| 1 | 1 | | 2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE |
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| 2 | 2 | | LRB-2656/1 |
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| 3 | 3 | | MPG:skw |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2025 SENATE BILL 212 |
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| 5 | 5 | | April 16, 2025 - Introduced by Senators HABUSH SINYKIN, WALL, ROYS, RATCLIFF, |
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| 6 | 6 | | DASSLER-ALFHEIM, HESSELBEIN, KEYESKI, DRAKE and SPREITZER, cosponsored |
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| 7 | 7 | | by Representatives ANDRACA, SNODGRASS, JOERS, DESMIDT, RIVERA-WAGNER, |
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| 8 | 8 | | BROWN, SHEEHAN, ROE, FITZGERALD, CLANCY, PRADO, SUBECK, SINICKI, |
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| 9 | 9 | | MADISON, TENORIO, VINING, ORTIZ-VELEZ, MAYADEV, JOHNSON and MIRESSE. |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal |
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| 11 | 11 | | Affairs. |
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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend 5.64 (2) (am) of the statutes; relating to: the form of |
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| 13 | 13 | | referendum questions. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 15 | 15 | | Under current law, any referendum question submitted to the voters, |
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| 16 | 16 | | including to approve or reject a constitutional amendment, must be concise and |
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| 17 | 17 | | may not be worded in such a manner as to require a negative vote to approve a |
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| 18 | 18 | | proposition or an affirmative vote to disapprove a proposition. |
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| 19 | 19 | | This bill adds the requirement that the referendum question be in plain |
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| 20 | 20 | | language. The bill additionally adds the requirement that for a proposed |
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| 21 | 21 | | constitutional amendment, the question must clearly indicate whether any part of |
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| 22 | 22 | | the constitutional amendment is contained in the statutes as of the date of final |
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| 23 | 23 | | passage of the joint resolution directing that the question be submitted to a vote of |
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| 24 | 24 | | the people. |
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| 25 | 25 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 26 | 26 | | enact as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1. 5.64 (2) (am) of the statutes is amended to read: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 5.64 (2) (am) There shall be a separate ballot when any proposed |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 2025 - 2026 Legislature |
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| 33 | 33 | | SENATE BILL 212 |
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| 34 | 34 | | - 2 - LRB-2656/1 |
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| 35 | 35 | | MPG:skw |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 1 |
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| 37 | 37 | | constitutional amendment or any other measure or question is submitted to a vote |
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| 38 | 38 | | of the people, except as authorized in s. 5.655. The ballot shall give a concise |
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| 39 | 39 | | statement of each question in accordance with the act or resolution directing |
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| 40 | 40 | | submission in the same form as prescribed by the commission under s. 7.08 (1) (a). |
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| 41 | 41 | | The question may not be worded in such a manner as to require a negative vote to |
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| 42 | 42 | | approve a proposition or an affirmative vote to disapprove a proposition. The |
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| 43 | 43 | | question shall be in plain language. For a proposed constitutional amendment, the |
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| 44 | 44 | | question shall clearly indicate whether any part of the constitutional amendment is |
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| 45 | 45 | | contained in the statutes in effect as of the date of final passage of the joint |
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| 46 | 46 | | resolution directing that the question be submitted to a vote of the people. Unless |
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| 47 | 47 | | otherwise expressly provided, this ballot form shall be used at all elections when |
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| 48 | 48 | | questions are submitted to a vote of the people. |
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