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Bills from the 2015–16 session

Assembly Bill 103

Entrepreneurial assistance grants and making an appropriation

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

    Mar 20, 2015

  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 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Jobs and the Economy. 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.

This bill authorizes the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) to award a grant of up to $3,000 to a new business for expenses related to hiring, as a paid intern, a student enrolled at an institution of higher education who studies business, engineering, information technology, or a similar field (entrepreneurial assistance grant). Under the bill, a new business is a business organized in this state no earlier than five years before the business applies for an entrepreneurial assistance grant. Additionally, if WEDC awards an entrepreneurial assistance grant to three or more businesses to fund internships for students enrolled at a single institution of higher education, and the institution develops a program to support internships funded by these grants, WEDC may award an additional grant of up to $25,000 to the institution. Finally, this bill requires WEDC to allocate at least $125,000 in each fiscal year to fund grants authorized under the bill and to submit a report on the effectiveness of those grants to the legislature no later than February 1, 2019.

Who's behind it

28 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 28 are Democrats.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 35 names

Authors (28)

Signed on in support (7)

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, 36 to 61 · Nov 3, 2015

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 and the Economy and take up, Ayes 36, Noes 61”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 13, 2016

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 20, 2015

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs and the Economy.

  3. Mar 20, 2015

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 20, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Barca, Spreitzer, Sinicki, Pope, Milroy, Hebl, Zamarripa, Wachs, Ohnstad, Subeck, Considine, Berceau, Bowen, Kolste, Sargent, Goyke, Billings, Mason, Jorgensen, Kahl, Barnes, Meyers, Genrich, Young, Doyle, Stuck, Shankland and Hesselbein; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Ringhand, L. Taylor, Harris Dodd, Wirch, Carpenter and Erpenbach

  2. Mar 20, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Jobs and the Economy

  3. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Jobs and the Economy and take up, Ayes 36, Noes 61

  4. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

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

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Public hearing

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

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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

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

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