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Bills from the 2013–14 session

Assembly Bill 599

Rule-making procedures and modifying and repealing various administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Public Instruction

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Feb 20, 2014, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jan 7, 2014

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Feb 20, 2014

  4. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Senate Organization. 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.

Rule-making procedures Current law sets forth a procedure for the promulgation of administrative rules (rules). Generally, that procedure consists of the following steps:

1. The agency planning to promulgate the rule prepares a statement of the scope of the proposed rule, which the governor and the agency head must approve before any state employee or official may perform any activity in connection with the drafting of the proposed rule.

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2. The agency drafts the proposed rule, together with an economic impact analysis, plain language analysis, and

Who's behind it

Steve Kestell, a Republican, is its ⁠.

1 more lawmaker ⁠.

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Author (1)

Signed on in support (1)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Education vote to recommend it

Passed, 11 to 0 · Jan 22, 2014

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 11, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 8, 2014

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 24, 2014

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  3. Feb 21, 2014

    The Senate received it.

  4. Feb 20, 2014

    The Assembly passed it.

  5. Jan 22, 2014

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  6. Jan 22, 2014

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 11 to 0.

  7. Jan 7, 2014

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.

  8. Jan 7, 2014

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 7, 2014 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representative Kestell; cosponsored by Senator Olsen

  2. Jan 7, 2014 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Jan 15, 2014 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  4. Jan 22, 2014 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 11, Noes 0

  5. Jan 22, 2014 · Assembly

    Referred to Committee on Rules

  6. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-20-2014 by Committee on Rules

  7. Feb 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  8. Feb 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  9. Feb 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  10. Feb 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Feb 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Feb 21, 2014 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  13. Feb 24, 2014 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  14. Feb 24, 2014 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  15. Apr 8, 2014 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. 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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary