Assembly Bill 196
Providing the public with information on state agency and school district operations expenditures and state agency and school district contracts and grants
Topics: Administration, Department of: Budget and fiscal issues, Contracts, Data processing, Public Instruction, Department of, Public employee: Salary, Purchasing, Government, School: Finance, State agencies
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 7, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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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 State Affairs and Homeland Security.
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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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
The bill provides that, beginning on July 1, 2011, the Department of Administration (DOA) must ensure that all state agency expenditures for state operations exceeding $25, including current and past salaries, pay adjustments, bonuses, lump sum payments, and fringe benefits paid to state agency employees, are available for inspection on a searchable Internet Web site maintained by DOA.
Under the bill, DOA must categorize the expenditure information on the Web site by state agency, expenditure category, expenditure amount, and the person to whom the expenditure is made. Any person must be able to search on the Web site aggregate expenditures for state operations by state agency, expenditure category, expenditure amount, and the person to whom the expenditure is made.
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The bill further provides that, beginning on July 1, 2011, DOA must ensure that all of the following information relating to state agency grants and contracts is available for inspection on a searchable Internet Web site: a copy of the contract and grant award or statement; the state agency making the grant or entering into the contract; the name and address of the person receiving the grant or entering into the contract; the purpose of the grant or contract; and the amount of the grant or the amount the state agency must expend under the contract and the name of the state fund from which the grant is paid or moneys are expended under the contract. Under the bill, DOA must make this information available on the searchable Internet Web site no later than 30 days after the state agency makes a grant or enters into a contract.
The bill also requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to report to DOA all school district expenditures for operations exceeding $25 and information relating to school district payments and contracts. DPI must report the information to DOA for inclusion in the Internet Web site maintained by DOA. These provisions also take effect on July 1, 2011.
Who's behind it
8 lawmakers are its . All 8 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (8)
- Brett Davis · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Bill Kramer · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
- Rich Zipperer · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (3)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Dec 3, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Nov 4, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 27, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 7, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security.
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Apr 7, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 7, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Kramer, Vukmir, Zipperer, Davis, Vos, LeMahieu, Kleefisch and Lothian;Cosponsored by Senators Hopper, Darling and Leibham
- Apr 7, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security
- Apr 27, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 4, 2009 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 3, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate