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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 31

A minimum limit on the amount of chubs that may be commercially harvested from the waters of Lake Michigan

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jan 19, 2017

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. 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 Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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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 is introduced as required by s. 227.19 (5) (g), stats., in support of the objection of the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules on March 3, 2016, to the promulgation of clearinghouse rule number 15-050 by the Department of Natural Resources. The proposed rule establishes a total allowable commercial harvest of chubs in the waters of Lake Michigan equal to 25 percent of the Lake Michigan spawning bloater chub biomass or 350,000 pounds, whichever is greater, for any license year. This bill prohibits DNR from establishing a limit on the commercial harvest of chubs from the waters of Lake Michigan that is less than 1,800,000 pounds in a license year.

Who's behind it

The official record doesn't name its authors.

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 7, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage.

  3. Feb 21, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  4. Jan 27, 2017

    “Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules report received pursuant to s.227.19(6)(a), Wisconsin Statutes” (the official wording)

  5. Jan 19, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage.

  6. Jan 19, 2017

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules

  2. Jan 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage

  3. Jan 27, 2017 · Assembly

    Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules report received pursuant to s.227.19(6)(a), Wisconsin Statutes

  4. Feb 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Report without recommendation pursuant to s. 227(6)(b), Wisconsin Statutes, by Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage

  5. Feb 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  6. Mar 1, 2017 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-7-2017 by Committee on Rules

  7. Mar 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage

  8. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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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

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

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