Wisconsin Limit Governor's Partial Veto Power to Entire Bill Sections Amendment (2027)
| Wisconsin Limit Governor's Partial Veto Power to Entire Bill Sections Amendment | |
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| Election date April 6, 2027 | |
| Topic State executive powers and duties | |
| Status Proposed | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Wisconsin Limit Governor's Partial Veto Power to Entire Bill Sections Amendment may appear on the ballot in Wisconsin as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in 2027. The earliest possible election date for the constitutional amendment is April 6, 2027.[1]
The ballot measure would change how the governor can use the partial veto on appropriation bills. Currently, the governor can remove individual words, phrases, or sentences, as long as doing so doesn’t create new words or combine parts of different sentences. The proposal would limit that power by allowing the governor to veto only entire sections of an appropriations bill, and only if those sections could function as complete and workable laws on their own.[1]
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article V, Wisconsin Constitution
The ballot measure would amend Section 10(1)(c) of Article V of the Wisconsin Constitution. The following underlined text would be added and struck-through text would be repealed:[1]
Path to the ballot
Amending the Wisconsin Constitution
- See also: Amending the Wisconsin Constitution
A simple majority vote is required during two legislative sessions for the Wisconsin State Legislature to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 50 votes in the Wisconsin State Assembly and 17 votes in the Wisconsin State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments do not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.
AJR 8 and SJR 11
On February 17, 2025, 15 Republicans introduced a constitutional amendment into the Wisconsin State Assembly as Assembly Joint Resolution 8 (AJR 8): Reps. Scott Allen (R-82), Jim Piwowarczyk (R-98), Elijah Behnke (R-6), Lindee Brill (R-27), Barbara Dittrich (R-99), Rick Gundrum (R-58), Karen Hurd (R-69), Daniel Knodl (R-24), Rob Kreibich (R-28), Dave Maxey (R-83), Dave Murphy (R-56), Jeffrey Mursau (R-36), Jerry O’Connor (R-60), William Penterman (R-38), and Chuck Wichgers (R-84).[1]
On February 21, 2025, three Republicans—Sens. Cory Tomczyk (R-29), Julian Bradley (R-28), and Stephen Nass (R-11)—introduced the constitutional amendment into the Wisconsin State Senate as Senate Joint Resolution 11 (SJR 11).[3]
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Wisconsin State Legislature, "Assembly Joint Resolution 8," accessed April 19, 2025
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source.
- ↑ Wisconsin State Legislature, "Senate Joint Resolution 11," accessed April 19, 2025
