Requiring legislative approval for the expenditure or obligation, encumbrance, or other commitment of bond revenue for purposes of conservation and nature-based outdoor recreation in Wisconsin and for the expenditure of moneys from a fund created by law specially for any such purpose (first consideration)

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

In Evers v. Marklein , 2024 WI 31, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held that laws requiring approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain expenditures under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship Program were unconstitutional as a violation of the separation of powers.

This constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2025 legislature on first consideration, provides that no revenue from the issuance of public debt may be obligated, encumbered, or otherwise committed, or expended if not previously obligated, encumbered, or otherwise committed, for the purpose of conservation or nature-based outdoor recreation in this state, and no moneys may be expended from a fund created by law specially for any such purpose, without the approval of the legislature by joint resolution or as provided by legislative rule, including by any legislative rule requiring approval by a joint legislative committee, if the amount of the obligation, encumbrance, commitment, or expenditure, or the total cost of the project or activity for which the obligation, encumbrance, commitment, or expenditure is made, exceeds an amount established by law.

Who's behind it

5 representatives are its authors⁠. All 5 are Republicans.