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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 124

Marketing of employment and training opportunities to former University of Wisconsin System students and making an appropriation. (FE)

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Feb 20, 2018, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 6, 2017

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed 87 to 8

  4. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires the Department of Workforce Development to 1) prepare a packet of information describing the employment and training opportunities that are available to former students of the universities and two-year college campuses within the University of Wisconsin System who have not graduated from a university or college campus within the UW System and 2) within two months after the beginning of each semester or session of the UW System, send a copy of the packet to each individual who was enrolled in a university or college campus within the UW System in the preceding semester, but who is not enrolled in, and who has not graduated from, any university or college campus within the UW System.

Who's behind it

14 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 14 are Republicans.

8 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 22 names

Authors (14)

Signed on in support (8)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Workforce Development vote to recommend it

Passed, 10 to 4 · Jan 24, 2018

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Ayes 10, Noes 4”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 87 to 8 · Feb 20, 2018 · 3 didn't vote

See how each of the 98 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (87)

Didn't vote (3)

Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 13, 2018

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges.

  3. Feb 21, 2018

    The Senate received it.

  4. Feb 20, 2018

    The Assembly passed it, 87 to 8.

  5. Jan 24, 2018

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  6. Jan 24, 2018

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 4.

  7. Jan 10, 2018

    The committee held a public hearing.

  8. Mar 16, 2017

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  9. Mar 6, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development.

  10. Mar 6, 2017

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Krug, Petryk, Allen, Ballweg, E. Brooks, Felzkowski, Katsma, Kulp, Neylon, Ripp, Skowronski, Spiros, Tittl and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators LeMahieu, Feyen, Cowles, Darling, Marklein, Olsen, Testin and Wanggaard

  2. Mar 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development

  3. Mar 16, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 10, 2018 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Jan 24, 2018 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Ayes 10, Noes 4

  7. Jan 24, 2018 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:03 PM on 2-20-2018 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 26

  9. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  10. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  12. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 87, Noes 8

  13. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Feb 21, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  15. Mar 13, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Universities and Technical Colleges

  16. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

More in the glossary

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary