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)
title:
form of 52 (1)
how treated in amendments 52 (7)
Sufficient seconds, definition 99 (89)
Supplemental fiscal estimate:
department of administration may submit when it disagrees
with agency estimate 41 (3)(c)
department of administration shall prepare when bill author
disagrees with agency estimate 41 (3)(f), 48 (3)
joint finance committee may require for bill
as amended 41 (3)(a)
legislative fiscal bureau shall prepare when bill author
disagrees with agency estimate 41 (3)(f), 48 (3)
presiding officer may require for bill as amended 41 (3)(b)
Suspension of joint rules:
not required for immediate consideration of overridden
veto received from other house 82 (3)
unanimous consent or 2/3 vote of members present
required 96 (3)
Suspension of the rules, definition 99 (90)
T
Tax exemption in budget bill, analyzed by joint survey
committee 41 (1)(b)
Time limits (5 or 10 working days) for fiscal
estimate preparation 42 (3), 46 (2)
Title of bill, how treated in amendment 52 (7)
Transportation projects committee, meetings announced
in schedule of committee activities 75
U
Unanimous consent, definition 99 (92)
Unanimous consent or by vote of 2/3 of members
present to suspend a joint rule
96 (2)
Unemployment reserve fund: bill affecting liability or
revenues of requires fiscal estimate 41 (1)(c)
United States constitution, ratification of amendment:
joint resolution, 3 readings, amending restricted 57
ratification vote 58 (2)
reproduced in session laws volume 66 (1)
Updated fiscal estimate, prepared when better information
becomes available 41 (3)(e)
V
Veto, definition 99 (93)
Veto override (2/3 of members present) 12 (2)(d)
chief clerk deposits bill with secretary of state 33 (2)
Veto review session 82
display of text in reconciliation bills 64 (1)(a)
failure to act on a veto sustains the veto or partial veto 82 (2)(b)
introduction of contract ratification bills by JCOER 82 (1m)(e)
introduction of reconciliation bills by organization
committee of either house 82 (1m)(d)
revisor's correction or revision bills 82 (1m)(c)
senate action on appointments 82 (1m)(b)
Voice vote, definition 99 (94)
Voting, roll call required:
appropriation bill (quorum of 3/5 of members elected
required) 11 (2)
conference report approval (majority of quorum or
qualified majority) 3 (1)(b), (c)
constitutional amendment:
United States constitution (vote of majority of current
membership) 58 (2)
Wisconsin constitution (majority of members
elected) 12 (2)(f)
expulsion of member (2/3 vote of members elected
required) 12 (2)(b)
fiscal bills defined (quorum of 3/5 of members
elected required) 11 (2)
impeachment:
investigation by assembly (majority of all members
elected) 12 (2)(g)
trial by senate (2/3 vote of members present
required) 12 (2)(e)
joint rules: amend, create, or repeal (majority of
elected membership) 96
joint rules: suspend (2/3 of members present or
unanimous consent) 96 (3)
judge, removal by address of the legislature
(2/3 vote of members elected required) 12 (2)(c)
