Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AR 25

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: requiring the appointment of an assembly committee on water issues affecting Wisconsin.

Legislature — Committees Natural resources, department of — Environmental protection Public service commission Water — Pollution Water supply Waterworks Wells

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

The resolution requires the Committee on Assembly Organization to create a

special committee to 1) study the costs of water and sewer utility privatization across

the United States; 2) examine the current quantity and quality of groundwater in

Wisconsin with respect to contaminated wells, clean drinking water, and access to

water; 3) examine the current quality and contaminants in municipal water systems

with respect to lead, arsenic, and other contaminants regulated by the federal Safe

Drinking Water Act; and 4) gather and assess information from experts in the policy

areas the committee will study, including staff from the Department of Natural

Resources and the Public Service Commission. The committee must consist of three

members each of the majority and minority parties. The committee must submit a

report of its findings and recommendations to the assembly before December 31,

2016.

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 62

Failed 35–62 Feb 9, 2016 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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