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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Assembly Resolution 19

Conduct in the assembly visitor gallery

Topics: Legislature, Legislature: Rules: Assembly

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

    Dec 1, 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.

Read the proposal

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What it would have done

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

This resolution amends the assembly rules to permit a person in the assembly visitor gallery to display a sign that is not larger than 8 1/2 inches in width and 11 inches in height, but only if the sign is not held over the person's head. In addition, the resolution amends the assembly rules to permit a person in the assembly visitor gallery to photograph or videotape any of the proceedings in the chamber.

Who's behind it

14 lawmakers are its ⁠. 13 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.

1 more lawmaker ⁠.

See all 15 names

Authors (14)

Signed on in support (1)

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the proposal died with it.

  2. Dec 1, 2011

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Dec 1, 2011

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization.

  4. Dec 1, 2011

    Introduced in the Assembly.

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

    Introduced by Representatives Roys, Berceau, Wynn, C. Taylor, Grigsby, Bewley, Clark, Doyle, Hebl, Jorgensen, Kessler, Mason, Pocan and Turner

  2. Dec 1, 2011 · Assembly

    Read and referred to committee on Assembly Organization

  3. Dec 1, 2011 · Assembly

    Representative Bernard Schaber added as a coauthor

  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.

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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor