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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Assembly Bill 20

Terminology changes for those with an intellectual disability in administrative rules

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

    Feb 8, 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 substitutes the phrase “intellectual disability" and similar phrases for “mental retardation," “mentally retarded," and similar phrases in rules promulgated by the Department of Health Services, the Department of Children and Families, the Public Service Commission, the Department of Safety and Professional Services, and the Department of Workforce Development. The bill also changes the definition of “intellectual disability" in rules promulgated by DHS.

Who's behind it

35 lawmakers are its ⁠. 28 are Republicans and 7 are Democrats.

25 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 60 names

Authors (35)

Signed on in support (25)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on State Affairs vote to recommend it

Passed, 15 to 0 · Apr 3, 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 State Affairs, Ayes 15, 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. Apr 8, 2019

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Apr 3, 2019

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  4. Apr 3, 2019

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 15 to 0.

  5. Mar 27, 2019

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  6. Mar 13, 2019

    The committee held a public hearing.

  7. Feb 11, 2019 to Mar 12, 2019

    8 more representatives signed on in support.

  8. Feb 8, 2019

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.

  9. Feb 8, 2019

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 8, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Jagler, Born, Ballweg, Brooks, Dittrich, Anderson, Edming, Gundrum, Hintz, Kitchens, Kolste, Kulp, Kuglitsch, Krug, Loudenbeck, Murphy, Mursau, Neubauer, Petersen, Petryk, Quinn, Ramthun, Schraa, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, VanderMeer, Vorpagel and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Fitzgerald, Cowles, Darling, Feyen, Jacque, Johnson, Kooyenga, Marklein, Olsen, Petrowski, Risser, Schachtner, Shilling, Smith, Tiffany, Wanggaard and Ringhand

  2. Feb 8, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Feb 11, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Macco added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Representatives Ohnstad and Shankland added as coauthors

  5. Feb 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Rohrkaste added as a coauthor

  6. Feb 22, 2019 · Assembly

    Representatives Zamarripa and Felzkowski added as coauthors

  7. Mar 5, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Zimmerman added as a coauthor

  8. Mar 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Crowley added as a coauthor

  9. Mar 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  10. Mar 27, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor

  11. Mar 27, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  12. Apr 3, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  13. Apr 3, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  14. Apr 4, 2019 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 4-9-2019 by Committee on Rules

  15. Apr 8, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  16. Apr 9, 2019 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  17. 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.

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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

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.

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