Assembly Bill 531
Requiring legislation for agencies to take an action to, request federal moneys to, and use state moneys to assist the federal government to implement federal health reform
Topics: Bills, Legislative, Federal-state relations, Insurance: Health, Legislative Reference Bureau, State agencies
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.
-
Introduced, passed
Feb 7, 2012
-
Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
-
Assembly vote, not reached
-
Senate vote, not reached
-
Governor, not reached
-
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 Insurance. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
Following saves it on this device. New actions show on your Following page. You can also get updates in a feed reader.
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
On March 23, 2010, the federal government enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which, among other things, imposes requirements and limitations on health insurance policies and health plans, requires the creation of state-based health insurance exchanges through which individuals and small employers can purchase insurance, changes the income eligibility criteria for Medicaid (known as Medical Assistance in this state), and creates incentives for improving access to health care. This bill requires that, before a state agency takes any action to implement PPACA for which the agency would typically promulgate a rule, the agency must request the Legislative Reference Bureau to prepare legislation that allows the agency to take the action. The agency must then submit the proposed legislation to each standing committee of each house of the legislature that has jurisdiction over health or insurance matters. The bill prohibits the agency from taking the action to implement PPACA until the legislation allowing the agency to take the action takes effect. The bill also prohibits an agency from requesting a grant or other moneys from the federal government to implement PPACA and from expending any state moneys, or federal moneys passing through the state treasury, to assist the federal government in implementing PPACA.
Who's behind it
20 lawmakers are its . All 20 are Republicans.
5 more lawmakers .
See all 25 names Hide the names
Authors (20)
- Tyler August · Republican, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Paul F. Farrow · Republican, Senate
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Joe Knilans · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Knudson · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Bill Kramer · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Jim Steineke · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Chad Weininger · Republican, Assembly
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Leah Vukmir · 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.
What happened
-
Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
-
Feb 24, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
-
Feb 7, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Insurance.
-
Feb 7, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
See the official record, word for word Hide the official record
- Feb 7, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Craig, Wynn, August, Knudson, Knilans, Bernier, Farrow, Honadel, Jacque, Kapenga, Kooyenga, Kramer, Kuglitsch, LeMahieu, T. Larson, Nass, Steineke, Stroebel, Thiesfeldt and Weininger;Cosponsored by Senators Vukmir, Galloway, Grothman, Lasee and Lazich
- Feb 7, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance
- Feb 24, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 9, 2012 · Assembly
Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Craig
- 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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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