Assembly Bill 845
Community-based services grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)
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
Feb 3, 2020
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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 Regulatory Licensing Reform. 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
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
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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 requires the Department of Health Services to establish for the 2019-21 fiscal biennium a community-based services grant program to distribute awards to provider organizations offering facility-based prevocational and day services who apply to initiate or increase and sustain their provision of community-based services that create pathways to and increase competitive integrated employment for people with disabilities. Under the bill, DHS must award grants to providers who apply, develop a plan, and reach benchmarks they set that are approved by DHS, providing grants to up to 30 providers that submit a proposal to initiate or increase and sustain the organization's community-based employment or community-based day services. DHS must give preference in awarding grant funds to providers with the most aggressive and achievable benchmarks for increasing competitive integrated employment and meaningful community involvement for people with disabilities. The bill also requires DHS to distribute performance-based awards to providers that achieve specific employment or community-based day outcomes for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.
Under the bill, DHS must also distribute awards for subject matter experts, including those with experience in Wisconsin's long-term care system, to assist grant recipients with initiating or increasing and sustaining their provision of community-based services consistent with the grant requirements and to assist with necessary changes in business management practices to ensure financial viability in the provision of community-based services. Finally, the bill allows DHS to transfer the funds specified for the grants between fiscal years such that they can expend the funds until they are gone, even beyond the 2019-21 fiscal biennium.
Who's behind it
10 representatives are its . 6 are Democrats and 4 are Republicans.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (8)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Patty Schachtner · Democrat, Senate
- Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 17, 2020
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 3, 2020
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform.
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Feb 3, 2020
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 3, 2020 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Edming, Sinicki, Kulp, Rohrkaste, Crowley, Hebl, Stubbs, C. Taylor, VanderMeer and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Tiffany, Miller, Carpenter, Feyen, Hansen, Schachtner, L. Taylor and Bewley
- Feb 3, 2020 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform
- Mar 17, 2020 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate