Senate Joint Resolution 42
The appointment of supreme court justices and appeals court judges (first consideration)
Topics: Constitutional amendments: First consideration, Governor: Appointments, Judge: Appellate court, Legislature, Supreme Court
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
Sep 29, 2011
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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, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to adopt pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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.
The constitution provides for the election of justices of the supreme court for ten-year terms, and the election of appeals court judges for six-year terms and establishes a method of filling vacancies by appointment.
This constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2011 legislature on first consideration, provides that the governor will appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, justices of the supreme court for ten-year terms, and appeals judges to the court of appeals for six-year terms. For appointees to each court, the governor will choose from lists of five recommendations created by a nonpartisan judicial selection commission established by 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
4 senators are its . 3 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Robert Jauch · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Timothy Cullen · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (6)
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the proposal died with it.
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Sep 29, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.
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Sep 29, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 29, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Schultz, T. Cullen, Risser and Jauch;Cosponsored by Representatives Bernard Schaber, Milroy, Hintz, Kessler, Sinicki and Pope-Roberts
- Sep 29, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations
- Mar 23, 2012 · 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