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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION 124
December 23, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Sortwell
,
Allen
,
Murphy
,
O'Connor
and
Tittl
. Referred to Committee on Environment.
AJR124,1,5
1
To create
section 35 of article IV of the constitution;
relating to:
requiring
2
legislative approval for the expenditure or obligation, encumbrance, or other
3
commitment of bond revenue for purposes of conservation and nature-based
4
outdoor recreation in Wisconsin and for the expenditure of moneys from a fund
5
created by law specially for any such purpose (first consideration).
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
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.
A constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures and ratification by the people before it can become effective.
AJR124,2,1
1
Resolved by the
assembly
, the
senate
concurring, That:
AJR124,1
2
Section
1
.
Section 35 of article IV of the constitution is created to read:
AJR124,2,13
3
[Article IV] Section 35. No revenue from the issuance of public debt may be
4
obligated, encumbered, or otherwise committed, or expended if not previously
5
obligated, encumbered, or otherwise committed, for the purpose of conservation or
6
nature-based outdoor recreation in this state, and no moneys may be expended from
7
a fund created by law specially for any such purpose, without the approval of the
8
legislature by joint resolution or as provided by legislative rule, including by any
9
legislative rule requiring approval by a joint committee of the legislature, if the
10
amount of the obligation, encumbrance, commitment, or expenditure, or the total
11
cost of the project or activity for which the obligation, encumbrance, commitment,
12
or expenditure is made, exceeds an amount that the legislature shall establish by
13
law.
AJR124,2
14
Section
2
. Numbering of new provisions.
If another constitutional
15
amendment ratified by the people creates the number of any provision created in
16
this joint resolution, the chief of the legislative reference bureau shall determine
17
the sequencing and the numbering of the provisions whose numbers conflict.
AJR124,2,20
18
Be it further resolved, That
this proposed amendment be referred to the
19
legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for
20
three months previous to the time of holding such election.
AJR124,2,21
21
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