Assembly Bill 491
Requirements for employment as the commandant at a veterans home
Topics: Nursing homes and adult care, Veteran: Hospitals and home, Veterans Affairs, Department of
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.
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Introduced, passed
Oct 13, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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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 never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Currently, the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) is required to employ a commandant for the veterans homes at King and at Union Grove, and may employ a commandant for the veterans home at Chippewa Falls. The commandants are state unclassified civil servants. Current law does not include any specific requirements for employment as a commandant of a veterans home. Each veterans home has a nursing home as part of the home.
This bill prohibits DVA from employing a person as a commandant of a veterans home unless the person is a veteran and is licensed as a nursing home administrator.
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Under the bill, a person who is a current commandant of a veterans home has six months after the bill is enacted to obtain a license as a nursing home administrator.
Who's behind it
9 lawmakers are its . All 9 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (9)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Pat Kreitlow · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 13, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs.
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Oct 13, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 13, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Petersen, Suder, Vos, Kerkman, Brooks, A. Ott, Knodl, Nass and Townsend;Cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Kreitlow and Vinehout
- Oct 13, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
- 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
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