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).
AJR 8 proposes a constitutional amendment to limit the governor's partial veto power on budget bills. It would prevent the governor from rejecting small parts of a bill (like single words or sentences) and require that any vetoed section must be a complete, standalone law that can function independently. The bill specifically targets appropriation bills, restricting the governor to vetoing entire sections that are capable of separate enactment. This is a proposed constitutional change, not a law, and would need voter approval to take effect. The amendment aims to reduce the governor's ability to alter budget bills through partial vetoes.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 17, 2025
Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
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Committee
0
Amendments
2
Mar 23, 2026
Amended
Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
lower
Feb 9, 2026
Introduced
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Allen
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Introduced
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
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15 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barbara Dittrich
RRepublican
P
Chuck Wichgers
RRepublican
P
Dan Knodl
RRepublican
P
Dave Maxey
RRepublican
P
Dave Murphy
RRepublican
P
Elijah Behnke
RRepublican
P
Jeff Mursau
RRepublican
P
Jerry O'Connor
RRepublican
P
Jim Piwowarczyk
RRepublican
P
Karen Hurd
RRepublican
P
Lindee Brill
RRepublican
P
Rick Gundrum
RRepublican
P
Rob Kreibich
RRepublican
P
Scott Allen
RRepublican
P
Will Penterman
RRepublican
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