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WI AJR 8

in committee

Relating to: 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).

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WI AJR 8 pass?

Not yet. WI AJR 8 is in committee as of 2026-03-23 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI AJR 8 about?

WI AJR 8 is a joint resolution in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: 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).”.

Who sponsors WI AJR 8?

Wichgers, Penterman, O'Connor and 12 others are the primary sponsors of WI AJR 8.

Introduced
2025-02-17
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
joint resolution
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Wichgersprimary
  • Pentermanprimary
  • O'Connorprimary
  • Mursauprimary
  • Murphyprimary
  • Maxeyprimary
  • Kreibichprimary
  • Knodlprimary
  • Hurdprimary
  • Gundrumprimary
  • Dittrichprimary
  • Brillprimary
  • Behnkeprimary
  • Piwowarczykprimary
  • Allenprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-17

    Introduced by Representatives Allen, Piwowarczyk, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Gundrum, Hurd, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Penterman and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, Bradley and Nass

    introduction

  2. 2025-02-17

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-02-19

    Representative Tusler added as a coauthor

  4. 2025-02-25

    Representative Goeben added as a coauthor

  5. 2025-04-22

    Representative Green added as a coauthor

  6. 2025-06-11

    Public hearing held

  7. 2026-02-09

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Allen

    amendment-introduction

  8. 2026-03-23

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    amendment-failure

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Votes

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Related bills

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Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/joint_resolution/ajr8

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