Assembly Bill 185
Repealing a rule of the Department of Transportation related to the purchase of school buses for school transportation
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 28, 2017
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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 ”
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Currently, a Department of Transportation rule prohibits the purchase for use in school transportation of a school bus previously titled and registered in another state or jurisdiction if the bus is more than five years old. This bill eliminates this prohibition.
Who's behind it
25 lawmakers are its . All 25 are Republicans.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (25)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Adam Jarchow · Republican, Assembly
- Terry Katsma · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Jesse Kremer · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Weatherston · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (8)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Devin LeMahieu · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Transportation vote to recommend it
Passed, 13 to 0 · Jun 13, 2017
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 Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jun 15, 2017 to Jun 21, 2017
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Jun 13, 2017
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jun 13, 2017
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 13 to 0.
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Apr 25, 2017
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 28, 2017
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Mar 28, 2017
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 28, 2017 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Horlacher, Jarchow, Jacque, Allen, Brandtjen, Duchow, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Edming, Felzkowski, Hutton, Katsma, Kleefisch, Kooyenga, Kremer, Kulp, Macco, Mursau, Novak, Quinn, Skowronski, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tusler and Weatherston; cosponsored by Senators LeMahieu, Kapenga, Marklein, Moulton, Olsen and Stroebel
- Mar 28, 2017 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation
- Apr 25, 2017 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- May 23, 2017 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Jun 13, 2017 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- Jun 13, 2017 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jun 14, 2017 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 6-21-2017 by Committee on Rules
- Jun 15, 2017 · Assembly
Representative Ballweg added as a coauthor
- Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly
Representative Meyers added as a coauthor
- Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- 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.
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
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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote