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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Senate Bill 850

Revolving loan funds administered by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority for certain activities of paper mills and making an appropriation. (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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 28, 2018

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. 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 Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority to do all of the following:

1. Establish a $30,000,000 revolving loan fund to assist paper mills in this state to transition to the manufacture of brown paper products.

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2. Establish a $30,000,000 revolving loan fund to assist paper mills in this state to undertake energy efficiency upgrades in the manufacture of paper products.

The bill requires WHEDA to establish policies and procedures implementing the revolving loan fund program under the bill, including job retention requirements. Additionally, under the bill, the revolving loan funds must satisfy all of the following requirements:

1. Each loan must be interest free.

2. No business may receive more than $3,000,000 in loans from the revolving loan funds combined.

3. Each loan must be repaid on at least a quarterly basis and must be repaid in full over a period of no more than five years.

4. The five-year or less repayment period for each loan may not begin until after installation of the project funded by the loan is complete, as determined WHEDA.

Who's behind it

Dave Hansen, a Democrat, is its ⁠.

11 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Author (1)

Signed on in support (11)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 9, 2018

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Feb 28, 2018

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection.

  4. Feb 28, 2018

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 28, 2018 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Stuck, Wachs, Genrich, Doyle, Hebl, Meyers, Pope, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Zamarripa and Tusler

  2. Feb 28, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection

  3. Mar 9, 2018 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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

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.

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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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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