Assembly Bill 279
Excluding from the calculation of expenditure restraint payments expenditures made pursuant to a purchasing agreement with a school district
Topics: Municipality: Finance, School: Finance, Shared revenue
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Sep 28, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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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 current law, for purposes of determining a municipality's eligibility to receive expenditure restraint payments, a comparison of a municipality's current budget with its previous budget excludes principal and interest on long-term debt, certain revenue sharing payments, recycling fee payments, and expenditures from moneys received under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Under this bill, expenditures made pursuant to a purchasing agreement with a school district whereby the municipality makes purchases on behalf of the school district are also excluded from municipal budget comparisons for purposes of determining a municipality's eligibility to receive expenditure restraint payments.
Who's behind it
14 lawmakers are its . 12 are Republicans and 2 are Democrats.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (14)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Roger Rivard · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs vote on an amendment
Passed, 9 to 0 · Nov 1, 2011
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Urban and Local Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 1, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Nov 1, 2011
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 0.
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Nov 1, 2011
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Oct 25, 2011
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 17, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 28, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Urban and Local Affairs.
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Sep 28, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Sep 28, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Petrowski, Petryk, Molepske Jr, Spanbauer, Wynn, Staskunas, Ripp, Rivard, Thiesfeldt, LeMahieu, Strachota, Mursau, Brooks and Ballweg;Cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Schultz and Lassa
- Sep 28, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Urban and Local Affairs
- Oct 17, 2011 · Assembly
Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Petrowski
- Oct 17, 2011 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Nov 1, 2011 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Nov 1, 2011 · Assembly
Representative Jacque added as a coauthor
- Nov 1, 2011 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Urban and Local Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- Nov 1, 2011 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Urban and Local Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- Nov 1, 2011 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly
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