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
continuity of joint rules
97
definitions 99
resolution rescinding or changing not to be acted on
until copies made available to
members for 24 hours 96 (2)
suspension of joint rule (2/3 vote of members present or
unanimous consent) 96 (3)
Rules of procedure, definition 99 (75)
Ruling, definition 99 (76)
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Schedule of committee activities 75
Secretary of state:
enrolled bill or joint resolution, receives 4 copies 60 (1)
Senate chamber, definition 99 (77)
Senate organization, committee on, see also Committee on
organization (of either house):
approves meetings of senate standing committees
outside capitol 84 (1)
defines subject areas assigned to senate standing
committees 84 (3)
schedules session days for action on governor' appointments 81 (3)(b)
Sergeant at arms, definition 99 (78)
Service agencies, legislative: assist standing committees
with studies, investigations, or reviews 84 (4)
Session laws, biennial continuity of numbering sequence 79 (6)
Session schedule, general provisions 81 to 87
committees continue throughout biennial session 84
final adverse disposition of proposals after certain
floorperiods 83 (4)
floorperiods, extraordinary sessions 81 (2)
introduction and disposition of proposals 83
limited-business floorperiod 81m
limited-business floorperiod, JCRAR 81r, 83 (4)
periods of committee work 81 (3)
submitting approved bills to office of the governor 81 (4)
veto review session 82
Sine die adjournment, definition 99 (79)
Speaker, definition 99 (80)
Speaker of the assembly:
approves certain meetings of assembly standing
committees outside capitol 84 (1)
defines subject areas assigned to assembly standing
committees 84 (3)
facsimile signature on enrolled joint resolution 66 (2)
joint convention of legislature, presides if president
not present 1
retirement system agent for assembly chief clerk 92
unusual correction in legislation, may authorize 56 (3)
Speaker pro tempore, definition 99 (81)
Special committee, assembly, definition 99 (82)
Special order of business, assembly, definition 99 (83)
Special session, definition 99 (84)
Special session:
how identified on bill draft 79 (2)
introduction of proposals 83 (5)
limited to specified committees 81 (2)(c)
reproduction in advance of special session 81 (2)(c)
Stage, definition 99 (85)
Standing committee, definition 99 (86)
Standing committees, continue throughout biennium 84
State agencies:
authorized to use LRB drafting services 51 (2)
preparing fiscal estimates:
may not copy unintroduced legislation 42 (4)
time limits on preparation 42 (3), 46 (2)
State debt, bonding bill passage (majority of elected
membership) 12 (2)(f)
Statutes:
constitution sections affected by amendments ratified since last
statute publication, bulletin of proceedings shows
full text of 77 (7)
law to be incorporated into 53
no repeal by implication 52 (6)
Studies, investigations, and reviews by standing committees 84 (3)
Subject index to legislation, acts, lobbyists, and principals,
legislative reference bureau prepares 77
Subsidiary motions, definition 99 (87)
Substitute amendment, definition 99 (88)
Substitute amendment:
analyses 51m
chief clerk may order reproduced with all adopted
amendments engrossed 52 (7), 63
fiscal estimate not required 41 (2)(a), 48 (2)
numbering of Sections in bills and substitute
amendments 52 (4)
offered by request, name to be recorded 55 (2)
offering of, 4 copies required 54 (2)
supplemental fiscal estimate on bill as affected by, may
be requested:
by joint committee on finance 41 (3)(a)
by presiding officer on request of bill's author 41 (3)(b)
by primary author during 5‐day review of bill's
estimate 48 (2)
