Wisconsin voters will decide whether the state constitution should enshrine a voter ID law. A simple majority is needed to pass.

Wisconsin's photo ID requirement for voting would be elevated from a state law to a constitutional amendment under a proposal approved Tuesday in the Republican-controlled Assembly with no support from Democrats.

Wisconsin voters will decide if there should be a state constitution requirement to produce valid photo identification for future elections.

A proposed state constitutional amendment requiring a photo ID to vote in Wisconsin elections is expected to receive final legislative approval as early as Tuesday. That would put the issue before voters on the April election ballot, following the Legislature also passing the proposed amendment during the previous legislative session.

Wisconsin’s latest proposed constitutional amendment is on the fast track to the voters. The Wisconsin Senate on Wednesday approved the proposal to ask voters whether they want to constitutionally protect the state’s voter ID law.

The Wisconsin State Assembly passed a proposal Tuesday that could enshrine voter ID requirements in the state constitution if the majority of Wisconsin voters support it. The passage sets it up to go to Wisconsin voters in April — on the same ballot as a consequential election for the state Supreme Court.

A proposed constitutional amendment on Wisconsin’s April ballot would enshrine the state’s existing photo ID requirement for voting, but leave some room for lawmakers to modify it.

Wisconsin's next election is Feb. 18, when voters will narrow down candidates for state superintendent and some local, nonpartisan offices.