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Number Start date [2] End date General election 1st Wisconsin Legislature: June 5, 1848 January 1, 1849 February 1, 1848 2nd Wisconsin Legislature: January 1, 1849
Wisconsin was admitted to the United States on May 29, 1848. Although it has been amended over a hundred times, the original constitution ratified in 1848 is still in use. This makes the Wisconsin Constitution the oldest U.S. state constitution outside New England; only Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont use older constitutions.
State law is contained in the Wisconsin Constitution and the various statutes enacted by the legislature. The interpretation of state law and its application in specific cases are undertaken by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, based in Madison, Wisconsin. The law of the Menominee also applies within the Menominee Indian Reservation. The "Laws of ...
In 1911, Wisconsin became the first state to pass a comprehensive law that was not successfully challenged in the courts. [10] By 1949, every state had enacted a workers' compensation program. [15] In the early 20th century workers' compensation laws varied between states in the degree to which they were voluntary or required.
Alabama publishes a list of crimes that can lead to disqualification of the right to vote. [65] Wyoming restores the voting rights of non-violent felons. [65] 2018. The residential address law in North Dakota is upheld by the United States Supreme Court. [28]
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin’s new laws for the new year are mostly notable because there are so few, and the changes are relatively small. Many states see hundreds of new laws with each ...
In 2023, Minnesota did manage to get its paid family leave bill into law, but the other states did not. The post was poorly worded – something his office acknowledged, and in our view confusing ...
The history of Wisconsin includes the story of the people who have lived in Wisconsin since it became a state of the U.S., but also that of the Native American tribes who made their homeland in Wisconsin, the French and British colonists who were the first Europeans to live there, and the American settlers who lived in Wisconsin when it was a territory.