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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 969

Eligibility for certain low-income energy assistance

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

    Feb 20, 2018

  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 Energy and Utilities. 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.

Under current law, the Department of Administration administers a federally funded program for providing heating assistance to low-income households.

Current law provides that certain low-income households are eligible for a heating assistance benefit under that program in an amount of not more than $1. This bill provides that those households are eligible for such a heating assistance benefit in an amount equal to $21.

Who's behind it

12 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 12 are Democrats.

4 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 16 names

Authors (12)

Signed on in support (4)

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 20, 2018

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities.

  3. Feb 20, 2018

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Bowen, Brostoff, Crowley, C. Taylor, Milroy, Anderson, Subeck, Berceau, Spreitzer, Ohnstad, Pope and Sargent; cosponsored by Senators Vinehout, Carpenter, Johnson and L. Taylor

  2. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities

  3. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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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

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