Senate Bill 397
General purpose revenue funding for the veterans trust fund and making an appropriation
Topics: Veterans 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
Nov 18, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 joint committee on Finance. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill adds $12,600,000 to the veterans trust fund from the general fund in each of the next three years.
Who's behind it
25 lawmakers are its . 8 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat. 16 have no party on record.
26 more lawmakers .
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Authors (25)
- AMVETS
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Dry Hootch
- Gold Star Wives
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Dan Kapanke · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Madison Veterans Council
- Marine Corps League
- Military Officers Association of America
- Military Order of the Purple Heart
- Navy Clubs of USA
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Polish Legion of American Veterans
- Scott L. Fitzgerald · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- The American Legion
- The Retired Enlisted Association
- Veterans of Foreign Wars
- Vietnam Veterans of America
- Wisconsin American GI Forum
- Wisconsin Vietnam Vets
- by request of Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs
Signed on in support (26)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Brett Davis · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Williams · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Meyer · Republican, Assembly
- Phil Montgomery · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Roth · Republican, Senate
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Dec 22, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 18, 2009
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Nov 18, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Nov 18, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators S. Fitzgerald, Schultz, Leibham, Hopper, Darling, Harsdorf, Olsen, Carpenter and Kapanke, by request of Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, The American Legion, AMVETS, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Vietnam Veterans of America, Wisconsin American GI Forum, Wisconsin Vietnam Vets, Dry Hootch, Gold Star Wives, Madison Veterans Council, Marine Corps League, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Military Officers Association of America, Navy Clubs of USA, Polish Legion of American Veterans, and The Retired Enlisted Association;Cosponsored by Representatives Petersen, Suder, Roth, Townsend, Gundrum, Turner, Meyer, Kleefisch, A. Ott, Pridemore, Bies, Gunderson, LeMahieu, Montgomery, Nygren, Petrowski, Spanbauer, Stone, Vos, M. Williams, Strachota, Brooks, Van Roy, Nerison, Murtha and Davis
- Nov 18, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to joint committee on Finance
- Dec 22, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- 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.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate