Assembly Bill 970
Grants for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs and making an appropriation
Topics: Public Instruction, Department of, School: Branches of instruction, School: Finance
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 Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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 Public Instruction may award grants to school districts to develop innovative instructional programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); support pupils who are typically under-represented in these subjects; and increase the academic achievement of pupils in those subjects. This bill increases the appropriation for STEM grants by $65,600 in both the 2009-10 and 2010-11 fiscal years.
Who's behind it
12 lawmakers are its . All 12 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (12)
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · 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 Education.
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Apr 22, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Vos, Ripp, Strachota, Brooks, Petrowski, Bies, Townsend, Kestell, Suder, Knodl, LeMahieu and Spanbauer;Cosponsored by Senators Schultz, Darling and Olsen
- Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
- 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