Assembly Joint Resolution 82
Renaming the decorated tree on display in the capitol rotunda during the Christmas season as the State of Wisconsin Christmas Tree
Topics: Forestry, State capitol
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 proposal.
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Introduced, passed
Dec 7, 2011
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Adopted, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to adopt pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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
Who's behind it
22 lawmakers are its . All 22 are Republicans.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (22)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Tyler August · Republican, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Knilans · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Michelle Litjens · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Steineke · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Karl Van Roy · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the proposal died with it.
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Dec 7, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs.
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Dec 7, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Dec 7, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Steineke, August, Bernier, Craig, Endsley, Jacque, Kapenga, Kestell, Knilans, Krug, Kuglitsch, LeMahieu, Litjens, A. Ott, Petersen, Pridemore, Ripp, Spanbauer, Strachota, Thiesfeldt, Van Roy and Stroebel;Cosponsored by Senators Lasee and Galloway
- Dec 7, 2011 · Assembly
Read and referred to committee on Homeland Security and State Affairs
- Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly
Failed to adopt 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
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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor