Senate Bill 674
Funding for broadband expansion grants and making an appropriation. (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 Workforce Development, Public Works, and Military Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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 allows the Public Service Commission to make a total of $10,000,000 in broadband expansion grants during fiscal years 2015-16 and 2016-17. Under current law, the PSC makes the grants to eligible applicants for the purpose of constructing broadband infrastructure in underserved areas. Current law provides $6,000,000 in funding for the grants, but prohibits the PSC from making more than $1,500,000 in grants in a fiscal year. This bill increases the amount of funding to $10,000,000 and allows the PSC to make the grants in fiscal years 2015-16 and 2016-17. If the PSC makes less than $10,000,000 in grants in those fiscal years, the amount remaining lapses to the general fund.
Who's behind it
Thomas Tiffany, a Republican, is its .
23 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (23)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Mary Czaja · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Swearingen · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 5, 2016
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 1, 2016
Sent to the Senate Committee on Workforce Development, Public Works, and Military Affairs.
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Feb 1, 2016
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 1, 2016 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Tiffany; cosponsored by Representatives Quinn, E. Brooks, Tranel, Petryk, Ballweg, Bernier, Czaja, Edming, Kitchens, Krug, Kulp, T. Larson, Mursau, Murtha, Nerison, Novak, Ripp, Spiros, Swearingen, Tauchen, VanderMeer, Milroy and Skowronski
- Feb 1, 2016 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Public Works, and Military Affairs
- Feb 5, 2016 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 10, 2016 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Tiffany
- 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate