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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 473

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delaying the restrictions on participation by the University of Wisconsin System in selling or providing telecommunications services.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, beginning on July 1, 2013, no entity within the University

of Wisconsin System may be a member, shareholder, or partner in or with any person

that offers, resells, or provides telecommunications services to the general public or

to any public or private entity unless at least one of the following applies:

1. The person does not offer, resell, or provide telecommunications services that

it did not offer, resell, or provide on June 15, 2011, and the person does not offer,

resell, or provide telecommunications services to anybody other than a university or

a university-affiliated research facility or a facility approved by the Joint Committee

on Finance that the person was not serving on June 15, 2011.

2. The person is comprised entirely of universities and university-affiliated

research facilities.

This postpones the prohibition described above from July 1, 2013, to July 1,

2014.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Bernier (R) , Bies (R) , C. Taylor (D) , Danou (D) , Doyle (D) , Kaufert (R) , Marklein (R) , Molepske Jr (D) , Nass (R) , Petrowski (R) , Ripp (R) , Spanbauer (R) , Tranel (R) , Wynn (R)

11 cosponsors

C. Larson (D) , Galloway (R) , Holperin (D) , Moulton (R) , Olsen (R) , Risser (D) , S. Coggs (D) , Schultz (R) , T. Cullen (D) , Taylor (D) , Vinehout (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 5, Noes 1

Passed 5–1 Mar 15, 2012 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Jan 9, 2012 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Wynn, Nass, Doyle, Tranel, Bernier, Bies, Spanbauer, Kaufert, C. Taylor, Petrowski, Berceau, Marklein, Molepske Jr, Ripp and Danou;Cosponsored by Senators Moulton, Galloway, Holperin, T. Cullen, S. Coggs, Schultz, Taylor, Risser, Olsen, Vinehout and C. Larson

  2. Jan 9, 2012 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Colleges and Universities

  3. Feb 16, 2012 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 1, 2012 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 5, Noes 1

  6. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1