Wisconsin Senate approves resolution to limit governor’s partial veto power

(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin Senate voted to approve a measure that would allow Wisconsin voters this fall to limit the governor’s partial veto power.

The Senate voted 18-15 to approve Senate Joint Resolution 116, which would state that the governor “may not create or increase or authorize the creation or increase of any tax or fee” while exercising partial veto power.

The resolution needs to be passed by the Assembly and then would be on the November ballot statewide for voters to decide.

The proposed constitutional amendment comes after Gov. Tony Evers used the current veto power to erase numbers and a hyphen to change the year “2024-25” to “2425” in a school appropriation in the budget bill.

That meant a $325 per student per year funding increase for the next 400 years was allowed and later upheld in a 4-3 ruling from the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

“The partial veto was never meant to be used as a tool to raise taxes,” Sen. Julian Bradley, R...