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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Assembly Bill 916

Groundwater standards and waterborne dangers, funding for the state laboratory of hygiene, 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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 14, 2020

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2020: “Fiscal estimate received”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Health. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill does the following related to drinking water and groundwater:

1. Provides an appropriation and authorizes two positions for the Department of Health Services to develop recommendations for groundwater enforcement standards.

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2. Provides an appropriation and authorizes two positions for DHS to aid local health departments and tribal agencies with technical support and community engagement on issues involving drinking water and groundwater.

3. Provides an appropriation and authorizes two positions for DHS to conduct surveillance, investigation, and outreach on public health issues related to outbreaks of waterborne diseases and harmful algal blooms.

4. Provides an additional appropriation for the Groundwater Coordinating Council to perform its functions. Under current law, the council advises and assists state agencies related to groundwater monitoring, laboratory analysis, research activities, and public information and education.

The bill also changes the general program operations appropriation for the state laboratory of hygiene in the University of Wisconsin System from a sum certain to a sum sufficient.

Who's behind it

24 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 24 are Democrats.

6 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (24)

Signed on in support (6)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2020

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  2. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  3. Mar 6, 2020

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Feb 14, 2020

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health.

  5. Feb 14, 2020

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 14, 2020 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hebl, Pope, Shankland, Anderson, Billings, Brostoff, Emerson, Fields, Neubauer, Spreitzer, C. Taylor, Zamarripa, Cabrera, Considine, Doyle, Gruszynski, Hesselbein, Milroy, Ohnstad, Sargent, Sinicki, Stubbs, Subeck and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Miller, Risser, Smith, Erpenbach, Larson and Schachtner

  2. Feb 14, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Mar 6, 2020 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  5. Apr 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave 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

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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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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