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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Assembly Resolution 17

Protecting First Amendment rights

Topics: Freedom of speech and press, Legislature, 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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Oct 25, 2011

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. 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 Assembly Organization. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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Who's behind it

28 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 28 are Democrats.

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Authors (28)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this proposal. 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 vote to take it up right away

Failed, 35 to 57 · Oct 25, 2011

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 Assembly Organization and take up, Ayes 35, Noes 57”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the proposal died with it.

  2. Oct 25, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization.

  3. Oct 25, 2011

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Pocan, C. Taylor, Kessler, Hintz, Vruwink, Mason, Pasch, Berceau, Sinicki, Doyle, Danou, Jorgensen, Turner, Steinbrink, Hulsey, Hebl, Clark, Seidel, Roys, E. Coggs, Bernard Schaber, Molepske Jr, Radcliffe, Ringhand, Pope-Roberts, Bewley, Barca and Young

  2. Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly

    Read and referred to committee on Assembly Organization

  3. Oct 25, 2011 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Assembly Organization and take up, Ayes 35, Noes 57

  4. 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.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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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

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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary