Senate Bill 600
Making companies that hire illegal aliens ineligible for certain tax exemptions, governmental contracts, grants, and loans, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties
Topics: Alien, Business, Contracts, Corporation, Employment, Franchise: Taxation, Income tax: Credit, Municipality: Finance, Property tax: Exemption, Public works, Purchasing, Government
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.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 9, 2010
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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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 ”
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under this bill, any company that has hired illegal aliens is, for a period of seven years, ineligible to: 1) receive any income or franchise tax credit or property tax exemption; 2) enter into a contract with the state or a local governmental unit for the construction, remodeling, or repair of a public work or building, or for the furnishing of supplies, services, equipment, or material of any kind; and 3) receive any grants or loans from a local governmental unit.
Who's behind it
7 senators are its . 6 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Russell Decker · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Jim Sullivan · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (4)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Marlin Schneider · Democrat, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Small Business vote to recommend it
Passed, 3 to 2 · Apr 21, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection, Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 22, 2010
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Apr 21, 2010
“Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)” (the official wording)
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Apr 21, 2010
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Apr 21, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 3 to 2.
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Apr 14, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 8, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection,.
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Apr 2, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 29, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 26, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 9, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs.
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Mar 9, 2010
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 9, 2010 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Hansen, Lehman, Decker, Sullivan, Holperin, Schultz and Erpenbach;Cosponsored by Representatives Schneider, Staskunas and Suder
- Mar 9, 2010 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs
- Mar 26, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 29, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 2, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 8, 2010 · Senate
Withdrawn from committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs and rereferred to committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection, pursuant to Senate Rule 46 (2)(c)
- Apr 14, 2010 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Apr 21, 2010 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Small Business, Emergency Preparedness, Technical Colleges, and Consumer Protection, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Apr 21, 2010 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Apr 21, 2010 · Senate
Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)
- Apr 21, 2010 · Senate
Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)
- Apr 21, 2010 · Senate
Placed on calendar 4-22-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Apr 22, 2010 · Senate
Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- Apr 22, 2010 · Senate
Read a second time
- Apr 22, 2010 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- 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.
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
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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote