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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 750

Appointment of majority and minority members to legislative committees and task forces

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

    Dec 19, 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 State Affairs. 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.

The bill requires that every legislative committee or other committee or task force on which there are legislative members selected by either house or the officers thereof must include both majority and minority members. The bill further provides that if the legislative committee or other committee or task force is a joint legislative committee or joint committee or task force, the entity must include both majority and minority members from each house of the legislature.

Who's behind it

34 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 34 are Democrats.

3 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 37 names

Authors (34)

Signed on in support (3)

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Dec 19, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.

  3. Dec 19, 2017

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Dec 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hesselbein, Bowen, Berceau, Hebl, Considine, Hintz, Milroy, Kolste, C. Taylor, Crowley, Subeck, Meyers, Sargent, Shankland, Spreitzer, Brostoff, Pope, Zamarripa, Vruwink, Sinicki, Billings, Ohnstad, Riemer, Zepnick, Anderson, Kessler, Young, Mason, Goyke, Fields, Stuck, Wachs, Genrich and Barca; cosponsored by Senators L. Taylor, Vinehout and Johnson

  2. Dec 19, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. 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.

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. 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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor