Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AR 17

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: requiring the committee on assembly organization to immediately appoint a task force on the middle class.

Employment Legislature Legislature — Committees

Introduced, stopped here
Passes Assembly, not reached
Adopted, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This resolution requires the committee on assembly organization to

immediately appoint a task force on the middle class, consisting of an equal number

of members of the majority and minority parties, to study and recommend ways to

increase average household income in Wisconsin. From 2009 to 2013, in Wisconsin,

average household income fell by $8,900, which was the largest decline in the United

States. The task force must study and identify family-supporting employment

opportunities in Wisconsin and propose ways to increase employment opportunities.

The task force must deliver its findings to the assembly before January 1, 2017.

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Assembly Organization and take up, Ayes 35, Noes 57

Failed 35–57 Oct 27, 2015 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

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