Senate Bill 872
Legislative consideration of nonfiscal policy items in the biennial budget bill
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
Mar 14, 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 Joint Committee on Finance. 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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill establishes a process for the removal of nonfiscal policy items from the biennial budget bill. Under the bill, a nonfiscal policy item is defined as an item that generally has no state fiscal effect or the policy implications of the item are greater than the state fiscal effect; an item that has been or is the subject of introduced legislation other than the biennial budget bill; an item that would be referred to a standing committee of the legislature, other than the Joint Committee on Finance;
or an item that can be accomplished without legislation. Under the bill, however, nonfiscal policy items do not include those that affect state program eligibility; that, if prepared as a bill, would generally be referred to JCF; or that address a reorganization or transfer of state government operations or functions.
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Under the bill, no later than 30 days after introduction of the biennial budget bill, the Legislative Fiscal Bureau must prepare a report, for submission to the cochairpersons of JCF, that identifies all nonfiscal policy items in the biennial budget bill. The LFB must also identify all nonfiscal policy items adopted in motions during JCF deliberations on the bill. Each nonfiscal policy item identified by the LFB must be referred to an appropriate standing committee in each house of the legislature.
The chairperson of each standing committee must hold a hearing and an executive session on the nonfiscal policy item to make recommendations to the assembly or senate, whichever is appropriate.
Finally, under the bill, the cochairpersons of JCF must introduce bills in both houses of the legislature for each nonfiscal policy item identified by the LFB.
Who's behind it
Kathleen Vinehout, a Democrat, is its .
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Author (1)
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 14, 2018
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Mar 14, 2018
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 14, 2018 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Vinehout
- Mar 14, 2018 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Joint Committee on Finance
- 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
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