Assembly Joint Resolution 144
The right of the people to a clean, safe, and healthy natural environment and to its preservation (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
Apr 11, 2024
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Adopted, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Representative Shelton added as a coauthor”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on State Affairs. 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 2023 legislature on first consideration, provides that the people, including future generations, have the right to a clean, safe, and healthy natural environment, including pure water, clean air, healthy soils, self-sustaining ecosystems, and a safe and stable climate, and to the preservation of the natural, cultural, scenic, and healthful qualities of the environment.
A constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures and ratification by the people before it can become effective.
Who's behind it
12 lawmakers are its . All 12 are Democrats.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (12)
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the proposal died with it.
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Apr 11, 2024
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.
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Apr 11, 2024
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 11, 2024 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Madison, Joers, Jacobson, Palmeri, C. Anderson, J. Anderson, Bare, Clancy, Hong, Moore Omokunde, Ratcliff and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators Spreitzer, Agard and Larson
- Apr 11, 2024 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly
Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly
Representative Shelton added as a coauthor
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