Assembly Bill 927
Crowdfunding projects for creating jobs or promoting economic growth
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
Feb 18, 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 Jobs and the Economy. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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Author
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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 requires the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) to contract with a business maintaining a crowdfunding Internet site that recommends funding projects of small businesses and community organizations that create jobs or promote economic growth in this state. The bill defines "crowdfunding Internet site" as an Internet site for campaigning and collecting donations for projects. WHEDA must solicit project proposals from small businesses and community organizations for inclusion on the crowdfunding Internet site, select projects for inclusion, and provide assistance to donation campaigns for the selected projects.
Who's behind it
11 lawmakers are its . 9 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (11)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Richard Gudex · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 18, 2016
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs and the Economy.
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Feb 18, 2016
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Zamarripa, Kleefisch, Wachs, Berceau, Brostoff, Goyke, Horlacher, Johnson, Ohnstad, Spreitzer and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Gudex and L. Taylor
- Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Jobs and the Economy
- 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