Assembly Joint Resolution 118
The ceiling for public debt contracted by the state (first consideration)
Topics: Constitutional amendments: First consideration, Debt, Public
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
Feb 28, 2012
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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, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to adopt pursuant to ”
It sat with the Assembly Committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs.
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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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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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.
The constitution limits the aggregate public debt contracted by the state to three-fourths of 1 per centum of the aggregate value of all taxable property in the state, or in the alternative, 5 per centum of the aggregate value of all taxable property in the state less the sum of certain other public debts.
This constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2011 legislature on first consideration, lowers the debt ceiling from three-fourths of 1 percent to three-eighths of 1 percent of the aggregate value of all taxable property in the state and changes the alternate debt limit from 5 percent to 2.5 percent.
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A proposed constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it becomes effective.
Who's behind it
11 lawmakers are its . All 11 are Republicans.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (11)
- Tyler August · Republican, Assembly
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Paul F. Farrow · Republican, Senate
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Michelle Litjens · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Rivard · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Williams · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the proposal died with it.
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Mar 7, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 28, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs.
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Feb 28, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 28, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Kuglitsch, August, Williams, Farrow, Kooyenga, Spanbauer, Endsley, Rivard, Craig, Litjens and Thiesfeldt;Cosponsored by Senator Vukmir
- Feb 28, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs
- Mar 7, 2012 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 23, 2012 · 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