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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Assembly Bill 92

Eliminating the enrollment cap for the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and extending the program to permit private schools located in Milwaukee County to participate

Topics: Milwaukee County, Milwaukee: School, Parochial and private educational institutions, Public Instruction, Department of

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on May 10, 2011, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Apr 12, 2011

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed 57 to 36

  4. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

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

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What it would have done

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

Under current law, only private schools located in the city of Milwaukee may participate in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP), and the number of pupils who may enroll in private schools under the MPCP is limited to 22,500. This bill eliminates the enrollment limit and provides that any private school located in Milwaukee County may participate in the MPCP.

Currently, a private school that wishes to participate in the MPCP must notify the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) of its intent to participate in the MPCP by February 1 of the previous school year. This bill permits private schools located in Milwaukee County and that wish to participate in the MPCP in the 2011-12 school year to notify DPI of its intent to participate by August 1, 2011.

Who's behind it

2 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 2 are Republicans.

1 more lawmaker ⁠.

See all 3 names

Authors (2)

Signed on in support (1)

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.

How lawmakers voted

There were 13 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Education vote to recommend it

Passed, 7 to 4 · Apr 27, 2011

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 Education, Ayes 7, Noes 4”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote on an amendment

Passed, 57 to 37 · May 10, 2011

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Assembly amendment 12 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 37”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote on an amendment

Passed, 57 to 37 · May 10, 2011

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Assembly amendment 13 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 37”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote on an amendment

Passed, 57 to 37 · May 10, 2011

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Assembly amendment 14 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 37”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote on an amendment

Passed, 64 to 30 · May 10, 2011

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Assembly amendment 15 laid on table, Ayes 64, Noes 30”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote on an amendment

Passed, 57 to 37 · May 10, 2011

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Assembly amendment 16 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 37”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote on an amendment

Passed, 56 to 38 · May 10, 2011

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Assembly amendment 17 laid on table, Ayes 56, Noes 38”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote on an amendment

Passed, 77 to 17 · May 10, 2011

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Assembly amendment 5 laid on table, Ayes 77, Noes 17”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote on an amendment

Passed, 57 to 37 · May 10, 2011

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Assembly amendment 6 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 37”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote on an amendment

Passed, 57 to 37 · May 10, 2011

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Assembly amendment 7 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 37”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote on an amendment

Passed, 57 to 37 · May 10, 2011

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Assembly amendment 8 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 37”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote on an amendment

Passed, 57 to 37 · May 10, 2011

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Assembly amendment 9 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 37”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 57 to 36 · May 10, 2011

See how each of the 93 representatives voted

D: Democrat, I: Independent, R: Republican

Yes (57)

No (36)

Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 57, Noes 36, Paired 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. May 11, 2011

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.

  3. May 11, 2011

    The Senate received it.

  4. May 10, 2011

    The Assembly passed it, 57 to 36.

  5. May 10, 2011

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  6. May 5, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  7. May 5, 2011

    “Report passage, with emergency statement attached, pursuant to s. 16.47 (2), Wisconsin Statutes, recommended by joint committee on Finance” (the official wording)

  8. May 3, 2011

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  9. Apr 27, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  10. Apr 27, 2011

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 4.

  11. Apr 19, 2011

    The committee held a public hearing.

  12. Apr 18, 2011

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  13. Apr 12, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.

  14. Apr 12, 2011

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Apr 12, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Honadel and Kapenga

  2. Apr 12, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  3. Apr 18, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 19, 2011 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 26, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Hintz

  6. Apr 26, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representative Hintz

  7. Apr 26, 2011 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Apr 27, 2011 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 4

  9. Apr 27, 2011 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. May 3, 2011 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a)

  11. May 5, 2011 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  12. May 5, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 3 offered by joint committee on Finance

  13. May 5, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 4 offered by joint committee on Finance

  14. May 5, 2011 · Assembly

    Report passage, with emergency statement attached, pursuant to s. 16.47 (2), Wisconsin Statutes, recommended by joint committee on Finance

  15. May 5, 2011 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  16. May 5, 2011 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-10-2011 by committee on Rules

  17. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  18. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 5 offered by Representatives Kessler, Richards, Sinicki, Zamarripa, Pasch, Turner, Danou, Mason, D. Cullen, Grigsby, Zepnick, Toles and Krusick

  19. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 5 placed after Assembly amendment 17

  20. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 6 offered by Representative Sinicki

  21. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 6 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 37

  22. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 7 offered by Representative Sinicki

  23. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 7 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 37

  24. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 8 offered by Representative Sinicki

  25. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 8 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 37

  26. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 9 offered by Representative Sinicki

  27. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 9 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 37

  28. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 10 offered by Representative Sinicki

  29. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 10 withdrawn and returned to author

  30. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 11 offered by Representative Sinicki

  31. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 11 withdrawn and returned to author

  32. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 12 offered by Representative Sinicki

  33. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 12 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 37

  34. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 13 offered by Representative Hintz

  35. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 13 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 37

  36. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 14 offered by Representative Hintz

  37. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 14 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 37

  38. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 15 offered by Representatives Krusick, Fields and Sinicki

  39. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 15 laid on table, Ayes 64, Noes 30

  40. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 16 offered by Representative Grigsby

  41. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 16 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 37

  42. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 17 offered by Representative Grigsby

  43. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 17 laid on table, Ayes 56, Noes 38

  44. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 5 laid on table, Ayes 77, Noes 17

  45. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Representative Kooyenga added as a coauthor

  46. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  47. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  48. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 57, Noes 36, Paired 2

  49. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  50. May 11, 2011 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  51. May 11, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education

  52. 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

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

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

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