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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 541

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: funding for Reach Out and Read Wisconsin and making an appropriation. (FE)

Health services, department of — Administration Literacy Organization, miscellaneous

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Health Services to distribute grants to the

Children's Health Alliance of Wisconsin to support the early literacy program known

as Reach Out and Read Wisconsin.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Ballweg (R) , Berceau (D) , Billings (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Genrich (D) , Horlacher (R) , Kolste (D) , Mason (D) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , Petryk (R) , Ripp (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sargent (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , VanderMeer (R)

6 cosponsors

Goyke (D) , Harsdorf (R) , Johnson (D) , Olsen (R) , Vinehout (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Jan 5, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Oct 16, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Ballweg, Rohrkaste, VanderMeer, Novak, Ripp, Horlacher, Petryk, Subeck, Sargent, Anderson, Billings, Berceau, Kolste, Genrich, C. Taylor, Mason, Spreitzer, Brostoff and Mursau; cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Wanggaard, Harsdorf, Johnson and Vinehout

  2. Oct 16, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families

  3. Oct 27, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Oct 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Goyke added as a coauthor

  5. Nov 15, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Dec 6, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Jan 5, 2018 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  8. Jan 5, 2018 · Assembly

    Referred to joint committee on Finance

  9. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1