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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 80

Service-connected disability rating for disabled veteran-owned businesses

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 21, 2017

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  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 ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill eliminates the minimum service-connected disability rating applicable for the Department of Administration's certification of disabled veteran-owned businesses for state procurement and contracting purposes. Under current law, that disability rating must be a minimum of 20 percent, as awarded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Under the bill, a person who is in receipt of any award of a service-connected disability rating from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs satisfies the state requirement.

Who's behind it

53 lawmakers are its ⁠. 32 are Republicans and 21 are Democrats.

15 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 68 names

Authors (53)

Signed on in support (15)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs vote to recommend it

Passed, 15 to 0 · Aug 28, 2017

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Nov 9, 2017

    3 more representatives signed on in support.

  3. Aug 28, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  4. Aug 28, 2017

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 15 to 0.

  5. Jun 8, 2017

    The committee held a public hearing.

  6. Feb 21, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs.

  7. Feb 21, 2017

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Goyke, Kooyenga, Ballweg, Rohrkaste, Mursau, Mason, Kremer, Genrich, Kolste, Skowronski, Kleefisch, Hebl, Hesselbein, Sinicki, Horlacher, Macco, R. Brooks, E. Brooks, Duchow, Brostoff, Bernier, Vruwink, Billings, Riemer, Ripp, Fields, Sargent, Murphy, Berceau, Weatherston, Katsma, Hutton, Ohnstad, Spiros, Novak, Bowen, Quinn, Tranel, Milroy, Allen, Zepnick, Tittl, Subeck, Kerkman, Thiesfeldt, Ott, Spreitzer, Summerfield, Edming, Considine, Felzkowski, Petryk and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senators Roth, Ringhand, Petrowski, Darling, Feyen, Johnson, Harsdorf, Carpenter, Lasee, Olsen, Wirch, LeMahieu, C. Larson and L. Taylor

  2. Feb 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. Jun 8, 2017 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jun 22, 2017 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Aug 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  6. Aug 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-9-2017 by Committee on Rules

  8. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Representatives Steffen, Barca and Shankland added as coauthors

  9. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  10. 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.

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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

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

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.

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary