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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 185

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Relating to: directing the governor to annually proclaim Veteran Education Awareness Week.

Governor Governor — Appointments Holidays and special dates Homestead credit Veteran — Education

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the governor must annually proclaim certain days as

holidays in remembrance or recognition of certain persons. Currently, those holidays

include Armistice Day, Prisoner of War Remembrance Day, Purple Heart Day, and

Gulf War Illnesses Recognition Day. This bill requires the governor to annually

proclaim the second week of November as "Veteran Education Awareness Week" to

raise public awareness of the educational benefits to which veterans are entitled and

the resources available to help veterans maximize their educational benefits.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , Considine (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Johnson (D) , Kolste (D) , Mason (D) , Milroy (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Petryk (R) , Pope (D) , Riemer (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Wachs (D) , Zamarripa (D)

4 cosponsors

Barca (D) , Carpenter (D) , Lassa (D) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and take up, Ayes 36, Noes 60

Failed 36–60 Jan 12, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Apr 22, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hesselbein, Petryk, Goyke, Milroy, Subeck, Mason, Kolste, Ohnstad, Wachs, Sinicki, Thiesfeldt, Johnson, Pope, Considine, Zamarripa, Berceau, Hebl, Shankland, Spreitzer and Riemer; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Wirch and Carpenter

  2. Apr 22, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. May 20, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Barca added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and take up, Ayes 36, Noes 60

  5. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1