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Bills from the 2013–14 session

Senate Joint Resolution 42

Designating December 14 as a day of remembrance for the victims of the Sandy Hook school shootings

Passed the Senate, then stopped

The Senate passed it on Sep 17, 2013, but the Assembly never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new proposal.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jun 24, 2013

  2. Committee, passed

  3. Senate vote, passed

    Passed Sep 17, 2013

  4. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Assembly never voted on it.

  5. Adopted, not reached

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

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Rules. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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Who's behind it

7 senators are its ⁠. All 7 are Democrats.

31 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 38 names

Authors (7)

Signed on in support (31)

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 53 · Nov 14, 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 Rules and take up, Ayes 39, Noes 53”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 8, 2014

    The session ended, and the proposal died with it.

  2. Sep 19, 2013

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Sep 18, 2013

    The Assembly received it.

  4. Sep 17, 2013

    The Senate adopted it.

  5. Sep 17, 2013

    “Cowles, Darling, Ellis, Erpenbach, Farrow, Grothman, Gudex, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kedzie, Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Moulton, Olsen, Petrowski, Risser, S. Fitzgerald, Schultz, Shilling, Tiffany, Vinehout, Vukmir and Wirch of the Senate added as coauthors” (the official wording)

  6. Jun 24, 2013

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  7. Jun 24, 2013

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jun 24, 2013 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Lassa, Carpenter, C. Larson, Lehman, T. Cullen, L. Taylor and Harris; cosponsored by Representatives Shankland, C. Taylor, Barnes, Ballweg, Barca, Berceau, Bernard Schaber, Bernier, Danou, Genrich, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hulsey, Kahl, Kessler, Kleefisch, Mason, Milroy, Murphy, Ohnstad, Petryk, Pope, Pridemore, Ringhand, Sargent, Schraa, Sinicki, Smith, Vruwink and Wright

  2. Jun 24, 2013 · Senate

    Read and referred to Committee on Senate Organization

  3. Jun 24, 2013 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  4. Sep 16, 2013 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 9-17-2013 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  5. Sep 17, 2013 · Senate

    Cowles, Darling, Ellis, Erpenbach, Farrow, Grothman, Gudex, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kedzie, Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Moulton, Olsen, Petrowski, Risser, S. Fitzgerald, Schultz, Shilling, Tiffany, Vinehout, Vukmir and Wirch of the Senate added as coauthors

  6. Sep 17, 2013 · Senate

    Adopted

  7. Sep 17, 2013 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  8. Sep 18, 2013 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  9. Sep 19, 2013 · Assembly

    Read and referred to committee on Rules

  10. Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up, Ayes 39, Noes 53

  11. Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly

    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

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

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