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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 374

Emergency assistance grants

Topics: Administrative rules, Children and Families, Department of, Public assistance

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Aug 12, 2009

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  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 ⁠”

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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, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) administers a program of emergency assistance to needy persons in cases of fire, flood, natural disaster, energy crisis, or homelessness or impending homelessness.

Except for cases of energy crisis, DCF must establish the maximum amount of aid to be granted per family member, and must publish the maximum amount and any changes to it in the Wisconsin Administrative Register. This bill provides that DCF must establish the maximum amounts of aid to be granted, including in cases of energy crisis, rather than the maximum amount to be granted for each family member, and that DCF must publish the maximum amounts in the Wisconsin Administrative Register if DCF does not establish those amounts by rule.

Who's behind it

Tamara Grigsby, a Democrat, is its ⁠.

1 more lawmaker ⁠.

See all 2 names

Author (1)

Signed on in support (1)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Children and Families vote to recommend it

Passed, 7 to 0 · Sep 11, 2009

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Sep 11, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Sep 11, 2009

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 0.

  4. Aug 20, 2009

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  5. Aug 19, 2009

    The committee held a public hearing.

  6. Aug 12, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Children and Families.

  7. Aug 12, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Aug 12, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representative Grigsby;Cosponsored by Senator Jauch

  2. Aug 12, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Children and Families

  3. Aug 19, 2009 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Aug 20, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Sep 9, 2009 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Sep 11, 2009 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  7. Sep 11, 2009 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Sep 17, 2009 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 9-22-2009 by committee on Rules

  9. Sep 22, 2009 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  10. 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

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

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.

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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

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