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Assembly Joint Resolution 129

Partial vetoes by the governor and the county chief executive officer

Topics: Bills, Legislative, Constitutional amendments: First consideration, County: Officers, County: Ordinance, Governor

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new proposal.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Apr 20, 2010

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  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 never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

Read the proposal

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What it would have done

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

The constitution prohibits the governor, when approving an appropriation bill in part, from creating a new word by rejecting individual letters in the words of the enrolled bill, and from creating a new sentence by combining parts of two or more sentences of the enrolled bill. The constitution does not restrict the county chief executive officer, when approving an appropriation in part, from creating a new word by rejecting individual letters in the words of the resolution or ordinance, nor does it prohibit creating a new sentence by combining parts of one or more sentences of a resolution or ordinance.

This constitutional amendment prohibits the county chief executive officer from creating a new word by rejecting individual letters in the words of the resolution or ordinance and from creating a new sentence by combining parts of one or more sentences of the resolution or ordinance. This amendment also prohibits the governor from creating a new sentence by combining parts of one or more sentences of an enrolled bill.

Read the full summary

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

Who's behind it

Donald Friske, a Republican, is its ⁠.

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Author (1)

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the proposal died with it.

  2. Apr 20, 2010

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

  3. Apr 20, 2010

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representative Friske

  2. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Read and referred to committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security

  3. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Committee

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

More in the glossary

Public hearing

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

More in the glossary

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. More in the glossary

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. More in the glossary

Author

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

Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary

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