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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AJR 108

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Relating to: prohibiting the governor from using the partial veto to increase state expenditures (first consideration).

Constitutional amendments — First consideration Governor Governor — Legislation by request of

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Adopted, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This proposed constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2019 legislature on

first consideration, amends the Wisconsin Constitution to prohibit the governor, in

exercising his or her partial veto power over an appropriations bill, from increasing

state expenditures for any purpose over that provided in the enrolled bill. Currently,

in exercising the partial veto power, the governor is limited only insofar as that he

or she may not create a new word by rejecting individual letters in the words of the

enrolled bill, and may not create a new sentence by combining parts of two or more

sentences of the enrolled bill.

A proposed 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) , Brandtjen (R) , Brooks (R) , Duchow (R) , Gundrum (R) , James (R) , Katsma (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Quinn (R) , Ramthun (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Tauchen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , Vorpagel (R)

14 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Craig (R) , Darling (R) , Feyen (R) , Fitzgerald (R) , Jacque (R) , Kapenga (R) , Kooyenga (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R) , Tiffany (R) , Wanggaard (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report adoption recommended by Committee on Constitution and Ethics, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Mar 26, 2020 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Nov 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kuglitsch, Sanfelippo, August, Skowronski, Gundrum, Quinn, Katsma, Knodl, Brooks, Duchow, Ramthun, Vorpagel, Krug, Brandtjen, James, Sortwell, Allen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tusler and Loudenbeck; cosponsored by Senators Craig, Stroebel, Darling, LeMahieu, Tiffany, Fitzgerald, Feyen, Nass, Kooyenga, Kapenga, Wanggaard, Jacque and Bernier

  2. Nov 20, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Constitution and Ethics

  3. Jan 28, 2020 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 29, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor

  5. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 26, 2020 · Assembly

    Report adoption recommended by Committee on Constitution and Ethics, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  7. Mar 26, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1