Assembly Bill 685
Creating University of Wisconsin-Extension positions for farm succession planning and making an appropriation
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 29, 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 Colleges and Universities. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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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 the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System to create two positions to advance the UW-Extension's farm succession planning programs. The first position is a specialist within the Center for Dairy Profitability to assist in the financial aspects of farm succession management. The second position is a specialist within the UW-Extension's Farm Management Institute to assist in developing and delivering programs at the local level and focus on research, training, and joint programming with county-based agriculture extension educators throughout the state.
Who's behind it
15 lawmakers are its . All 15 are Democrats.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (15)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 29, 2017
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities.
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Nov 29, 2017
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Nov 29, 2017 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Considine, Vruwink, Spreitzer, Kolste, Anderson, Fields, Berceau, Sargent, Genrich, Pope, Shankland, Meyers, Goyke, Zamarripa and C. Taylor; cosponsored by Senators Vinehout and Ringhand
- Nov 29, 2017 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities
- 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