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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

AB 689

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Public Service Commission intervenor grants and making an appropriation.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law allows certain persons who are not public utilities to intervene in

proceedings before the Public Service Commission (PSC), and allows the PSC to

compensate such persons for their intervention costs. This bill requires the PSC to

provide $300,000 in annual grants from the appropriation for such compensation to

a nonprofit corporation that has a history of advocating on behalf of residential

ratepayers for affordable rates. The grants must be used to offset the general

expenses of the corporation, including salary, benefit, rent, and utility expenses. In

addition, the bill increases the appropriation to cover the grants, and changes the

appropriation from an annual to a biennial appropriation.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Pocan (D)

1 cosponsors

Risser (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 4

Passed 12–4 Feb 17, 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 49, Noes 46, Paired 2

Passed 49–46 Feb 23, 2010 official source full page

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

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by committee on Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail, Ayes 4, Noes 3

Passed 4–3 Apr 14, 2010 official source full page

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

Senate: Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 19, Noes 14

Passed 19–14 Apr 20, 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. Jan 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representative Pocan;Cosponsored by Senator Risser

  2. Jan 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to joint committee on Finance

  3. Feb 10, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 16, 2010 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 17, 2010 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 12, Noes 4

  6. Feb 17, 2010 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Feb 17, 2010 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-23-2010 by committee on Rules

  8. Feb 23, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 49, Noes 46, Paired 2

  9. Feb 23, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Feb 23, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  11. Feb 23, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Feb 23, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  13. Feb 24, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  14. Feb 26, 2010 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail

  15. Apr 7, 2010 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  16. Apr 14, 2010 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  17. Apr 14, 2010 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by committee on Commerce, Utilities, Energy, and Rail, Ayes 4, Noes 3

  18. Apr 14, 2010 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  19. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-20-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  20. Apr 20, 2010 · Senate

    Read a second time

  21. Apr 20, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Apr 20, 2010 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  23. Apr 20, 2010 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 19, Noes 14

  24. Apr 20, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  26. May 6, 2010 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled

  27. May 13, 2010 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 5-13-2010

  28. May 19, 2010 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 5-18-2010. 2009 Wisconsin Act 383

  29. May 21, 2010 · Assembly

    Published 6-1-2010