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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Joint Resolution

SJR 144: Relating to: accounting and expenditure of state funds and reduction of deficit (first consideration).

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SJR 144 is a joint resolution introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on March 19, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: accounting and expenditure of state funds and reduction of deficit (first consideration). Primary sponsor: Howard Marklein (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Howard MarkleinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Bob WittkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue
  3. Introduced by Senator Marklein; cosponsored by Representative Wittke

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source