Assembly Bill 279
Providing matching funds for a deposit to a long-term capital improvement trust fund 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
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 Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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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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 requires the Department of Public Instruction to provide matching funds for deposits that a school board makes to a long-term capital improvement trust fund. The required match is equal to 50 percent of the total amount deposited in the previous school year. The bill also requires DPI to make a one-time payment to school boards for any funds deposited in a long-term capital improvement trust fund before July 1, 2017. A long-term capital improvement trust fund is a fund created by a school board for the purpose of financing the costs of the capital improvements included in the school board's approved long-term capital improvement plan.
Under the bill, if a school board adopts a resolution to increase the school district's levy limit for operating costs or capital costs, the school board is required to refund to DPI any matching funds it received for a deposit to a long-term capital improvement trust fund during the ten school years immediately preceding the resolution. If a school board fails to refund the amount of the matching funds to DPI within 12 months, DPI must reduce the school district's state aid to cover the amount due.
Who's behind it
7 lawmakers are its . All 7 are Republicans.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Weatherston · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, 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 16, 2017
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 24, 2017
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Apr 24, 2017
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 24, 2017 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Sanfelippo, Bernier, Brandtjen, Horlacher, Macco, Schraa and Weatherston; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel, Craig, Lasee and Nass
- Apr 24, 2017 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- May 16, 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