Assembly Bill 639
Designating booyah as the Wisconsin state soup. (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
Jan 7, 2016
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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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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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill designates booyah as the Wisconsin state soup and requires the Wisconsin Blue Book to include that information.
Who's behind it
11 lawmakers are its . 7 are Republicans and 4 are Democrats.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (11)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 21, 2016
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 7, 2016
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations.
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Jan 7, 2016
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 7, 2016 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Macco, Berceau, Bernier, Brostoff, E. Brooks, Genrich, Kitchens, Kooyenga, Meyers, Steffen and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Lasee, Hansen and Ringhand
- Jan 7, 2016 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations
- Jan 21, 2016 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate