Assembly Bill 78
Lead service line replacements. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 21, 2017
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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 ”
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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.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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 provides that it is not unjust, unreasonable, insufficient, unfairly discriminatory, or preferential or otherwise unreasonable or unlawful for a water public utility to provide financial assistance to a customer solely for replacing service lines containing lead if the financial assistance is allowed by local ordinance. The bill also provides that the water public utility may provide financial assistance for the replacement of a service line containing lead only if the portion of the service line for which the utility is responsible and the water main that are connected to the customer's service line either do not contain lead or are replaced at the same time as the customer's service line is to be replaced. Under the bill, if a water public utility provides financial assistance for replacing service lines containing lead, the Public Service Commission must include the cost of providing that financial assistance in its determination of water rates.
Who's behind it
31 lawmakers are its . 17 are Democrats and 14 are Republicans.
23 more lawmakers .
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Authors (31)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Amanda Stuck · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (23)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Billings and Bernier
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 3 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities vote on an amendment
Passed, 8 to 7 · Jun 20, 2017
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 4 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 8, Noes 7”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities vote on an amendment
Passed, 10 to 5 · Jun 20, 2017
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 10, Noes 5”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities vote to recommend it
Passed, 12 to 3 · Jun 20, 2017
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 12, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jun 20, 2017
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jun 20, 2017
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 12 to 3.
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Apr 24, 2017 to May 10, 2017
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Apr 18, 2017
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 9, 2017 to Mar 30, 2017
4 more representatives signed on in support.
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Mar 6, 2017
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 21, 2017
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities.
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Feb 21, 2017
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 21, 2017 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Krug, Genrich, Crowley, Barca, Bowen, E. Brooks, Brostoff, Fields, Goyke, Horlacher, Jagler, Kitchens, Kolste, Mason, Novak, Ohnstad, Ripp, Schraa, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Tauchen, Tusler, Zamarripa, Zepnick, Anderson and Allen; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, L. Taylor, Bewley, Carpenter, Darling, Feyen, Harsdorf, Johnson, Lasee, Miller, Olsen, Petrowski, Risser, Vinehout, Vukmir, Hansen, Wanggaard and C. Larson
- Feb 21, 2017 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities
- Mar 6, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 9, 2017 · Assembly
Representative Berceau added as a coauthor
- Mar 15, 2017 · Assembly
Representative Riemer added as a coauthor
- Mar 30, 2017 · Assembly
- Apr 12, 2017 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Thiesfeldt
- Apr 18, 2017 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 24, 2017 · Assembly
Representative Pope added as a coauthor
- May 10, 2017 · Assembly
Representative Shankland added as a coauthor
- May 31, 2017 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Petersen
- May 31, 2017 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Petersen
- Jun 8, 2017 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 3 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Thiesfeldt
- Jun 13, 2017 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 4 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Thiesfeldt
- Jun 13, 2017 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Jun 20, 2017 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 4 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 8, Noes 7
- Jun 20, 2017 · Assembly
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 10, Noes 5
- Jun 20, 2017 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 12, Noes 3
- Jun 20, 2017 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- 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.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote