Assembly Bill 520
Participation in interscholastic athletics and application of the public records and open meetings laws to interscholastic athletic associations
Topics: Open meeting (Governmental), Public record, School, School: Health program
Stopped in committee
The voted on it but didn't recommend it, so the full Assembly never voted. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Oct 27, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. The committee didn't recommend it.
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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 sat with the Assembly Committee on Education.
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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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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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.
This bill prohibits a school district from being a member of an interscholastic athletic association unless the association agrees to be governed by the public records and open meetings laws. Currently, there is no similar prohibition.
The bill also provides that any interscholastic athletic association that elects to be governed by the public records and open meetings laws is covered under those laws. Under the public records law, except as otherwise provided by law, any person has the right to inspect or copy a public record unless the custodian demonstrates that the public interest in withholding access to the information contained in the record outweighs the strong public interest in providing access to that information.
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Under the open meetings law, with certain exceptions, meetings of governmental bodies must be preceded by public notice, must be held in places that are reasonably accessible to the public, and must be open to the public at all times. If a meeting is properly noticed, a body may, by recorded vote of a majority of the members present, convene in closed session for the purpose of considering certain matters specified by law.
Who's behind it
8 representatives are its . 6 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (8)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Phil Montgomery · Republican, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
- Ted Zigmunt · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Sullivan · Democrat, Senate
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 23, 2010
The committee voted on it.
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Jan 12, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 27, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Oct 27, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Staskunas, Pope-Roberts, Mason, A. Ott, Zepnick, Montgomery, Zigmunt and Clark;Cosponsored by Senators Lehman, Coggs, Sullivan and Erpenbach
- Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
- Jan 12, 2010 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 17, 2010 · Assembly
Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Staskunas
- Mar 22, 2010 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Staskunas
- Mar 23, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- 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