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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 63

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Relating to: eligible applicants under the broadband expansion grant program.

Data processing Libraries Organization, miscellaneous Public service commission School Technical college Telecommunications

  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 the broadband expansion grant program, the Public Service

Commission (PSC), makes broadband expansion grants to eligible applicants for the

purpose of constructing broadband infrastructure in underserved areas designated

by PSC. Under current law an "eligible applicant" is any of the following: 1) an

organization; 2) a telecommunications utility; or 3) a city, village, town, or county

that submits an application in partnership with an eligible applicant identified in

items 1) and 2), above.

Under this bill, a school district, technical college district, or public library

board that submits an application in partnership with an organization or a

telecommunications utility is also an "eligible applicant."

Sponsors

Introduced by: Barca (D) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , Considine (D) , Danou (D) , Doyle (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Jorgensen (D) , Kolste (D) , Meyers (D) , Milroy (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Quinn (R) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stuck (D) , Subeck (D)

7 cosponsors

Bewley (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Lassa (D) , Miller (D) , Ringhand (D) , Shilling (D) , Vinehout (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 joint committee on Finance and take up, Ayes 37, Noes 60

Failed 37–60 Nov 3, 2015 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. Feb 24, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Billings, Considine, Meyers, Pope, Danou, Kolste, Ohnstad, Doyle, Quinn, Stuck, Genrich, Bowen, Berceau, Subeck, Sinicki, Brostoff, Spreitzer, Milroy, Hebl, Hesselbein, Goyke, Barca, Shankland and Jorgensen; cosponsored by Senators Bewley, Vinehout, Miller, Ringhand, L. Taylor, Shilling and Lassa

  2. Feb 24, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Joint Committee on Finance

  3. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from joint committee on Finance and take up, Ayes 37, Noes 60

  4. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1