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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SR 8

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Relating to: debate on the executive budget bill.

Budget bills and process Legislature — Procedure Legislature — Rules — Senate

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Adopted, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

The resolution amends the senate rules to require that 1) debate on the

executive budget bill must occur during normal waking hours when residents of

Wisconsin may easily observe the proceedings and 2) the senate must recess or

adjourn until the next legislative day whenever debate on the executive budget bill

during a legislative day reaches the end of normal waking hours when residents of

Wisconsin may easily observe the proceedings.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Vinehout (D)

Full history

  1. Feb 11, 2016 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Vinehout and Carpenter

  2. Feb 11, 2016 · Senate

    Read and referred to Committee on Government Operations and Consumer Protection

  3. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1