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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

SB 26

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bonding authority for major interstate bridge projects.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Current law authorizes the state to contract public debt in an amount not to

exceed $225,000,000, in the form of general obligation bonds, for purposes of funding

major interstate bridge projects. A major interstate bridge project is defined to mean

"a project involving the construction or reconstruction of a bridge on the state trunk

highway system, including approaches, that crosses a river forming a boundary of

the state and for which this state's estimated cost share is at least $100,000,000."

Under current law, the Department of Transportation may not encumber or expend

any funds collected under this bonding authorization unless the state receives

federal funds that are designated by the federal government for a major interstate

bridge project and that cover at least $75,000,000 of the state's share of the project's

cost.

This bill eliminates the requirement that the state receive federal funds

covering a portion of the project's cost before expending or encumbering funds

collected under the bonding authorization.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Harsdorf (R)

3 cosponsors

Knudson (R) , Murtha (R) , Severson (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 May 3, 2011 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 23, Noes 10

Passed 23–10 May 10, 2011 official source full page

Assembly: Report concurrence recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 2

Passed 13–2 Jun 2, 2011 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 71, Noes 26

Passed 71–26 Jun 8, 2011 official source full page

Aye · 71

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Mar 1, 2011 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Harsdorf;Cosponsored by Representatives Knudson, Murtha and Severson

  2. Mar 1, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Elections

  3. Mar 24, 2011 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 28, 2011 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. May 3, 2011 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. May 3, 2011 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation and Elections, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. May 3, 2011 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. May 9, 2011 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-10-2011 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. May 10, 2011 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  10. May 10, 2011 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 23, Noes 10

  11. May 10, 2011 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  13. May 10, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation

  14. May 10, 2011 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. May 10, 2011 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. May 24, 2011 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  17. Jun 2, 2011 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  18. Jun 2, 2011 · Assembly

    Report concurrence recommended by committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 2

  19. Jun 2, 2011 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  20. Jun 2, 2011 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-8-2011 by committee on Rules

  21. Jun 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  22. Jun 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Jun 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  24. Jun 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 71, Noes 26

  25. Jun 8, 2011 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Jun 8, 2011 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  27. Jun 13, 2011 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 6-13-2011

  28. Jun 22, 2011 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 6-22-2011

  29. Jun 27, 2011 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 6-24-2011. 2011 Wisconsin Act 30

  30. Jul 7, 2011 · Senate

    Published 7-11-2011