Senate Bill 116
Open enrollment applicant priority
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.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 8, 2015
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Terms on this page
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. 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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under the Open Enrollment Program, a pupil may apply to attend a public school in a school district other than the pupil's resident school district (nonresident school district) if certain conditions are met. If the nonresident school district receives more applications from nonresident pupils than the district has spaces, the district must determine which pupils to admit on a random basis. However, before selecting on a random basis, the nonresident school district may first give preference to pupils and siblings of pupils who are already attending a school and, if the nonresident school district is a union high school district, to pupils who are attending an underlying elementary school.
This bill permits a nonresident school district to, after giving preference to pupils and siblings of pupils already attending a school in the nonresident school district and before giving preference to a pupil attending an underlying elementary school, give preference to a pupil whose parent or guardian is an employee of the nonresident school district.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . 1 is a Democrat and 1 is a Republican.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Paul F. Farrow · Republican, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (7)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 8, 2015
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Apr 8, 2015
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 8, 2015 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Miller and Farrow; cosponsored by Representatives Kahl, Thiesfeldt, Danou, Berceau, Subeck, Hebl and Ohnstad
- Apr 8, 2015 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Apr 13, 2016 · Senate
Failed to pass 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.
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. 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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor