Senate Bill 347
Creation of a Capitol Council, granting rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty
Topics: Administration, Department of: Agency and general functions, Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, State Capitol and Executive Residence Board, 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 bill.
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Introduced, passed
Dec 27, 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 Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates an entity called the Capitol Council, which is given responsibility for the management, operation, maintenance, and repair of the state capitol and the capitol park. The council consists of the governor or his or her designee, the chief justice of the supreme court, the speaker of the assembly, the president of the senate, and one other member who is not a state officer or employee.
The chief justice serves as chairperson. Currently, the Department of Administration (DOA) has responsibility for the management, operation, maintenance and repair of the capitol and capitol park. The bill transfers all assets, liabilities, positions, employees, tangible personal property, contracts, rules, orders, and pending matters of DOA that are primarily related to DOA's managerial responsibility for the capitol to the council. The bill also grants rule-making authority to the council to carry out its responsibilities with regard to management, operation, maintenance, repair, and security of the capitol and prescribes penalties for violations of the rules.
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Currently, any proposed renovation or installation of fixtures, decorative items, or furnishings on the grounds of the capitol or executive residence is subject to the review and approval of the State Capitol and Executive Residence Board. Currently, the secretary of administration or his or her designee and an architect employed by DOA who is appointed by the secretary serve as members of the board. This bill substitutes the chairperson of the Capitol Council or the chairperson's designee and the architect of the capitol as members of the board.
Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to result if the bill is enacted.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . All 5 are Democrats.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (10)
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 14, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 27, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.
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Dec 27, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Dec 27, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Taylor, Miller, Carpenter, Wirch and Lassa;Cosponsored by Representatives C. Taylor, Sinicki, Barca, Grigsby, Berceau, Molepske Jr, Pasch, Bewley, Pope-Roberts and Clark
- Dec 27, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations
- Mar 14, 2012 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate