Chapter 4:
CLERICAL PROCEDURES
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oint Rule 31.
Record of committee proceedings. jr31(1)(1) The chairperson or acting chairperson of each committee of the legislature shall keep a record of the committee's proceedings containing the following information:
jr31(1)(a)
(a) The date, time, place, and subject of each hearing, and of each meeting of the committee.
jr31(1)(b)
(b) The attendance of committee members at each meeting.
jr31(1)(c)
(c) The name of each person appearing before the committee, with the name of the person or persons and the name of the group or organization on whose behalf the appearance is made.
jr31(1)(d)
(d) The vote of each member on all motions, proposals, amendments, appointments, or administrative rules acted upon.
jr31(2)
(2) The record shall be ready and approved before the expiration of 10 days after each committee meeting or at the next regular meeting of the committee, whichever is earlier.
jr31(3)
(3) Any member of a joint committee who is opposed to the committee's majority report may, at the time of the committee's final vote on the matter, notify the chairperson of his or her intent to file a minority report and may then file the report with the chairperson no later than the 2nd business day after the vote. For any joint committee or committee of conference the committee report, including any minority report, may be provided to the members as decided by the presiding officer for each house.
jr31(4)
(4) The committee shall file, in the jacket envelope of every proposal, appointment, or administrative rule reported by it, the original record of the committee's proceedings containing the information compiled under sub.
(1) for the proposal, appointment, or administrative rule.
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Joint Rule 32.
Certification of passage of, or adoption of and concurrence in, proposals. jr32(1)(1) The chief clerk of each house shall supervise the entry of actions by that house in the history file for any proposal. The chief clerk of each house shall include the history entries in the jacket envelope before submitting the jacket to the chief clerk of the other house. The entries shall include the following:
jr32(1)(a)
(a) The number and relating clause of the proposal.
jr32(1)(b)
(b) The name of the member, members, or committee introducing or offering the proposal.
jr32(1)(c)
(c) If appropriate, the name of the individual or organization requesting the proposal.
jr32(1)(d)
(d) The dates of introduction, reference to committee, and all subsequent actions pertaining to the proposal, including any motion to end debate of the proposal.
jr32(1)(e)
(e) If appropriate, the date on which a fiscal estimate is received.
jr32(1)(f)
(f) The date of each public hearing.
jr32(1)(g)
(g) The date and resolution number of any request, approved by that house, for an opinion of the attorney general, and the date on which the opinion was received.
jr32(1)(h)
(h) The date of any clerical correction in the proposal as authorized by joint rule
56.
jr32(1)(i)
(i) The date and authorizing chief clerk for any reproduction of a proposal with all adopted amendments engrossed therein or of any major amendment thereto as authorized by joint rule
63.
jr32(1)(j)
(j) Any other appropriate information, as determined by the chief clerk.
jr32(3)
(3) Each house shall provide by rule the manner by which the passage by or adoption of and concurrence in that house of proposals are certified.
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Joint Rule 33.
Book of enrolled bills. jr33(1)(1) The chief clerk of each house shall keep a book in which the chief clerk enters the date on which any enrolled bill, originating in that house, is presented to the governor for approval. The chief clerk's entry shall show the number of the bill, and shall be countersigned by an employee of the office of the governor.
jr33(2)
(2) The books shall similarly show the day of deposit in the office of the secretary of state of bills that become law without the signature of the governor, of bills passed notwithstanding the objections of the governor, and of resolutions required to be published.