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Assembly Joint Resolution 122

Excluding incarcerated, disenfranchised felons from the enumeration of population for apportionment and redistricting of legislative, county, and certain other district offices (first consideration)

Topics: Census, Constitutional amendments: First consideration, Crime and criminals: Felony, Prison, Redistricting

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

    Mar 5, 2012

  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, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to adopt pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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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 2011 legislature on first consideration, excludes incarcerated felons who are disenfranchised by law from the census count used for redistricting legislative, county, and other districts used to select statutory elective officers.

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 ⁠.

See all 6 names

Authors (5)

Signed on in support (1)

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the proposal died with it.

  2. Mar 5, 2012

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization.

  3. Mar 5, 2012

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 5, 2012 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kessler, Turner, E. Coggs, Fields and Toles;Cosponsored by Senator Taylor

  2. Mar 5, 2012 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Assembly Organization

  3. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

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Author

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Signed on in support

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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

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