Assembly Bill 273
Prohibiting the Investment Board from making certain investments. (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
Apr 24, 2017
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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 ”
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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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.
This bill prohibits, with exceptions, the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) from investing in securities of any company that has entered into a contract with the federal government to plan, design, or construct a wall along the southern border between the United States and Mexico pursuant to a presidential executive order. Within 30 days after the effective date of the bill, SWIB must make its best efforts to identify all companies that contract to build a border wall and make a list of these companies. SWIB must update this list at least quarterly. For each company included on this list, SWIB must send a written notice to the company informing the company that SWIB is prohibited from investing in the company and of the reason for this prohibition. SWIB may remove a company from the list one year after the company completes all work related to the border wall or one year after the contract termination date, whichever is later. After 30 days following the effective date of the bill, SWIB may not make any new investment in securities of any company included on the list. If at this time SWIB already maintains investments in companies included on the list, SWIB must divest itself of these investments within approximately six months. If SWIB later updates its list and adds a company in which SWIB already maintains an investment, SWIB must divest itself of the investment within six months after the company is added to the list. However, these investment prohibitions do not apply to investments made by external managers with whom SWIB has contracted, investments in mutual funds and other commingled instruments, and investments in private equity funds. The bill also requires SWIB to include, in an annual report that under current law SWIB submits to the legislature, SWIB's most recent list and other information relating to SWIB's divestment from companies that contract to build a border wall.
Who's behind it
16 lawmakers are its . All 16 are Democrats.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (16)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 9, 2017
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 24, 2017
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight.
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Apr 24, 2017
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 24, 2017 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Zamarripa, Subeck, Anderson, Berceau, Bowen, Brostoff, Crowley, Kessler, Ohnstad, Pope, Sargent, Sinicki, Spreitzer, C. Taylor, Young and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Vinehout and Johnson
- Apr 24, 2017 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight
- May 9, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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
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