Assembly Joint Resolution 12
Prohibiting the assembly and senate from passing certain bills following a general election (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
Mar 7, 2019
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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 1, 2020: “Failed to adopt pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization. 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 2019 legislature on first consideration, provides that after the November general election, the assembly and the senate may not pass any bill that affects any of the following until after the next political year commences:
1. The powers and duties of the legislature, legislative leaders, legislative committees, or any other unit of the legislature.
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2. The powers and duties of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, or superintendent of public instruction.
3. The powers, duties, and election of any justice of the supreme court, court of appeals judge, or circuit court judge.
4. The powers, duties, and jurisdiction of the supreme court or any appeals or circuit court.
5. The powers, duties, and composition of any state agency or other public entity created by law.
A constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.
Who's behind it
21 lawmakers are its . All 21 are Democrats.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (21)
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (7)
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the proposal died with it.
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Mar 15, 2019
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 7, 2019
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization.
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Mar 7, 2019
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 7, 2019 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Spreitzer, Billings, Brostoff, Crowley, Doyle, Emerson, Fields, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Meyers, Ohnstad, Pope, Sargent, Shankland, Subeck, Sinicki, C. Taylor, Vruwink and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators Ringhand, Carpenter, Hansen, Larson, L. Taylor and Wirch
- Mar 7, 2019 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Assembly Organization
- Mar 15, 2019 · Assembly
Representative Bowen added as a coauthor
- Apr 1, 2020 · 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