Assembly Joint Resolution 12
Renaming the decorated tree on display in the capitol rotunda during the Christmas holiday season as the Wisconsin State Christmas Tree
Topics: Forestry, State capitol
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 proposal.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 17, 2009
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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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Adopted, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to adopt pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security. 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
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
Who's behind it
22 lawmakers are its . 18 are Republicans, 3 are Democrats and 1 is a Independent.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (22)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Hubler · Democrat, Assembly
- Michael Huebsch · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Williams · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Roth · Republican, Senate
- Marlin Schneider · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
- Bob Ziegelbauer · Independent, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Alan Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the proposal died with it.
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Feb 17, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security.
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Feb 17, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 17, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Schneider, Ziegelbauer, Pridemore, Kleefisch, Nygren, Kerkman, Roth, Kaufert, Hubler, Huebsch, Vos, Mursau, Vruwink, Bies, M. Williams, Suder, Honadel, Vukmir, Lothian, Gunderson, Strachota and Ballweg;Cosponsored by Senators Lazich, Olsen, A. Lasee and Plale
- Feb 17, 2009 · Assembly
Read and referred to committee on State Affairs and Homeland Security
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to adopt 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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor