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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 66

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: creative economy development initiative grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

Arts Arts board Business Employment Industrial development

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates a grant program administered by the Arts Board in the

Department of Tourism. The bill requires the Arts Board to award grants on a

competitive basis to businesses, whether operated for profit or not for profit, local

governmental agencies, and business development organizations or associations

that work to promote any of the following in Wisconsin:

1. Individuals or organizations whose products or services have an origin in

artistic, cultural, creative, or aesthetic content.

2. Job creation.

3. Economic development.

4. Arts education.

5. Workforce training and development.

Under the bill, such a grant may not exceed $40,000, and the bill prohibits the

Arts Board from awarding a grant unless the proposed grant recipient has secured

from nonstate sources an amount equal to at least twice the amount of the proposed

grant.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Billings (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Duchow (R) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Petryk (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Shankland (D) , Snyder (R) , Thiesfeldt (R)

6 cosponsors

Bewley (D) , Feyen (R) , Novak and Ramthun , Petrowski (R) , Subeck (D) , Tiffany (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Community Development, Ayes 7, Noes 2

Passed 7–2 Apr 29, 2019 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Petryk, Allen, Billings, Duchow, Krug, Kulp, Ohnstad, Rohrkaste, Shankland, Snyder, C. Taylor and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Bewley, Petrowski and Tiffany

  2. Mar 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Community Development

  3. Mar 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Representatives Novak and Ramthun added as coauthors

  4. Mar 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 16, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Apr 17, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  8. Apr 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Community Development, Ayes 7, Noes 2

  9. Apr 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1