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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE
January 7, 2019 - Introduced by Joint Committee on Legislative Organization.
SJR1,1,1 1Relating to: the session schedule for the 2019-2020 biennial session period.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This joint resolution establishes a session schedule for the 2019-2020 biennial
session of the legislature.
Proposed 2019-2020 Session Schedule at a Glance
January 7, 2019     2019 Inauguration
January 15, 2019     Floorperiod
January 22 to 24, 2019     Floorperiod
February 12 to 14, 2019     Floorperiod
March 5 to 7, 2019     Floorperiod
April 9 to 11, 2019     Floorperiod
April 25, 2019     Bills sent to Governor
May 14 to 16, 2019     Floorperiod
June 4 to 28, 2019, OR budget passage   Floorperiod
August 1, 2019     Nonbudget Bills sent to Governor
August 1, 2019 (or later)     Budget Bill sent to Governor
September 17 to 26, 2019     Floorperiod
October 8 to 10, 2019     Floorperiod
November 5 to 14, 2019     Floorperiod
December 5, 2019     Bills sent to Governor
January 14 to 23, 2020     Floorperiod
February 11 to 20, 2020     Floorperiod
March 24 to 26, 2020     Last general-business Floorperiod
April 16, 2020     Bills sent to Governor

April 21 to 23, 2020     Limited-business Floorperiod
April 30, 2020     Bills sent to Governor
May 12 and 13, 2020     Veto Review Floorperiod
March 27, 2020, to January 4, 2021   Interim, committee work
May 27, 2020     Bills sent to Governor
January 4, 2021     2021 Inauguration
SJR1,2,1 1Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That:
SJR1,1 2Section 1 . 2019-2020 session schedule. (1) Biennial session period. The
3legislature declares that the biennial session period of the 2019 Wisconsin
4legislature began on Monday, January 7, 2019, and that the biennial session period
5ends at noon on Monday, January 4, 2021.
SJR1,2,116 (2) Scheduled floorperiods and committee work periods. (a) Unreserved
7days.
Unless reserved under this subsection as a day to conduct an organizational
8meeting or to be part of a scheduled floorperiod of the legislature, every day of the
9biennial session period is designated as a day for committee activity and is available
10to extend a scheduled floorperiod, convene an extraordinary session, or take senate
11action on appointments as permitted by joint rule 81.
SJR1,2,1412 (b) Inauguration. Pursuant to section 13.02 (1) of the statutes, the
13inauguration of the members of the 2019 legislature, and the organizing for business
14of the 2 houses, commences at 2 p.m. on Monday, January 7, 2019.
SJR1,2,1615 (c) Floorperiod. A floorperiod commences on Tuesday, January 15, 2019, at 10
16a.m., and ends on January 15, 2019.
SJR1,2,1817 (d) Floorperiod. A floorperiod commences on Tuesday, January 22, 2019, at 10
18a.m., and, unless adjourned earlier, ends on Thursday, January 24, 2019.
SJR1,2,2019 (e) Floorperiod. A floorperiod commences on Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at
2010 a.m., and ends on Thursday, February 14, 2019.
SJR1,3,2
1(f) Floorperiod. A floorperiod commences on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at 10 a.m.,
2and, unless adjourned earlier, ends on Thursday, March 7, 2019.
SJR1,3,43 (g) Floorperiod. A floorperiod commences on Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at 10 a.m.,
4and, unless adjourned earlier, ends on Thursday, April 11, 2019.
SJR1,3,95 (h) Bills to governor. No later than Thursday, April 25, 2019, at 4:30 p.m., the
6chief clerk of each house shall submit to the governor for executive action thereon all
7enrolled bills originating in the chief clerk's house and having been passed by both
8houses, in regular, extraordinary, or special session, on or before Thursday, April 11,
92019.
SJR1,3,1110 (i) Floorperiod. A floorperiod commences on Tuesday, May 14, 2019, at 10 a.m.,
11and, unless adjourned earlier, ends on Thursday, May 16, 2019.
SJR1,3,1512 (j) Floorperiod. A floorperiod commences on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at 10 a.m.,
13and, unless adjourned earlier, ends on Friday, June 28, 2019, but this floorperiod may
14not be adjourned until the general fund executive budget bill has been passed by both
15houses.
SJR1,3,2016 (k) Nonbudget bills to governor. No later than Thursday, August 1, 2019, at 4:30
17p.m., the chief clerk of each house shall submit to the governor for executive action
18thereon all enrolled bills, except the general fund executive budget bill, originating
19in the chief clerk's house and having been passed by both houses, in regular,
20extraordinary, or special session, on or before Friday, July 26, 2019.
SJR1,4,221 (L) Budget bill to governor. No later than the later of Thursday, August 1, 2019,
22at 4:30 p.m., or 4:30 p.m. on the 4th Thursday after the general fund executive budget
23bill is passed by both houses in identical form, the chief clerk of each house shall
24submit to the governor for executive action thereon any enrolled general fund

1executive budget bill originating in the chief clerk's house and having been passed
2by both houses, in regular, extraordinary, or special session.
SJR1,4,43 (m) Floorperiod. A floorperiod commences on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, at
410 a.m., and, unless adjourned earlier, ends on Thursday, September 26, 2019.
SJR1,4,65 (n) Floorperiod. A floorperiod commences on Tuesday, October 8, 2019, at 10
6a.m., and, unless adjourned earlier, ends on Thursday, October 10, 2019.
SJR1,4,87 (o) Floorperiod. A floorperiod commences on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, at 10
8a.m., and, unless adjourned earlier, ends on Thursday, November 14, 2019.
SJR1,4,139 (p) Bills to governor. No later than Thursday, December 5, 2019, at 4:30 p.m.,
10the chief clerk of each house shall submit to the governor for executive action thereon
11all enrolled bills originating in the chief clerk's house and having been passed by both
12houses, in regular, extraordinary, or special session, on or before Thursday,
13November 14, 2019.
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