Senate Bill 782
Legislative vacancies
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 7, 2018
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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 Elections and Utilities. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Currently, under the Wisconsin Constitution, when there is a vacancy in the membership of the senate or assembly, the governor is directed to call a special election to fill the vacancy. The constitution does not specify a deadline for issuing the order. Under the statutes, with a limited exception relating to legislative session scheduling, if the vacancy occurs before the second Tuesday in May in the year in which the office is regularly filled, the vacancy must be filled “as promptly as possible."
This bill changes the statutes to specify that the special election must be ordered within 60 days after the vacancy occurs, subject to the current exception.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . All 5 are Democrats.
17 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Jennifer Shilling · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (17)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 27, 2018
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 7, 2018
Sent to the Senate Committee on Elections and Utilities.
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Feb 7, 2018
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 7, 2018 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Shilling, Hansen, Risser, L. Taylor and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Hintz, C. Taylor, Hesselbein, Zamarripa, Kolste, Sinicki, Berceau, Spreitzer, Pope, Anderson, Ohnstad, Considine, Sargent, Subeck, Crowley and Wachs
- Feb 7, 2018 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections and Utilities
- Feb 27, 2018 · Senate
Representative Barca added as a cosponsor
- 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
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