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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Senate Bill 511

Allocation of national mortgage foreclosure settlement proceeds and making appropriations

Topics: Appropriation, Federal aid, Mortgage

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 23, 2012

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the joint committee on Finance. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

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

Of the moneys received by the state as a result of the national mortgage foreclosure settlement, $25,600,000 will be deposited in the general fund as general purpose revenue (GPR). This bill allocates that GPR as follows:

1. The Department of Children and Families must provide $10,000,000 in additional aid under its emergency assistance to needy persons program to eligible persons who are homeless or facing impending homelessness due to natural disaster or foreclosure.

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2. The Department of Financial Institutions must provide $10,000,000 in grants to assist nonprofit organizations and governmental bodies for the purpose of foreclosure mediation and foreclosure prevention.

3. The Department of Veterans Affairs must provide $3,000,000 in housing vouchers for chronically homeless veterans and in grants to veterans for preventing foreclosures on veterans' primary residences.

4. The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) must provide a grant of $1,600,000 to the Tenant Resource Center (TRC) in Madison to enable the TRC to expand its operations statewide, establish physical offices in the five counties with the highest rates of foreclosure, and provide services related to foreclosure prevention and tenant mediation. DATCP must first approve a plan submitted by the TRC for the use of the funds, and the TRC must submit to DATCP, within six months of using the funds, a report detailing how the funds were used.

5. The director of state courts must provide a grant of $1,000,000 to the Milwaukee Foreclosure Mediation Program (MFMP) for its general operations. The MFMP must enter into an agreement with the director of state courts that specifies the conditions for the use of the funds, and the MFMP must submit to the director of state courts, within six months of using the funds, a report detailing how the funds were used.

Who's behind it

8 senators are its ⁠. All 8 are Democrats.

24 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (8)

Signed on in support (24)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 20, 2012

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Mar 15, 2012

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Mar 9, 2012

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  5. Feb 23, 2012

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  6. Feb 23, 2012

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 23, 2012 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Hansen, King, Holperin, Taylor, Lassa, S. Coggs, T. Cullen and Miller;Cosponsored by Representatives Mason, Grigsby, Pasch, Milroy, Richards, Jorgensen, Roys, Pocan, Steinbrink, Berceau, E. Coggs, Molepske Jr, Toles, Sinicki, Bewley, C. Taylor, Fields, Hulsey, Bernard Schaber, Pope-Roberts, Turner, Young, Vruwink and Kessler

  2. Feb 23, 2012 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to joint committee on Finance

  3. Mar 9, 2012 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 9, 2012 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 15, 2012 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Mar 20, 2012 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Mar 20, 2012 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Mar 23, 2012 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Signed on in support

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Cost estimate

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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.

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

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

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Signed on in support

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

Official term: Cosponsor

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Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

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