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Bills from the January 2017 Special Session

Senate Bill 8

Creating additional opioid treatment programs and making an appropriation. (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.

This bill requires the Department of Health Services to create, and provides funding for, two or three additional opioid treatment programs in underserved and high-need, but not necessarily rural, areas. Current law requires DHS to create two or three opioid treatment programs to provide treatment for addiction in rural and underserved, high-need areas. The programs must provide counseling, abstinence-based treatment, and medication-assisted treatment without using methadone. The additional programs must conform to the same requirements as the original programs.

Who's behind it

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

41 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Signed on in support (41)

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 Revenue vote to recommend it

Passed, 5 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 Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, 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. Mar 24, 2017

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.

  3. Mar 9, 2017

    The committee held a public hearing.

  4. Mar 1, 2017

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  5. Feb 21, 2017

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues.

  6. 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, Harsdorf, Vukmir, Darling, Feyen, Marklein, Wanggaard, Olsen, Carpenter and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, E. Brooks, Bernier, Krug, Novak, Quinn, VanderMeer, Jagler, Rodriguez, Born, Loudenbeck, Brostoff, Murphy, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Skowronski, Steffen, Ripp, Swearingen, Kleefisch, Petryk, Mursau, Tittl, Rohrkaste, Ohnstad, C. Taylor, Zepnick, Sinicki, Edming, Doyle, Petersen, Tusler, Kolste, Tranel, Vruwink, Fields, Kulp, Sargent, Wachs, Spreitzer and Zamarripa, by request of Governor Scott Walker

  2. Feb 21, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues

  3. Mar 1, 2017 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 9, 2017 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 23, 2017 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 24, 2017 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Mar 24, 2017 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. 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