Text of WI SJR 68 (2026)
Eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).
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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 68
June 12, 2025 - Introduced by Senators CARPENTER, DASSLER-ALFHEIM, ROYS,
SPREITZER, RATCLIFF, DRAKE, HABUSH SINYKIN, HESSELBEIN, L. JOHNSON,
KEYESKI, LARSON, PFAFF, SMITH, WALL and WIRCH, cosponsored by
Representatives
RIVERA-WAGNER,
UDELL,
CRUZ,
NEUBAUER,
PHELPS,
SNODGRASS, SPAUDE, STROUD, ARNEY, CLANCY, ANDERSON, ANDRACA, BARE,
DESANTO, EMERSON, FITZGERALD, HONG, JOERS, JOHNSON, MADISON,
MAYADEV, MIRESSE, MOORE OMOKUNDE, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PALMERI, PRADO, ROE,
STUBBS, SUBECK and VINING. Referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory
Reform, State and Federal Affairs.
To amend so as in effect to repeal section 13 of article XIII of the constitution;
relating to: eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first
consideration).
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2025 legislature on first
consideration, eliminates the constitutional restriction that only a marriage
between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this
state and the provision that a legal status identical or substantially similar to that
of a marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized in this
state.
A proposed constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive
legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.
Resolved by the senate, the assembly concurring, That:
SECTION 1. Section 13 of article XIII of the constitution is amended so as in
effect to repeal said section:
[Article XIII] Section 13. Only a marriage between one man and one woman
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SECTION 1
shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state. A legal status identical or
substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be
valid or recognized in this state.
Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the
legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for
three months previous to the time of holding such election.
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