Assembly Bill 965
Legislative consideration of bills and committee activity
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
Mar 1, 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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill provides that neither the assembly nor the senate may consider while in session on the floor more than 40 bills on a legislative day or 100 bills during a calendar week. There is one exception, however: the limits do not apply to bills withdrawn by motion or petition from a committee or bills taken up by unanimous consent, except that in no event may the assembly or the senate consider while in session on the floor more than 50 bills on a legislative day or 120 bills during a calendar week.
The bill further provides, with some exceptions, that not more than 20 percent of assembly committees and not more than 20 percent of senate committees may meet on the same day and not more than 40 percent of assembly committees and not more than 40 percent of senate committees may meet during the same calendar week.
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Finally, the bill provides that no assembly or senate committee may hold a public hearing or conduct an executive session on more than eight bills on the same day or more than 12 bills during the same calendar week and, unless authorized by unanimous consent of committee members, no assembly or senate committee may conduct an executive session on a bill on a day on which its house is in session on the floor.
Who's behind it
7 lawmakers are its . All 7 are Democrats.
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Authors (7)
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 1, 2016
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations.
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Mar 1, 2016
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 1, 2016 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Spreitzer, Kahl, Kolste, Ohnstad, Sinicki, Wachs and C. Taylor
- Mar 1, 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
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