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Legislature:
Adjournment, more than 3 days, IV, 10
No quorum, IV, 7
Apportionment of members, IV, 3
Appropriations, quorum, vote, VIII, 8
Arrest, privilege of members, IV, 15
Attendance, may compel, IV, 7
Auditing state accounts, IV, 33
Bills, origin, IV, 19
Chief clerk, XIII, 6
Choose governor and lieutenant governor when vote tied, V, 3
Civil process, privilege of members, IV, 15
Compensation, change, IV, 26
Constitutional amendments, XII, 1; 13.175
Constitutional conventions, XII, 2
Contempt, IV, 8
County board, confer powers on, IV, 22
County government, one or more systems, IV, 23
Disorderly behavior, IV, 8
Divorce, granting forbidden, IV, 24
Elections in, roll call vote, IV, 30
Emergency powers when enemy attack, IV, 34
Expulsion of members, IV, 8
Gambling, general prohibition, exception, IV, 24
Governor may convene, V, 4
Houses are open to public, IV, 10
Ineligibility of federal officers, IV, 13
Ineligibility of members, IV, 12
Journals, IV, 10
Laws:
Enacted by bill, IV, 17
General laws, reasonable classifications, allowed for prohibited subjects of special laws, IV, 32
Private and local, restrictions, IV, 18
Publication, IV, 17
Special or private, prohibited for certain subjects, IV, 31
Style, IV, 17
Legislative power vested in, IV, 1
Lottery defined, IV, 24
Meetings, time, place, IV, 11
Number of members, IV, 2
Oath, IV, 28
Officers, each house may choose, IV, 9
Pardoning power, V, 6
Printing, provisions, IV, 25
Private and local laws, restrictions, IV, 18
Privilege of members, IV, 15, 16
Public debt authorization, VIII, 6, 7
Qualifications of members, IV, 6
Quorum, IV, 7
Representatives, how chosen, IV, 4
Rules of procedure, IV, 8
Senators, how chosen, IV, 5
Sergeant at arms, XIII, 6
Special and private laws, when forbidden, IV, 31
Special session, business, IV, 11
Stationery, IV, 25
Suits against state, IV, 27
Town government, uniform, IV, 23
Vacancies, may declare, XIII, 10
Writs to fill, IV, 14
Veto override, V, 10
Voting, yeas and nays, journal, IV, 20
Libel, truth a defense, I, 3
Lieutenant governor:
Election, V, 3
Eligibility, V, 2
Joint election with governor, V, 3
Replaces governor, V, 7
Term, V, 1
Vacancy, governor nominates successor, XIII, 10
Limitation of actions against state, VIII, 2
Livestock, taxation, VIII, 1
Loans, state, restriction, VIII, 3
Local laws, restrictions, IV, 18
Lottery defined, IV, 24
Manufacturers’ materials and finished products, taxation, VIII, 1
Marriage, XIII, 13
Medical examiner, optional in certain counties, VI, 4
Merchants’ stock-in-trade, taxation, VIII, 1
Military power, subordinate to civil, I, 20
Militia, IV, 29
Milwaukee county, coroner and surveyor, abolishment of offices, VI, 4
Minors, special laws forbidden, IV, 31
Municipal corporation:
Eminent domain, XI, 2
Formation, repeal, XI, 1
Municipal court, establishment, jurisdiction, VII, 14
Municipal home rule, XI, 3
Municipal judge:
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Wisconsin Constitution updated by the Legislative Reference Bureau. Published October 4, 2024. Click for the Coverage of Annotations for the Annotated Constitution. Report errors at 608.504.5801 or lrb.legal@legis.wisconsin.gov.