Assembly Bill 960
Requiring that certain rail passenger service extension projects be enumerated by the legislature
Topics: Federal aid, Legislature: Procedure, Madison, City of, Metropolitan transportation, Milwaukee: City, Railroad: Passenger service, State agencies, Transportation, Department of: Rail service
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 15, 2010
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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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 never got a hearing in the joint committee on Finance. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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 Transportation (DOT) administers a rail passenger route development program, funded from general obligation bond proceeds. The program allows DOT, subject to various limitations, to provide funds for certain expenses relating to rail passenger service, including capital costs related to rail passenger service routes between the cities of Milwaukee and Madison.
Federal funds may also be available for rail passenger service route development.
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This bill prohibits DOT, as well as any other state agency or regional transit authority, from encumbering or expending any federal, state, or local funds for any aspect of a rail passenger service extension project, including for costs associated with environmental assessments or reports, preliminary engineering or design work, or project construction, unless the legislature has approved the project by statutory enumeration. The bill defines a "rail passenger service extension project" as a project that involves extending an existing rail passenger route, or creating a new rail passenger route, within any corridor between the cities of Milwaukee and Madison. The bill does not enumerate any such projects.
Who's behind it
21 lawmakers are its . All 21 are Republicans.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (21)
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Brett Davis · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Bill Kramer · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Williams · Republican, Assembly
- Phil Montgomery · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
- Rich Zipperer · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (7)
- Alan Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 28, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 15, 2010
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Apr 15, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Davis, Vos, Kramer, Bies, Gunderson, Honadel, Kerkman, Kleefisch, Knodl, LeMahieu, Lothian, Montgomery, Murtha, Petersen, Spanbauer, Strachota, Suder, Townsend, Vukmir, M. Williams and Zipperer;Cosponsored by Senators Leibham, A. Lasee, Hopper, Darling, Grothman, Lazich and Olsen
- Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to joint committee on Finance
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate