Senate Joint Resolution 79
Single-subject rule for appropriation bills (first consideration)
Topics: Appropriation, Bills, Legislative, Constitutional amendments: First consideration
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.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 21, 2010
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Currently, the Wisconsin Constitution does not limit the number of subjects embraced by any bill, except that article IV, section 18, restricts local or private bills to a single subject. This proposed constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2009 legislature on first consideration, requires that each appropriation bill embrace a single subject which shall be expressed in its title.
A proposed constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Republicans.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Dan Kapanke · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (5)
- Brett Davis · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the proposal died with it.
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Apr 22, 2010
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Apr 21, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
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Apr 21, 2010
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 21, 2010 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Kapanke, Leibham and Schultz;Cosponsored by Representatives Vos, Davis, Pridemore and Strachota
- Apr 21, 2010 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations
- Apr 22, 2010 · Senate
Senator Hansen added as a coauthor
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
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