Senate Joint Resolution 78
Providing for gubernatorial appointment of the secretary of state, state treasurer, and state superintendent of public instruction and requiring the creation of the Department of Revenue under the direction and supervision of the state treasurer (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
Nov 19, 2021
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Adopted, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to adopt pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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 2021 legislature on first consideration, does all of the following:
1. Provides for appointment of the state treasurer and establishment of the Department of Revenue. Currently, the constitution provides for popular election of the state treasurer every four years. Under this constitutional amendment, the governor appoints the state treasurer for a four-year term, subject to the advice and consent of the senate. The proposal also specifies certain events causing a vacancy in office. Currently, the only duty assigned to the state treasurer by the constitution is to serve as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands. All other powers and duties are prescribed by law.
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The constitutional amendment further requires the legislature to establish by law the Department of Revenue to administer Wisconsin's tax laws. Under the amendment, the Department of Revenue is to be under the direction and supervision of the state treasurer.
2. Provides for appointment of the secretary of state. Currently, the constitution provides for popular election of the secretary of state every four years.
Under this constitutional amendment, the governor appoints the secretary of state for a four-year term, subject to the advice and consent of the senate. The proposal also specifies certain events causing a vacancy in office. The constitution assigns the following four duties to the secretary of state, with all other powers and duties being prescribed by law:
a. Serve as governor when there is a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor and the governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office, or serve as acting governor when there is a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor and the governor is absent from the state, impeached, or incapable of performing the duties of office.
b. Keep a fair record of the official acts of the legislature and executive department of the state.
c. Serve as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands.
d. Keep the great seal of Wisconsin.
3. Provides for appointment of the state superintendent of public instruction.
Currently, the constitution provides for popular election of the state superintendent of public instruction. Under this constitutional amendment, the governor appoints the state superintendent for a four-year term, subject to the advice and consent of the senate. The proposal also specifies certain events causing a vacancy in office.
The constitution vests the supervision of public instruction in the state superintendent and such other officers as the legislature directs. The state superintendent's powers and duties are prescribed 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
Roger Roth, a Republican, is its .
6 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Roger Roth · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (6)
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the proposal died with it.
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Nov 19, 2021
Sent to the Senate Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism.
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Nov 19, 2021
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Nov 19, 2021 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Roth; cosponsored by Representatives Sortwell, Magnafici, Knodl, Moses, Thiesfeldt and Tittl
- Nov 19, 2021 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism
- Mar 15, 2022 · 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.
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