Assembly Joint Resolution 87
Limiting the number of terms permitted for members of the state legislature and the governor and lieutenant governor (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
Dec 7, 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 Campaigns and Elections. 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 proposed constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2015 legislature on first consideration, limits members of the legislature to 12 years of service in the same office and limits the governor and lieutenant governor to eight years of service in the same office. Time served in an initial partial term in the same office, and time served in a different office, is not counted as part of the 12-year and eight-year limits. Additionally, the term limits do not apply to a senator or representative to the assembly, or the governor or lieutenant governor, holding office on the date of ratification of the proposed constitutional amendment, with respect to that office.
A constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.
Who's behind it
12 lawmakers are its . All 12 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (12)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Gannon · Republican, Assembly
- David Heaton · Republican, Assembly
- Adam Jarchow · Republican, Assembly
- Adam Neylon · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the proposal died with it.
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Dec 9, 2015
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Dec 7, 2015
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections.
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Dec 7, 2015
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Dec 7, 2015 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Gannon, Quinn, Tittl, Steffen, Jarchow, Neylon, Brandtjen, Sanfelippo, Allen, Rohrkaste, Heaton and R. Brooks; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel and Moulton
- Dec 7, 2015 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Campaigns and Elections
- Dec 9, 2015 · Assembly
Representative Skowronski 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