Assembly Bill 1061
Policies and reports concerning workloads of the governor, full-time executive branch appointees of the governor, and legislators 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
Mar 22, 2018
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on State Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires that each house of the legislature implement a plan that includes policies for monitoring the workloads of legislators, including requirements for each legislator to report the number of hours spent working in his or her official capacity to the chief clerk of his or her house and requires the Department of Administration to implement a similar plan with similar reporting requirements for the governor and full-time appointees of the governor in the executive branch.
Under the bill, DOA must include aggregate data on the work hours reported by all of those elected and appointed officials in an annual accountability report published online. Additionally, DOA must make accessible online the work hours reported by all of those elected and appointed officials.
Who's behind it
Katrina Shankland, a Democrat, is its .
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Author (1)
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 22, 2018
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.
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Mar 22, 2018
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 22, 2018 · Assembly
Introduced by Representative Shankland
- Mar 22, 2018 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly
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
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