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The legislature shall meet
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Refusal to testify. Liability of witness. Witness fees. Intervention. Legislative consideration of biennial budget bill. Interim successors for legislators. Virtual meetings of the legislature and legislative committees. SUBCHAPTER II LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES General provisions on legislative committees. Majority and minority parties. Legislative state supported programs study and advisory committee. Long-range public building program. State Public Building Corporation. Limitation on certain building projects. Parking structure funding. State office building, completion of. Building commission; powers and duties. Transportation projects commission. Joint survey committee on retirement systems. Joint survey committee on tax exemptions. Joint review committee on criminal penalties. Joint legislative audit committee. Commission on uniform state laws. Joint committee for review of administrative rules. Legislative review of certain rules. National conference of state legislatures. Joint committee on information policy and technology. SUBCHAPTER III REGULATION OF LOBBYING Lobbying regulated; legislative purpose. Definitions. Exemptions. Prohibited practices. Licenses for lobbyists; suspension or revocation. Lobbying registry. Lobbyist authorization. Restrictions on practice of lobbying. Identification of legislative and administrative proposals and topics. Principal’s expense statement. Duties of the ethics commission. Enforcement and penalties. Legislative activities of state agencies. Lobbyists restricted during daily sessions. Auditing. Fees. SUBCHAPTER IV LEGISLATIVE SERVICE AGENCIES Legislative organization, joint committee on. Joint legislative council. Committees appointed by council. Permanent council committees. Duties and powers of the joint committee on legislative organization. Legislative conduct. Legislative council staff. Legislative reference bureau. Legislative audit bureau. Legislative fiscal bureau. Legislative technology services bureau. Legislative human resources office.
(1) The legislature shall convene in the capitol on the first Monday of January in each odd-numbered year, at 2 p.m., to take the oath of office, select officers, and do all other things necessary to organize itself for the conduct of its business, but if the first Monday of January falls on January 1 or 2, the actions here required shall be taken on January 3. (2) The regular session of the legislature shall commence at 2 p.m. on the first Tuesday after the 8th day of January in each year unless otherwise provided under sub. (3).
May 22, 2026, are designated by NOTES. (Published 5-22-26)
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(3) Early in each biennial session period, the joint committee on legislative organization shall meet and develop a work schedule for the legislative session, which shall include at least one meeting in January of each year, to be submitted to the legislature as a joint resolution. (4) Any measures introduced in the regular annual session of the odd-numbered year which do not receive final action shall carry over to the regular annual session held in the even-numbered year. History: 1971 c. 15; 1973 c. 24, 333; 1987 a. 4. Sub. (3) satisfies the Wisconsin Constitution by authorizing the legislature’s own committee to set its work schedule. League of Women Voters of Wisconsin v. Evers, 2019 WI 75, 387 Wis. 2d 511, 929 N.W.2d 209, 19-0559. How the legislature meets, when it meets, and what descriptive titles the legislature assigns to those meetings or their operating procedures constitute parts of the legislative process with which the judicial branch has no jurisdiction or right to interfere. League of Women Voters of Wisconsin v. Evers, 2019 WI 75, 387 Wis. 2d 511, 929 N.W.2d 209, 19-0559.