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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AJR 54

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Relating to: eligibility to vote in Wisconsin (first consideration).

Constitutional amendments — First consideration Elections Voting Wage

  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

Currently, the constitution provides that every United States citizen age 18 or

older who is a resident of an election district in Wisconsin is a qualified elector of that

district. A qualified elector is an individual who is eligible to vote in Wisconsin,

subject to requirements established by law, such as voter registration.

This constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2021 legislature on first

consideration, provides that only a person who is a qualified elector may vote in an

election for national, state, or local office or at a statewide or local referendum.

A constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures

and ratification by the people before it can become effective.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , August (R) , Born (R) , Brooks (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , Katsma (R) , Knodl (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Kurtz (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Magnafici (R) , Mursau (R) , Neylon (R) , Petersen (R) , Plumer (R) , Rozar (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Steineke (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tauchen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Vorpagel (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R)

9 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Bradley (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Jacque (R) , Jagler (R) , Murphy (R) , Nass (R) , Roth (R) , Stroebel (R)

Votes

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

Passed 6–3 Feb 17, 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. May 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Steineke, August, Armstrong, Born, Brooks, Cabral-Guevara, Dallman, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Katsma, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Magnafici, Mursau, Petersen, Plumer, Rozar, Sortwell, Spiros, Steffen, Swearingen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, VanderMeer, Vorpagel, Wichgers, Wittke and Neylon; cosponsored by Senators Roth, Bradley, Nass, Felzkowski, Jacque, Jagler, Stroebel and Ballweg

  2. May 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Constitution and Ethics

  3. Jan 5, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Murphy added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 5, 2022 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 13, 2022 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

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

  7. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 9:38 AM on 2-23-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29

  9. Feb 24, 2022 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  10. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1