Assembly Bill 475
Required general fund structural balance. (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
Nov 1, 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 Joint Committee on Finance. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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.
Current law generally provides that the legislature may not enact any bill that would cause in the second year of any fiscal biennium general purpose revenue (GPR) expenditures to exceed taxes and departmental revenues. This provision applies only to the initial bill enacted during a fiscal biennium that would cause GPR expenditures to exceed taxes and departmental revenues and not to the enactment of any subsequent bill that would cause the gap between GPR expenditures and taxes and departmental revenues to grow.
This bill provides that, if the Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimates that in the second year of any fiscal biennium GPR expenditures would exceed those taxes and departmental revenues paid to the state, then the legislature may not enact any bill that would increase GPR expenditures unless the bill provides additional funding for the expenditures.
Who's behind it
11 lawmakers are its . All 11 are Democrats.
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Authors (11)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- Mandy Wright · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
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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Nov 26, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 6, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 1, 2013
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Nov 1, 2013
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Nov 1, 2013 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Kahl, Jorgensen, Ohnstad, Wright, Berceau, Vruwink, Bewley, Pasch, Zepnick, Doyle and Wachs
- Nov 1, 2013 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Joint Committee on Finance
- Nov 6, 2013 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 26, 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
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate