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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Assembly Bill 399

Entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation

Topics: Business, Economic Development Corporation, Wisconsin, Industrial development, Parochial and private educational institutions, University of Wisconsin

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 bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Dec 1, 2011

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Rural Economic Development and Rural Affairs pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c). See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill authorizes the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) to award a grant of up to $3,000 to a new business for the business's expenses related to hiring, as a paid intern, a student enrolled at an institution of higher education who studies business, engineering, information technology, or a similar field. Under the bill, a new business is a business organized in this state on a date that is not more than 60 months before the date that the business applies for a grant authorized under the bill. Additionally, if WEDC awards a grant to three or more businesses to fund internships for students enrolled at a single institution of higher education and the institution of higher education develops a program to support internships funded by these grants, WEDC may award a grant of up to $25,000 to the institution of higher education. Finally, this bill requires WEDC to allocate at least $45,000 in each fiscal year to fund grants authorized under the bill and to submit a report on the effectiveness of those grants to the legislature no later than February 1, 2015.

Who's behind it

16 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 16 are Democrats.

6 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 22 names

Authors (16)

Signed on in support (6)

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 16, 2012

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rural Economic Development and Rural Affairs.

  3. Dec 1, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business.

  4. Dec 1, 2011

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Dec 1, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Barca, Doyle, Molepske Jr, Seidel, Zepnick, Berceau, Roys, Milroy, Pasch, C. Taylor, Steinbrink, Clark, Pope-Roberts, Jorgensen, Toles and Fields;Cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Shilling, Wirch, Taylor, S. Coggs and Hansen

  2. Dec 1, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business

  3. Feb 16, 2012 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business and referred to committee on Rural Economic Development and Rural Affairs pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)

  4. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Public hearing

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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

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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

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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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

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