Assembly Bill 196
Creating an incentive program for reporting fraud to a state hotline, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
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
May 13, 2013
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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, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations pursuant to Assembly Resolution 19. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Currently, the state has established two hotlines that receive reports from individuals who suspect fraudulent activity in state programs. The Legislative Audit Bureau administers the first hotline to receive reports of fraud, waste, and mismanagement in state government. The office of the inspector general in the Department of Health Services maintains the second hotline to receive reports on suspected fraudulent activity in public assistance programs.
Under this bill, the Department of Administration (DOA) must establish an incentive program, by rule, for individuals who report suspected fraudulent activity or agency mismanagement to an existing fraud hotline or to any other fraud hotline established by a state agency. The incentive program established by DOA must include a reward payment of up to 5 percent of the amount of state funds that are recovered or saved as the result of a report to the individual who made the report that led to the recovery or savings.
Who's behind it
13 lawmakers are its . All 13 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (13)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Chad Weininger · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Richard Gudex · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 17, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations.
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Jun 24, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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May 13, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Government Operations and State Licensing.
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May 13, 2013
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- May 13, 2013 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Weininger, Jacque, Honadel, Nass, Stone, Bies, Tittl, Bernier, A. Ott, Strachota, Schraa, Born and Endsley; cosponsored by Senators Gudex, Lasee and Leibham
- May 13, 2013 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations and State Licensing
- Jun 24, 2013 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 17, 2013 · Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on Government Operations and State Licensing and referred to committee on State Affairs and Government Operations pursuant to Assembly Resolution 19
- Apr 8, 2014 · 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
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