ar11(11)(a)(a) 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.

ar11(11)(c) (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.

[(2) and (9) am.; (11) cr. 1995 A.Res. 2]
[(11) am. 1997 A.Res. 2]
[(1) am.; (3m) cr. 1999 A.Res. 3]
[(4) and (7) am. 2001 A.Res. 3]
[(4) and (9) am. 2003 A.Res. 3]
[(4), (5) (a) and (10) am. 2013 A.Res. 3]

ar12 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.

ar13 Assembly Rule 13. Business referred to committee.

ar13(1)(1) Any business to be decided by the assembly may be referred to a committee:

ar13(1)(a) (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.

ar13(2)(a)(a) Each notice and report by an administrative agency concerning an administrative rule for review by a standing committee shall be referred by the speaker to the appropriate standing committee within 10 working days following receipt. The speaker shall notify that committee whenever he or she is informed that a proposed rule or portion thereof is withdrawn by the administrative agency.

ar13(2)(b) (b) Within 5 working days after initial referral by the speaker under rule 3 (1) (r), the speaker, with the consent of the chairperson, may withdraw a proposed rule from the standing committee to which it is referred and rerefer it to another standing committee. The rereferral does not extend the standing committee review period.

[(1)(c) am. 1995 A.Res. 2]
[(2)(a) rn. from (2), (2)(b) 1995 A.Res. 2]
[(1)(c) am.; (1)(am) cr. 1997 A.Res. 2]
[(1)(a) and (c) am. 2001 A.Res. 3]
[(2)(b) am. 2003 A.Res. 3]
[(2)(a) am. 2007 A.Res. 4]

ar14 Assembly Rule 14. Public hearings.

ar14(1)(1) Any proposal referred to a committee, and any other business relevant to its title, may at the discretion of the chairperson be scheduled for public hearing.

ar14(2) (2) On or before Monday noon of each week or on or before Friday noon of the first week of the biennial session, the chairperson of each standing committee shall post on the assembly bulletin board and file with the chief clerk a list of the public hearings that will be held before the committee during the following week. The announcement of any hearing shall give the day, hour, place, and nature of the business, or number, author, and relating clause of any proposal, to be considered. These lists shall be reproduced in the weekly schedule of committee activities.

ar14(3) (3) A hearing may not be held until copies of any of the legislation scheduled for hearing are available to the public.

ar15 Assembly Rule 15. Withdrawing a proposal from committee.

ar15(1)(1) A proposal may not be withdrawn from any committee until 21 calendar days have expired since the proposal was referred to the committee. After the 21-day period, a proposal may be withdrawn either by motion or by petition, but:

ar15(1)(a) (a) A bill may not be withdrawn from a joint survey committee.

ar15(1)(b) (b) A bill requiring, but not having, an emergency statement for passage may not be withdrawn from the joint committee on finance or from the committee on rules.

ar15(2) (2) The motion to withdraw a proposal from committee is in order only on the first day in any week on which the call of the roll is taken under the first order of business. The motions shall be decided by vote of a majority of the members present and voting.

ar15(3) (3) Once a motion to withdraw a proposal from a committee which requires a vote of a majority of the members present and voting fails, all subsequent motions to withdraw that proposal from the same committee require a vote of two-thirds of the members present and voting for adoption and must be decided without debate.

ar15(4) (4) A petition to withdraw a proposal from committee requires the personal signatures of a majority of the assembly's current membership.