Assembly Joint Resolution 29
Establishing a competitive election criteria for redistricting the legislature (first consideration)
Topics: Constitutional amendments: First consideration, Redistricting, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
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.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 13, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Adopted, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to adopt pursuant to ”
It sat with the Assembly Committee on Elections and Campaign Reform.
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Committee
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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. 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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This proposed constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2009 legislature on first consideration, defines demographic and political standards for the drawing of legislative districts and establishes criteria for the drawing of legislative districts.
Following the canvass of the general election in each year that is divisible by ten, the amendment requires the superintendent of public instruction to determine the mean percentage of the vote received by candidates of the two major political parties for certain statewide offices in the prior decade and to certify those mean percentages to the legislature.
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A proposed constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.
Who's behind it
5 representatives are its . All 5 are Democrats.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (5)
- Annette Williams · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Hilgenberg · Democrat, Assembly
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the proposal died with it.
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Nov 17, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 13, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Elections and Campaign Reform.
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Mar 13, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 13, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Kessler, Staskunas, Hilgenberg, Hintz and A. Williams;Cosponsored by Senator Lehman
- Mar 13, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Elections and Campaign Reform
- Nov 17, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- 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.
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. 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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. 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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor