Copies of proposals to be available at least 24 hours before
consideration 35 (1)
Copies of proposals to be public at least 24 hours before
committee vote 17d
Copying for assembly 38
Corrective amendment offered by committee on
assembly organization: proposal reverts
temporarily to engrossing stage 23 (2)
Criminal justice and corrections, committee on (standing
committee) 9 (1)(f)
Current membership (definition)
95 (20)
majority of, necessary quorum to transact business,
see Joint Rules 11 and 12 for exceptions
30 (2)
majority of, required to change assembly rules (roll call
required) 89
D
Dane County fund-raising events
98
Debate:
call of the assembly 83 (1)
documents, reading from during debate limited
59 (3)
ending, motion for (seconding required, roll call required) 71
incidental motions, requests and questions during
66
interruptions, purposes for which permitted
57
limited on delayed calendar: 5 min/member,
20 min/question 60 (1)
may be limited by resolution establishing special order
33 (1)
motions acted on without 67
on committee on rules; special order resolution, limit
5 min. pro/con 33 (3)
on motion for reconsideration allowed only if
question was debatable, limited to 3 min/member
73 (7)
privileged motions and requests during
65 (1)
questions in order during 57
recognition in (by district or municipality of
residence; not by name) 56 (1)
remarks to be confined to question, avoid personalities
56 (1)
speaking more than twice, or not from
assigned place (vote of two-thirds members
present required) 59 (1), (2)
special order resolution, adoption or rejection
(5 min/question) 33 (3)
subsidiary motions and requests during
65 (2)
tabling motion, debate limited to 10 min.
(2 min/member) 74 (2)
time limits 55m
Debate, motion to end:
acted on without debate 67, 71
call for not in order in committee of the whole
8 (2)
moving to end the debate 71
precedence of motion 65 (2)(b)
requires support of 15 members
71 (1)
roll call required 71
time limits 55m, 71m
Decorum:
eating, not permitted on floor or in galleries 26 (4)
members not to cross or leave floor while presiding
officer is speaking 26 (2)
microphones, possession and use 26 (7)
mobile radio service devices 26 (6)
newspaper reading, not permitted during
session on floor or in galleries 26 (3)
presiding officer to maintain order,
decorum, and quiet 3m (1)(f), 26 (1)
sergeant at arms carries out instructions concerning any
disturbance in chamber 6 (1)(g)
smoking, not permitted on floor or in galleries 26 (5)
Definitions, alphabetical list of major terms
95
Delete and substitute: proposition indivisible
80 (3)
Dilatory (definition) 95 (22)
Dilatory motions out of order 69
successive calls on same question not permitted
88
Dilatory use of motion to suspend rules not permitted
90 (5)
“Dipping" of bill through joint committee
on finance, see s. 13.093 (1), stats.
Division of the question:
bill, joint resolution, or resolution not divisible
80 (4)
definition of “division of the question"
95 (23)
motion or simple amendment divisible when containing
2 severable propositions 80 (1)
motion to delete and substitute is one
indivisible proposition 80 (3)
not to be used when amendment more clearly achieves
purpose 80 (2)
partial veto, how may be divided
80 (5), (6)
report of committee of conference not divisible,
see also Joint Rule 3 (3)
80 (4)
requesting a division is authorized interruption
57 (1)(h)
senate amendment received for assembly concurrence
not divisible 80 (4)
substitute amendment not divisible
80 (4)
veto of entire bill, may not be divided 80 (4)
Document provision to members, except calendars,
sergeant at arms supervises 6 (1)(c)
Documents, consent required to read from 59 (3), 90 (2)
Documents presented to assembly
37 (2)
Doors to assembly:
all rooms inside constitute “assembly chamber" (definition) 95 (6)
closed when call is ordered; members may not leave
84
Dress code, assembly floor 26 (9)
E
Eating, not permitted on floor or in galleries
26 (4)
Education, committee on (standing committee)
9 (1)(g)
Elected membership (definition)
95 (24)
Election of officers, midterm vacancy, see also art. IV, sec. 30,
and art. XIII, sec. 6, Wis. Con.; ss. 13.02 (1), 13.13,
13.15 (1), 13.18 (1), stats. 1
Election and campaign reform, committee
on (standing committee) 9 (1)(h)
Electric voting machine, see Roll call, Voting machine
Emergency statement: bill lacking required statement
not to be withdrawn from joint committee on finance
or committee on rules 15 (1)(b)
Employees of assembly:
anti-harassment and ethics training
6m
appointment, supervision 7
chief clerk, sergeant implement personnel
management system, see also
Joint Rule 91 5 (1)(t), 6 (1)(i)
social security, insurance, retirement records kept by
chief clerk 5 (1)(s)
Employment relations committee (JCOER), assembly and joint,
see also s. 13.111, stats. (standing committee) 9 (7)
permitted to introduce proposals in special, extended, or
extraordinary session 93 (2)
Enacting and enabling clause, inserted when omitted
36 (1)(b)
