Senate Bill 548
Revenue limit for energy efficiency projects
Topics: Contracts, Energy conservation, School: Finance
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
Mar 5, 2012
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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 Energy, Biotechnology, and Consumer Protection. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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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.
Prior to the enactment of the 2011-13 biennial budget act, 2011 Wisconsin Act 32 (Act 32), the total amount of revenue per pupil that a school district could receive from general school aids and property taxes in any school year was limited to the amount of revenue increase allowed per pupil in the previous school year increased by the percentage change in the consumer price index. Act 32 decreased the revenue limit adjustment for the 2011-12 school year, provided a $50 per pupil adjustment for the 2012-13 school year, and eliminated the per pupil adjustment for the 2013-14 school year and every school year thereafter.
Several exceptions to the revenue limit exist under current law. For example, if a school district adopts a resolution to initiate a project to implement energy efficient measures or purchase energy efficient products (energy efficiency project), the school district's revenue limit is increased by the cost of that project or products This particular revenue limit exception was affected by Act 32; specifically, energy efficiency projects must be governed by a performance contract with a qualified provider. Current law defines a "performance contract" as a contract for the evaluation and recommendation of energy conservation and facility improvement measures, and for the implementation of one or more of these measures. Current law defines a "qualified provider" as a person who is experienced in the design, implementation, and installation of energy conservation and facility improvement measures and who has the ability to provide labor and material payment and performance bonds equal to the maximum amount of any payments due under a performance contract entered into by the person.
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This bill eliminates the requirement that energy efficiency projects be governed by a performance contract.
Who's behind it
Jennifer Shilling, a Democrat, is its .
6 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Jennifer Shilling · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (6)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
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 20, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 5, 2012
1 more representative and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Mar 5, 2012
Sent to the Senate Committee on Energy, Biotechnology, and Consumer Protection.
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Mar 5, 2012
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 5, 2012 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Shilling;Cosponsored by Representatives Doyle, Bernard Schaber, Bewley and Clark
- Mar 5, 2012 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Energy, Biotechnology, and Consumer Protection
- Mar 5, 2012 · Senate
Senator S. Coggs added as a coauthor
- Mar 5, 2012 · Senate
Representative Berceau added as a cosponsor
- Mar 20, 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