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Introduction and offering of proposals, see Assembly
resolution, Bill, Joint resolution
Item veto, see Veto
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Jefferson's manual applicable when no specific assembly
or joint rule governs procedures, unless inconsistent
with constitutional or statutory provisions
  91 (1)
Jobs, economy, and small business, committee on
(standing committee)
  9 (1)(p)
Joint committee for review of administrative rules (JCRAR), see
Administrative rules
Joint committee on employment relations (JCOER), see
Employment relations committee, assembly and joint
Joint committee on finance, see Finance committee, assembly and joint
Joint committee on information policy and technology, see Information
policy and technology, committee on
Joint convention, see also Joint Rule 1:
assembly chief clerk acts as chief clerk of   32 (2)
definition of “joint convention"   95 (37)
interrupts business of the assembly   32 (2)
senate president (or speaker) presides   32 (2)
Joint hearing (definition)   95 (38)
Joint resolution:
copies to be provided 24 hours before consideration
unless privileged
  35 (1)
definition of “joint resolution"   95 (39)
division not proper   80 (4)
executive action, 24 hours after proposal public   17d
introduction by committee   18 (5)
presentation of   39
privileged when relating to members, procedures, or
organization   43 (1)
proposing amendment to Wisconsin constitution:
question on 3rd reading   75 (1)(b)
receives 3 readings before adoption   41 (2)
second consideration, what may be amended, see
Joint Rule 57 (2)
ratifying amendment to U.S. constitution   41 (2)
readings required   41
referred to standing committee, special committee,
next calendar, or committee on rules, unless privileged
  42
relating to legislative rules (roll call required;
a majority of current membership required
to adopt)
  43 (2), 89
rereferred to committee   13 (1)(am), 42 (3)(c), 45
stating question of adoption or concurrence   75 (1)(b)
to recall proposal (after passage) for further action   23 (3), 51
Joint rules:
definition of “joint rules"   95 (40)
together with assembly rules govern parliamentary practice   91
Joint session, see Joint convention
Joint survey committee:
bills may not be withdrawn from   15 (1)(a)
referral of bill returned by standing committee and
committee on rules
  24 (3)(a)
referral of proposal to one or more, simultaneously   42 (1)(b)
report to be read at length if not provided   35 (3)
Journal, see also art. IV, sec. 10, Wis. Con.:
chief clerk's or legislative reference bureau's corrections
in legislative proposal
  36
communications included in journal by order of
assembly or presiding officer   37 (2)
conforms to rules and directives by committee on
assembly organization
  38
definition of “journal"   95 (41)
gives daily list of those present or absent   30 (1)
may note fact that member wished to be recorded
on roll call   76 (8)
preparation supervised by chief clerk   5 (1)(b)
roll call record to show names and totals   76 (9)
Judiciary and ethics, committee on (standing committee)   9 (1)(q)
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Labor and workforce development, committee on
(standing committee)   9 (1)(r)
Last general-business floorperiod, final legislative day:
reconsideration motion taken up by majority
vote of members present and voting
  73 (3)(b)
Lay on table, see Table, motion to
Leave (definition), see also Absence, leave of   95 (42)
Leaving chamber: no member to leave
while assembly under call
  84
Leaving floor: no member to cross or leave
while presiding officer is addressing assembly
  26 (2)
Legislative citation, see Certificate   96
Legislative day (definition)   95 (43)
purpose of direct referral to calendar   42 (3)(c)
Legislative reference bureau, see also ss. 13.90 and 13.92, stats.:
committee's floor amendment, reviews and redrafts   53 (3)
correction in proposal:
authorized for wrong spelling, grammar, numbering,
or improper word use and wrong numbering
or referencing
  36 (1)(a)
enacting or enabling clause, inserts when missing   36 (1)(b)
titles of proposals, when required in   36 (1)(c)
drafts all proposals for introduction   39 (2), (3)
engrossed proposal, prepares for reproduction   5 (1)(f)
flaw in enrolled bill, notifies committee on assembly
organization   23 (2), (3)
inauguration day, duties of chief   5 (1)(a)
indexes to proposals by subject and author,
see Joint Rules 77 and 78
publishing assembly manual, assists chief clerk   94 (1)
required to make clerical corrections in proposals   36
Legislature, organization of, see art. IV, sections 7 to 20,
Wis. Con. and ss. 13.01 to 13.58, stats.
Lieutenant governor, confirmation   51m
Lifting a call of the assembly   87
Lobbyists do not have privilege of floor   25
Local affairs, committee on urban and
(standing committee)
  9 (1)(x)
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Main motions and questions (definition)   95 (44)
Main question on 2nd reading conforms to committee
recommendation; exceptions
  47
Majority:
definition of “majority"   95 (45)
special order: vote of members present to advance
to 3rd reading or message to senate
  33 (4)
vote of current membership to change rules (roll call required)   89
vote of current membership to lift call (roll call required)   87 (2)
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