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Privileged motions and requests, definition   99 (59)
Proposal, definition   99 (60)
Public debt, bonding bill passage (majority of
elected membership)   12 (2)(f)
Public hearings, announced in schedule of committee
activities   27, 75
Q
Quorum, definition   99 (62)
Question before house: usually decided by the
majority of a quorum   12 (1), (3)
Question, definition   99 (61)
Quorum:
appropriation bills, quorum is 3/5 of elected membership,
ayes and noes required   11 (2)
generally   11 (1)
less than majority   11 (3)
vote required for banking bill, constitutional amendment,
expulsion of member, impeachment, judge or justice removal, retirement benefits increase, state debt and bonding, or
veto override   12 (2)
R
Recalling bill for further action:
from governor, joint resolution required   5
from other house, joint resolution required   6
Recede from amendment   2
Recess, definition   99 (63)
Recess in session for more than 3 days, joint resolution
required   13
Reconciliation of mutually inconsistent acts:
bill may include explanative notes   59
organization committee of either
house may offer bill for   81m (2)(b), 82 (1m)(d)
Reconsideration, definition   99 (64)
Regular order of business, definition   99 (65)
Regular session, definition   99 (66)
Rejection, definition   99 (67)
Relating clause (part of bill title), how treated in
amendment   52 (7)
Remain informal, definition   99 (68)
Report of committee on proposal or administrative rule   31
joint committee minority report   31 (3)
reproduction of materials, see copying
Request, definition   99 (69)
Rescind, definition   99 (70)
Resolution, definition   99 (71)
Resolution:
approval and jacketing of draft   54
carried forward to even‐numbered year, which   83 (3)
citation, when used in lieu of   7
clerical correction in, by chief clerk or legislative
reference bureau   56
enabling clause required   56 (3)(a)
engrossed copy, chief clerk may order reproduction of   63
history, information recorded   32 (1)
index to, published by subject and author   77 (1), (2)
introduction:
by request, name to be recorded   55 (2)
four copies required   54 (2)
prohibited following last general
business floorperiod   83 (5)
veto review session, by organization committee of
either house   82 (1m)(f)
jacket, identification of regular or special session   79 (2), (3)
joint, to adjourn for more than 3 days   13
to rescind, amend, or suspend joint rules   96
quantity reproduced   62
Retirement:
bill to increase benefits (vote of 3/4 of
all members elected to both houses
required)   12 (2)(am)
budget bill provision analyzed by joint survey committee   41 (1)(b)
chief clerks as retirement agents for members and
employees   92
schedule of committee activities may announce meetings
of research, joint survey committee   75
Revisor of statutes:
correction or revision bill may use descriptive
bill title   52 (1)(e)
display of text in revisor's bills   52 (5)(a), 64 (1)(a)
enrolled bill copies delivered to   60 (1)
explanative notes, may include in correction or
revision bill   59
limited-business floorperiod, may submit correction
and revision bills   81m (2)(a)
reproduction of notes with statutes, supervises   59
veto review session, may submit correction and
revision bills   82 (1m)(c)
Roll call day, definition   99 (73)
Roll call vote, definition   99 (74)
Roll call vote required:
appropriation bill (quorum of 3/5 of the members
elected required)   11 (2)
conference report approval (majority of quorum or
qualified majority)   3 (1)(b), (c)
constitutional amendment:
United States constitution (quorum of majority of
current membership required)   58 (2)
Wisconsin constitution (majority of elected
membership)   12 (2)(f)
expulsion of member (2/3 vote of members
elected required)   12 (2)(b)
fiscal bills defined (quorum of 3/5 of the members
elected required)   11 (2)
impeachment:
investigation by assembly (majority of elected
membership)   12 (2)(g)
trial by senate (2/3 vote of the members
elected required)   12 (2)(e)
joint rules: amend, create, or repeal, or suspend
(majority of the members elected)   96
judge, removal by address of the legislature (2/3 vote
required)   12 (2)(c)
pension bills (3/4 vote of all members elected to
both houses required)   12 (2)(am)
reproducing additional copies of proposal (majority of
quorum of actual membership)   62 (2)
state debt and bonding (majority of elected
membership)   12 (2)(f)
suspending joint rule (2/3 vote or unanimous consent)   96 (3)
veto override (2/3 of members present)   12 (2)(d)
Rules, joint, of senate and assembly:
amend, create, or repeal, or suspend (majority of the
members elected)   96
constitutional grant of authority, each house determines
its rules   10
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