Senate Bill 671
Continuing legal and judicial education on elder law-related issues. (FE)
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
Feb 1, 2016
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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 Judiciary and Public Safety. 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.
The bill requests the Wisconsin Supreme Court to promulgate rules requiring an attorney whose practice involves elder law or trusts and estates law to complete certain continuing legal education requirements each reporting period. The bill also requests the court to promulgate rules requiring justices and judges to complete, during each reporting period, certain judicial education requirements relating to elder law and trusts and estates law.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 3 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.
36 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (36)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Mary Czaja · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- Adam Jarchow · Republican, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Terry Katsma · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Steineke · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Swearingen · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 1, 2016
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Feb 1, 2016
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 1, 2016 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Cowles, Olsen, Carpenter, Hansen and C. Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Macco, Rohrkaste, Hesselbein, Bernier, Novak, Katsma, Tittl, Czaja, Skowronski, Brostoff, Meyers, Kolste, Jagler, Petryk, Swearingen, Kleefisch, Steineke, Quinn, Kitchens, Kahl, A. Ott, Ripp, Zepnick, Spiros, Subeck, E. Brooks, Murphy, Sargent, Kulp, Ballweg, Nygren, Ohnstad, Johnson, Jarchow, Sinicki and Born
- Feb 1, 2016 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- 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