sr25(4)(am) (am) A committee may not conduct an executive session on a proposal, amendment, appointment, or proposed administrative rule by ballot unless the proposal, amendment, appointment, or proposed administrative rule has lain over for at least 24 hours. The committee on senate organization may determine that for good cause such a layover is impossible or impractical. In no case, however, may a proposal, amendment, appointment, or proposed administrative rule be made available to the public less than 2 hours before a ballot is circulated. The ballots shall be in a form prescribed by the chief clerk. A member may change his or her vote if the change will not affect the outcome of the vote and if the proposal, amendment, appointment, or proposed administrative rule has not been reported out of committee. In no case, however, may a member change his or her vote later than 24 hours after the ballot is due as provided in the executive session notice.

sr25(4)(b) (b) If a chairperson of a committee elects to vote by ballot under par. (am), public notice shall be posted on the bulletin board of each house prior to the circulation of the ballot as provided under sub. (1) (b) and (d). The notice shall indicate the day and hour when the ballot will be circulated and the number, author, and relating clause of each proposal to be considered. If unintroduced legislation will be considered, the notice shall indicate the draft number assigned to the legislation by the legislative reference bureau and the relating clause of the legislation, and shall indicate that copies of the draft legislation are available at the chief clerk's office. The chairperson shall provide a copy of the draft legislation to the chief clerk before posting the notice. The chief clerk shall make available a copy of the draft legislation to any person who requests a copy.

sr25(5) (5) Unless otherwise ordered by the chairperson, an individual in any room in which a senate meeting is being conducted:

sr25(5)(a) (a) Shall be quiet at all times.

sr25(5)(b) (b) Shall be seated at all times.

sr25(5)(c) (c) May not display signs or other objects.

sr25(6) (6) Insofar as applicable, the rules of the senate apply to the procedures of standing committees and special committees.

[(1) am. 1995 S.Res. 2]
[am. 2001 S.Res. 2]
[am. 2005 S.Res. 2]
[(4) cr. 2007 S.Res. 2]
[(1)(b) and (4)(a) am. 2009 S.Res. 2]
[(4)(am) cr. 2009 S.Res. 2]
[(4)(b) r.cr. 2009 S.Res. 2]
[(1)(a) am.; (5) and (6) cr. 2013 S.Res. 3]
[(4)(am) and (b) am. 2015 S.Res. 2]
[(1)(a) rp.; (4)(a) r.cr. 2017 S.Res. 2]
[(4)(b) am. 2021 S.Res. 8]

sr26 Senate Rule 26. Schedule of committee activities. The chairperson of each senate committee shall file with the chief clerk a copy of each notice of a public hearing or executive session before that committee in accordance with rule 25 (1). The chairperson shall file the copy of the notice with the chief clerk immediately after posting the notice. All such notices shall be published, on a daily basis, on the legislature's website.

sr27 Senate Rule 27. Committee reports.

sr27(1)(1) The chairperson of the committee to which any proposal is referred shall report, in the format specified by the chief clerk, the action of the committee and the date thereof, and shall authenticate the same by personal signature.

sr27(2) (2) Each committee to which a proposed administrative rule is referred under rule 46 (2) (am) shall submit a report within the review period specified in section 227.19 (4) (b) of the statutes in the form specified in this rule, authenticated by the personal signature of the chairperson or cochairpersons. Whenever a committee schedules a public hearing or a meeting with an agency representative concerning a proposed rule, or whenever modifications to a proposed rule are agreed to be made or received, the committee shall notify the chief clerk of the date of the event or action and this shall be recorded in the history file for the proposed administrative rule.

sr27(3) (3) Any amendment or substitute amendment submitted to a standing committee for the committee's consideration shall be reported out of committee only if adoption is recommended or if sub. (4) applies. An amendment or substitute amendment not reported out of committee may, upon motion, be revived by the vote of the majority of the members present while the proposal is still in the amendable stage.

sr27(4)(a)(a) A committee may report out a proposal or appointment without recommendation only if the vote is tied. The committee report shall indicate the numerical vote on the motion on which the recommendation is based.

sr27(4)(b)(b) Notwithstanding par. (a), the chief clerk shall record in the journal that a proposal is reported without recommendation whenever the proposal is withdrawn from committee under rule 18 or 41 (1) (d).

sr27(5) (5) Whenever a proposal is reported by or withdrawn from committee, all amendments or substitute amendments to the proposal shall remain in the jacket envelope regardless of the committee's action thereon.

sr27(6) (6) If a committee reports out an amendment or substitute amendment to a proposal that is rereferred to another committee, the succeeding committee's action on the proposal shall supersede the prior committee's action for purposes of consideration of the proposal on the senate floor. This subsection shall not apply to proposals referred to and withdrawn from the joint committee on finance by the committee on senate organization under rule 41 (1) (e).

[(2), (4)(b) and (6) cr., (3), (4)(a) and (5) rn. 1981 S.Res. 2]
[(2), (4) and (5) am. 2001 S.Res. 2]
[(1), (3) and (4) am. 2003 S.Res. 3]
[(1), (2), (3) and (4)(b) am. 2005 S.Res. 2]
[(6) cr. 2007 S.Res. 2]
[(2) and (6) am. 2009 S.Res. 2]

sr28 Senate Rule 28. Minority reports. Any member or members dissenting from a report of a committee may make a separate report stating the reasons and conclusions; and all reports, if decorous in language and respectful to the senate, shall be entered at length on the journal. Any minority report must be filed on the same or the next legislative day as the majority report or recommendation.

sr29 Senate Rule 29. Copies of proposals. The primary author of a proposal to be introduced or offered shall present copies of it to the chief clerk, enclosed in a jacket envelope as provided in rule 30.

sr30 Senate Rule 30. Filing of proposals.

sr30(1)(1) The legislative reference bureau shall provide jacket envelopes of a suitable size to hold a proposal and the papers pertaining thereto, respectively, without folding or rolling. The clerk may not file any paper for any purpose, the cover of which has been either folded or rolled. The jacket envelopes must be distinguishable from those of the assembly by color.

sr30(2) (2) The legislative reference bureau shall enter the relating clause and drafting number of the proposal on the envelope, and the clerk shall enter the proposal number, the date on which it is introduced or offered, the name of the member or committee introducing or offering it, and the name of the committee of reference in the history file for the proposal. Only those documents specified by the chief clerk may be placed in the envelope.