Amendment ASA1-AR12

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2019 - 2020 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 12

October 10, 2019 - Offered by Representatives Anderson, Hintz, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Doyle, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Considine, Crowley, Emerson, Fields, Goyke, Gruszynski, Haywood, Hebl, Kolste, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, L. Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Stubbs, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vining, Vruwink and Zamarripa.

AR12-ASA1,1,2 To amend assembly rule 11 (4); and to create assembly rule 11 (12); relating to: the assembly rules.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This substitute amendment to the resolution amends the assembly rules to provide that it is in the interest of the assembly to fully comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and its reasonable accommodation standard. To that end, the rules are amended to provide that during a biennial session, the chairperson of a standing committee must allow a member of the committee to participate in a committee meeting by telephone or by other means of telecommunication or electronic communication, and be considered present for all purposes, including voting, if several things occur. First, the member has contacted the legislature's human resources office in the biennial session and has informed that office that the member has a disability. Second, the human resources office certifies in writing that the member has a disability and provides a copy of the certification to the speaker and minority leader.

AR12-ASA1,1,3 Resolved by the assembly, That:

AR12-ASA1,1 Section 1 . Assembly rule 11 (4) is amended to read:

AR12-ASA1,2,5 Assembly Rule 11 (4) Except as provided in sub. subs. (5) (a) and (12), all committee votes shall be taken in the presence of the committee. A member may not be recorded as voting unless the member is present at the committee session when the vote is taken. This subsection shall not apply to the committee on assembly organization when the committee is voting by ballot.

AR12-ASA1,2 Section 2 . Assembly rule 11 (12) is created to read:

AR12-ASA1,2,12 Assembly Rule 11 (12) It is in the interest of the assembly to fully comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and its reasonable accommodation standard. During a biennial session, the chairperson of a standing committee shall allow a member of the committee to participate in a committee meeting by telephone or by other means of telecommunication or electronic communication, and be considered present for all purposes, including voting, if all of the following have occurred:

AR12-ASA1,2,14 (a) The member has contacted the legislature's human resources office in the biennial session and has informed that office that the member has a disability.

AR12-ASA1,2,16 (b) The human resources office certifies in writing that the member has a disability and provides a copy of the certification to the speaker and minority leader.

AR12-ASA1,2,17 (End)