readings required 41
referred to standing committee, next calendar,
or committee on rules, unless privileged 42 (1)(a)
relating to rules of assembly
(majority of current membership) 89
relating to rules of assembly: taken up on 2nd legislative
day after introduction 43 (2)
rereferred to committee 13 (1)(am), 42 (3)(c), 45
special orders of business established by (12 hours
notice required) 33 (4)
to reprimand, censure, or expel a member, procedure
21, 43 (3)
Assistant majority, minority leader:
duties 2 (1), (2)
election, removal, term 2 (1)
member of:
committee on assembly organization
9 (3)
committee on rules 24 (1)
presides, when 4 (1)
Attendance, roll call vote taken, must be in chairs
30 (1)
Audit, committee on, see also s. 13.53, stats. 9 (5)
Authority of rules of assembly, see also
art. IV, sec. 8, Wis. Con. 91
Ayes and noes on roll call vote shown in journal
76 (9)
B
Bill:
changes not permitted 39 (3)
committee introduction of 18 (5)
copies to be available 24 hours before consideration
35 (1)
copies to be public 24 hours before executive action 17d
corrective amendment by committee on
assembly organization 23 (2), (3)
definition of “bill" 95 (7)
division not proper 80 (4)
enacting or enabling clause, inserted when missing
36 (1)(b)
granting rule‐making authority, relating clause
36 (1)(c)
how treated when introduced 40
legislative reference bureau to prepare
39 (2)
making an appropriation, relating clause
36 (1)(c)
point of order under advisement: removed from
consideration 62 (3)(b)
presentation of 39
providing penalty, relating clause
36 (1)(c)
question on 2nd reading 75 (1)(a)
question on 3rd reading 48, 75 (1)(b)
reading at length, required when rules suspended
for immediate consideration before
copies are available 35 (1)
receives 3 readings on separate and nonconsecutive
legislative days 40, 46, 48
referred to standing committee, special committee,
to next calendar, or to committee on rules 42 (1)(a)
rereferred to committee 13 (1)(am), 42 (3)(c), 45
return to 2nd reading 73m
speaker refers to standing committee, special committee,
to next calendar, or to committee on rules 42 (1)(a)
special and extraordinary session:
advancement to 3rd reading and
messaging by vote of majority
present and voting 93 (7)
germaneness to call 93 (1)
introduction by committees on finance,
organization, rules, or JCOER 93 (2)
stage (definition) 95 (85)
suspending administrative rule, to be considered within
40 days 33 (7)
Blanks, available from chief clerk for:
certificates by legislature or by assembly
(see joint rule 7) 96, 97 (5)
floor amendments by assembly or committee
53 (2), (3)
pairs 79
Budget and other bills may be referred simultaneously
to joint survey committees and to joint committee on
finance, see also s. 13.093 (2)(b), stats. 42 (1)(c)
Bulletin of committee hearings, see
Schedule of committee activities
Bulletin of proceedings (histories and indexes):
chief clerk supervises preparation of histories,
see also Joint Rules 76 and 78
5 (1)(b), (c)
legislative reference bureau prepares indexes,
see Joint Rules 77 and 78
sergeant at arms supervises provision to members
6 (1)(c)
Business, regular orders of 31
C
Calendar:
business referred to 24 (3)(b), 42 (1)(a), 43 (2), 45, 46 (5), 73 (3)(a), (4)(a), 74
chief clerk supervises provision to members
5 (1)(bm)
committee reports shown for proposals on 2nd reading
29 (1)(c)
definition of “calendar"
95 (8)
delayed calendar, debate limited: 5 min/member,
20 min/question 60 (1)
furnished to members at least 24 hours
before being acted upon; exception 29 (3)
not required for special, extended, or extraordinary session
proposals 93 (4)
lists motions for reconsideration and name of each
maker 29 (1)(b)
lists proposals by name of author and relating clause
29 (1)(a)
lists regular orders of business
29 (1)
lists special orders of business
29 (1)(d)
preparation by chief clerk under
supervision of committee on rules 5 (1)(b), (r), 29 (1), (2)
proposal withdrawn from committee on rules placed on
15 (5)
published routinely for Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (except holidays)
29 (2)
second reading proposals, calendar shows
all pending committee reports 29 (1)(c)
special and extraordinary sessions, measures
referred to: may be taken up immediately 93 (4)
unfinished calendars taken up prior to 5th order of
business 29 (4)
veto, how referred to 24 (5), 44
Call of the assembly (or “call of the house")
83 to 88
adjournment may be moved while assembly is under call
70 (1)
adjournment terminates call (roll call required)
86 (3), 87 (3)
call may be moved while motion to adjourn is pending
83 (2)
cannot be demanded while voting is in progress
83 (2)
chief clerk to call roll and furnish sergeant with list of
members absent without leave 85
definition of “call of the assembly"
95 (9)
expenses incurred in securing attendance may be
imposed on absent members 85 (2)
lifted when all reported absentees present or absent with
leave 87 (1)
