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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 534

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Relating to: biennial budget requests of state agencies. (FE)

Budget bills and process State agencies State courts, director of

  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

This bill requires each executive state agency to submit proposals to reduce its

budget or maintain its budget at current levels.

Under current law, no later than September 15 of each even-numbered year,

each executive state agency must file with the Department of Administration the

agency's budget request for the succeeding biennium. This bill requires each agency

to include with its biennial budget request, and to submit to the governor and the

legislature, all of the following:

1. A proposal to reduce the agency's budget for the succeeding fiscal biennium

by a total of 5 percent of the agency's budget for the current fiscal biennium.

2. A proposal to maintain the agency's current budget levels for the succeeding

fiscal biennium.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brandtjen (R) , Craig (R) , Czaja (R) , Duchow (R) , Gannon (R) , Horlacher (R) , Hutton (R) , Jarchow (R) , Katsma (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Knudson (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Kremer (R) , Murphy (R) , Murtha (R) , Quinn (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Tittl (R) , Vorpagel (R)

6 cosponsors

August (R) , Gudex (R) , Kapenga (R) , Lasee (R) , Stroebel (R) , Vukmir (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations, Ayes 10, Noes 5

Passed 10–5 Jan 15, 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. Nov 24, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hutton, Kooyenga, Brandtjen, R. Brooks, Craig, Czaja, Duchow, Gannon, Horlacher, Jarchow, Katsma, Kleefisch, Knudson, Kremer, Murphy, Murtha, Quinn, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Tittl and Vorpagel; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Stroebel, Gudex, Lasee and Vukmir

  2. Nov 24, 2015 · Assembly

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

  3. Dec 16, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 5, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 6, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Jan 15, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations, Ayes 10, Noes 5

  7. Jan 15, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Feb 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Hutton

  9. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:14 PM on 2-18-2016 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29

  10. Feb 17, 2016 · Assembly

    Representative August added as a coauthor

  11. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  12. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1