Wisconsin 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AJR10 Compare Versions

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4	4	2025 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTION 10
5	5	February 24, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives TUSLER, GREEN, ALLEN,
6	6	ARMSTRONG, BEHNKE, BRILL, BROOKS, CALLAHAN, DITTRICH, DONOVAN,
7	7	FRANKLIN, GOEBEN, GUNDRUM, GUSTAFSON, HURD, B. JACOBSON, KNODL,
8	8	KREIBICH, MAXEY, MURPHY, NEDWESKI, O'CONNOR, PENTERMAN,
9	9	PIWOWARCZYK, TITTL and WICHGERS, cosponsored by Senators TOMCZYK,
10	10	NASS, BRADLEY, CABRAL-GUEVARA, FELZKOWSKI, JAMES, KAPENGA and QUINN.
11	11	Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
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13	13	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
14	14	To amend section 18 of article I of the constitution; relating to: the freedom to
15	15	gather in places of worship during a state of emergency (second consideration).
16	16	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
17	17	EXPLANATION OF PROPOSAL
18	18	This proposed constitutional amendment, to be given second consideration by
19	19	the 2025 legislature for submittal to the voters in November 2026, was first
20	20	considered by the 2023 legislature in 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 54, which
21	21	became 2023 Enrolled Joint Resolution 11.
22	22	This constitutional amendment provides that the state or a political
23	23	subdivision of the state may not order the closure of or forbid gatherings in places of
24	24	worship in response to a state of emergency at the national, state, or local level,
25	25	including an emergency related to public health.
26	26	PROCEDURE FOR SECOND CONSIDERATION
27	27	When a proposed constitutional amendment is before the legislature on
28	28	second consideration, any change in the text approved by the preceding legislature
29	29	causes the proposed constitutional amendment to revert to first consideration
30	30	status so that second consideration approval would have to be given by the next
31	31	legislature before the proposal may be submitted to the people for ratification [see
32	32	joint rule 57 (2)].
33	33	If the legislature approves a proposed constitutional amendment on second
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38	38	consideration, it must also set the date for submitting the proposed constitutional
39	39	amendment to the people for ratification and must determine the question or
40	40	questions to appear on the ballot.
41	41	Whereas, the 2023 legislature in regular session considered a proposed
42	42	amendment to the constitution in 2023 Senate Joint Resolution 54, which became
43	43	2023 Enrolled Joint Resolution 11, and agreed to it by a majority of the members
44	44	elected to each of the two houses, which proposed amendment reads as follows:
45	45	SECTION 1. Section 18 of article I of the constitution is amended to
46	46	read:
47	47	[Article I] Section 18. The right of every person to worship
48	48	Almighty God according to the dictates of conscience shall never be
49	49	infringed; nor shall any person be compelled to attend, erect or support
50	50	any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry, without consent; nor
51	51	shall any control of, or interference with, the rights of conscience be
52	52	permitted, or any preference be given by law to any religious
53	53	establishments or modes of worship; nor shall any money be drawn from
54	54	the treasury for the benefit of religious societies, or religious or
55	55	theological seminaries; nor shall the state or a political subdivision of the
56	56	state order the closure of or forbid gatherings in places of worship in
57	57	response to a state of emergency at the national, state, or local level,
58	58	including an emergency related to public health.
59	59	Now, therefore, be it resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring,
60	60	That the foregoing proposed amendment to the constitution is agreed to by the
61	61	2025 legislature; and, be it further
62	62	Resolved, That the foregoing proposed amendment to the constitution be
63	63	submitted to a vote of the people at the election to be held on the first Tuesday of
64	64	November 2026; and, be it further
65	65	Resolved, That the question concerning ratification of the foregoing proposed
66	66	amendment to the constitution be stated on the ballot as follows:
67	67	QUESTION 1: XFreedom to gather in places of worship during an
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82	82	SECTION 1
83	83	emergency. Shall section 18 of article I of the constitution, which deals with
84	84	religious liberty, be amended to prohibit the state or a political subdivision of the
85	85	state from ordering the closure of, or forbidding gatherings in, places of worship in
86	86	response to a state of emergency, including a public health emergency?Y
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