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Bills from the 2015–16 session

Assembly Resolution 22

Requiring the appointment of an assembly committee on combatting racial intolerance

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 proposal.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jan 19, 2016

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Adopted, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 13, 2016: “Failed to adopt pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

Read the proposal

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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 resolution requires the Committee on Assembly Organization to appoint before January 26, 2016, a committee on combatting racial intolerance, consisting of three members each of the majority and minority parties. The committee must study and recommend ways to combat racial intolerance in this state. The committee must submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the assembly before July 1, 2016.

Who's behind it

The official record doesn't name its authors.

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this proposal. Taking a bill up right away needs two-thirds of the members, a higher bar than passing it, so that vote can draw more yeses than the final one.

Assembly vote to take it up right away

Failed, 36 to 60 · Jan 19, 2016

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Assembly Organization and take up, Ayes 36, Noes 60”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 13, 2016

    The session ended, and the proposal died with it.

  2. Jan 19, 2016

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization.

  3. Jan 19, 2016

    “Introduced privileged by Representatives Barnes, Zamarripa, Bowen, Young, Johnson and Sinicki” (the official wording)

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced privileged by Representatives Barnes, Zamarripa, Bowen, Young, Johnson and Sinicki

  2. Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Read and referred to Committee on Assembly Organization

  3. Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Assembly Organization and take up, Ayes 36, Noes 60

  4. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt 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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. 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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote