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Bills from the 2013–14 session

Assembly Bill 778

Prohibiting certain mining and drilling activities that cause the destruction or filling in of a lake bed, reservoir, or flowage or that cause the withdrawal of water from a reservoir or flowage

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 18, 2014

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. 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 Jobs, Economy and Mining. 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.

Current law prohibits a person engaged in nonferrous metallic mining from destroying or filling in a lake bed. Current law also prohibits a person engaged in ferrous metallic mining from destroying or filling in a lake bed except as authorized by the Department of Natural Resources under the authority of certain other specified statutes. This bill eliminates this exception. The bill expands the prohibitions in current law so that a person engaged in nonferrous metallic mining or ferrous metallic mining is also prohibited from destroying or filling in a reservoir or flowage or from withdrawing water from a reservoir or flowage.

This bill also prohibits a person from conducting drilling operations for the exploration for or production of oil or gas if the drilling requires the withdrawal of water from a reservoir or flowage.

Who's behind it

31 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 31 are Democrats.

5 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 36 names

Authors (31)

Signed on in support (5)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill. Taking a bill up right away needs two-thirds of the members, a higher bar than passing it, so that vote can draw more yeses than the final one.

Assembly vote to take it up right away

Failed, 37 to 56 · Feb 20, 2014

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

Official motion: “Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Jobs, Economy and Mining and take up, Ayes 37, Noes 56”. 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 18, 2014

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economy and Mining.

  3. Feb 18, 2014

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Wachs, Smith, Clark, Barnes, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bewley, Billings, Danou, Doyle, Genrich, Goyke, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hulsey, Jorgensen, Kahl, Kessler, Kolste, Mason, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pasch, Pope, Richards, Ringhand, Shankland, C. Taylor, Wright, Young and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators Miller, Vinehout, Carpenter, Lassa and Risser

  2. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Jobs, Economy and Mining

  3. Feb 20, 2014 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Jobs, Economy and Mining and take up, Ayes 37, Noes 56

  4. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

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Public hearing

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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

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

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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

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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