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Bills from the 2015–16 session

Assembly Bill 962

Violent death reporting system and making an appropriation. (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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 1, 2016

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. 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 Criminal Justice and Public Safety. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill increases funding for the Wisconsin violent death reporting system by $150,000 per fiscal year. The bill requires the Department of Health Services to allocate $100,000 per fiscal year to adding infrastructure support and $50,000 per fiscal year for increased analysis of data for the Wisconsin violent death reporting system.

Who's behind it

13 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 13 are Democrats.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 15 names

Authors (13)

Signed on in support (2)

What happened

  1. Apr 13, 2016

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 1, 2016

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

  3. Mar 1, 2016

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 1, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Genrich, Sargent, Barnes, Johnson, Mason, Zepnick, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, Goyke, Kolste, Pope and Berceau; cosponsored by Senators C. Larson and Harris Dodd

  2. Mar 1, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. 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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor