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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 48

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Relating to: lead service line replacements. (FE)

Discrimination Housing Municipality — Finance Ordinance Public health Public service commission Waterworks

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bewley (D) , C. Larson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Feyen (R) , Hansen (D) , Harsdorf (R) , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Lasee (R) , Miller (D) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R) , Risser (D) , Vinehout (D) , Vukmir (R) , Wanggaard (R)

40 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Anderson (D) , Barca (D) , Berceau (D) , Bernier (R) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Crowley (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Fields (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Horlacher (R) , Jagler (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kolste (D) , Krug (R) , Mason (D) , Novak (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Riemer (D) , Ripp (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Schraa (R) , Shankland (D) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Stuck (D) , Subeck (D) , Tauchen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , Wirch (D) , Young (D) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 29, 2017 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 29, 2017 official source full page

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

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 33–0 Oct 31, 2017 official source full page

Assembly: TABLE AMENDMENT

Failed 31–62 Nov 9, 2017 official source full page

Nay · 62

Senate: Senate Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 18, Noes 13

Passed 18–13 Jan 23, 2018 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Feb 20, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cowles, L. Taylor, Bewley, Carpenter, Darling, Feyen, Harsdorf, Johnson, C. Larson, Lasee, Miller, Olsen, Petrowski, Risser, Vinehout, Vukmir, Wanggaard and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Krug, Genrich, Crowley, Barca, Bowen, E. Brooks, Brostoff, Fields, Goyke, Horlacher, Jagler, Kitchens, Kolste, Mason, Novak, Ohnstad, Ripp, Schraa, Spreitzer, Spiros, Steffen, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Tauchen, Tusler, Zamarripa, Zepnick, Anderson and Allen

  2. Feb 20, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

  3. Mar 8, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 8, 2017 · Senate

    Senator Wirch added as a coauthor

  5. Mar 9, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Berceau added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 15, 2017 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Mar 28, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cowles

  8. Mar 29, 2017 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Mar 29, 2017 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  10. Mar 29, 2017 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  11. Mar 29, 2017 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  12. Mar 30, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Billings added as a cosponsor

  13. Mar 31, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Bernier added as a cosponsor

  14. Apr 19, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Riemer added as a cosponsor

  15. Apr 24, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Pope added as a cosponsor

  16. May 31, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor

  17. Jun 8, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cowles

  18. Jun 27, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Young added as a cosponsor

  19. Oct 27, 2017 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-31-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  20. Oct 30, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senator Cowles

  21. Oct 31, 2017 · Senate

    Read a second time

  22. Oct 31, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  23. Oct 31, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  24. Oct 31, 2017 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  25. Oct 31, 2017 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Oct 31, 2017 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  27. Oct 31, 2017 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0

  28. Oct 31, 2017 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Oct 31, 2017 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  30. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  31. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Petersen

  32. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Thiesfeldt and Petersen

  33. Nov 7, 2017 · Assembly

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

  34. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  35. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  36. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Refused to table Assembly Amendment 2, Ayes 31, Noes 62

  37. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  38. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  39. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  40. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended

  41. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Representative Rohrkaste added as a cosponsor

  42. Nov 9, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  43. Nov 10, 2017 · Senate

    Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  44. Jan 19, 2018 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-23-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  45. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Senators Risser, Miller, Carpenter, L. Taylor, Wirch, Ringhand, Shilling, Erpenbach, Larson, Johnson and Hansen

  46. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 18, Noes 13

  47. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Assembly Amendment 2 concurred in

  48. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Action ordered immediately messaged

  49. Feb 7, 2018 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  50. Feb 7, 2018 · Senate

    LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 2)

  51. Feb 19, 2018 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-19-2018

  52. Feb 22, 2018 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 2-21-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 137

  53. Feb 22, 2018 · Senate

    Published 2-22-2018