Senate to consider bill on legislative successors (7:59 a.m. 2/23/10)
Published: February 23, 2010
Tags: lawmakers, Senate, terrorist attack
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Senate is considering a bill that would allow legislative leaders to pick replacements if a terrorist attack kills several lawmakers.
The Senate has been trying for months to pass a bill that updates how the Legislature would function in the event of a devastating attack.
An original proposal debated last year would have allowed lawmakers themselves to keep a secret list of potential successors. The Senate tabled the proposal after critics denounced the secrecy.
The plan up for a vote Tuesday would come into play only if an enemy attack claims the lives of 9 or more senators, or 25 or more representatives. In that event, leaders of state political parties would submit a list of potential successors for each seat and legislative leaders would get to pick.
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[...] I’m not sure whether the members of the state’s Joint Legislative Council saw the same episode and thought long and hard about it, but they introduced a bill which would allow legislative leaders to pick replacements if a terrorist attack kills several lawmakers. It will be voted on today in the state Senate. [...]