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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 148

Composition of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

Topics: University of Wisconsin: Regents

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 13, 2009

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, 14 citizen members serve on the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System (board). This bill requires the appointment to the board of at least one citizen member who resides in each of Wisconsin's congressional districts.

Who's behind it

15 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 15 are Republicans.

4 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 19 names

Authors (15)

Signed on in support (4)

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 13, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities.

  3. Mar 13, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 13, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Rhoades, Murtha, Brooks, Gunderson, Lothian, Mursau, Bies, Nass, Nerison, A. Ott, Petrowski, Spanbauer, Suder, Townsend and M. Williams;Cosponsored by Senators Schultz, Harsdorf, A. Lasee and Grothman

  2. Mar 13, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Colleges and Universities

  3. 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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor