Senate Bill 176
Legislative vacancies
Topics: Elections, Governor, Legislature: Member
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 bill.
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Introduced, passed
Sep 7, 2011
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections. 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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Currently, under the Wisconsin Constitution, when there is a vacancy in the membership of the senate or assembly, the governor is directed to call a special election to fill the vacancy. There is no deadline for issuing the order, but the directive is enforceable through the court system. Under the statutes, with a limited exception relating to legislative session scheduling, if the vacancy occurs before the second Tuesday in May in the year in which the office is regularly filled, the vacancy must be filled "as promptly as possible."
This bill changes the statutes to specify that the special election must be ordered within 60 days after the vacancy occurs, subject to the current exception.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . All 5 are Democrats.
15 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Jennifer Shilling · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (15)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Elizabeth Coggs · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Pocan · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Barbara Toles · Democrat, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Sep 7, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Elections.
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Sep 7, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 7, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Shilling, S. Coggs, Hansen, C. Larson and Taylor;Cosponsored by Representatives Pocan, C. Taylor, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bewley, E. Coggs, Fields, Grigsby, Hebl, Hintz, Mason, Pope-Roberts, Ringhand, Toles and Turner
- Sep 7, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Elections
- Mar 23, 2012 · Senate
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.
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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor