Assembly Bill 575
Directing the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to develop a workforce training program and authorizing a technical college district board to obtain a state trust fund loan to provide workforce training
Topics: Business, Economic Development Corporation, Wisconsin, Technical College System Board, Trust fund, Unemployment: Relief measures
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
Feb 17, 2012
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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
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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill directs the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) to develop and implement a program to identify businesses that require workforce training in order to begin or expand operations in this state. WEDC must also determine whether the district board of the technical college district in which an identified business is or will be located is able to provide the needed workforce training at no cost to the business for a specified period.
The bill authorizes a technical college district board to obtain a state trust fund loan for the purpose of providing the workforce training described above and authorizes WEDC to repay the loan on behalf of the technical college district. The training may occur at a district facility or at the business.
Who's behind it
15 lawmakers are its . 14 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (15)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Elizabeth Coggs · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Pocan · Democrat, Assembly
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Tony Staskunas · Democrat, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Jessica King · Democrat, Senate
- Vruwink, Richards, Jorgensen, Hebl, Zamarripa, Toles, Hulsey, C. Taylor, Billings and Pope-Roberts
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill. Taking a bill up right away needs two-thirds of the members, a higher bar than passing it, so that vote can draw more yeses than the final one.
Assembly Committee on Jobs vote to recommend it
Passed, 11 to 2 · Mar 15, 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 Jobs, Economy and Small Business, Ayes 11, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to take it up right away
Failed, 31 to 53 · Mar 15, 2012
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business and take up, Ayes 31, Noes 53”. 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 15, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 15, 2012
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 11 to 2.
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Mar 15, 2012
10 more representatives signed on in support.
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Mar 8, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 6, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 28, 2012
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 17, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business.
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Feb 17, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 17, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Molepske Jr, Bewley, Clark, Fields, Grigsby, Pasch, Pocan, Ringhand, Staskunas, Turner, E. Coggs, Krug, Berceau, Bernard Schaber and Doyle;Cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Holperin, King and C. Larson
- Feb 17, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business
- Feb 28, 2012 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 8, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 8, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 8, 2012 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly
Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business and take up, Ayes 31, Noes 53
- Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly
Representatives Vruwink, Richards, Jorgensen, Hebl, Zamarripa, Toles, Hulsey, C. Taylor, Billings and Pope-Roberts added as coauthors
- Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business, Ayes 11, Noes 2
- Mar 15, 2012 · 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