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Bills from the 2015–16 session

Assembly Bill 529

Creating an Office of Civil Service. (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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Nov 18, 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 State Affairs and Government Operations. 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.

The 2015-17 biennial budget act, 2015 Wisconsin Act 55 , restructured the Office of State Employment Relations (OSER) into a Division of Personnel Management in the Department of Administration (DOA) and restructured the Division of Merit Recruitment and Selection in OSER into a Bureau of Merit Recruitment and Selection in the Division of Personnel Management. This bill restructures the Division of Personnel Management into the Office of Civil Service and attaches it to DOA for administrative purposes, restructures the Bureau of Merit Recruitment and Selection as a division in the Office of Civil Service, and creates the Division of Labor Relations and the Division of Affirmative Action in the Office of Civil Service.

Who's behind it

30 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 30 are Democrats.

10 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 40 names

Authors (30)

Signed on in support (10)

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, 35 to 61 · Jan 12, 2016

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 State Affairs and Government Operations and take up, Ayes 35, 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. Nov 18, 2015

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations.

  3. Nov 18, 2015

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Nov 18, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Barnes, Mason, Johnson, Young, Hesselbein, Billings, Kahl, Goyke, Brostoff, Sargent, Bowen, Berceau, Sinicki, Pope, Riemer, Zamarripa, Wachs, Shankland, Considine, Ohnstad, Barca, Jorgensen, Hebl, Genrich, Milroy, Kessler, Spreitzer, C. Taylor, Zepnick and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators C. Larson, Shilling, Wirch, Risser, Harris Dodd, Carpenter, Ringhand, Hansen, Erpenbach and L. Taylor

  2. Nov 18, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations

  3. Jan 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on State Affairs and Government Operations and take up, Ayes 35, 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

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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