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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Assembly Bill 990

Grants to provide legal services to tenants in eviction actions, granting rule-making authority, 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

    Mar 2, 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 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate. 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 requires the Department of Administration to establish a grant program to provide funds to attorneys to provide legal services for low-income tenants in eviction actions or in actions in which the tenant alleges he or she was wrongfully evicted. Under the bill, the grant moneys may only be used to provide legal services to a tenant whose family has an income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

Who's behind it

15 representatives are its ⁠. All 15 are Democrats.

5 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 20 names

Authors (15)

Signed on in support (5)

What happened

  1. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 25, 2020

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Mar 2, 2020

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate.

  4. Mar 2, 2020

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 2, 2020 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Anderson, Crowley, C. Taylor, Stubbs, Sargent, Brostoff, Emerson, Neubauer, Cabrera, Subeck, Pope, Sinicki, Bowen, Hebl and Shankland; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Smith, Larson and L. Taylor

  2. Mar 2, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate

  3. Mar 25, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Ohnstad added as a coauthor

  4. 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.

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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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor