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Bills from the 2009–10 session

Senate Joint Resolution 74

The retirement of Russ Whitesel, Senior Staff Attorney, Legislative Council Staff, following a long and distinguished career in nonpartisan service to the Wisconsin legislature

Topics: Joint Legislative Council, Whitesel, Russ

Passed the Senate, then stopped

The Senate passed it on Apr 22, 2010, 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

    Apr 16, 2010

  2. Committee, passed

  3. Senate vote, passed

    Passed Apr 22, 2010

  4. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Assembly never voted on it.

  5. Adopted, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 26, 2010: “Report correctly enrolled on 4-26-2010”

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Who's behind it

33 senators are its ⁠. 18 are Democrats and 15 are Republicans.

99 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 132 names

Authors (33)

Signed on in support (99)

What happened

  1. Apr 22, 2010

    The Assembly adopted it too.

  2. Apr 22, 2010

    “Read” (the official wording)

  3. Apr 22, 2010

    The Assembly received it.

  4. Apr 22, 2010

    The Senate adopted it.

  5. Apr 16, 2010

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  6. Apr 16, 2010

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Coggs, Carpenter, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Holperin, Hopper, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch;Cosponsored by Representatives Young, Ballweg, Barca, Benedict, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bies, Black, Brooks, Clark, Colon, Cullen, Danou, Davis, Dexter, Fields, J. Fitzgerald, Friske, Garthwaite, Gottlieb, Grigsby, Gunderson, Gundrum, Hebl, Hilgenberg, Hintz, Hixson, Honadel, Hraychuck, Hubler, Huebsch, Jorgensen, Kaufert, Kerkman, Kessler, Kestell, Kleefisch, Knodl, Kramer, Krusick, LeMahieu, Lothian, Mason, Meyer, Milroy, Molepske Jr., Montgomery, Mursau, Murtha, Nass, Nelson, Nerison, Newcomer, Nygren, A. Ott, J. Ott, Parisi, Pasch, Petersen, Petrowski, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Pridemore, Radcliffe, Rhoades, Richards, Ripp, Roth, Roys, Schneider, Seidel, Sheridan, Sherman, Shilling, Sinicki, Smith, Soletski, Spanbauer, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Stone, Strachota, Suder, Tauchen, Toles, Townsend, Turner, Van Akkeren, Van Roy, Vos, Vruwink, Vukmir, A. Williams, M. Williams, Wood, Zepnick, Ziegelbauer, Zigmunt and Zipperer

  2. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  3. Apr 16, 2010 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  4. Apr 21, 2010 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-22-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  5. Apr 22, 2010 · Senate

    Adopted

  6. Apr 22, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  7. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  8. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Read

  9. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended and taken up

  10. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Concurred in

  11. Apr 22, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Apr 23, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  13. Apr 26, 2010 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 4-26-2010

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