Senate Bill 85
The sale of common or union high school district property. (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
Mar 27, 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 Education, by the Senate President, pursuant to Senate Rule 20(1)(c). See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, school districts are classified as common, union high, unified, and first class city school districts. Current law requires a common and union high school district to hold an annual meeting, at which every elector of the school district is eligible to vote. Certain powers may be exercised at the annual meeting, one of which is the power to authorize the sale of school district property that is no longer needed by the school district. Under the bill, the school board of a common or union high school district has the power to sell school district property that is no longer needed by the school district without authorization from an annual meeting.
Who's behind it
Leah Vukmir, a Republican, is its .
14 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (14)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Sep 2, 2015
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education, by the Senate President,.
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Apr 23, 2015
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education Reform, by the Senate President,.
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Apr 7, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 27, 2015
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education Reform and Government Operations.
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Mar 27, 2015
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 27, 2015 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Vukmir; cosponsored by Representatives Kooyenga, Kleefisch, Knodl, Brandtjen, Steffen, Tittl, E. Brooks, T. Larson, Horlacher, Kerkman, Sanfelippo, Thiesfeldt, Murphy and Ballweg
- Mar 27, 2015 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education Reform and Government Operations
- Apr 7, 2015 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 23, 2015 · Senate
Rereferred to committee on Education Reform, by the Senate President, pursuant to Senate Rule 20(1)(c)
- Sep 2, 2015 · Senate
Rereferred to committee on Education, by the Senate President, pursuant to Senate Rule 20(1)(c)
- 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