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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Assembly Bill 173

Disclosure of information regarding state revenue

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

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

  1. Introduced, passed

    Apr 18, 2019

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 1, 2020: “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 Revenue to display on its website information relating to the amounts of general purpose revenue collected in this state and the purposes for which the amounts are spent. The information must be presented in readily understandable graphs and other formats that provide a basic overview of the amounts of money collected from different sources and how that money is used. The department's e-filing web page must prominently link to the web page containing the information and to the department's local government dashboard. Under the bill, DOR must work with the Department of Administration to gather information for the web page.

Who's behind it

10 representatives are its ⁠. All 10 are Republicans.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 17 names

Authors (10)

Signed on in support (7)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight vote to recommend it

Passed, 9 to 0 · Dec 26, 2019

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 Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 9, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Dec 26, 2019

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Dec 26, 2019

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 0.

  4. Nov 6, 2019

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Apr 18, 2019

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight.

  6. Apr 18, 2019

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Apr 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kerkman, Dittrich, Krug, Kulp, Murphy, Mursau, Schraa, Skowronski, Thiesfeldt and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Craig, Darling, LeMahieu, Olsen, Stroebel and Wanggaard

  2. Apr 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight

  3. Nov 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Dec 4, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Dec 26, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  6. Dec 26, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    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

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

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.

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

Roll call

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

Official term: Roll call vote