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Bills from the 2015–16 session

Assembly Bill 990

The Special Transfer Program (Chapter 220). (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 10, 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 Education. 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 restores the Special Transfer Program (commonly known as Chapter 220), under which the state provides aid to school districts to support voluntary efforts by school districts to reduce racial imbalance through interdistrict and intradistrict pupil transfers. The program was closed to new pupils seeking a transfer after the 2014-15 school year by 2015 Wisconsin Act 55 .

Who's behind it

8 representatives are its ⁠. All 8 are Democrats.

3 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 11 names

Authors (8)

Signed on in support (3)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Apr 13, 2016

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 24, 2016

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Mar 10, 2016

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.

  4. Mar 10, 2016

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 10, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Bowen, Genrich, C. Taylor, Mason, Goyke, Berceau, Wachs and Pope; cosponsored by Senators C. Larson, Ringhand and Harris Dodd

  2. Mar 10, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Mar 24, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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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

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

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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate