Assembly Bill 748
Suspension of the requirement that certain milk contractors pay an assessment into the agricultural producer security fund
Topics: Agricultural credit, Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, Department of, Dairy product
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 12, 2010
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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 ”
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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, the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) administers the agricultural producer security program under which DATCP licenses milk contractors, grain dealers, grain warehouse keepers, and vegetable contractors. A milk contractor is a person who buys milk from dairy farmers or who markets milk on behalf of farmers. Under current law, certain milk contractors are required to pay annual assessments into the segregated agricultural producer security fund. If a milk contractor that is required to pay into the fund defaults on its payments to dairy farmers, DATCP reimburses the farmers from the fund for a portion of their losses.
Under this bill, milk contractors are not required to pay assessments into the agricultural producer security fund for the license year that begins on May 1, 2010.
Who's behind it
15 lawmakers are its . 10 are Republicans and 5 are Democrats.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (15)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Brett Davis · Republican, Assembly
- Phil Garthwaite · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Alan Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Agriculture vote to recommend it
Passed, 11 to 0 · Mar 3, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Agriculture, Ayes 11, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Joint Committee on Finance vote to recommend it
Passed, 15 to 0 · Mar 17, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 17, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 17, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 15 to 0.
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Mar 3, 2010
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Mar 3, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 11 to 0.
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Feb 24, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 23, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 12, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Agriculture.
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Feb 12, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 12, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Vruwink, Brooks, Smith, Garthwaite, Molepske Jr., Danou, Tauchen, Suder, Petrowski, A. Ott, Mursau, Nerison, Knodl, Davis and Gunderson;Cosponsored by Senators A. Lasee, Lassa, Taylor, Harsdorf and Cowles
- Feb 12, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture
- Feb 23, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 24, 2010 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Feb 25, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Mar 3, 2010 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Agriculture, Ayes 11, Noes 0
- Mar 3, 2010 · Assembly
Referred to joint committee on Finance
- Mar 16, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Mar 17, 2010 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
- Mar 17, 2010 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- 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.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote