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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Senate Bill 359

Directing school boards to provide instruction about the recent history of the Hmong people

Topics: Minority groups, School: Board, School: Branches of instruction

Stopped before the full Senate voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Oct 20, 2009

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Current law requires each school board to provide an instructional program designed to give pupils knowledge of state, national, and world history. This bill directs school boards to include the role of the Hmong in fighting for the United States in the Vietnam War, the persecution of the Hmong by the Laotian government after the Vietnam War, and the reasons for the emigration of many Hmong to the United States.

Who's behind it

6 senators are its ⁠. All 6 are Democrats.

13 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 19 names

Authors (6)

Signed on in support (13)

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Senate Committee on Education vote on an amendment

Passed, 7 to 0 · Dec 21, 2009

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 28, 2010

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Dec 21, 2009

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 0.

  3. Dec 21, 2009

    “Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0” (the official wording)

  4. Dec 3, 2009

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Oct 20, 2009

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.

  6. Oct 20, 2009

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 20, 2009 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Lehman, Coggs, Plale, Wirch, Hansen and Taylor;Cosponsored by Representatives Soletski, Kessler, Seidel, Turner, Berceau, Black, Fields, Grigsby, Hintz, Shilling, Pocan, Spanbauer and Zepnick

  2. Oct 20, 2009 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  3. Dec 2, 2009 · Senate

    Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Lehman

  4. Dec 3, 2009 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Dec 15, 2009 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Dec 21, 2009 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  7. Dec 21, 2009 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  8. Dec 21, 2009 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Apr 28, 2010 · Senate

    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.

More in the glossary

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. 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.

More in the glossary

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary