ar95(83) (83) Special order of business: Any proposal ordered by the assembly to be given consideration at a specified time and taking precedence over the regular orders of business at that time.

ar95(84) (84) Special session: The convening of the legislature by the governor to accomplish a special purpose for which convened.

ar95(85) (85) Stage: One of the formal steps in the legislative process.

ar95(86) (86) Standing committee: A permanent legislative committee.

ar95(87) (87) Subsidiary motions: A group of motions that change, or delay or accelerate the consideration of, a proposal before the assembly. Subsidiary motions have lower precedence than privileged and incidental questions, but higher precedence than main motions.

ar95(88) (88) Substitute amendment: An amendment that, if accepted, takes the place of the original proposal. The term more accurately describes a "substitute bill" or "substitute resolution."

ar95(89) (89) Sufficient seconds: The support of 15 members necessary to initiate certain procedures in the assembly rules.

ar95(90) (90) Suspension of the rules: A motion requiring the support of two-thirds of the members present and by which a special action on a specific proposal is accomplished despite the existence of a rule blocking the action. Any suspension of the rules is temporary.

ar95(92) (92) Unanimous consent: A request to suspend the rules for a specific purpose; if an objection is not heard, it is assumed that the request has the consent of the entire body.

ar95(93) (93) Veto: The action by which a bill or a part thereof is rejected by the governor.

ar95(94) (94) Voice vote: A vote taken by asking the members in favor of a question to say "aye" simultaneously and then the members opposed to likewise say "no."

[(29) am. 1991 A.Res. 2]
[(3), (4) and (6) am.; (27m) and (33m) cr. 1995 A.Res. 2]
[(39), (54), (63), (66), (67), (82) and (84) am. 1995 A.Res. 2]
[(82) and (90) am. 1995 A.Res. 31]
[(6) and (90) am. 1997 A.Res. 2]
[(52) am. 1999 A.Res. 3]
[(intro.), (1), (7), (11), (25) to (28), (35) and (36) am. 2001 A.Res. 3]
[(50m) and (57m) cr. 2001 A.Res. 3]
(76), (80), (81) and (90) am. 2001 A.Res. 3]
[(58) rp.; (38), (50), (54) and (63) am. 2013 A.Res. 3]

ar96 Assembly Rule 96. Legislative citations. Any motion under joint rule 7 shall, when received by the assembly and whether originating in this house or in the senate, be laid aside to allow time for the committee on assembly organization to examine the motion for its appropriateness under joint rule 7 (1) and (2). Upon approval by the committee on assembly organization and verbal notification thereof to the chief clerk, and if the motion has not been objected to by any member of the assembly, the motion is approved by the assembly. A written committee report is not necessary. If objected to by any member, any motion under joint rule 7 may be brought before the body on the 13th order of business.

ar97 Assembly Rule 97. Assembly citations. Any member may issue a citation on behalf of the assembly to a particular person or organization or to commemorate a particular occasion as specified in the citation.

ar97(1) (1) Citations may be used in place of resolutions for commendations, congratulations, and condolences of persons or organizations or to give recognition to unusual and important events, except that the use of citations may not be abused. The committee on assembly organization may more specifically interpret this subsection.

ar97(2) (2) If desired by the issuing representative, a citation on behalf of the assembly may be coauthored by one or more other representatives or cosponsored by one or more senators, but in that case the proposal for issuing the citation shall be signed by each of the coauthors or cosponsors.

ar97(3) (3) The committee on assembly organization shall establish a procedure for reviewing each citation proposed under this rule, but an assembly citation may not be used to declare a special day or to declare a person an honorary citizen.

ar97(4) (4) Any citation on behalf of the assembly shall be signed by the speaker and by the speaker pro tempore. A copy of the finished citation shall be provided to the issuing representative, and another copy thereof shall be filed in the legislative reference bureau.

ar97(5) (5) All citations on behalf of the assembly shall be prepared by employees assigned to the chief clerk, shall be prepared on an artistic form approved by the committee on assembly organization, shall be suitable for framing, and shall be in substantially the following form:

Know You By These Presents:

Whereas, Glen Popple has served for 31 years as game warden of Kennedy County ....; and

Whereas, he has devoted many hours ....; now, therefore,

Representative Robert T. Huber on behalf of the Wisconsin State Assembly, [with the concurrence of Representative(s) ....] [and Senators(s) ....,] under Assembly Rule 97, commends Mr. Popple on his fine service to Kennedy County and ....