amendment intended to take the place of the proposal.

ar95(5)(5) Appeal: A member’s challenge of a ruling on a point of order. To prevail, an appeal requires the support of a majority of the members present.

ar95(6)(6) Assembly chamber: The entire area west of the easternmost doors of the assembly, including the visitor’s galleries, lobbies, offices of the speaker and minority leader, and hallways.

ar95(7)(7) Bill: A proposed change of law originating in either house, requiring passage by one house and concurrence of the other house of the legislature and approval of the governor, or passage notwithstanding the objections of the governor by a two-thirds vote in each house, or that becomes law without the signature of the governor, before becoming effective.

ar95(8)(8) Calendar: The assembly agenda for any legislative day.

ar95(9)(9) Call of the assembly or “call of the house.”: A procedure for requiring the attendance of absent members.

ar95(10)(10) Certificate or “citation.”: A formal legislative document of commendation, congratulations, or condolences.

ar95(11)(11) Chair: The position that the presiding officer fills.

ar95(12)(12) Chief clerk: The assembly officer elected to perform and direct the clerical and personnel functions of the assembly.

ar95(13)(13) Committee chairperson: The head of a committee.

ar95(14)(14) Committee executive action: The action of a committee on any proposal.

ar95(15)(15) Committee of the whole: The assembly membership organized in committee for the discussion of a specific matter.

ar95(16)(16) Concurrence: The action by which one house agrees to a proposal or action of the other house.

ar95(17)(17) Conference committee: A committee of representatives to the assembly and of senators, appointed to resolve differences on a specific proposal.

ar95(18)(18) Contested seat: An assembly district in which 2 or more persons claim the right to represent the district.

ar95(20)(20) Current membership: The members of the assembly, omitting those who have resigned, have been removed, or have died.

ar95(22)(22) Dilatory: To delay.

ar95(23)(23) Division of the question: To break a question into 2 or more separate propositions.

ar95(24)(24) Elected membership: The members of the assembly, certified as elected in the last general election, including those who have subsequently resigned, have been removed, or have died.

ar95(25)(25) Engrossed proposal: A proposal incorporating all adopted amendments and all approved technical corrections in the house of origin, whether or not it is reproduced as engrossed.

ar95(26)(26) Enrolled proposal: A proposal that was passed, or adopted, and concurred in, incorporating any amendments and corrections that were approved by both houses.