Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AR 18

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Relating to: requesting the speaker to direct that the assembly members of the board of directors of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation not vote on the Foxconn contract unless the entire Foxconn contract is posted on the corporation's Internet site.

Contracts Economic development corporation, wisconsin Industrial development Legislature — Member

Introduced, stopped here
Passes Assembly, not reached
Adopted, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

The resolution requests that the speaker direct the three members appointed

to the board of directors of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation not to

vote on the contract with Foxconn unless the entire contract has been posted on the

corporation's Internet site before November 8, 2017.

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Assembly Organization and take up, Ayes 31, Noes 61

Failed 31–61 Nov 7, 2017 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

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