Assembly Bill 851
Statements of scope for administrative rules
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 ”
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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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Signed on in support
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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.
Under current law, in order to promulgate a rule, an agency must submit a statement of scope for the proposed rule for review by the Department of Administration and approval by the governor. Once the governor approves the statement, the agency must send the approved statement of scope to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register before continuing with the rule promulgation process. A statement of scope expires after 30 months, after which the agency may not promulgate any rule based on that statement of scope that has not been submitted for legislative review by the expiration date. This bill does the following:
1. Limits an agency to promulgating one permanent and one emergency rule per statement of scope.
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2. Allows an agency to formally withdraw a statement of scope prior to its expiration date by sending a withdrawal notice for the statement to the LRB for publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register. Once a statement of scope has been withdrawn, the agency may not promulgate a rule based upon that statement of scope and all proposed rules based upon that statement of scope that are in the process of being promulgated are automatically withdrawn.
3. Clarifies that, when a statement of scope expires, an agency also may not promulgate an emergency rule based upon that statement of scope.
Who's behind it
3 lawmakers are its . All 3 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Adam Neylon · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 3, 2020
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight.
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Feb 3, 2020
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 3, 2020 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Neylon, Ballweg and Ott; cosponsored by Senators Nass, Craig and Stroebel
- Feb 3, 2020 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight
- 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