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Senate Joint Resolution 36

Secret ballot for employee representation elections (first consideration)

Topics: Collective bargaining, Constitutional amendments: First consideration, Elections: Ballots, Labor union

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

    May 26, 2009

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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Who's behind it

6 senators are its ⁠. All 6 are Republicans.

24 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 30 names

Authors (6)

Signed on in support (24)

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the proposal died with it.

  2. May 26, 2009

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.

  3. May 26, 2009

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. May 26, 2009 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators S. Fitzgerald, Kanavas, Darling, Schultz, Grothman and A. Lasee;Cosponsored by Representatives Vukmir, Vos, Kleefisch, Petersen, Tauchen, M. Williams, Kramer, Brooks, J. Ott, Nygren, Meyer, Strachota, Pridemore, Lothian, Roth, Townsend, Bies, Newcomer, Suder, LeMahieu, Ballweg, Knodl, Gunderson and Stone

  2. May 26, 2009 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs

  3. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

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

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Public hearing

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

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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

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

Author

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

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor