Senate Bill 50
Legislative oversight of expenditure of federal economic stimulus funds
Topics: Federal aid, Governor, Legislature: Finance, Joint Committee on
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
Feb 11, 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 Senate Committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations. 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
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 increases the legislature's role in approving the expenditure of federal economic stimulus funds during the 2008-09 fiscal year and the 2009-11 fiscal biennium. Under the bill, "federal economic stimulus funds" are defined to mean federal moneys received by the state beginning on the bill's effective date and ending on June 30, 2011, pursuant to federal legislation enacted during the 111th Congress for the purpose of reviving the economy of the United States.
Under the bill, as soon as practical after the receipt of any federal economic stimulus funds by the state, the governor must submit to the Joint Committee on Finance (JCF) a plan for the expenditure of the funds. After receiving the plan, the cochairpersons of JCF must determine whether the plan is complete. If the cochairpersons determine that the plan is complete, JCF must meet and either approve or modify and approve the plan within 14 days after the cochairpersons determine that the plan is complete. The governor must then implement the plan as approved by JCF.
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The bill further provides that JCF must develop guidelines for the timely completion of all projects proposed in the governor's plan and must require the governor to submit, on a periodic basis, a status report on all work undertaken on the projects. If for any reason a project cannot be completed on a timely basis, or if federal economic stimulus funds cannot be expended as proposed in the plan, the governor must submit a revised plan to the cochairpersons of JCF. The revised plan may only be implemented if approved by JCF using the process described above.
Who's behind it
11 senators are its . 8 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (11)
- Alan Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Neal Kedzie · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Scott L. Fitzgerald · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (8)
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Mary Hubler · Democrat, Assembly
- Margaret Krusick · Democrat, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Jon Richards · Democrat, Assembly
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, 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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Feb 23, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 11, 2009
Sent to the Senate Committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations.
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Feb 11, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 11, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Carpenter, Risser, Wirch, Schultz, A. Lasee, Olsen, S. Fitzgerald, Kedzie, Darling, Hopper and Leibham;Cosponsored by Representatives Richards, Hubler, Krusick, Vukmir, Fields, Zepnick, Molepske Jr. and Nass
- Feb 11, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations
- Feb 23, 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