Assembly Bill 197
Utility aid payments to towns and counties for production plants that generate electricity from wind power. (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 Energy and Utilities. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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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.
Under current law, for power production plants that begin operation as a new or repowered production plant after December 31, 2003, each county and municipality in which such a plant is located receives a utility aid payment based on the plant's megawatt capacity. The total amount of the payment for each production plant is calculated by multiplying the plant's megawatt capacity by $2,000. If the production plant is located in a city or village, the city or village receives a payment equal to two-thirds of the total amount of the payment and the county in which the plant is located receives a payment equal to one-third of the total amount of the payment. If the production plant is located in a town, the town receives a payment equal to one-third of the total amount and the county in which the plant is located receives a payment equal to two-thirds of the total amount.
Under this bill, if a production plant that generates electricity from wind power is located in a town, the town receives a payment equal to 50 percent of the total amount of the utility aid payment for that plant, based on its megawatt capacity, and the county in which the plant is located receives a payment equal to 50 percent of the total amount of that utility aid payment.
Who's behind it
7 representatives are its . All 7 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Glenn Grothman · 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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May 30, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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May 13, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities.
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May 13, 2013
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- May 13, 2013 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Thiesfeldt, LeMahieu, Brooks, Murtha, Bies, Endsley and Kestell; cosponsored by Senators Lasee, Leibham and Grothman
- May 13, 2013 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities
- May 30, 2013 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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