Senate Bill 797
Requiring department review of public benefit databases. (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 12, 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 Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations. 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
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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
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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 requires the Department of Health Services and the Department of Children and Families to perform, every three months, a comparison of each department's respective public benefit database information against nationally recognized databases, including the federal Social Security Administration's Death Master File, that contain information on death records. Based on that comparison, DHS and DCF must then remove from that department's public benefit databases those individuals that the department has determined are deceased.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . All 2 are Republicans.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Devin LeMahieu · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (7)
- Tyler August · Republican, Assembly
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Rob Summerfield · 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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Mar 13, 2018
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 12, 2018 to Feb 13, 2018
2 more senators signed on in support.
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Feb 12, 2018
Sent to the Senate Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations.
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Feb 12, 2018
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 12, 2018 · Senate
Introduced by Senators LeMahieu and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Summerfield, August, Felzkowski, Kerkman and Kulp
- Feb 12, 2018 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations
- Feb 12, 2018 · Senate
Senator Nass added as a coauthor
- Feb 13, 2018 · Senate
Senator Craig added as a coauthor
- Mar 13, 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