Bills by subject

Constitutional amendments: First consideration

101 bills and resolutions. 0 became law and 66 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

AJR 133 Legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration).
Adopted. Last action May 26, 2026
AJR 8 Restricting the governor’s partial veto authority to only rejecting entire bill sections of an appropriation bill that are capable of separate enactment and reducing appropriations in a bill (first consideration).
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AJR 36 The right of the people to a clean, safe, and healthy natural environment and to its preservation (first consideration).
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AJR 76 Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AJR 108 Equality of rights on the basis of sex, gender identity, race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, family status, age, ancestry, or any other immutable characteristic and creating a private cause of action for violations of those rights by state actors (first consideration).
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 25

Mar 23, 2026
AJR 8: Restricting the governor’s partial veto authority to only rejecting entire bill sections of an appropriation bill that are capable of separate enactment and reducing appropriations in a bill (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 36: The right of the people to a clean, safe, and healthy natural environment and to its preservation (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 76: Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 108: Equality of rights on the basis of sex, gender identity, race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, family status, age, ancestry, or any other immutable characteristic and creating a private cause of action for violations of those rights by state actors (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 112: The right to keep and bear arms (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 121: Custody of the county jail and its inmates (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 124: 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).
Stopped in committee.
May 26, 2026
AJR 133: Legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration).
Adopted.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 136: The right to privacy (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 145: Establishing a presumption that persons accused of crimes are eligible for pretrial release and ending cash bail in Wisconsin (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2026
AJR 146: State contracts for stationery and printing (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 148: Reserving to the people the power of referendum to reject acts of the legislature and the power of initiative to propose and approve at an election laws and constitutional amendments (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 152: Slavery or involuntary servitude in punishment of a crime (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 11: Restricting the governor’s partial veto authority to only rejecting entire bill sections of an appropriation bill that are capable of separate enactment and reducing appropriations in a bill (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 37: The right of the people to a clean, safe, and healthy natural environment and to its preservation (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 68: Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 98: Equality of rights on the basis of sex, gender identity, race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, family status, age, ancestry, or any other immutable characteristic and creating a private cause of action for violations of those rights by state actors (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 105: The right to keep and bear arms (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 113: Custody of the county jail and its inmates (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 124: Legislative suspension of rules promulgated by state agencies (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 131: The right to privacy (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 139: Slavery or involuntary servitude in punishment of a crime (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 144: Accounting and expenditure of state funds and reduction of deficit (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 145: State contracts for stationery and printing (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 146: Reserving to the people the power of referendum to reject acts of the legislature and the power of initiative to propose and approve at an election laws and constitutional amendments (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 39

Mar 23, 2012
AJR 9: The vote on bills that would increase certain tax rates (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 11: The dissolution of state funds and accounts and prohibiting the state from changing the purpose of any state fund or program revenue appropriation account (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 21: Creation of the fiscal responsibility fund (first consideration).
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 24: Appointment of certain officers in county and judicial circuit offices (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 26: Deleting from the constitution the offices of secretary of state and state treasurer (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 28: The right of the people to contract privately for health care services and health care coverage, and prohibiting requiring a person to obtain or maintain health insurance coverage or to participate in any health care system or plan (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 31: Creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 41: Different property tax levy rates for parts of cities, villages, towns, counties, and school districts added by attachments to school districts, consolidations, and boundary changes under cooperative agreements (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 46: Funding in bills placing requirements on local governmental units (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 49: Election of chief justice (first consideration).
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.

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Mar 23, 2012
AJR 51: Nonpartisan elections for district attorney, sheriff, register of deeds, county clerk, treasurer, surveyor, coroner, and clerk of circuit court, and changing the election at which those officers are elected (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 52: Requiring the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including the legislature, and making members of the legislature subject to citations and civil penalties for violations of such laws (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 56: Granting persons convicted of a felony or of certain misdemeanors the right to vote, hold an office of trust, profit, or honor, and run for elective public office (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 63: Recall of elective officers and a code of ethics for government officials (first consideration).
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 77: The terms people and person (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 78: Establishing a competitive election criteria for redistricting the legislature (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 100: Accounting and expenditure of state funds and reduction of deficit (first consideration).
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 101: Judicial circuit subdivision in Milwaukee County (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 116: Appointment of treasurer in Milwaukee county (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 118: The ceiling for public debt contracted by the state (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 122: Excluding incarcerated, disenfranchised felons from the enumeration of population for apportionment and redistricting of legislative, county, and certain other district offices (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 128: Temporary service by a court of appeals judge in the supreme court in judicial disciplinary proceedings (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 129: A panel of court of appeals judges in disciplinary proceedings involving a supreme court justice (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 131: Election of chief justice (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 135: Religious liberty and the right of conscience (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 136: Limiting the number of years of service permitted for members of the state legislature (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 137: Participation in the legislative and electoral process, the right to vote, the right to an impartial judiciary, the right of privacy, the right to a quality education, the right to health care services, voting rights for certain felons, uniform voting procedures, mandatory recounting of ballots, the procedure for legislative redistricting and congressional reapportionment, the establishment of a state governmental accountability board, administration of election laws, ethics laws, and lobbying laws, public access to the capitol, requiring the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including the legislature, and making members of the legislature subject to citations and civil penalties for violations of such laws, petition and referendum by the people to reject acts of the legislature, open meetings of the supreme court, public funding of supreme court election campaigns, graduated and progressive taxation of individuals, the right to a clean, healthy environment, safe drinking water, and clean air, establishment of a board and a department of natural resources and the appointment of the secretary of natural resources, independence of the superintendent of public instruction, the authority of the superintendent of public instruction to require minimum staffing levels and minimum funding levels for public schools, appropriating public funds to support sectarian schools, treatment of corporations as natural persons, and the right of workers to organize and collectively bargain (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 138: Elimination of restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SJR 8: The vote on bills that would increase certain tax rates (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SJR 9: The dissolution of state funds and accounts and prohibiting the state from changing the purpose of any state fund or program revenue appropriation account (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SJR 21: The right of the people to contract privately for health care services and health care coverage, and prohibiting requiring a person to obtain or maintain health insurance coverage or to participate in any health care system or plan (first consideration).
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Jun 6, 2011
SJR 23: Creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration).
Adopted.
Mar 23, 2012
SJR 34: Collective bargaining by employees (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SJR 36: Election of chief justice.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SJR 41: Requiring the legislature to enact laws requiring reasonable notice of and public access to meetings of governmental bodies, including the legislature, and making members of the legislature subject to citations and civil penalties for violations of such laws (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SJR 42: The appointment of supreme court justices and appeals court judges (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SJR 48: Creating fiscal year allowable revenues for the state and local governmental units, returning excess revenue to the taxpayers, requiring electoral approval for certain taxing and spending decisions, and allowing local governmental units to exempt themselves from certain state mandates (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SJR 63: Appointment of treasurer in Milwaukee county (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SJR 68: An independent redistricting commission (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 37

Apr 28, 2010
AJR 2: Eliminating the spring election (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 6: Fixing the size of the legislature and gubernatorial appointment of supreme court justices (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 8: Taxation of principal homesteads of individuals (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 11: Status of seats of legislators on ordered military duty and appointment of temporary acting legislators for legislators performing ordered military duty (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 16: The dissolution of state funds and accounts and prohibiting the state from changing the purpose of any state fund or program revenue appropriation account (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 24: Providing property tax relief from school district property taxes to persons who have their principal dwelling in this state (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 26: Terms of office for members of the senate and assembly (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 29: Establishing a competitive election criteria for redistricting the legislature (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 32: Public officer salary changes (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 36: Creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.

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Apr 28, 2010
AJR 39: Age of qualified electors for state and local elections (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 55: Secret ballot for employee representation elections (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 58: Accounting and expenditure of state funds (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Oct 13, 2009
AJR 59: Continuity of government (first consideration).
Adopted.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 63: Excluding incarcerated, disenfranchised felons from the enumeration of population for apportionment and redistricting of legislative, county, and certain other district offices (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 65: Different property tax levy rates for parts of cities, villages, towns, counties, and school districts added by attachments to school districts, consolidations, and boundary changes under cooperative agreements (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 96: Appointment of supreme court justices and elections to consider retention of justices (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 109: Prohibiting partial vetoes of parts of bill sections (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 119: Permitting the use of the net proceeds of the state lottery for the payment of interest on loans made to any person to commence the business of farming (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 125: Requiring a photographic identification to vote, or register to vote, at the polls on election day (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 129: Partial vetoes by the governor and the county chief executive officer.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 138: The right of the people to contract privately for health care services and health care coverage, and prohibiting requiring a person to obtain or maintain health insurance coverage or to participate in any health care system or plan (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SJR 7: Providing property tax relief from school district property taxes to persons who have their principal dwelling in this state (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SJR 10: The dissolution of state funds and accounts and prohibiting the state from changing the purpose of any state fund or program revenue appropriation account (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Feb 16, 2010
SJR 11: Veto power of county executive over appropriations (first consideration).
Adopted.
Apr 28, 2010
SJR 18: Creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SJR 26: Deleting from the constitution the office of secretary of state (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SJR 27: Abolishing the office of lieutenant governor (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SJR 36: Secret ballot for employee representation elections (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SJR 37: Accounting and expenditure of state funds (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SJR 39: Continuity of government (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SJR 42: Excluding incarcerated, disenfranchised felons from the enumeration of population for apportionment and redistricting of legislative, county, and certain other district offices (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SJR 49: Eliminating the spring election (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2010
SJR 61: Prohibiting partial vetoes of parts of bill sections (first consideration).
Adopted.
Apr 28, 2010
SJR 62: The right of the people to contract privately for health care services and health care coverage, and prohibiting requiring a person to obtain or maintain health insurance coverage or to participate in any health care system or plan (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SJR 71: Prohibiting the state and local governments from discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, an individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ancestry, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SJR 79: Single-subject rule for appropriation bills (first consideration).
Stopped in committee.

Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject