Constitution of Wisconsin (2026 publisher edition) — Article XII

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Article XII

ARTICLE XII. AMENDMENTS Constitutional amendments. SECTION 1. Any amend- ment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in ei- ther house of the legislature, and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and re- ferred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election, and shall be published for three months previous to the time of holding such election; and if, in the legislature so next chosen, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the legislature to submit such proposed amend- ment or amendments to the people in such manner and at such time as the legislature shall prescribe; and if the people shall approve and ratify such amendment or amendments by a major- ity of the electors voting thereon, such amendment or amend- ments shall become part of the constitution; provided, that if more than one amendment be submitted, they shall be submit- ted in such manner that the people may vote for or against such amendments separately. Constitutional conventions. SECTION 2. If at any time a majority of the senate and assembly shall deem it necessary to call a convention to revise or change this constitution, they shall recommend to the electors to vote for or against a convention at the next election for members of the legislature. And if it shall appear that a majority of the electors voting thereon have voted for a convention, the legislature shall, at its next session, pro- vide for calling such convention.