Senate Bill 788
The I 94 east-west corridor project. (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 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 Transportation and Veterans Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill adds I 94 from 70th Street to 16th Street in Milwaukee County (I 94 east-west corridor project) to the current list of enumerated major highway projects and southeast Wisconsin freeway megaprojects approved for construction by the Department of Transportation.
The bill also does all of the following:
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1. Requires DOT to reserve $25,000,000 from the transportation fund for use in the I 94 east-west corridor project.
2. Requires DOT to identify efficiencies in the programs it administers, to designate not less than $25,000,000 from appropriations to DOT from the transportation fund that DOT determines are not necessary for the satisfactory administration of departmental programs, and to lapse the designated moneys to the transportation fund.
3. Requires DOT to request that the federal highway administration reinstate the record of decision signed on September 9, 2016, and rescinded on October 4, 2017, relating to the I 94 east-west corridor project.
4. Prohibits DOT from proceeding with the I 94 east-west corridor project if DOT does not receive certain federal funding or upon certain action by the Joint Committee on Finance.
Who's behind it
6 senators are its . 5 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
14 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (14)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Jessie Rodriguez · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, 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 27, 2018
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 7, 2018
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs.
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Feb 7, 2018
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 7, 2018 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Darling, Craig, Wanggaard, Kapenga, Vukmir and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Sanfelippo, Kooyenga, Hutton, Allen, Duchow, Kuglitsch, Ott, Rodriguez, Skowronski, Wichgers, R. Brooks, Brandtjen, Knodl and Kleefisch
- Feb 7, 2018 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs
- Feb 27, 2018 · 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