Assembly Joint Resolution 66
Accounting and expenditure of state funds and reduction of deficit (first consideration)
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 25, 2015
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Adopted, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 13, 2016: “Failed to adopt pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2015 legislature on first consideration, requires the state to account for and report all funds it receives or expends in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
The amendment further authorizes the legislature to establish the budgetary basis of accounting, requires that any deficit of a state fund affected by a budget bill be reduced annually by 10 percent of any projected increase in tax revenues in that fund, and requires that, once the deficit is eliminated, the legislature may not pass any bill that would result in a projected deficit.
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A constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.
Who's behind it
16 lawmakers are its . All 16 are Republicans.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (16)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Tyler August · Republican, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- Adam Jarchow · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Knudson · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Jesse Kremer · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Weatherston · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (9)
- Richard Gudex · Republican, Senate
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Devin LeMahieu · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the proposal died with it.
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Oct 8, 2015
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Sep 25, 2015
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means.
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Sep 25, 2015
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Sep 25, 2015 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Kooyenga, Macco, Allen, August, Bernier, Craig, Horlacher, Hutton, Jarchow, Knudson, Kremer, T. Larson, Murphy, Quinn, Rohrkaste and Weatherston; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Kapenga, Gudex, Lasee, LeMahieu, Nass, Stroebel and Tiffany
- Sep 25, 2015 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means
- Oct 8, 2015 · Assembly
Representative R. Brooks added as a coauthor
- Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly
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