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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 636

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Relating to: removal of certain county officers. (FE)

Administrative rules County — Board County — Human services County — Officers Court Governor — Appointments Health services, department of — Administrative rules Milwaukee county Municipality — Council Municipality — Officers

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, certain county officers may be removed from office by their

appointing authority only for cause. This bill allows an appointing authority to

remove these officers from office at pleasure.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Born (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Horlacher (R) , Jarchow (R) , Knodl (R) , Kremer (R) , Macco (R) , Nygren (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Tusler (R)

4 cosponsors

Darling (R) , Marklein (R) , Olsen (R) , Stroebel (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Jan 18, 2018 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 3

Passed 4–3 Jan 18, 2018 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 59–32 Jan 23, 2018 official source full page

Aye · 59

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 15, 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. Nov 10, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives R. Brooks, Ballweg, Rohrkaste, Kremer, Tusler, Born, E. Brooks, Horlacher, Nygren, Knodl, Felzkowski, Steffen, Macco, Jarchow and Spiros; cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Stroebel, Darling and Marklein

  2. Nov 10, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  3. Nov 15, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Nov 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Nov 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Dec 12, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Jan 3, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative R. Brooks

  8. Jan 12, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative R. Brooks

  9. Jan 17, 2018 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  10. Jan 18, 2018 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 4, Noes 3

  11. Jan 18, 2018 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. Jan 18, 2018 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-23-2018 by Committee on Rules

  13. Jan 18, 2018 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  14. Jan 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative R. Brooks

  15. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 laid on table

  17. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 adopted

  18. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  20. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 59, Noes 32

  21. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  23. Jan 24, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  24. Jan 25, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  25. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  26. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-20-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  27. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a second time

  28. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  29. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  30. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  31. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  32. Mar 21, 2018 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  33. Mar 27, 2018 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-27-2018

  34. Mar 27, 2018 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-27-2018

  35. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-28-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 150

  36. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Published 3-29-2018

  37. Mar 29, 2018 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received