Assembly Bill 115
Directing school boards to provide instruction about the recent history of the Hmong people
Topics: Minority groups, School: Board, School: Branches of instruction
Stopped in committee
The voted on it but didn't recommend it, so the full Assembly never voted. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 4, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. The committee didn't recommend it.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It sat with the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law requires each school board to provide an instructional program designed to give pupils knowledge of state, national, and world history. This bill directs school boards to include the role of the Hmong in fighting for the United States in the Vietnam War, the persecution of the Hmong by the Laotian government after the Vietnam War, and the reasons for the emigration of many Hmong to the United States.
Who's behind it
13 lawmakers are its . 11 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican. 1 has no party on record.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (13)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Spencer Black · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Pocan · Democrat, Assembly
- Donna Seidel · Democrat, Assembly
- Shilling
- James Soletski · Democrat, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 12, 2010
The committee voted on it.
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Sep 8, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 4, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Mar 4, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 4, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Soletski, Kessler, Seidel, Turner, Berceau, Black, Fields, Grigsby, Hintz, Shilling, Pocan, Spanbauer and Zepnick;Cosponsored by Senators Lehman, Coggs, Plale, Wirch, Hansen and Taylor
- Mar 4, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
- Sep 8, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Sep 8, 2009 · Assembly
Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Soletski
- Jan 12, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor