Assembly Bill 968
Authorizing the governor to award grants and loans for development projects, granting rule-making authority, and making appropriations
Topics: Commerce, Department of, Debt, Public, Employment, Governor, Legislature: Finance, Joint Committee on, Municipality: Finance, Public works, Trust fund
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 22, 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 Assembly Committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill authorizes the governor to award a grant or loan to a political subdivision for infrastructure improvements specified in the bill for development projects that will create new jobs.
Under the bill, the governor may award a grant or loan for any of the following:
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1) a project that involves a $10,000,000 private investment and creates at least 100 new jobs, as defined in the bill; 2) a project located in a political subdivision with a population less than 100,000 that involves a $5,000,000 private investment and creates at least 50 new jobs; or 3) a project located in a political subdivision with a population less than 50,000 that involves a $2,500,000 private investment and creates at least 25 new jobs. At least one-quarter of the total amount of grant and loan moneys awarded in a fiscal biennium must be awarded to political subdivisions with unemployment rates that are higher than the statewide average unemployment rate, and at least one-quarter must be awarded to political subdivisions with populations of 35,000 or less. However, the governor may award a grant or loan notwithstanding the investment and job creation requirements or the one-quarter minimums for certain political subdivisions if the Joint Committee on Finance fails to schedule a hearing on the governor's proposal within five days or approves the proposal after a hearing.
The bill requires a political subdivision that receives a grant or loan to enter into a contract with the business for whose benefit the grant or loan has been awarded that specifies a deadline for securing the private investment and creating the new jobs. A political subdivision may grant an extension of the deadline of up to 15 days, but a business that fails to meet the deadline must repay a prorated portion of the grant or loan.
The governor, with the advice of the Department of Commerce (department), must develop guidelines and criteria for grants and loans that encourage the award of grants and loans throughout the state and set a cap on the amount of grants. The department assists the governor in reviewing applications and monitors contract compliance.
Awards under the bill come from a new segregated fund, the Governor's Opportunity Fund, which consists of moneys transferred from a new sum certain appropriation created in the general fund and of repayments of grants and loans under the program.
Who's behind it
14 lawmakers are its . 13 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (14)
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- David Cullen · Democrat, Assembly
- Michael Huebsch · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Newcomer · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 22, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business.
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Apr 22, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Huebsch, Cullen, Vos, LeMahieu, Kaufert, Townsend, Spanbauer, Kerkman, Bies, Petrowski, Brooks, Newcomer, Knodl and Nygren;Cosponsored by Senators Darling and Olsen
- Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Jobs, the Economy and Small Business
- 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
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