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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AJR 112

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Relating to: expenditure of moneys Wisconsin receives from the federal government (first consideration).

Constitutional amendments — First consideration Executive office Federal aid Legislature Legislature — Finance joint committee on

  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

Under current law under the statutes, the governor has authority to accept

federal moneys on behalf of the state and to allocate federal moneys without the

approval or participation of the legislature. This constitutional amendment,

proposed to the 2021 legislature on first consideration, prohibits the legislature from

delegating its sole power to determine how federal moneys may be spent. The

amendment further provides that no executive branch official or department may

make an initial allocation of federal moneys without the approval of a joint

committee of the legislature designated by legislative rule.

A proposed constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive

legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it becomes effective.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , James (R) , Knodl (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Kurtz (R) , Macco (R) , Murphy (R) , Penterman (R) , Schraa (R) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Wittke (R)

7 cosponsors

Born (R) , Darling (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Magnafici (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Constitution and Ethics, Ayes 5, Noes 3

Passed 5–3 Feb 18, 2022 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report adoption as amended of Assembly Joint Resolution 112 recommended by Committee on Constitution and Ethics, Ayes 5, Noes 3

Passed 5–3 Feb 18, 2022 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. Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Wittke, Kurtz, Armstrong, Steffen, Thiesfeldt, Murphy, Gundrum, Edming, Penterman, James, Knodl, Macco, Behnke, Schraa and Kuglitsch; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga, Marklein, Stroebel, Darling and Nass

  2. Jan 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Constitution and Ethics

  3. Jan 31, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Magnafici added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 14, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke

  5. Feb 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Wittke

  6. Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Constitution and Ethics, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  8. Feb 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Report adoption as amended of Assembly Joint Resolution 112 recommended by Committee on Constitution and Ethics, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  9. Feb 18, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 9:39 AM on 2-23-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29

  11. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Born added as a coauthor

  12. Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  13. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1