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Senate Joint Resolution 90

Accounting and expenditure of state funds and reduction of deficit (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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 6, 2020

  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, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to adopt pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions. 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.

This constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2019 legislature on first consideration, requires the state to account for and report all funds it receives or expends in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

The amendment further authorizes the legislature to establish the budgetary basis of accounting, requires that any deficit of a state fund affected by a budget bill be reduced annually by 10 percent of any projected increase in tax revenues in that fund, and requires that, once the deficit is eliminated, the legislature may not pass any bill that would result in a projected deficit.

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A constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.

Who's behind it

Howard Marklein, a Republican, is its ⁠.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 3 names

Author (1)

Signed on in support (2)

What happened

  1. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the proposal died with it.

  2. Feb 6, 2020

    1 more senator signed on in support.

  3. Feb 6, 2020

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions.

  4. Feb 6, 2020

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 6, 2020 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Marklein; cosponsored by Representative Katsma

  2. Feb 6, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions

  3. Feb 6, 2020 · Senate

    Senator Jacque added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    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.

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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. 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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor