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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AJR 66

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Relating to: requiring a supermajority in each house of the legislature for passage of tax increase legislation (first consideration).

Bills legislative Constitutional amendments — First consideration Franchise — Taxation Income tax — Rate Legislature — Procedure Sales tax

  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 2023 legislature on first

consideration, prohibits either house of the legislature from passing a bill that

increases the rate of the state sales tax or that increases any of the rates of the income

tax or franchise tax unless the bill is approved by two-thirds of all of the members

elected.

A proposed constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive

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

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , Binsfeld (R) , Bodden (R) , Callahan (R) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Gustafson (R) , Hurd (R) , Katsma (R) , Krug (R) , Macco (R) , Magnafici (R) , Maxey (R) , Melotik (R) , Michalski (R) , Moses (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Petersen (R) , Petryk (R) , Plumer (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Rettinger (R) , Rozar (R) , S. Johnson (R) , Sapik (R) , Schmidt (R) , Schutt (R) , Snyder (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Summerfield (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Vos (R) , Wittke (R) , Zimmerman (R)

3 cosponsors

Brooks (R) , Jacque (R) , Knodl (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 4

Passed 8–4 Sep 6, 2023 official source full page

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

Assembly: ADOPTION

Passed 63–35 Sep 12, 2023 official source full page

Aye · 63

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Aug 29, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Binsfeld, O'Connor, Allen, Armstrong, Bodden, Callahan, Dallman, Dittrich, Donovan, Duchow, Edming, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Hurd, S. Johnson, Katsma, Krug, Macco, Magnafici, Maxey, Melotik, Michalski, Moses, Penterman, Petersen, Petryk, Plumer, Pronschinske, Rettinger, Rozar, Sapik, Schmidt, Schutt, Snyder, Spiros, Sortwell, Steffen, Swearingen, Summerfield, Tittl, Tusler, Vos, Wittke and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senator Knodl

  2. Aug 29, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means

  3. Aug 30, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Aug 30, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Brooks added as a coauthor

  5. Sep 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Sep 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Report adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 8, Noes 4

  7. Sep 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Sep 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 9-12-2023 by Committee on Rules

  9. Sep 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  10. Sep 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and adopted, Ayes 63, Noes 35

  11. Sep 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Sep 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Sep 12, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Sep 13, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  15. Sep 20, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Licensing, Constitution and Federalism

  16. Feb 7, 2024 · Senate

    Senator Jacque added as a cosponsor

  17. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1