Assembly Bill 19
Torts and personal injury trusts. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 27, 2014. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Feb 15, 2013
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed May 8, 2013
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Mar 11, 2014
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2013 Wisconsin Act 154
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 27, 2014: “Published 3-28-2014”
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Cost estimate
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What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates discovery and scheduling requirements for certain types of tort actions and limits a defendant's liability for a plaintiff's injury under certain circumstances. Under the bill, a plaintiff who files a tort action must disclose, within 30 days after he or she files the action, whether he or she has filed or anticipates filing a claim against a personal injury trust. A personal injury trust is a trust or compensation fund that is established pursuant to a bankruptcy or other legal action in order to compensate persons who file claims as a result of harm potentially compensable in the plaintiff's tort action, for which the entity that established the personal injury trust is alleged to be responsible.
Under the bill, if the plaintiff indicates that he or she has filed or anticipates filing a claim against a personal injury trust, the bill requires the court to stay the immediate proceedings until the plaintiff produces a final executed proof of claim against the personal injury trust. The bill also allows a defendant to identify a personal injury trust not named by the plaintiff, but against whom the defendant believes the plaintiff has a legitimate claim. If the court agrees that there is a good faith basis for the plaintiff to file a claim against the personal injury trust, the bill requires the court to order the plaintiff to file a claim against the trust and stay the proceedings until the plaintiff produces a final executed proof of claim against the personal injury trust.
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Under the bill, the plaintiff must provide all parties to his or her immediate suit with all documents, records, trial or discovery materials, and other information relevant to any claim against a personal injury trust. The bill allows any party to use these materials in the immediate action to prove alternate causation of, or to allocate liability for, the plaintiff's injury. The bill allows a defendant in the immediate action to seek discovery from a personal injury trust against which the plaintiff has filed or anticipates filing an action.
The bill requires the court to enter into the record a list that identifies each personal injury the claim the plaintiff has made against a personal injury trust.
Under the bill, if a defendant in the immediate action is found liable for the plaintiff's injury, the defendant is entitled to a setoff in the amount of any money the plaintiff received from a personal injury trust for a substantially similar injury. If the immediate action proceeds to trial before the plaintiff's claim against a personal injury trust is resolved, the bill requires the court to establish an attributed value to the plaintiff's claim against the personal injury trust and to afford the defendant a setoff in that amount.
Who's behind it
10 lawmakers are its . All 10 are Republicans.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Chad Weininger · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 13 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Judiciary vote on an amendment
Passed, 7 to 1 · May 1, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Judiciary vote on an amendment
Passed, 6 to 2 · May 1, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Judiciary vote to recommend it
Passed, 6 to 2 · May 1, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote on an amendment
Passed, 59 to 39 · May 8, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 59, Noes 39”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote on an amendment
Passed, 59 to 39 · May 8, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 59, Noes 39”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote on an amendment
Passed, 59 to 39 · May 8, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 59, Noes 39”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to pass it
Passed, 58 to 39 · May 8, 2013 · 2 didn't vote
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (58)
- Adam Neylon (R, 15)
- Alvin Ott (R, 3)
- Amy Loudenbeck (R, 31)
- André Jacque (R, 1)
- Bill Kramer (R, 97)
- Chad Weininger (R, 4)
- Chris Kapenga (R, 33)
- Dale Kooyenga (R, 5)
- Dan Knodl (R, 24)
- Daniel LeMahieu (R, 59)
- Dave Murphy (R, 56)
- David Craig (R, 28)
- Dean Kaufert (R, 53)
- Dean Knudson (R, 30)
- Don Pridemore (R, 22)
- Duey Stroebel (R, 20)
- Edward Brooks (R, 50)
- Erik Severson (R, 28)
- Garey Bies (R, 1)
- Gary Tauchen (R, 6)
- Howard Marklein (R, 17)
- Jeff Mursau (R, 36)
- Jeffrey Stone (R, 82)
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R, 52)
- Jim Ott (R, 23)
- Jim Steineke (R, 5)
- Joan Ballweg (R, 14)
- Joe Sanfelippo (R, 15)
- Joel Kleefisch (R, 38)
- John Jagler (R, 13)
- John Klenke (R, 88)
- John Murtha (R, 29)
- John Nygren (R, 89)
- John Spiros (R, 86)
- Kathleen Bernier (R, 23)
- Kevin Petersen (R, 57)
- Lee Nerison (R, 96)
- Mark Born (R, 37)
- Mark Honadel (R, 21)
- Mary Czaja (R, 35)
- Mary Williams (R, 87)
- Michael Schraa (R, 53)
- Mike Endsley (R, 26)
- Mike Kuglitsch (R, 84)
- Pat Strachota (R, 58)
- Paul Tittl (R, 25)
- Rob Hutton (R, 5)
- Rob Swearingen (R, 34)
- Robin Vos (R, 33)
- Samantha Kerkman (R, 61)
- Scott Krug (R, 72)
- Scott Suder (R, 69)
- Steve Kestell (R, 27)
- Steve Nass (R, 11)
- Thomas Larson (R, 67)
- Thomas Weatherston (R, 62)
- Tyler August (R, 31)
- Warren Petryk (R, 93)
No (39)
- Amy Sue Vruwink (D, 70)
- Andy Jorgensen (D, 43)
- Brett Hulsey (D, 78)
- Chris Danou (D, 92)
- Chris Taylor (D, 76)
- Christine Sinicki (D, 20)
- Cory Mason (D, 66)
- Dana Wachs (D, 91)
- Daniel Riemer (D, 7)
- Debra Kolste (D, 44)
- Dianne Hesselbein (D, 27)
- Eric Genrich (D, 90)
- Evan Goyke (D, 18)
- Fred Clark (D, 81)
- Frederick Kessler (D, 12)
- Gary Hebl (D, 46)
- Gordon Hintz (D, 54)
- Janet Bewley (D, 25)
- Janis Ringhand (D, 15)
- Jill Billings (D, 95)
- JoCasta Zamarripa (D, 8)
- Jon Richards (D, 19)
- Josh Zepnick (D, 9)
- Katrina Shankland (D, 71)
- LaTonya Johnson (D, 6)
- Leon Young (D, 16)
- Mandela Barnes (D, 11)
- Mandy Wright (D, 85)
- Melissa Sargent (D, 48)
- Nick Milroy (D, 73)
- Penny Bernard Schaber (D, 57)
- Peter Barca (D, 64)
- Robb Kahl (D, 47)
- Sandy Pasch (D, 10)
- Sondy Pope (D, 80)
- Stephen Smith (D, 75)
- Steve Doyle (D, 94)
- Terese Berceau (D, 77)
- Tod Ohnstad (D, 65)
Didn't vote (2)
- Keith Ripp (R, 42)
- Travis Tranel (R, 49)
Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 58, Noes 39”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor vote to recommend it
Passed, 3 to 2 · Oct 10, 2013
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Labor, Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Failed, 14 to 18 · Mar 11, 2014
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Refused to refer to committee on Judiciary and Labor, Ayes 14, Noes 18”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 18 to 15 · Mar 11, 2014
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (18)
- Alberta Darling (R, 8)
- Dale Schultz (R, 17)
- Frank G. Lasee (R, 1)
- Glenn Grothman (R, 20)
- Jerry Petrowski (R, 29)
- Joe Leibham (R, 9)
- Leah Vukmir (R, 5)
- Luther S. Olsen (R, 14)
- Mary Lazich (R, 28)
- Michael Ellis (R, 19)
- Neal Kedzie (R, 11)
- Paul F. Farrow (R, 33)
- Richard Gudex (R, 18)
- Rob Cowles (R, 2)
- Scott L. Fitzgerald (R, 13)
- Sheila Harsdorf (R, 10)
- Terry Moulton (R, 23)
- Thomas Tiffany (R, 12)
No (15)
- Bob Wirch (D, 22)
- Chris Larson (D, 7)
- Dave Hansen (D, 30)
- Fred A. Risser (D, 26)
- Jennifer Shilling (D, 32)
- John Lehman (D, 21)
- Jon Erpenbach (D, 27)
- Julie M. Lassa (D, 24)
- Kathleen Vinehout (D, 31)
- Lena Taylor (D, 4)
- Mark Miller (D, 16)
- Nikiya Harris Dodd (D, 6)
- Robert Jauch (D, 25)
- Tim Carpenter (D, 3)
- Timothy Cullen (D, 15)
Official motion: “Placed at the foot of the 12th on the calendar of 3-11-2014, Ayes 18, Noes 15”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote to pass it
Passed, 17 to 16 · Mar 12, 2014
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (17)
- Alberta Darling (R, 8)
- Frank G. Lasee (R, 1)
- Glenn Grothman (R, 20)
- Jerry Petrowski (R, 29)
- Joe Leibham (R, 9)
- Leah Vukmir (R, 5)
- Luther S. Olsen (R, 14)
- Mary Lazich (R, 28)
- Michael Ellis (R, 19)
- Neal Kedzie (R, 11)
- Paul F. Farrow (R, 33)
- Richard Gudex (R, 18)
- Rob Cowles (R, 2)
- Scott L. Fitzgerald (R, 13)
- Sheila Harsdorf (R, 10)
- Terry Moulton (R, 23)
- Thomas Tiffany (R, 12)
No (16)
- Bob Wirch (D, 22)
- Chris Larson (D, 7)
- Dale Schultz (R, 17)
- Dave Hansen (D, 30)
- Fred A. Risser (D, 26)
- Jennifer Shilling (D, 32)
- John Lehman (D, 21)
- Jon Erpenbach (D, 27)
- Julie M. Lassa (D, 24)
- Kathleen Vinehout (D, 31)
- Lena Taylor (D, 4)
- Mark Miller (D, 16)
- Nikiya Harris Dodd (D, 6)
- Robert Jauch (D, 25)
- Tim Carpenter (D, 3)
- Timothy Cullen (D, 15)
Official motion: “Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 17, Noes 16”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote on an amendment
Passed, 55 to 38 · Mar 20, 2014
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Assembly Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 55, Noes 38”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote on an amendment
Passed, 55 to 38 · Mar 20, 2014
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Senate Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in, Ayes 55, Noes 38, Paired 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 27, 2014
The new law was published.
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Mar 27, 2014
The governor signed it. It became 2013 Wisconsin Act 154.
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Mar 26, 2014
Sent to the governor.
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Mar 20, 2014
“Action ordered immediately messaged” (the official wording)
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Mar 18, 2014
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 12, 2014
The Assembly adopted it.
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Mar 12, 2014
The Senate passed it too, 17 to 16.
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Mar 11, 2014
The Senate adopted it.
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Mar 11, 2014
“Placed at the foot of the 12th on the calendar of 3-11-2014, Ayes 18, Noes 15” (the official wording)
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Oct 10, 2013
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 3 to 2.
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May 10, 2013
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor.
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May 9, 2013
The Senate received it.
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May 8, 2013
The Assembly passed it, 58 to 39.
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May 8, 2013
The Assembly adopted it.
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May 1, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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May 1, 2013
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 2.
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May 1, 2013
“Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 2” (the official wording)
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May 1, 2013
“Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 1” (the official wording)
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Apr 4, 2013
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 4, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 15, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary.
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Feb 15, 2013
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 15, 2013 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Jacque, Honadel, Kuglitsch, Murphy, Schraa, Spiros, Stone, Strachota, Thiesfeldt and Weininger; cosponsored by Senators Grothman and Lasee
- Feb 15, 2013 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Apr 4, 2013 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 4, 2013 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 4, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative J. Ott
- Apr 9, 2013 · Assembly
LRB corrections (Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)
- Apr 23, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Wachs
- Apr 23, 2013 · Assembly
LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)
- Apr 24, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative J. Ott
- Apr 25, 2013 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- May 1, 2013 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 1
- May 1, 2013 · Assembly
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 2
- May 1, 2013 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 2
- May 1, 2013 · Assembly
Referred to Committee on Rules
- May 2, 2013 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 5-8-2013 by Committee on Rules
- May 7, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Hebl, Wachs and Goyke
- May 7, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Wachs, Hebl and Goyke
- May 7, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Wachs, Hebl and Goyke
- May 7, 2013 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 1:01 PM on 5-8-2013 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 9
- May 8, 2013 · Assembly
Read a second time
- May 8, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 59, Noes 39
- May 8, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
- May 8, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 placed after Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1
- May 8, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 59, Noes 39
- May 8, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 59, Noes 39
- May 8, 2013 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
- May 8, 2013 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- May 8, 2013 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- May 8, 2013 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 58, Noes 39
- May 8, 2013 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- May 9, 2013 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- May 10, 2013 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Labor
- Oct 9, 2013 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Oct 10, 2013 · Senate
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Labor, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Oct 10, 2013 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 7, 2014 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-11-2014 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Mar 11, 2014 · Senate
Placed at the foot of the 12th on the calendar of 3-11-2014, Ayes 18, Noes 15
- Mar 11, 2014 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Carpenter, Hansen, L. Taylor, Vinehout, Shilling, Miller, T. Cullen, C. Larson and Lassa
- Mar 11, 2014 · Senate
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Grothman
- Mar 11, 2014 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Carpenter, Hansen, L. Taylor, Vinehout, Shilling, Miller, T. Cullen, C. Larson and Lassa
- Mar 11, 2014 · Senate
Read a second time
- Mar 11, 2014 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table
- Mar 11, 2014 · Senate
Refused to refer to committee on Judiciary and Labor, Ayes 14, Noes 18
- Mar 11, 2014 · Senate
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
- Mar 11, 2014 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 12, 2014 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 17, Noes 16
- Mar 12, 2014 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 12, 2014 · Assembly
Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted)
- Mar 18, 2014 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 18, 2014 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 10:01 AM on 3-20-2014 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28
- Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Hebl, Goyke, Wachs and Hulsey
- Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 55, Noes 38
- Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in, Ayes 55, Noes 38, Paired 2
- Mar 20, 2014 · Assembly
Action ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 26, 2014 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 3-26-2014
- Mar 26, 2014 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2014
- Mar 27, 2014 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2014. 2013 Wisconsin Act 154
- Mar 27, 2014 · Assembly
Published 3-28-2014
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
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Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote