Assembly Bill 516
Requirements for approval of construction of nuclear power plants
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 23, 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 Energy and Utilities. 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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a person may not construct a new power plant unless the Public Service Commission (PSC) has issued a certificate to the person. The PSC may not issue a certificate unless specified requirements are satisfied. In addition, if the proposed power plant is a nuclear power plant, current law prohibits the PSC from issuing a certificate unless the PSC finds both of the following: 1) that there is a facility with sufficient capacity to receive the spent fuel from all nuclear power plants in the state; and 2) that construction of the power plant is economically advantageous to ratepayers based on specified factors.
This bill eliminates the additional findings required under current law for a proposed nuclear power plant.
Who's behind it
25 lawmakers are its . 24 are Republicans and 1 is a Independent.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (25)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Huebsch · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Phil Montgomery · Republican, Assembly
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Kitty Rhoades · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Ziegelbauer · Independent, Assembly
- Rich Zipperer · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (10)
- Alan Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Theodore Kanavas · Republican, Senate
- Neal Kedzie · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Jim Sullivan · 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 23, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities.
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Oct 23, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 23, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Huebsch, Montgomery, Ballweg, Brooks, Gunderson, Honadel, Kerkman, Kestell, Knodl, LeMahieu, Lothian, Nygren, A. Ott, Petersen, Rhoades, Ripp, Stone, Strachota, Suder, Townsend, Van Roy, Vos, Ziegelbauer, Zipperer and Nerison;Cosponsored by Senators Leibham, Darling, Grothman, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Olsen, Schultz and Sullivan
- Oct 23, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Energy and Utilities
- 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