Assembly Bill 437
Creating an optional holiday for state employees to observe the birthday of Cesar E. Chavez. (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
Oct 22, 2015
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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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 State Affairs and Government Operations. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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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 requires all state agencies to designate March 31 as "Cesar E. Chavez Day" in observance of the birthday of Cesar E. Chavez. Under the bill, if March 31 falls on a day on which the offices of a state agency are open, the appointing authority of the state agency is required to permit any employee of the state agency to receive that day as a paid holiday in lieu of receiving a paid holiday on one of the other paid holidays provided to state employees. The bill also provides that the appointing authority may permit an employee to receive March 31 as a paid holiday only if the operations of the state agency are maintained at least at a minimum level.
Who's behind it
19 lawmakers are its . All 19 are Democrats.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (19)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 22, 2015
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations.
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Oct 22, 2015
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 22, 2015 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Zamarripa, Zepnick, Berceau, Brostoff, Genrich, Goyke, Johnson, Jorgensen, Kahl, Kessler, Mason, Milroy, Ohnstad, Riemer, Sinicki, Spreitzer, C. Taylor, Wachs and Young; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, C. Larson, Miller, L. Taylor and Vinehout
- Oct 22, 2015 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations
- Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly
Refused to withdraw from the committee on State Affairs and Government Operations, Ayes 33, Noes 62
- Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly
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
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