ANNOTATED
WISCONSIN CONSTITUTION

Last Amended at the April 2024 Election.
Published October 4, 2024.

PREAMBLE

ARTICLE I.

DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.

Section

  1.   Equality; inherent rights.

  2.   Slavery prohibited.

  3.   Free speech; libel.

  4.   Right to assemble and petition.

  5.   Trial by jury; verdict in civil cases.

  6.   Excessive bail; cruel punishments.

  7.   Rights of accused.

  8.   Prosecutions; double jeopardy; self-incrimination; bail; habeas corpus.

  9.   Remedy for wrongs.

  9m.   Victims of crime.

  10.   Treason.

  11.   Searches and seizures.

  12.   Attainder; ex post facto; contracts.

  13.   Private property for public use.

  14.   Feudal tenures; leases; alienation.

  15.   Equal property rights for aliens and citizens.

  16.   Imprisonment for debt.

  17.   Exemption of property of debtors.

  18.   Freedom of worship; liberty of conscience; state religion; public funds.

  19.   Religious tests prohibited.