Assembly Bill 417
Procedures for establishing a claim (suggested as remedial legislation by the Office of the State Treasurer)
Topics: Circuit court, Statutes: Revision, Treasurer: State
Passed the Assembly, then stopped
The Assembly passed it on Mar 6, 2012, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to . To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Dec 7, 2011
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Mar 6, 2012
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.
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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 concur in pursuant to ”
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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
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
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, a person may claim an interest in abandoned, intangible property by filing a claim with the state treasurer. Intangible property is presumed to be abandoned if it is held, issued, or owing in the ordinary course of a holder's business and it has remained unclaimed by the owner for more than five years after it became payable or distributable. Current law requires the state treasurer to consider each claim within 90 days after the claim is filed. The state treasurer may also refer a claim to the attorney general for an opinion on whether to either allow the claim or deny the claim in whole or in part.
A person aggrieved by a decision of the state treasurer or whose claim has not been acted upon within 90 days (claimant) may, under current law, bring an action to establish the claim in circuit court. If, in circuit court, the claimant establishes the claim against the state treasurer, the court must award costs and reasonable attorney fees to the claimant.
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This bill permits a claimant to petition for judicial review of the decision or inaction of the state treasurer under chapter 227 of the statutes; chapter 227 establishes uniform procedures for the review of administrative actions and decisions. The bill also eliminates the mandatory award of costs and reasonable attorneys fees to a claimant who prevails against the state treasurer in circuit court in those cases in which the circuit court determines the state treasurer was substantially justified in taking its position or in which special circumstances exist that would make the award of costs and attorney fees unjust.
This bill is explained in the Notes provided by the Joint Legislative Council in the bill.
Who's behind it
Bill Kramer, a Republican, is its .
1 more lawmaker .
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Author (1)
- Bill Kramer · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Ethics vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 2 · Mar 2, 2012
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Ethics, Ayes 5, Noes 2”. 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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Mar 7, 2012
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.
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Mar 7, 2012
The Senate received it.
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Mar 6, 2012
The Assembly passed it.
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Mar 2, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 2, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 2.
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Feb 2, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Dec 7, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary and Ethics.
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Dec 7, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Dec 7, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representative Kramer;Cosponsored by Senator Grothman
- Dec 7, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Ethics
- Feb 2, 2012 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 1, 2012 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Ethics, Ayes 5, Noes 2
- Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 2, 2012 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 3-6-2012 by committee on Rules
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 7, 2012 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Mar 7, 2012 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations
- Mar 23, 2012 · Senate
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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
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
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
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
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote