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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 165

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Relating to: appointing delegates for a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution.

Constitution, united states Legislature Legislature — Committees

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under Article V of the United States Constitution, upon the application of the

legislatures of at least two-thirds of the states, Congress must call a convention for

the purpose of proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Under this bill, if

Congress calls such a convention, the legislature and the governor must appoint

seven delegates to attend the convention as representatives of this state.

Under this bill, if a delegate votes at the convention to consider or approve an

unauthorized amendment, the delegate may be immediately dismissed by the

approval of a majority of the other appointed delegates for this state and replaced

with a new appointee. The bill defines an “unauthorized amendment" as an

amendment that is outside the scope of the application or the call of the convention.

The bill also requires the legislature to create a joint committee of

correspondence that is responsible for communications with delegates to the

convention. The delegates are to presume that the committee approves any proposed

adoption or modification of rules governing the convention if the committee does not

render a decision on the proposed adoption or modification of such rules within six

hours of receiving notice from the delegates.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bernier (R) , Duchow (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Horlacher (R) , Hutton (R) , Jarchow (R) , Knodl (R) , Kremer (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Kulp (R) , Mursau (R) , Neylon (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Schraa (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R)

4 cosponsors

Craig (R) , Kapenga (R) , Lasee (R) , Stroebel (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Federalism and Interstate Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 2

Passed 5–2 Jun 2, 2017 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Federalism and Interstate Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 2

Passed 5–2 Jun 2, 2017 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 58–37 Jun 14, 2017 official source full page

Aye · 58

Not voting · 2

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 19–14 Nov 7, 2017 official source full page

Full history

  1. Mar 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Bernier, Knodl, E. Brooks, Duchow, Edming, Horlacher, Hutton, Jarchow, Kremer, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Mursau, Neylon, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Spiros, Steffen, Thiesfeldt and R. Brooks; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Craig, Lasee and Stroebel

  2. Mar 20, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Federalism and Interstate Relations

  3. Mar 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Bernier

  5. Apr 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Bernier

  6. Apr 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Bernier

  7. May 16, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Bernier

  8. May 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Jun 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Jun 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Federalism and Interstate Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 2

  11. Jun 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Federalism and Interstate Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 2

  12. Jun 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-14-2017 by Committee on Rules

  13. Jun 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  14. Jun 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Jun 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  16. Jun 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Jun 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  18. Jun 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 58, Noes 37, Paired 2

  19. Jun 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Jun 15, 2017 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  21. Jun 20, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  22. Jun 20, 2017 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  23. Nov 3, 2017 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-7-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  24. Nov 7, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Roth

  25. Nov 7, 2017 · Senate

    Read a second time

  26. Nov 7, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  27. Nov 7, 2017 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  28. Nov 7, 2017 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  29. Nov 7, 2017 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 19, Noes 14

  30. Nov 7, 2017 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  31. Nov 8, 2017 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  32. Nov 22, 2017 · Assembly

    LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)

  33. Nov 22, 2017 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 11-22-2017

  34. Nov 22, 2017 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 11-22-2017

  35. Nov 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-27-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 83

  36. Nov 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Published 11-28-2017