Skip to content
Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Bill 862

Distribution of the Wisconsin Blue Book to certain newspapers

Topics: Blue Book, Newspaper and magazine

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 16, 2010

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

Read the bill

Following saves it on this device. New actions show on your Following page. You can also get updates in a feed reader.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Currently, each newspaper listed in the Blue Book receives one copy of each edition of the Blue Book. The distribution of each state publication is paid for by the agency that publishes the publication (in this case, the legislature).

This bill deletes distribution of the Blue Book to each newspaper listed in the Blue Book at state expense.

Who's behind it

8 lawmakers are its ⁠. 7 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

1 more lawmaker ⁠.

See all 9 names

Authors (8)

Signed on in support (1)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security vote to recommend it

Passed, 6 to 0 · Mar 30, 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 State Affairs and Homeland Security, Ayes 6, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 30, 2010

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Mar 30, 2010

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 0.

  4. Mar 25, 2010

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Mar 25, 2010

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Mar 16, 2010

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security.

  7. Mar 16, 2010

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 16, 2010 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Strachota, Knodl, Ballweg, Danou, Vos, Lothian, Kerkman and Kestell;Cosponsored by Senator Taylor

  2. Mar 16, 2010 · Assembly

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

  3. Mar 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 25, 2010 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 30, 2010 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security, Ayes 6, Noes 0

  7. Mar 30, 2010 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. 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.

More in the glossary

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.

More in the glossary

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