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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 407

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Relating to: biennial budget requests of state agencies. (FE)

Budget bills and process State agencies State courts, director of

  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

This bill requires each executive state agency to submit proposals to reduce its

budget or maintain its budget at current levels.

Under current law, no later than September 15 of each even-numbered year,

each executive state agency must file with the Department of Administration the

agency's budget request for the succeeding biennium. This bill requires each agency

to include with its biennial budget request, and to submit to the governor and the

legislature, all of the following:

1. A proposal to reduce the agency's budget for the succeeding fiscal biennium

by a total of 5 percent of the agency's budget for the current fiscal biennium.

2. A proposal to maintain the agency's current budget levels for the succeeding

fiscal biennium.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Gudex (R) , Kapenga (R) , Lasee (R) , Stroebel (R) , Vukmir (R)

25 cosponsors

Allen (R) , August (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Craig (R) , Czaja (R) , Duchow (R) , Gannon (R) , Horlacher (R) , Hutton (R) , Jacque (R) , Jarchow (R) , Katsma (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Knudson (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Kremer (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Murphy (R) , Murtha (R) , Quinn (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Tittl (R) , Vorpagel (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations and Consumer Protection, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Jan 19, 2016 official source full page

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

Senate: Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 13

Passed 19–13 Feb 16, 2016 official source full page

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

Senate: Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 13

Passed 19–13 Feb 16, 2016 official source full page

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

Senate: Senate Amendment 3 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 13

Passed 19–13 Feb 16, 2016 official source full page

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

Senate: Senate Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 13

Passed 19–13 Feb 16, 2016 official source full page

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

Senate: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 13

Passed 19–13 Feb 16, 2016 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Assembly: Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 61, Noes 33, Paired 2

Passed 61–33 Feb 18, 2016 official source full page

Aye · 61

Not voting · 3

Full history

  1. Dec 3, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Kapenga, Stroebel, Gudex, Lasee and Vukmir; cosponsored by Representatives Hutton, Kooyenga, Allen, Brandtjen, R. Brooks, Craig, Czaja, Duchow, Gannon, Horlacher, Jarchow, Katsma, Knudson, Kleefisch, Kremer, Murphy, Murtha, Quinn, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Tittl and Vorpagel

  2. Dec 3, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations and Consumer Protection

  3. Dec 17, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Dec 18, 2015 · Senate

    Senator LeMahieu added as a coauthor

  5. Jan 6, 2016 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jan 19, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Jan 19, 2016 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations and Consumer Protection, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  8. Jan 19, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Feb 12, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Kapenga

  10. Feb 15, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-16-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on the calendar of 2-16-2016 following Senate Bill 533

  13. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Vinehout, Bewley, L. Taylor, Ringhand, Carpenter, Wirch, Hansen, Lassa, Risser, Erpenbach and Miller

  14. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Carpenter, Hansen, Lassa, Erpenbach, Vinehout, Ringhand, C. Larson, L. Taylor and Wirch

  15. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Carpenter, Hansen, Lassa, Erpenbach, Vinehout, Ringhand, C. Larson, L. Taylor and Wirch

  16. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 3 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Carpenter, Hansen, Lassa, Risser, Erpenbach, Vinehout, Ringhand, C. Larson and L. Taylor

  17. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 13

  18. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 13

  19. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 3 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 13

  20. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  21. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 13

  22. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  24. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 13

  25. Feb 16, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  27. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  28. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 2:24 PM on 2-18-2016 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29

  29. Feb 17, 2016 · Assembly

    Representative August added as a cosponsor

  30. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Representative Jacque added as a cosponsor

  31. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  32. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  33. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  34. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 61, Noes 33, Paired 2

  35. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  36. Feb 19, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  37. Feb 25, 2016 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  38. Feb 25, 2016 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-25-2016

  39. Mar 2, 2016 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-1-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 201

  40. Mar 2, 2016 · Senate

    Published 3-2-2016