Assembly Bill 274
Providing information about school district referendum revenue
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 ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Local Government. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Public hearing
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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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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. 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 a school board to include specific financial information in a resolution adopted by the board to exceed the school district's revenue limit by issuing debt.
Current law generally restricts a school district's per pupil revenue raised from state aids and property taxes in a school year to the total amount received per pupil from state aids and property taxes in the previous school year. Current law permits a school district to exceed this revenue limit by passing a resolution and submitting the resolution to the electors of the school district in a referendum election. If a majority of the electors of the school district votes to approve the referendum, the revenue limit of the school district is increased as specified in the referendum question.
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Current law requires the school district to specify in its resolution, and in the referendum question, the proposed excess revenue, whether the proposed excess revenue will be for a recurring or a nonrecurring purpose, and, if for both purposes, the amount of proposed excess revenue for each purpose. The bill requires the school board to include in the resolution and in the referendum question the total amount of debt to be issued, the total amount of interest and related debt service costs to be incurred, and the sum of the principal, interest, and related debt service costs.
Who's behind it
15 lawmakers are its . All 15 are Republicans.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (15)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Terry Katsma · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Jesse Kremer · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Weatherston · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (9)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 24, 2017
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Local Government.
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Apr 24, 2017
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 24, 2017 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Macco, Allen, R. Brooks, Duchow, Felzkowski, Hutton, Jacque, Katsma, Knodl, Kremer, Ott, Petersen, Sanfelippo, Schraa and Weatherston; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Stroebel, Craig, Lasee, Nass, Tiffany, Vukmir, Darling and Cowles
- Apr 24, 2017 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government
- May 31, 2017 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Macco
- 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
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