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Assembly Resolution 8

Commemorating the date of the Bay View labor strike and tragedy and the removal of the portrait of Jeremiah Rusk from public display in the Assembly parlor during that week of commemoration

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

    Apr 14, 2015

  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.

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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 62 · Apr 14, 2015

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 62”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 13, 2016

    The session ended, and the proposal died with it.

  2. Apr 14, 2015

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization.

  3. Apr 14, 2015

    “Introduced privileged by Representatives Sinicki, Brostoff, Ohnstad, Mason and Kessler” (the official wording)

See the official record, word for word
  1. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced privileged by Representatives Sinicki, Brostoff, Ohnstad, Mason and Kessler

  2. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Read and referred to Committee on Assembly Organization

  3. Apr 14, 2015 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Assembly Organization and take up, Ayes 36, Noes 62

  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

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

Roll call

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

Official term: Roll call vote