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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Joint Resolution 119

Permitting the use of the net proceeds of the state lottery for the payment of interest on loans made to any person to commence the business of farming (first consideration)

Topics: Agricultural credit, Constitutional amendments: First consideration, Farm and farming, Lottery

Stopped in committee

It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new proposal.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 19, 2010

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Adopted, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to adopt pursuant to ⁠”

It sat with the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Currently, under the Wisconsin Constitution, the net proceeds of the state lottery must be used for property tax relief for residents of this state. This proposed constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2009 legislature on first consideration, provides that the net proceeds of the state lottery may also be used for the payment of interest on loans made to any person to commence the business of farming as provided by law.

A proposed constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.

Who's behind it

Mark Radcliffe, a Democrat, is its ⁠.

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Author (1)

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the proposal died with it.

  2. Mar 25, 2010

    The committee held a public hearing.

  3. Mar 19, 2010

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security.

  4. Mar 19, 2010

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 19, 2010 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representative Radcliffe

  2. Mar 19, 2010 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security

  3. Mar 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

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From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor