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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

AB 556

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designating the bacterium Lactococcus lactis as the Wisconsin state microbe.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law designates a variety of state symbols and requires the Wisconsin

Blue Book to include information about them. This bill designates the bacterium

Lactococcus lactis as the Wisconsin state microbe and requires the Wisconsin Blue

Book to include that information.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Williams (D) , Danou (D) , Fields (D) , Hebl (D) , Pasch (D) , Vruwink (D)

1 cosponsors

Taylor (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security, Ayes 7, Noes 1

Passed 7–1 Jan 12, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 56, Noes 41

Passed 56–41 Apr 15, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Nov 10, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hebl, Vruwink, A. Williams, Pasch, Danou and Fields;Cosponsored by Senator Taylor

  2. Nov 10, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security

  3. Nov 16, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Dec 2, 2009 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  5. Dec 3, 2009 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Dec 17, 2009 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Jan 12, 2010 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security, Ayes 7, Noes 1

  8. Jan 12, 2010 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Apr 13, 2010 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:13 A.M. on 4-15-2010 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 22

  10. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  12. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 56, Noes 41

  13. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  16. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations

  17. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1