Senate Bill 52
Requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to issue bonds and notes to raise capital for investment by venture capital funds in Wisconsin businesses
Topics: Bonds, Business, Debt, Public, Economic Development Corporation, Wisconsin
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
Apr 1, 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 Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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.
This bill requires the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (corporation) to issue bonds and notes to raise not more than $100,000,000 for investment in Wisconsin businesses on behalf of the corporation by up to ten venture capital funds. The corporation must provide the capital to venture capital funds that agree to invest the capital on behalf of the corporation in Wisconsin businesses in various industry sectors and in different stages of development; to require a business in which the capital is to be invested to raise funds from sources other than the state or the corporation in an amount equal to four times the amount of capital to be invested on behalf of the corporation; and to maintain offices, staff, and investment in this state.
Who's behind it
8 senators are its . All 8 are Democrats.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (8)
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Robert Jauch · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (4)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 1, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs.
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Apr 1, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 1, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Lassa, Hansen, Holperin, Vinehout, Jauch, Miller, Taylor and Erpenbach;Cosponsored by Representatives Berceau, Vruwink, Clark and Sinicki
- Apr 1, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs
- 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