Assembly Bill 557
Designating the Bart Starr Memorial Bridge
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
Oct 21, 2019
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Transportation. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to designate and, upon receipt of sufficient contributions from interested parties, mark the bridge on STH 29 across the Fox River in the city of Green Bay as the “Bart Starr Memorial Bridge.” No state funds, other than from contributions from interested parties, may be used for the erection or maintenance of any markers to identify the highway as the “Bart Starr Memorial Bridge.”
Who's behind it
34 lawmakers are its . 18 are Republicans and 16 are Democrats.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (34)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Staush Gruszynski · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Tip McGuire · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Treig Pronschinske · Republican, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Tyler Vorpagel · Republican, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Wittke · Republican, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 5, 2020
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Oct 21, 2019
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
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Oct 21, 2019
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 21, 2019 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Gruszynski, Steffen, Anderson, Bowen, Cabrera, Crowley, Dittrich, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein, Kitchens, Kurtz, Magnafici, McGuire, Milroy, Murphy, Mursau, Nygren, Ohnstad, Ott, Pronschinske, Shankland, Sinicki, Spiros, Spreitzer, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, Vorpagel, Vruwink, Wittke, Zamarripa and Macco; cosponsored by Senators Hansen, Cowles, Carpenter, Erpenbach and Marklein
- Oct 21, 2019 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation
- Feb 5, 2020 · Assembly
Representative Petryk added as a coauthor
- 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.
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