Skip to content
Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 459

The model academic standards for personal financial literacy

Topics: Literacy, Mortgage, School: Branches of instruction, State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Oct 27, 2009, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Sep 30, 2009

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Oct 27, 2009

  4. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

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

Read the bill

Following saves it on this device. New actions show on your Following page. You can also get updates in a feed reader.

What it would have done

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

This bill directs the state superintendent of public instruction to incorporate into the model academic standards for personal financial literacy a review of the different types of mortgages, the risks involved with each type of mortgage, and the risks and causes of home foreclosure.

Who's behind it

16 lawmakers are its ⁠. 12 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans. 2 have no party on record.

4 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 20 names

Authors (16)

Signed on in support (4)

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Housing vote to recommend it

Passed, 7 to 0 · Oct 20, 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 Housing, Ayes 7, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate Committee on Education vote to recommend it

Passed, 6 to 1 · Dec 21, 2009

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

Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 6, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Dec 21, 2009

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 1.

  3. Dec 3, 2009

    The committee held a public hearing.

  4. Oct 29, 2009

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.

  5. Oct 28, 2009

    The Senate received it.

  6. Oct 27, 2009

    The Assembly passed it.

  7. Oct 20, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  8. Oct 20, 2009

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

  9. Oct 7, 2009

    The committee held a public hearing.

  10. Sep 30, 2009

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Housing.

  11. Sep 30, 2009

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Sep 30, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Soletski, Spanbauer, Berceau, Clark, Grigsby, Hraychuck, Jorgensen, Mason, Molepske Jr., Petrowski, Shilling, Turner, Young, Zigmunt and Sinicki, by request of The Speaker's Taskforce on Preventing Home Foreclosures;Cosponsored by Senators Taylor, Lehman, Hansen and Schultz

  2. Sep 30, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Housing

  3. Oct 7, 2009 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 14, 2009 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Oct 20, 2009 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Housing, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  6. Oct 20, 2009 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Oct 21, 2009 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-27-2009 by committee on Rules

  8. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  9. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  10. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  11. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  12. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  13. Oct 28, 2009 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  14. Oct 29, 2009 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  15. Dec 3, 2009 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  16. Dec 15, 2009 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  17. Dec 21, 2009 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 6, Noes 1

  18. Dec 21, 2009 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  19. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. 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

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

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote