ar53 Assembly Rule 53. Drafting of amendments. Except as authorized in sub. (2), amendments shall be drafted by the legislative reference bureau before being offered for consideration to the assembly, or to any committee by a person other than a member thereof. An amendment prepared by the legislative reference bureau may not be received for consideration if changes have been made to the draft prepared by the bureau. Amendments may be deposited at the chief clerk's office on any day of the legislative session for the purpose of allowing them to be provided before the 2nd reading stage for the proposals to which the amendments pertain.

ar53(1) (1) Every amendment shall show the number of the bill or resolution it proposes to amend. The name of each member or committee sponsoring the amendment shall be entered in the history file for the bill. The chief clerk shall number amendments in the order received.

ar53(2) (2) When a proposal is under active consideration by an assembly committee or by the assembly on 2nd reading, floor amendments may be drafted by members as provided by the chief clerk.

ar53(3) (3) Whenever a floor amendment on a form is adopted in committee, the chairperson shall forward a copy to the legislative reference bureau for review and redrafting. When the version of the amendment drafted by the legislative reference bureau is in satisfactory form, the chairperson shall deposit it in the chief clerk's office and the clerk shall substitute it for the original version.

[(intro.), (1), (2), (3) and (4)(intro.) and (b) am. 1995 A.Res. 2]
[(intro.), (2) and (4)(intro.) and (b) am. 1999 A.Res. 3]
[(intro.) am. 2001 A.Res. 3]
[(4) rp. 2013 A.Res. 3]

ar54 Assembly Rule 54. Germaneness of assembly amendments.

ar54(1) (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.

ar54(2) (2) Procedure: The presiding officer shall rule on the admissibility of any assembly amendment or assembly substitute amendment when the question of germaneness is raised, but any such question is not in order once the amendment is adopted.

ar54(3) (3) Assembly amendments that are not germane include:

ar54(3)(a) (a) One individual proposition amending another individual proposition.

ar54(3)(b) (b) A general proposition amending a specific proposition.

ar54(3)(c) (c) An amendment substantially similar to an amendment already acted upon.

ar54(3)(d) (d) An amendment: 1) amending a statute or session law when the purpose of the bill is limited to repealing the law; or 2) repealing a statute or session law when the purpose of the bill is limited to amending the law.

ar54(3)(e) (e) An amendment that negates the effect of another assembly amendment previously adopted.

ar54(3)(f) (f) An amendment that substantially expands the scope of the proposal.

ar54(3)(g) (g) An amendment to a bill when legislative action on that bill is by law limited to passage, concurrence, indefinite postponement, or nonconcurrence as introduced.

ar54(3)(h) (h) An amendment to a resolution confirming a nomination for appointment under rule 51m.

ar54(4) (4) Amendments that are germane include:

ar54(4)(a) (a) A specific provision amending a general provision.

ar54(4)(b) (b) An amendment that accomplishes the same purpose in a different manner.

ar54(4)(c) (c) An amendment limiting the scope of the proposal.

ar54(4)(d) (d) An amendment adding appropriations necessary to fulfill the original intent of a bill.

ar54(4)(e) (e) An amendment relating only to particularized details.

ar54(4)(f) (f) An amendment that changes the effective date of a repeal, reduces the scope of a repeal, or adds a short-term nonstatutory transitional provision to facilitate a repeal.

ar54(5) (5) An amendment to an amendment must be germane to both the amendment and the original proposal.

[(1) am. 1995 A.Res. 2]

ar55 Assembly Rule 55. Sequence of considering amendments.

ar55(1) (1) Before a proposal is ordered engrossed and read the 3rd time, amendments to that proposal shall be considered in the following sequence:

ar55(1)(a) (a) Substitute amendments offered before the present consideration of the proposal shall be considered beginning with the substitute amendment most recently received.