Assembly Bill 654
Decreases in the number of Milwaukee County board supervisory districts. (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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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill allows the Milwaukee County board to decrease the number of supervisors and change the boundaries of the supervisory districts not more than once prior to November 15, 2017. Under the bill, at least 30 percent of the number of new districts must be within the city of Milwaukee.
Under current law, with certain exceptions, the Milwaukee County board's expenditures, as budgeted in the annual budget adopted by the board, for expenses related to the county board, such as salaries and fringe benefits of county board members, costs for staff, and certain items related to the functioning of the board, are limited to no more than 0.4 percent of the county portion of the property tax levy.
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Among the items specifically excluded from this 0.4 percent limit are costs related to pension and health care payments for retired county employees, officers, and their families; salaries for supervisors and the county board chairperson for a term that begins before April 2016; and certain costs related to duties performed by the Milwaukee County clerk.
Under this bill, depending upon the number of supervisory districts eliminated, an amount equal to either the decrease in the number of supervisory districts multiplied by the current salary of a county board supervisor or the total of the current salaries of all current county board supervisors is also excluded from the 0.4 percent limit.
This bill also excludes from the limit costs for the salary, health benefits, and pension benefits of county board supervisors and the county board chairperson for any term that begins before November 15, 2017, or the date that the board decreases the number of supervisory districts, whichever is sooner.
Who's behind it
11 lawmakers are its . All 11 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (11)
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Gannon · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- Adam Jarchow · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Jessie Rodriguez · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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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 Sanfelippo, Craig, Brandtjen, Duchow, Gannon, Jarchow, Knodl, Kooyenga, Skowronski, Hutton and Rodriguez; cosponsored by Senators Vukmir, Lazich and Kapenga
- Jan 7, 2016 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations
- 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
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