Assembly Bill 880
Laying out, altering, or discontinuing a town line highway
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
Mar 24, 2014
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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 Judiciary. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. 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, the procedure to lay out, alter, or discontinue a highway on the line between a town and another town, a city, or a village (municipality), or a highway extending from one town into an adjoining municipality, may be initiated when one of the following occurs in each affected municipality: 1) six resident freeholders of the municipality deliver an application to lay out, alter, or discontinue a town line highway to the clerk of every municipality that would be affected by the proposal, or 2) the town board, city council, or village board introduces a resolution to lay out, alter, or discontinue a town line highway. After the requisite applications are delivered or resolutions are adopted, the governing bodies of the municipalities, "acting together," take the actions affecting the covered town line highway. The Wisconsin Supreme Court in Dawson v. Town of Jackson , 336 Wis. 2d 318 (2011) determined that the "acting together" requirement means that, while the municipal governing bodies must "come together and cooperate to resolve a joint application . . . the statute does not mandate the creation of a new, combined board. Approval of both [governing bodies] is necessary . . . ." This bill clarifies the language of the statute to confirm the holding of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Who's behind it
Jim Ott, a Republican, is its .
1 more lawmaker .
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Author (1)
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 24, 2014
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary.
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Mar 24, 2014
Introduced in the Assembly.
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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
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
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