Assembly Bill 66
Creative economy development initiative grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
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.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 7, 2019
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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 ”
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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. 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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
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.
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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.
Who's behind it
13 representatives are its . 9 are Republicans and 4 are Democrats.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (13)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Novak and Ramthun
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
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.
Assembly Committee on Community Development vote to recommend it
Passed, 7 to 2 · Apr 29, 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 Community Development, Ayes 7, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 29, 2019
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Apr 29, 2019
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 2.
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Apr 17, 2019
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 13, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 12, 2019
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 12, 2019
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Mar 7, 2019
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Community Development.
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Mar 7, 2019
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- 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
- Mar 7, 2019 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Community Development
- Mar 12, 2019 · Assembly
- Mar 12, 2019 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 13, 2019 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 16, 2019 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Apr 17, 2019 · Assembly
Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- Apr 29, 2019 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Community Development, Ayes 7, Noes 2
- Apr 29, 2019 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- 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.
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
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.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote