Assembly Bill 206
Creating a committee to study the uses of industrial hemp
Topics: Governor: Appointments, Legislature: Committees, Plants
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 14, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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 ”
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Committee
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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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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates the Committee to Study the Uses of Industrial Hemp. The bill requires the committee to review literature related to industrial hemp, to evaluate the economic opportunities for this state that could result from producing and using industrial hemp, and to report its findings and recommendations to the legislature.
Who's behind it
12 lawmakers are its . 10 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (12)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Spencer Black · Democrat, Assembly
- Phil Garthwaite · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Mary Williams · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Parisi · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Pocan · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- James Soletski · Democrat, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Agriculture vote on an amendment
Passed, 6 to 5 · Feb 1, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Agriculture, Ayes 6, Noes 5”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Agriculture vote to recommend it
Passed, 6 to 5 · Feb 1, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Agriculture, Ayes 6, Noes 5”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 1, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 1, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 5.
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Nov 12, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Sep 22, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Agriculture.
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Apr 14, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rural Economic Development.
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Apr 14, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 14, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Garthwaite, M. Williams, Ballweg, Berceau, Black, Grigsby, Parisi, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Soletski, Vruwink and Zepnick;Cosponsored by Senators Schultz and Taylor
- Apr 14, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rural Economic Development
- Sep 22, 2009 · Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on Rural Economic Development and referred to committee on Agriculture pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)
- Nov 12, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 20, 2010 · Assembly
Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representatives Molepske Jr., Garthwaite, Vruwink and Danou
- Jan 21, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 1, 2010 · Assembly
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Agriculture, Ayes 6, Noes 5
- Feb 1, 2010 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Agriculture, Ayes 6, Noes 5
- Feb 1, 2010 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote