Senate Bill 165
The police and fire protection fee imposed on certain communications services. (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
Apr 30, 2013
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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
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.
Under current law, a person that provides active retail voice communications service (communications provider) must impose a monthly fee of $0.75 on each communications service connection with an assigned telephone number. However, for a prepaid wireless plan, a communications provider or retailer must impose a one-time fee of $0.38, instead of the $0.75 monthly fee. Current law allows a communications provider or retailer to separately list the fee on customer bills. If separately listed, the communications provider or retailer must identify the fee as "police and fire protection fee." Communications providers and retailers must remit the fees to the Public Service Commission (PSC), except that the PSC may contract with the Department of Revenue (DOR) to collect the fees for prepaid wireless plans.
The PSC and DOR must deposit the fees in the police and fire protection fund, which is used to make shared revenue payments to counties, towns, villages, and cities.
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This bill eliminates the requirement for communications providers and retailers to impose the above fees. The bill also eliminates the police and fire protection fund and the shared revenue payments made from that fund.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . All 5 are Republicans.
12 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (12)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Czaja · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Steve Kestell · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, 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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Jun 3, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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May 17, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 30, 2013
Sent to the Senate Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue.
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Apr 30, 2013
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 30, 2013 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Leibham, Grothman, Lasee, Schultz and Tiffany; cosponsored by Representatives Jacque, Bernier, Bies, Czaja, Kestell, Murtha, Nass, Petryk, Schraa, Stroebel, Thiesfeldt and Tittl
- Apr 30, 2013 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Forestry, Mining, and Revenue
- May 17, 2013 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jun 3, 2013 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 8, 2014 · Senate
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
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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate