Assembly Bill 648
Reporting fraud against the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
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
Nov 14, 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 Jobs and the Economy. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires any employee of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation who is aware that a fraud has been perpetrated against WEDC to report that fraud or cause that fraud to be reported to the Department of Justice or the appropriate district attorney. The bill applies retroactively to a fraud perpetrated against WEDC on or after February 24, 2011, the effective date of 2011 Wisconsin Act 7 , which created WEDC.
Who's behind it
20 lawmakers are its . All 20 are Democrats.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (20)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (8)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 23, 2018
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Nov 14, 2017
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs and the Economy.
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Nov 14, 2017
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Nov 14, 2017 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Barca, Wachs, Bowen, Fields, Zamarripa, Shankland, Zepnick, Ohnstad, Vruwink, Hebl, Sinicki, Berceau, Crowley, Genrich, Sargent, Kolste, Anderson, Spreitzer, Pope and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Hansen, Risser, Wirch, Vinehout, Erpenbach and Larson
- Nov 14, 2017 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Jobs and the Economy
- Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly
Representative Rohrkaste added as a coauthor
- 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
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