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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 46

Grants to certain small businesses that receive federal grants. (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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jan 31, 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 Small Business Development. 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 directs the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to establish a grant program under which WEDC awards state matching grants to recipients of grants under Phase I and Phase II of the federal Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) or Phase I and Phase II of the federal Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR).

Under the bill, the recipient of a Phase I SBIR or STTR federal grant may apply to WEDC for a state matching grant in connection with the federal grant. WEDC may award the state matching grant if the applicant satisfies certain conditions, including that the applicant's principal place of business is located, and will continue to be located for at least three years, in Wisconsin; the applicant demonstrates to WEDC that the research to be conducted in connection with the Phase I SBIR or STTR federal grant will benefit Wisconsin and that at least 51 percent of that research will occur in Wisconsin; and the applicant intends to apply for a Phase II SBIR or STTR federal grant.

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The bill further authorizes any person to whom WEDC awards a state matching grant for the person's Phase I SBIR or STTR federal grant to apply to WEDC for an additional state matching grant in connection with the person's Phase II SBIR or STTR federal grant. WEDC may award such a state matching grant if the grant applicant satisfies certain additional conditions, including that the applicant demonstrates to WEDC that it completed any requirements for its Phase I SBIR or STTR federal grant and that it has, in fact, been awarded a Phase II SBIR or STTR federal grant.

WEDC must contract with a person to whom WEDC awards a state matching grant under the bill. Among other things, the contract must include the amount of the state matching grant and must require that the state matching grant recipient submit a report to WEDC that shows its expenditures of the Phase I or Phase II federal grant, as applicable, as well as its expenditures of the state matching grant.

Under the bill, WEDC may not award a state matching grant that exceeds the lesser of $50,000 or the amount of the Phase I or Phase II SBIR or STTR federal grant, as applicable. The bill also limits WEDC's total state matching grant awards per state fiscal year to $300,000.

Who's behind it

26 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 26 are Democrats.

3 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (26)

Signed on in support (3)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 15, 2017

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Jan 31, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Small Business Development.

  4. Jan 31, 2017

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kolste, C. Taylor, Barca, Doyle, Considine, Goyke, Ohnstad, Mason, Genrich, Brostoff, Crowley, Sinicki, Pope, Hesselbein, Wachs, Berceau, Sargent, Spreitzer, Zamarripa, Bowen, Milroy, Billings, Anderson, Shankland, Fields and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Ringhand, Hansen and L. Taylor

  2. Jan 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Small Business Development

  3. Feb 15, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jul 25, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kolste

  5. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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

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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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

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

More in the glossary

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

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Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

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