Senate Bill 88
Expenditures relating to the operation of a rail fixed guideway transportation system in a first class city
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 2, 2017
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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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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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Author
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Signed on in support
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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 limits the state's authority to incur expenses and expend moneys for a rail fixed guideway transportation system in the city of Milwaukee.
Under current law, a “rail fixed guideway transportation system" is a public transportation system being designed, engineered, constructed, or operated that is intended to operate upon a fixed guideway and that is not subject to regulation by the Federal Railroad Administration. Under current law, a county containing a first class city, currently only Milwaukee County, may not incur any expenses relating to the operation of a rail fixed guideway transportation system in the first class city, currently only the city of Milwaukee, unless the expense incurred will be fully reimbursed by the first class city. Under this bill, the state and it's agencies are also prohibited from incurring these expenses. The bill also provides that if a person prohibited from incurring these expenses incurs these expenses, the first class city must reimburse the person.
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This bill removes the enumeration of any project resulting from the Milwaukee Downtown Transit Connector Study of the Wisconsin Center District from the list of major transit capital improvement projects eligible for construction and specifies that money provided for urban mass transit operating assistance program aids may not be used for any purpose relating to the operation of a rail fixed guideway transportation system in a first class city.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . All 4 are Republicans.
23 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (23)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Gannon · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- Adam Jarchow · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Jesse Kremer · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Summerfield · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Weatherston · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 2, 2017
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs.
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Mar 2, 2017
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 2, 2017 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Nass, Craig, Stroebel and Vukmir; cosponsored by Representatives Kremer, Sanfelippo, Allen, Born, Brandtjen, R. Brooks, Duchow, Gannon, Horlacher, Hutton, Jagler, Jarchow, Knodl, Kooyenga, Murphy, Quinn, Tittl, Skowronski, Summerfield, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, Weatherston and Wichgers
- Mar 2, 2017 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs
- 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