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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 785

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Relating to: reporting fraud against the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

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  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires any employee of the Wisconsin Economic Development

Corporation (WEDC) who is aware that a fraud has been perpetrated against WEDC

to report or cause that fraud to be reported to the Department of Justice or the

appropriate district attorney. The bill applies retroactively to a fraud perpetrated

against WEDC on or after February 24, 2011, the effective date of

2011 Wisconsin Act

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, which created WEDC.

Sponsors

Introduced by: C. Larson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Hansen (D) , Harris Dodd (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Lassa (D) , Ringhand (D) , Vinehout (D) , Wirch (D)

17 cosponsors

Barca (D) , Berceau (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Danou (D) , Hintz (D) , Jorgensen (D) , Kahl (D) , Kolste (D) , Meyers (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Subeck (D) , Wachs (D) , Zepnick (D)

Full history

  1. Mar 3, 2016 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Lassa, Hansen, Carpenter, Wirch, Vinehout, Ringhand, L. Taylor, Harris Dodd and C. Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Barca, Shankland, Kahl, Meyers, Danou, Sargent, Wachs, Ohnstad, Kolste, Subeck, Hintz, Berceau, C. Taylor, Zepnick, Pope, Jorgensen and Brostoff

  2. Mar 3, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development and Commerce

  3. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1