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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Senate Joint Resolution 53

Honoring the life and public service of Joseph P. Mettner

Topics: Mettner, Joseph P., Public Service Commission

Passed the Senate, then stopped

The Senate passed it on Oct 27, 2009, but the Assembly never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new proposal.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Oct 26, 2009

  2. Committee, passed

  3. Senate vote, passed

    Passed Oct 27, 2009

  4. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Assembly never voted on it.

  5. Adopted, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Nov 3, 2009: “Report correctly enrolled on 11-3-2009”

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Who's behind it

13 senators are its ⁠. 7 are Republicans and 6 are Democrats.

21 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 34 names

Authors (13)

Signed on in support (21)

What happened

  1. Oct 27, 2009

    “Entire membership of the Assembly added as cosponsors” (the official wording)

  2. Oct 27, 2009

    The Assembly adopted it too.

  3. Oct 27, 2009

    “Read” (the official wording)

  4. Oct 27, 2009

    The Assembly received it.

  5. Oct 27, 2009

    The Senate adopted it.

  6. Oct 27, 2009

    “Entire membership of the Senate added as coauthors” (the official wording)

  7. Oct 26, 2009

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  8. Oct 26, 2009

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 26, 2009 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Plale, Sullivan, Lazich, A. Lasee, Olsen, Kanavas, Taylor, Jauch, Kedzie, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Schultz and Risser;Cosponsored by Representatives Montgomery, Huebsch, Shilling, Hintz, Gundrum, Suder, Townsend, Newcomer, Sinicki, Soletski, Kestell, Nass, Bies, Davis, J. Fitzgerald, Gottlieb, A. Ott, Rhoades, Stone, Van Roy and Vos

  2. Oct 26, 2009 · Senate

    Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  3. Oct 26, 2009 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  4. Oct 27, 2009 · Senate

    Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up

  5. Oct 27, 2009 · Senate

    Entire membership of the Senate added as coauthors

  6. Oct 27, 2009 · Senate

    Adopted

  7. Oct 27, 2009 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  8. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  9. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Read

  10. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Rules suspended and taken up

  11. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Concurred in

  12. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Entire membership of the Assembly added as cosponsors

  13. Oct 27, 2009 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Oct 27, 2009 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  15. Nov 3, 2009 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 11-3-2009

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. 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

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

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