SJR 38 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: an advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Senate Joint Resolution 38 proposes an advisory referendum for Wisconsin voters during the November 2026 general election. The referendum asks voters if they support a U.S. Constitutional amendment to address the Citizens United decision. This proposed amendment would state that only human beings are endowed with constitutional rights, not corporations or other artificial entities. It would also declare that money is not speech, allowing for limits on political contributions and spending. The results of this vote would be advisory, intended to guide Wisconsin's congressional delegation and state legislature on supporting and ratifying such an amendment.
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Apr 2025
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Introduced Apr 29, 2025 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Mar 23, 2026
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Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Apr 29, 2025
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Read and referred to Committee on Senate Organization
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Apr 29, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Senators Smith, Larson, Spreitzer, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Wall, Habush Sinykin, Carpenter and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Subeck, Sheehan, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Billings, Brown, Clancy, Cruz, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Doyle, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Haywood, Hong, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Joers, Johnson, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, McGuire, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado
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