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Assembly Joint Resolution 57

Urging support for a constitutional amendment to provide states with authority to regulate campaign financing

Topics: Constitution, United States, Elections: Campaign expense, United States: Congress

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new proposal.

  1. Introduced, passed

    May 19, 2025

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Adopted, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to adopt pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Rules. The committee's chair at the time was Tyler August. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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The same proposal was also filed in the Senate as SJR 58. That version died when the session ended.

Who's behind it

David Steffen, a Republican, is its ⁠.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Author (1)

Signed on in support (7)

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the proposal died with it.

  2. May 29, 2025 to Oct 2, 2025

    5 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.

  3. May 19, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  4. May 19, 2025

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. May 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representative Steffen; cosponsored by Senator Testin

  2. May 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Read and referred to Committee on Rules

  3. May 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Knodl added as a coauthor

  4. Jun 5, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Moses added as a coauthor

  5. Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor

  6. Jun 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Senator Cabral-Guevara added as a cosponsor

  7. Jun 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Kreibich added as a coauthor

  8. Oct 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Armstrong added as a coauthor

  9. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor