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Wisconsin House Bill 1034 Bill Title: Participation in interscholastic athletics and application of the public records and open meetings laws to interscholastic athletic associations.

The Wisconsin Legislature consists of two "houses" (the Assembly and Senate), which must pass the same version of a bill before it can be sent to the governor for his signature. Bills may be introduced in one house, and then in the other, or they may be introduced simultaneously.

The idea can come from anyone, but only a State Representative or State Senator can take the idea and guide it to final passage through the State Legislature. The drafting of the idea into a bill is done by the Legislative Research Council, the permanent, non- partisan staff of the Legislature.

In order to pass legislation and send it to the President for his or her signature, both the House and the Senate must pass the same bill by majority vote. If the President vetoes a bill, they may override his veto by passing the bill again in each chamber with at least two-thirds of each body voting in favor.

Most bills require a majority vote (it must pass by 21 votes in the Senate and 41 votes in the Assembly), while urgency measures and appropriation bills require a two-thirds vote (27 in the Senate, 54 in the Assembly).

After a measure passes in the House, it goes to the Senate for consideration. This includes consideration by a Senate committee or subcommittee, similar to the path of a bill in the House. A bill must pass both bodies in the same form before it can be presented to the President for signature into law.