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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AJR 5

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Relating to: deleting from the constitution the office of state treasurer (first consideration).

Constitutional amendments — First consideration Public lands, board of commissioners of Treasurer — State

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Adopted, completed

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, deletes from the constitution the office of state treasurer.

Term of incumbent

Under the proposal, the final election for state treasurer required by the

constitution is the one that was held in November 2014. The incumbent will continue

to serve until the first Monday in January 2019.

State treasurer's duties

Currently, the only duty assigned to the state treasurer by the constitution is

to serve as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands; all other duties

are prescribed by law. The proposal removes the state treasurer as a member of the

Board of Commissioners of Public Lands.

The three-member Board of Commissioners of Public Lands presently consists

of the secretary of state, the state treasurer, and the attorney general. Under this

proposal, the lieutenant governor becomes a member in place of the state treasurer.

Second consideration and ratification

A constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures,

and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , August (R) , Born (R) , Craig (R) , Czaja (R) , Gannon (R) , Genrich (D) , Horlacher (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Knudson (R) , Kremer (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Neylon (R) , Petersen (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Steffen (R) , Tauchen (R) , Tittl (R) , Weatherston (R)

8 cosponsors

Gudex (R) , Jarchow (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Roth (R) , Vukmir (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations, Ayes 8, Noes 4

Passed 8–4 Oct 16, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Read a third time and adopted, Ayes 63, Noes 33

Passed 63–33 Oct 27, 2015 official source full page

Aye · 63

Not voting · 3

Senate: Senate Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 14

Passed 19–14 Jan 20, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 20, Noes 13

Passed 20–13 Jan 20, 2016 official source full page

Full history

  1. Jan 29, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Schraa, August, Neylon, Kuglitsch, Czaja, Craig, Rohrkaste, Born, Kremer, Sanfelippo, Allen, Knudson, Petersen, Krug, R. Brooks, Tauchen, Horlacher, Tittl, Gannon, Kleefisch, Weatherston, Steffen and Genrich; cosponsored by Senators Gudex, Wanggaard, Roth, Marklein, Nass, LeMahieu and Vukmir

  2. Jan 29, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations

  3. Sep 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Jarchow added as a coauthor

  4. Sep 30, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 15, 2015 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Oct 16, 2015 · Assembly

    Report adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations, Ayes 8, Noes 4

  7. Oct 16, 2015 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Oct 21, 2015 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-27-2015 by Committee on Rules

  9. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  10. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a third time and adopted, Ayes 63, Noes 33

  11. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Oct 28, 2015 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  15. Oct 28, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  16. Oct 28, 2015 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  17. Jan 19, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-20-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  18. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Miller

  19. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  20. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 14

  21. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  23. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 20, Noes 13

  24. Jan 20, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Jan 21, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  26. Jan 28, 2016 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  27. Jan 28, 2016 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 1-28-2016

  28. Mar 14, 2016 · Assembly

    Deposited in the office of the Secretary of State on 3-11-2016

  29. Mar 15, 2016 · Assembly

    Published 3-25-2016, 8-2-2016, 9-6-2016, 10-4-2016. Enrolled Joint Resolution 7