Assembly Bill 4
Advanced manufacturing skills grants for technical colleges
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
Oct 11, 2011
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Dec 13, 2011: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities. 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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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
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 law, the Technical College System Board (board) makes grants to technical college system boards for training in advanced manufacturing skills.
Beginning in the 2010-11 school year, the board is required to award at $2,000,000 annually for such grants. This bill requires that, beginning in the 2011-12 school year, the board must award at least $2,400,000 annually for such grants.
Who's behind it
4 lawmakers are its . 4 have no party on record.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Committee on Assembly Organization
- Representative Ripp
- Senator Lassa
- by request of Governor Scott Walker
Signed on in support (4)
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Roys, Barca, Turner, Zepnick, Vruwink, Milroy, Steinbrink, Young, Danou, E. Coggs, C. Taylor, Jorgensen, Doyle, Ringhand, Bewley, Berceau, Clark, Seidel, Molepske Jr, Hulsey and Bernard Schaber
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly vote
Failed, 40 to 55 · Nov 3, 2011
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Refused to withdraw from committee on Colleges and Universities and take up, Ayes 40, Noes 55”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Dec 13, 2011
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 11, 2011 to Nov 3, 2011
22 more representatives and 2 senators signed on in support.
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Oct 11, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities.
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Oct 11, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 11, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by committee on Assembly Organization, by request of Governor Scott Walker, Representative Ripp, and Senator Lassa
- Oct 11, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Colleges and Universities
- Oct 11, 2011 · Assembly
Representative Ripp added as a coauthor
- Oct 11, 2011 · Assembly
Senator Lassa added as a cosponsor
- Oct 18, 2011 · Assembly
Senator Hansen added as a cosponsor
- Nov 3, 2011 · Assembly
Representatives Roys, Barca, Turner, Zepnick, Vruwink, Milroy, Steinbrink, Young, Danou, E. Coggs, C. Taylor, Jorgensen, Doyle, Ringhand, Bewley, Berceau, Clark, Seidel, Molepske Jr, Hulsey and Bernard Schaber added as coauthors
- Nov 3, 2011 · Assembly
Refused to withdraw from committee on Colleges and Universities and take up, Ayes 40, Noes 55
- Dec 13, 2011 · Assembly
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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote