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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 265

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Relating to: membership of certain federated public library system boards.

Libraries

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the board for a federated public library system that has

territory in two or more counties must have at least 15 members and not more than

20 members. Under this bill, the system board must have at least 11 members.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Kapenga (R) , Lasee (R) , Lazich (R) , Miller (D) , Nass (R) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R) , Tiffany (R) , Wirch (D)

17 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Ballweg (R) , Bewley (D) , Brandtjen (R) , Goyke (D) , Horlacher (R) , Jacque (R) , Katsma (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Macco (R) , Mason (D) , Neylon (R) , Novak (R) , Petersen (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Steffen (R) , Swearingen (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor and Government Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Oct 14, 2015 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Sep 24, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Nass, Kapenga, Lasee, Miller, Olsen, Petrowski, Tiffany, Wirch and Lazich; cosponsored by Representatives Horlacher, Allen, Ballweg, Brandtjen, R. Brooks, Goyke, Jacque, Katsma, Kooyenga, Macco, Mason, Neylon, Novak, Petersen, Steffen and Swearingen

  2. Sep 24, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Government Reform

  3. Oct 2, 2015 · Senate

    Senator Bewley added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 13, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 13, 2015 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Oct 14, 2015 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor and Government Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Oct 14, 2015 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Oct 19, 2015 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-20-2015 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Oct 20, 2015 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  10. Oct 20, 2015 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Oct 20, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Oct 20, 2015 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  13. Oct 20, 2015 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Oct 20, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Oct 22, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  16. Oct 28, 2015 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-3-2015 by Committee on Rules

  17. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  18. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  19. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  21. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  22. Nov 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Nov 3, 2015 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  24. Nov 10, 2015 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  25. Nov 10, 2015 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 11-10-2015

  26. Nov 12, 2015 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-11-2015. 2015 Wisconsin Act 99

  27. Nov 12, 2015 · Senate

    Published 11-12-2015