sr99(44) (44) Main motions and questions: The final affirmative question concerning a proposal during any stage of its consideration or a motion made or question raised when no other matter is before the house. Main questions have lower precedence than privileged, incidental, and subsidiary questions.

sr99(45) (45) Majority: One more than one-half.

sr99(46) (46) Manual: The publication containing the rules of a house, the joint rules, the session schedule, the state constitution, alphabetical indexes, and other materials relevant to a legislator's job.

sr99(47) (47) Member: A duly elected senator or representative to the assembly.

sr99(48) (48) Members present: Those members in attendance at a daily meeting of the senate.

sr99(48m) (48m) Measure: Another term for proposal.

sr99(49) (49) Motion: A proposed action requiring approval by a vote of a house.

sr99(50) (50) Nonconcurrence: The refusal of one house to agree to a proposal, amendment, or action of the other.

sr99(50m) (50m) Offer: The formal presentation of a joint resolution, resolution, substitute amendment, amendment, or motion before a house [see also sub. (36)].

sr99(51) (51) Opinion of the attorney general: A formal reply by the attorney general to a specific question.

sr99(52) (52) Pair: A written agreement between 2 members on opposite sides of a question not to vote on that question while one or both are absent with leave, which permits the absent member to influence the outcome of a vote.

sr99(53) (53) Parliamentary inquiry: A request for an explanation of a legislative rule or proceeding.

sr99(53m) (53m) Partisan caucus: A conference convened by 2 or more members of a political party to discuss business related to the organization or agenda of that party within the legislature or to discuss any matter pending in or proposed for introduction in the legislature. To facilitate bipartisan cooperation, the members who convened the conference may permit members of another political party to attend.

sr99(54) (54) Passage: Final approval in the first house of a bill introduced in that house if referring to action of one house and final approval of both houses of a bill introduced in either house if referring to action of both houses [see also subs. (3) and (16)].

sr99(55) (55) Petition: A request that one of the houses take a particular course of action.

sr99(56) (56) Point of order: A request that the presiding officer rule on some matter of parliamentary procedure.

sr99(57) (57) Precedent: A previous ruling, decision, or action used to interpret legislative rules.

sr99(57d) (57d) President: A member of the senate, elected by the membership to preside over the senate and carry out the duties as described in the senate rules, the joint rules, and the statutes.

sr99(57m) (57m) President pro tempore: A member of the senate, elected by the membership to carry out the duties of the president in his or her absence until the return of the president or until a president is elected.

sr99(57p) (57p) Presiding officer: The person presiding over the senate or assembly in daily session [see also subs. (11), (57d), and (57m)].

sr99(59) (59) Privileged motions and requests: A group of motions and requests relating to basic questions concerning the meetings, organization, rules, rights, and duties of the senate or assembly and its members and having the highest precedence for consideration. Privileged motions and requests take precedence over incidental, subsidiary, and main questions.

sr99(60) (60) Proposal: A resolution, joint resolution, or bill put before a house for consideration.

sr99(61) (61) Question: A statement before one of the houses for decision.

sr99(62) (62) Quorum: A majority of the current senate membership, unless otherwise required by the state constitution.

sr99(63) (63) Recess: A temporary suspension of business during a roll call day.

sr99(64) (64) Reconsideration: A motion to nullify a decision and again consider and vote on the question involved.

sr99(65) (65) Regular order of business: The regular sequence of deliberations on any legislative day.

sr99(66) (66) Regular session: The biennial session of the legislature established by the constitution and by section 13.02 of the statutes. The Wisconsin legislature convenes in the capitol on the first Monday of January in each odd-numbered year at 2 p.m. to take the oath of office, to select officers, and to organize itself for the conduct of its business, but if the first Monday falls on January 1 or 2, the legislature organizes on January 3. Daily meetings begin in January of each year and continue throughout the biennial session until the final adjournment of the biennial session.