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Assembly Rule 11. Committee procedures. Insofar as applicable, the rules of the assembly apply to the procedures of standing committees and special committees.
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(1) A majority of a committee constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
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(2) Committee chairpersons may appoint subcommittees to consider specified subjects and report to the parent committee. Committee chairpersons may appoint subcommittee chairpersons, who may be members of any political party.
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(3) A committee shall meet upon the call of its chairperson within the times and places assigned by the speaker. If anticipated public attendance so warrants, arrangements may be made through the sergeant at arms to hold a committee meeting in quarters larger than the regularly assigned committee room.
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(3m) A member who is connected to a committee meeting by means of a 2-way, audiovisual transmission is considered present for all purposes and to the same extent as a member who is attending the meeting in person.
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(4) Except as provided in sub. (5) (a), all committee votes shall be taken in the presence of the committee. A member may not be recorded as voting unless the member is present at the committee session when the vote is taken. This subsection shall not apply to the committee on assembly organization when the committee is voting by ballot.
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A vote shall be held open after the adjournment of the committee session to permit an absent member to vote until 5:00 p.m. on the day on which the committee session is adjourned or 30 minutes after the adjournment, whichever is earlier. The absent member shall cast his or her vote in the committee room where the meeting is held.
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(b) If an absent member makes a timely request, a committee report may indicate how the member would have voted had he or she been present.
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(6) Members of a committee shall vote in the order in which named to the committee.
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(7) In the temporary absence of the chairperson and the vice chairperson, committee members succeed to the chair in the order in which named to the committee.
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(8) Before a proposal is reported to the assembly, a committee may reconsider any action taken on the proposal.
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(9) The chairperson shall determine when proposals or other business are scheduled for public hearing or, subject to rule 17d, executive action, and, subject to rule 17m, when committee actions are reported to the assembly.
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(10) The chairperson shall notify committee members of all committee meetings. If an unintroduced proposal will be considered at the meeting, the chairperson shall provide a copy of the unintroduced proposal with the notice.
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A committee may not meet outside the city of Madison without prior authorization under section 13.123 (3) (a) of the statutes. ar11(11)(b)
(b) Beginning on July 1 of each even-numbered year and ending on the date of the general election of that year, a committee may not meet in this state outside the city of Madison without the prior joint authorization by the speaker and the minority leader.
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(c) Beginning on the day on which a special election to the legislature is called, and ending on the day on which the special election is held, a committee may not meet within the legislative district in which the special election is called, except in the city of Madison, without the prior joint authorization by the speaker and the minority leader.
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Assembly Rule 12. Committees not to meet during daily session. Except for conference committees and the committee on rules, a committee may not meet while the assembly is in session.
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Assembly Rule 13. Business referred to committee. ar13(1)(1)
Any business to be decided by the assembly may be referred to a committee:
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(a) Upon introduction or offering [see rule 42]. ar13(1)(am)
(am) By the speaker, after a committee reports it, as provided in rule 45. ar13(1)(b)
(b) While under debate by the assembly [see rule 65 (2) (d) and (e)]. ar13(1)(c)
(c) By a motion, offered under the 13th order of business, while the business is pending on any reproduced calendar awaiting assembly action. The motion requires a vote of a majority of the members present and voting for adoption.