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Bills from the January 2017 Special Session

Senate Bill 2

Treatment and diversion programs and making appropriations. (FE)

Stopped before the full Senate voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 21, 2017

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Jul 7, 2017: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

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

Under current law, the Department of Justice awards grants to counties to provide alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for criminal offenders who abuse alcohol or other drugs. This bill provides moneys from general purpose revenue in each fiscal year in amounts specified in the bill to increase the amount spent for grants to counties operating treatment and diversion programs, to expand the grant program to more counties, and, subject to approval of the Joint Committee on Finance, to create a pilot program to divert certain persons to treatment options instead of the criminal justice system.

Who's behind it

The Committee on Senate Organization introduced it at the governor's request.

49 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Signed on in support (49)

What it would cost

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

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Senate Committee on Economic Development vote to recommend it

Passed, 7 to 0 · Mar 24, 2017

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government, Ayes 7, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Jul 7, 2017

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jun 1, 2017

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Mar 24, 2017

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 0.

  4. Mar 14, 2017

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Mar 6, 2017

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Mar 2, 2017

    1 more senator signed on in support.

  7. Feb 21, 2017

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government.

  8. Feb 21, 2017

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 21, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Committee on Senate Organization, S. Fitzgerald, Darling, Vukmir, Harsdorf, Feyen, Olsen, Wanggaard, Testin, Marklein, Cowles, Vinehout, Carpenter, Wirch and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, Billings, Felzkowski, Skowronski, Novak, Quinn, Ripp, Swearingen, Petryk, Mursau, Tittl, Rodriguez, Born, R. Brooks, VanderMeer, Loudenbeck, Murphy, Spiros, Kulp, Fields, Schraa, Kleefisch, Horlacher, Rohrkaste, E. Brooks, Bernier, Tusler, Edming, Kolste, Subeck, Brostoff, Vruwink, Wachs, Sargent, Ohnstad, C. Taylor, Zepnick, Sinicki, Doyle, Krug, Petersen, Jagler, Ballweg, Tranel, Spreitzer, Zamarripa and Jacque, by request of Governor Scott Walker

  2. Feb 21, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government

  3. Mar 2, 2017 · Senate

    Senator Johnson added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 6, 2017 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 14, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Mar 22, 2017 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Mar 24, 2017 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Local Government, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  8. Mar 24, 2017 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Jun 1, 2017 · Senate

    Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor

  10. Jul 7, 2017 · 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.

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

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. 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

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

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary