Senate Resolution 22
Prohibiting waiver of public hearing requirement for bills placed on a calendar
Topics: Legislature: Committees, Legislature: Procedure, Legislature: Rules: Senate
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 proposal.
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Introduced, passed
Nov 3, 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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Adopted, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to adopt pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Senate Organization, Ayes 17, Noes 16. 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current senate rules, no bill may be placed on a calendar that has not received a public hearing. The committee on senate organization, however, may waive that requirement. Under the resolution, the committee on senate organization may not waive the requirement that a bill receive a public hearing before being placed on a calendar.
SR22, s. 1 3 Section 1 .
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Senate rule 18 (1m) is amended to read:
SR22,1,7 4 Senate Rule 18 (1m) Notwithstanding sub. (1) and rule 41 (1) (c), no bill may 5 be placed on a calendar that has not received a public hearing.
The committee on 6 senate organization may waive the public hearing requirement under this 7 subsection.
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Who's behind it
Mark Miller, a Democrat, is its .
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Author (1)
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this proposal.
Senate vote
Passed, 17 to 16 · Jan 24, 2012
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Referred to committee on Senate Organization, Ayes 17, Noes 16”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the proposal died with it.
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Jan 24, 2012
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization, Ayes 17, Noes 16.
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Jan 17, 2012
“Ruling of the Chair received, point of order on the status of resolution” (the official wording)
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Nov 3, 2011
“Point of order on the status of the resolution taken under advisement” (the official wording)
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Nov 3, 2011
“Point of order that resolution must lay over for one week pursuant to Senate Rule 90 well taken” (the official wording)
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Nov 3, 2011
“Privileged and Read” (the official wording)
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Nov 3, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Nov 3, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Miller
- Nov 3, 2011 · Senate
Privileged and Read
- Nov 3, 2011 · Senate
Point of order that resolution must lay over for one week pursuant to Senate Rule 90 well taken
- Nov 3, 2011 · Senate
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgement of the Senate, Ayes 17, Noes 16
- Nov 3, 2011 · Senate
Point of order on the status of the resolution taken under advisement
- Jan 17, 2012 · Senate
Ruling of the Chair received, point of order on the status of resolution
- Jan 17, 2012 · Senate
Referred to calendar pursuant to Senate Rule 69
- Jan 24, 2012 · Senate
Referred to committee on Senate Organization, Ayes 17, Noes 16
- Jan 24, 2012 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 23, 2012 · Senate
Failed to adopt 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote