Senate Bill 305
Requiring the Department of Transportation to award a grant to Northwoods Rail Transit Commission to fund the purchase of railroad cars and making an appropriation
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
Oct 9, 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 Transportation and Veterans Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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.
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to award a grant in the 2015-17 fiscal biennium, from funds assigned to DOT's freight rail infrastructure improvement program, to the Northwoods Rail Transit Commission for the purchase of railroad cars used to transport forest products. The amount of the grant is $4,800,000 or 80 percent of the cost to purchase the railroad cars, whichever is less.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . 1 is a Democrat and 1 is a Republican.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (8)
- Mary Czaja · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Swearingen · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 12, 2015
1 more representative and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Oct 9, 2015
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs.
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Oct 9, 2015
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 9, 2015 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Tiffany and Bewley; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Meyers, Mursau, Czaja, Swearingen and Edming
- Oct 9, 2015 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs
- Oct 12, 2015 · Senate
Senator Lassa added as a coauthor
- Oct 12, 2015 · Senate
Representative Macco added as a cosponsor
- 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