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Bills Awaiting Senate Action Are Dead But Revival Possible
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | April 1, 2020
From WisPolitics…
The 158 bills awaiting action by the state Senate after being passed by the Assembly are dead after the Legislature adjourned following the last general floor period of the biennial session last week.
But the Wisconsin Legislative Council says lawmakers can revive those proposals by extending a floor period or authorizing an extraordinary session.
In a memo prepared for Senate President Roger Roth, Council Director Anne Sappenfield said the extension option is limited to adding days to previously scheduled floor periods. The last general business floor period on the calendar for this biennium ran from March 24-26.
Sappenfield told WisPolitics.com Senate rules do not provide a cap on how long the session can be extended.
Lawmakers can also take up the outstanding bills by authorizing an extraordinary session. Sappenfield said that can be done through three processes: at the direction of a majority of Org Committee members in each house; through the adoption and concurrence of a joint resolution in each house; or by a joint petition signed by a majority of members in each house.
Still, Senate Rule 93 (1) specifies only legislation that “accomplishes the business specified in the action authorizing the extraordinary session” can be considered. Under the rule, a regular session proposal can be revived and is considered to be at the same stage of proceedings as it was at the end of the session.
Sappenfield also noted under Senate Rule 93 (1p), for a Senate proposal to be taken up under a Senate extraordinary session, it must be recommended by the Senate Organization Committee, Senate Finance Committee, Joint Finance Committee, Joint Committee on Legislative Organization, or Joint Committee on Employment Relations.
See the memo here.
See Senate Rule 93 (1) and (1p) here.
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