Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session
Relating to: participation in the legislative and electoral process, the right to vote, the right to an impartial judiciary, the right to privacy, the right to a quality education, the right to health care, the right to access public records, the right to a fair wage, the right to equal pay for equal work, voting rights, uniform voting procedures, mandatory recounting of ballots, the procedure for legislative redistricting and congressional reapportionment, the establishment of a state Governmental Accountability Board, administration of election laws, ethics laws, and lobbying laws, public access to the capitol, public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including the legislature, petition and referendum by the people to reject acts of the legislature, public funding of supreme court election campaigns, graduated and progressive taxation of individuals, the right to a clean, healthy environment, safe drinking water, and clean air, establishment of a board and a department of natural resources, independence and authority of the superintendent of public instruction, public funds supporting sectarian schools, treatment of corporations as natural persons, and the right of workers to organize and collectively bargain (first consideration).
Civil right Constitutional amendments — First consideration
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Adopted, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2015 legislature on first
consideration, grants or affirms certain rights of the people, in the nature of a bill of
rights.
Participation in the legislative process
The amendment requires the state to ensure that the people may exercise their
rights to participate in the legislative process.
right to an impartial judiciary
The amendment guarantees the right of the people to an impartial judiciary.
right TO privacy
The amendment guarantees the right to privacy, including the right to marry
and reproductive rights.
right to a quality public education
The amendment creates a right to a quality public education.
right to health care services
The amendment creates a right to health care services.
right to access public records
The amendment guarantees the right to access, inspect, and copy records of
governmental bodies, except as the public interest requires.
right to a fair wage
The amendment guarantees the right of every person to a just and fair wage
that ensures for the person and the person's family an existence worthy of human
dignity and a sufficient standard of living.
right to equal pay for equal work
The amendment guarantees the right of every person to be paid a wage at a rate
that is equal to the rate paid to a worker of the opposite sex for equal work.
The right to vote
The amendment prohibits the right to vote from being abridged and prohibits
the legislature from erecting any obstacles to the right to vote.
Eligible elector after ten days' residence
The amendment creates a right to vote for any U.S. citizen age 18 or older who
has resided in an election district or ward for ten consecutive days immediately
preceding an election.
Voting rights for certain felons
The amendment allows felons who have been placed on probation or parole to
vote.
uniformity of voting standards and procedures
The amendment requires that voting standards and procedures be uniform
throughout the state.
mandatory recounts in close elections
The amendment requires a state-funded manual recount of the ballots in any
Sponsors
Full history
- Mar 10, 2016 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives C. Taylor, Wachs, Sargent, Berceau, Sinicki and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Senator Risser
- Mar 10, 2016 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations
- Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly
Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1