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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 636

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Relating to: a grant program to support creative industries, job creation, or economic development in this state and making an appropriation. (FE)

Arts Arts board Business Employment Industrial development

  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 creates a grant program administered by the Arts Board in the

Department of Tourism. The bill requires the Arts Board to award grants on a

competitive basis to businesses, arts organizations, local arts agencies, and business

development organizations or associations that work to promote any of the following

in Wisconsin:

1. Individuals or organizations whose products or services have an origin in

artistic, cultural, creative, or aesthetic content.

2. Job creation.

3. Economic development.

Under the bill, such a grant may not exceed $40,000, and the bill prohibits the

Arts Board from awarding a grant unless the proposed grant recipient has secured

from nonstate sources an amount equal to at least twice the amount of the proposed

grant.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Genrich (D) , Kolste (D) , Mason (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Petryk (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Shankland (D) , Spiros (R)

16 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Bewley (D) , C. Larson (D) , Darling (R) , Hansen (D) , Harsdorf (R) , Kitchens (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Lassa (D) , Miller (D) , Moulton (R) , Petrowski (R) , Sargent (D) , Shilling (D) , Subeck (D) , Vinehout (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Jobs and the Economy, Ayes 14, Noes 1

Passed 14–1 Feb 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. Jan 7, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Petryk, Ballweg, Rohrkaste, Spiros, Berceau, Billings, Genrich, Kolste, Mason, Ohnstad, Shankland and C. Taylor; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Darling, Moulton, Bewley, Hansen, C. Larson, Lassa, Miller, Shilling, L. Taylor, Vinehout and Petrowski

  2. Jan 7, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Jobs and the Economy

  3. Jan 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 14, 2016 · Assembly

    Representative Allen added as a coauthor

  5. Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jan 20, 2016 · Assembly

    Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor

  7. Jan 27, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  8. Jan 29, 2016 · Assembly

    Representative Sargent added as a coauthor

  9. Feb 10, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Feb 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Feb 12, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Jobs and the Economy, Ayes 14, Noes 1

  12. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1