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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Assembly Resolution 17

The prohibition against memorializing the federal government

Topics: Legislature: Procedure, Legislature: Rules: Assembly, Memorial to Congress

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jan 12, 2010

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. 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 Assembly Organization. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

Read the proposal

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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 resolution eliminates a prohibition against offering of any assembly joint resolution or resolution memorializing Congress or any branch or officer of the federal government, a prohibition against the assembly receiving a senate joint resolution memorializing Congress or any branch or officer of the federal government, and a requirement that each such senate joint resolution must be transmitted back to the senate immediately after the message referring to the senate joint resolution is read.

Who's behind it

Marlin Schneider, a Democrat, is its ⁠.

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Author (1)

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the proposal died with it.

  2. Jan 12, 2010

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization.

  3. Jan 12, 2010

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 12, 2010 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representative Schneider

  2. Jan 12, 2010 · Assembly

    Read and referred to committee on Assembly Organization

  3. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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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

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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor