sr99(12) (12) Chief clerk: The officer elected to perform and direct the clerical and personnel functions of one of the houses.

sr99(13) (13) Committee chairperson: The head of a committee.

sr99(14) (14) Committee executive action: The action of a committee on any proposal.

sr99(14m) (14m) Committee of conference: A committee of representatives to the assembly and of senators, appointed to resolve differences on a specific proposal.

sr99(15) (15) Committee of the whole: The membership of one house organized in committee for the discussion of a specific matter.

sr99(16) (16) Concurrence: The action by which one house agrees to a proposal or action of the other house [see also subs. (3) and (54)].

sr99(18) (18) Contested seat: A district in which 2 or more persons claim the right to represent the district.

sr99(20) (20) Current membership: The members of one of the houses, certified as elected in the last general election, omitting those who have subsequently resigned, have been removed, or have died.

sr99(22) (22) Dilatory: To delay.

sr99(23) (23) Division of the question: To break a question into 2 or more separate propositions.

sr99(24) (24) Elected membership: The members of one of the houses, certified as elected in the last general election, including those who have subsequently resigned, have been removed, or have died.

sr99(25) (25) Engrossed proposal: A proposal incorporating all adopted amendments and all approved technical corrections in the house of origin, whether or not it is reproduced as engrossed.

sr99(26) (26) Enrolled proposal: A proposal that was passed, or adopted, and concurred in, incorporating any amendments and corrections that were approved by both houses.

sr99(27) (27) Expunge: To remove material from the record and thus undo some senate action.

sr99(27m) (27m) Extraordinary session: The convening of the legislature by the assembly and senate committees on organization or by joint resolution of the legislature to accomplish the business specified in the action calling the session.

sr99(28) (28) Fiscal estimate: A memorandum pursuant to joint rules 41 to 50, explaining the impact of a bill on state or local finances.

sr99(29m) (29m) Floor of the senate: That portion of the senate chamber that is reserved for members, senate officers, and persons granted the privilege of the floor.

sr99(30) (30) Floor amendment: Any amendment offered for consideration at the 2nd reading stage, or for committee consideration, but not drafted by the legislative reference bureau.

sr99(31) (31) Germaneness: The relevance or appropriateness of amendments.

sr99(32) (32) Hearing: A committee meeting at which the public is invited to testify on a proposal or issue.

sr99(33) (33) History: A record of actions on a proposal.

sr99(33m) (33m) History file: The list of entries made by the chief clerk in the bulletin of proceedings, recording the actions of the legislature on a proposal.

sr99(34) (34) Incidental motions and requests: A group of motions and requests that generally relates to the proceedings, procedures, and subsidiary questions during debate, and that must be disposed of before proceeding to the main question under consideration. Incidental questions have lower precedence than privileged questions but higher precedence than subsidiary and main motions.

sr99(35) (35) Indefinite postponement: A motion to kill a proposal in its house of origin for a biennial session.

sr99(36) (36) Introduction: The formal presentation of a bill before one of the houses [see also sub. (50m)].

sr99(37) (37) Joint convention, also called joint session: A joint meeting of the senate and the assembly.

sr99(38) (38) Joint hearing: A hearing held by a joint committee or by committees of both houses.

sr99(39) (39) Joint resolution: A proposal requiring adoption by both houses, to: a) express the opinion of the legislature; b) change the joint rules of the legislature; c) propose an amendment to the state constitution; or d) propose or ratify an amendment to the U.S. constitution.