Wisconsin Legislature: Assembly Rule 18 Text

ar18(1) (1) The committee report shall indicate the actual numerical vote on the motion on which the recommendation is based; and the form of the report is as illustrated in the following example:

The committee on ..................... reports and recommends:

Assembly Resolution 10

A resolution relating to, etc.

Adoption: Ayes, 7; Noes, 1; Absent, 1.

Assembly Joint Resolution 50

A joint resolution relating to, etc.

Rejection: Ayes, 10; Noes, 1.

Assembly Bill 25

AN ACT (relating clause)

Passage: Ayes, 7; Noes, 3; Absent, 1.

Assembly Bill 30

AN ACT (relating clause)

Assembly amendment 1, adoption: Ayes, 11; Noes, 0.

Passage as amended: Ayes, 8; Noes, 3.

Assembly Bill 40

AN ACT (relating clause)

Assembly substitute amendment 1, adoption: Ayes, 6; Noes, 5.

Passage as amended: Ayes, 6; Noes, 5.

Assembly Bill 50

AN ACT (relating clause)

Indefinite postponement: Ayes, 8; Noes, 1.

Senate Bill 10

AN ACT (relating clause)

Concurrence: Ayes, 9; Noes, 0.

Senate Bill 20

AN ACT (relating clause)

Assembly substitute amendment 1, adoption: Ayes, 9; Noes, 1;
Absent, 1.

Concurrence as amended: Ayes, 9; Noes, 2.

Senate Bill 30

AN ACT (relating clause)

Nonconcurrence: Ayes, 9; Noes, 0.

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Chairperson

ar18(2) (2) A committee may accept or offer a simple amendment or a substitute amendment and recommend its adoption.

ar18(3) (3) Any amendment referred to a standing committee shall be reported out of committee only if adoption is recommended. An amendment not reported may, upon motion and a majority vote of those present, be revived by the assembly while the proposal is in an amendable stage.

ar18(4) (4) The report of the committee shall be reproduced in the journal.

ar18(5) (5) Whenever a committee introduces or offers a proposal, it shall include in the jacket a report in the following form, and shall deposit the jacket with the chief clerk:

Assembly Bill...... (LRB-........ / ....)

AN ACT (relating clause)

Introduction: Ayes,.... ; Noes,.... .

ar19 Assembly Rule 19. Committee report without recommendation.

ar19(1)(1) A committee may report a proposal without recommendation only:

ar19(1)(a) (a) If a vote for passage, adoption, or concurrence is a tie; or

ar19(1)(b) (b) If successive motions for indefinite postponement, rejection, or nonconcurrence, and passage, adoption, or concurrence fail.

ar19(2) (2) When a recommendation is not made, the committee shall report as illustrated in the following example:

The committee on ..................... reports:

Assembly Resolution 40

A resolution relating, etc.

Without recommendation [rule 19].

Assembly Bill 90

AN ACT (relating clause)

Without recommendation [rule 19].

Senate Bill 50

AN ACT (relating clause)

Substitute amendment 1, adoption: Ayes, 11; Noes, 0.

Without recommendation [rule 19].

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Chairperson

ar19(3) (3) The report of the committee shall be reproduced in the journal. Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (2), the chief clerk shall record in the journal that a bill is reported without recommendation whenever the bill is withdrawn from committee under rule 15 (6) before the committee's vote on the bill.

ar20 Assembly Rule 20. Committee reports concerning proposed rules. Each committee to which a proposed administrative rule is referred under rule 3 (1) (r) shall submit a report within the review period specified in section 227.19 (4) (b) of the statutes in the form specified in this rule, authenticated by the personal signature of the chairperson or cochairpersons. The report of the committee shall be reproduced in the journal. Whenever a committee schedules a public hearing or meeting with an agency representative concerning a proposed rule, or whenever modifications to a proposed rule are agreed to be made or received, the committee shall submit an interim report. The form of the report is as follows:

ar20(1) (1) For standing committees:

The committee on .......... reports [and recommends]:

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