Senate Joint Resolution 18
Creation of a department of transportation, creation of a transportation fund, and deposit of funds into the transportation fund (first consideration)
Topics: Constitutional amendments: First consideration, Road: Finance, Transportation, Department of: Administration
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.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 13, 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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Adopted, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to adopt pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources. 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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Currently, the revenues generated by use of the state transportation system may be deposited into any fund as provided by law. This proposed constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2009 legislature on first consideration, requires that such revenues be deposited into a transportation fund, and requires the legislature to create such a fund and a department of transportation.
A proposed constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.
Who's behind it
6 senators are its . 5 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
31 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (31)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Brett Davis · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Gottlieb · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Huebsch · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Fitzgerald · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Meyer · Republican, Assembly
- Phil Montgomery · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Rich Zipperer · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the proposal died with it.
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Mar 13, 2009
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources.
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Mar 13, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 13, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Hopper, Cowles, Darling, Olsen, Plale and Schultz;Cosponsored by Representatives Gottlieb, Petrowski, J. Fitzgerald, Ballweg, Bies, Brooks, Davis, Gunderson, Huebsch, Honadel, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kestell, Knodl, LeMahieu, Lothian, Meyer, Montgomery, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nerison, Nygren, Ripp, Spanbauer, Stone, Strachota, Suder, Townsend, Vos and Zipperer
- Mar 13, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Tourism, Forestry, and Natural Resources
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
Failed to adopt 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
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