of the foregoing proposed amendments to the Constitution be stated on the ballot, as follows: QUESTION 2: “Freedom to gather in places of worship during an emergency. Shall section 18, of Article I, of the Constitution, which deals with religious liberty, be amended to prohibit the state or a political subdivision of the state from ordering the closure of, or forbidding gatherings in, places of worship, in response to a state of emergency, including a public health emergency?” 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 102 To create Section 27, of Article I, of the Constitution; relating to: prohibiting governmental entity discrimination. Whereas, the 2023 legislature, in regular session, considered a proposed amendment to the Constitution in 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 109, which became 2023 Enrolled Joint Resolution 15, and agreed to it by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, which proposed amendment reads, as follows: Section 1. Section 27, of Article I, of the Constitution is created to read: [Article I], Section 27 (1), In this section, “governmental entity” means the state, its political subdivisions including municipalities, the University of Wisconsin System, the Technical College System, any public college or university, any public school district and any office, department, independent agency, board, commission, authority, institution, association, society, or other body in state or local government, created or authorized to be created by the Constitution, or any law, including the Legislature and the courts. (2) A governmental entity may not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group, on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public employment, public education, public contracting or public administration. (3) This section does not prohibit action that must be taken to establish or maintain eligibility for any federal program, if ineligibility would result in a of the foregoing proposed amendments to the Constitution be stated on the ballot, as follows: QUESTION 2: “Freedom to gather in places of worship during an emergency. Shall section 18, of Article I, of the Constitution, which deals with religious liberty, be amended to prohibit the state or a political subdivision of the state from ordering the closure of, or forbidding gatherings in, places of worship, in response to a state of emergency, including a public health emergency?” 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 102 To create Section 27, of Article I, of the Constitution; relating to: prohibiting governmental entity discrimination. Whereas, the 2023 legislature, in regular session, considered a proposed amendment to the Constitution in 2023 Assembly Joint Resolution 109, which became 2023 Enrolled Joint Resolution 15, and agreed to it by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, which proposed amendment reads, as follows: Section 1. Section 27, of Article I, of the Constitution is created to read: [Article I], Section 27 (1), In this section, “governmental entity” means the state, its political subdivisions including municipalities, the University of Wisconsin System, the Technical College System, any public college or university, any public school district and any office, department, independent agency, board, commission, authority, institution, association, society, or other body in state or local government, created or authorized to be created by the Constitution, or any law, including the Legislature and the courts. (2) A governmental entity may not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group, on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public employment, public education, public contracting or public administration. (3) This section does not prohibit action that must be taken to establish or maintain eligibility for any federal program, if ineligibility would result in a
