Senate Bill 40
Grants to certain small businesses that receive federal grants. (FE)
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.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 15, 2017
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill directs the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to establish a grant program under which WEDC awards state matching grants to recipients of grants under Phase I and Phase II of the federal Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) or Phase I and Phase II of the federal Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR).
Under the bill, the recipient of a Phase I SBIR or STTR federal grant may apply to WEDC for a state matching grant in connection with the federal grant. WEDC may award the state matching grant if the applicant satisfies certain conditions, including that the applicant's principal place of business is located, and will continue to be located for at least three years, in Wisconsin; the applicant demonstrates to WEDC that the research to be conducted in connection with the Phase I SBIR or STTR federal grant will benefit Wisconsin and that at least 51 percent of that research will occur in Wisconsin; and the applicant intends to apply for a Phase II SBIR or STTR federal grant.
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The bill further authorizes any person to whom WEDC awards a state matching grant for the person's Phase I SBIR or STTR federal grant to apply to WEDC for an additional state matching grant in connection with the person's Phase II SBIR or STTR federal grant. WEDC may award such a state matching grant if the grant applicant satisfies certain additional conditions, including that the applicant demonstrates to WEDC that it completed any requirements for its Phase I SBIR or STTR federal grant and that it has, in fact, been awarded a Phase II SBIR or STTR federal grant.
WEDC must contract with a person to whom WEDC awards a state matching grant under the bill. Among other things, the contract must include the amount of the state matching grant and must require that the state matching grant recipient submit a report to WEDC that shows its expenditures of the Phase I or Phase II federal grant, as applicable, as well as its expenditures of the state matching grant.
Under the bill, WEDC may not award a state matching grant that exceeds the lesser of $50,000 or the amount of the Phase I or Phase II SBIR or STTR federal grant, as applicable. The bill also limits WEDC's total state matching grant awards per state fiscal year to $300,000.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Democrats.
26 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (26)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 20, 2017
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 15, 2017
Sent to the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government.
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Feb 15, 2017
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 15, 2017 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Ringhand, Hansen and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Kolste, C. Taylor, Barca, Doyle, Considine, Goyke, Ohnstad, Mason, Genrich, Brostoff, Crowley, Sinicki, Pope, Hesselbein, Wachs, Berceau, Sargent, Spreitzer, Zamarripa, Bowen, Milroy, Billings, Anderson, Shankland, Fields and Subeck
- Feb 15, 2017 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government
- Feb 20, 2017 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 28, 2018 · Senate
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.
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. 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
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
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