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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AJR 117

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Relating to: accounting and expenditure of state funds and reduction of deficit (first consideration).

Administration department of — Budget and fiscal issues Appropriation Arts Bills legislative Budget bills and process Constitutional amendments — First consideration Debt public

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2021 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.

A constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures,

and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Behnke (R) , Dittrich (R) , Katsma (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Kurtz (R) , Murphy (R) , Novak (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tranel (R) , Wichgers (R) , Zimmerman (R)

7 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Kapenga (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Magnafici (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Stroebel (R)

Full history

  1. Jan 21, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Katsma, Behnke, Dittrich, Knodl, Krug, Murphy, Novak, Oldenburg, Thiesfeldt, Tranel, Wichgers, Zimmerman and Kurtz; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Kooyenga, Kapenga, Bernier, Nass and Stroebel

  2. Jan 21, 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 1, 2022 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1