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Senate Joint Resolution 54

An advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jun 2, 2017

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Adopted, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to adopt pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Constitution and Federalism, by the Senate President, pursuant to Senate Rule 20(1)(c). See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

In the case of Citizens United v. F.E.C.

, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporations are “persons" for the purpose of political speech, thus allowing corporations to make unlimited expenditures in political campaigns. The U.S.

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Constitution grants Congress the power to propose amendments to the Constitution that become effective when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states.

Amendments can have the effect of overturning—in effect repealing—prior decisions of the Supreme Court. This resolution places a question on the November 2018 ballot to ask the people if Congress should propose an amendment to overturn Citizens United v. F.E.C.

Who's behind it

8 senators are its ⁠. All 8 are Democrats.

29 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 37 names

Authors (8)

Signed on in support (29)

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the proposal died with it.

  2. Jan 25, 2018

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Constitution and Federalism, by the Senate President,.

  3. Jul 18, 2017 to Sep 27, 2017

    3 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.

  4. Jun 2, 2017

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Financial Services, Constitution and Federalism.

  5. Jun 2, 2017

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jun 2, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Hansen, Ringhand, Johnson, Larson, Miller, Risser, Vinehout and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Subeck, C. Taylor, Kolste, Anderson, Berceau, Billings, Brostoff, Considine, Crowley, Genrich, Goyke, Hesselbein, Hintz, Mason, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stuck, Vruwink, Wachs and Zamarripa

  2. Jun 2, 2017 · Senate

    Read and referred to Committee on Financial Services, Constitution and Federalism

  3. Jul 18, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Young added as a cosponsor

  4. Sep 6, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Zepnick added as a cosponsor

  5. Sep 7, 2017 · Senate

    Senator L. Taylor added as a coauthor

  6. Sep 27, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Fields added as a cosponsor

  7. Jan 25, 2018 · Senate

    Rereferred to committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Constitution and Federalism, by the Senate President, pursuant to Senate Rule 20(1)(c)

  8. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

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Public hearing

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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.

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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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

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