Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session
Relating to: requiring the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to meetings of governmental bodies including the legislature (first consideration).
Constitutional amendments — First consideration Legislature Legislature — Procedure Open meeting _governmental_
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Adopted, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
On June 14, 2011, in
Ozanne v. Fitzgerald
, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held
that under the constitutional separation of powers, the courts will not apply the
notice and public access requirements of the open meetings law to meetings of
legislative bodies.
This constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2013 legislature on first
consideration, requires the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of
and public access to meetings of governmental bodies including the legislature.
A constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures,
and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.
Sponsors
Full history
- May 16, 2013 · Senate
Introduced by Senators L. Taylor, Lassa and Lehman; cosponsored by Representatives Kahl, Kessler, Goyke, Berceau, Wright and Ringhand
- May 16, 2013 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Public Works, and Telecommunications
- Apr 8, 2014 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1