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Bills from the Sep 2011 Special Session

Senate 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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Oct 11, 2011

  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, Dec 13, 2011: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Higher Education. 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.

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.

3 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 7 names

Authors (4)

  • Committee on Senate Organization
  • Representative Ripp
  • Senator Lassa
  • by request of Governor Scott Walker

Signed on in support (3)

What happened

  1. Dec 13, 2011

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Oct 11, 2011 to Oct 17, 2011

    1 more representative and 2 senators signed on in support.

  3. Oct 11, 2011

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Higher Education.

  4. Oct 11, 2011

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 11, 2011 · Senate

    Introduced by committee on Senate Organization, by request of Governor Scott Walker, Senator Lassa, and Representative Ripp

  2. Oct 11, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Higher Education

  3. Oct 11, 2011 · Senate

    Senator Lassa added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 11, 2011 · Senate

    Representative Ripp added as a cosponsor

  5. Oct 17, 2011 · Senate

    Senator Hansen added as a coauthor

  6. Dec 13, 2011 · 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.

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. 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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

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

Official term: Cosponsor