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Bills from the 2013–14 session

Assembly Resolution 8

Requiring the speaker of the assembly to appoint a special committee to devise ways to ensure that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation follow state law

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 proposal.

  1. Introduced, passed

    May 7, 2013

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Adopted, not reached

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

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Assembly 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.

The resolution requires the speaker of the assembly to immediately appoint a special committee, consisting of an equal number of majority and minority party members, to devise ways to ensure that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) follow state law in implementing all programs for which it has statutory authority. In a May 2013 report, as stated in the letter of transmittal, the Legislative Audit Bureau found that "WEDC did not have sufficient policies, including some that are statutorily required, to administer its programs effectively . . . [,] that WEDC awarded some grants, loans, and tax credits to ineligible recipients, for ineligible projects, and for amounts that exceeded specified limits . . . [, and that] WEDC did not consistently perform statutorily required program oversight duties."

Under the resolution, the committee must deliver its findings to WEDC before September 1, 2013, and must conduct hearings beginning on January 1, 2014, to determine if WEDC is following state law in implementing all programs for which it has statutory authority.

Who's behind it

34 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 34 are Democrats.

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Authors (34)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this proposal. 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, 39 to 57 · May 7, 2013

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 Assembly Organization and take up, Ayes 39, Noes 57”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 8, 2014

    The session ended, and the proposal died with it.

  2. May 7, 2013

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization.

  3. May 7, 2013

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. May 7, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Barca, Jorgensen, Zamarripa, Pope, Wright, Sargent, Barnes, C. Taylor, Berceau, Ringhand, Sinicki, Kahl, Doyle, Smith, Genrich, Bernard Schaber, Ohnstad, Bewley, Richards, Young, Kolste, Goyke, Billings, Kessler, Pasch, Vruwink, Hintz, Hebl, Clark, Danou, Mason, Wachs, Shankland and Johnson

  2. May 7, 2013 · Assembly

    Read and referred to Committee on Assembly Organization

  3. May 7, 2013 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Assembly Organization and take up, Ayes 39, Noes 57

  4. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Public hearing

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

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Author

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Roll call

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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

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Roll call

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

Official term: Roll call vote

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