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Assembly Joint Resolution 118

Proclaiming January 22nd as “Protect Life Day”

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Jan 21, 2020, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new proposal.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jan 16, 2020

  2. Committee, passed

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed 63 to 35

  4. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.

  5. Adopted, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

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

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Who's behind it

15 representatives are its ⁠. All 15 are Republicans.

9 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 24 names

Authors (15)

Signed on in support (9)

  • Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
  • David Craig · Republican, Senate
  • Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
  • Scott L. Fitzgerald · Republican, Senate
  • André Jacque · Republican, Senate
  • Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
  • Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
  • Thomas Tiffany · Republican, Senate
  • Tusler, Ott, Rohrkaste, Edming, Felzkowski, Nygren, Petersen, Schraa, Swearingen, Plumer, Duchow, Kurtz, Hutton, Snyder, Steineke, Petryk, Knodl, Mursau, Sortwell, Zimmerman, Wittke, Katsma, Vorpagel, Summerfield, Brooks, James, Jagler, Quinn, Kerkman, Spiros, Krug, Steffen and Oldenburg

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this proposal.

Assembly vote to adopt it

Passed, 63 to 35 · Jan 21, 2020 · 1 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (63)

Didn't vote (1)

Official motion: “ADOPTION”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the proposal died with it.

  2. Jan 27, 2020

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  3. Jan 22, 2020

    The Senate received it.

  4. Jan 21, 2020

    33 more representatives signed on in support.

  5. Jan 21, 2020

    The Assembly adopted it, 63 to 35.

  6. Jan 17, 2020

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  7. Jan 16, 2020

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  8. Jan 16, 2020

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Brandtjen, Dittrich, Allen, Gundrum, Horlacher, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Murphy, Neylon, Ramthun, Sanfelippo, Skowronski, Thiesfeldt, Tittl and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Fitzgerald, Craig, Darling, Marklein, Stroebel and Tiffany

  2. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Read and referred to Committee on Rules

  3. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 by Committee on Rules

  4. Jan 17, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Ballweg added as a coauthor

  5. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Adopted, Ayes 63, Noes 35

  6. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Representatives Tusler, Ott, Rohrkaste, Edming, Felzkowski, Nygren, Petersen, Schraa, Swearingen, Plumer, Duchow, Kurtz, Hutton, Snyder, Steineke, Petryk, Knodl, Mursau, Sortwell, Zimmerman, Wittke, Katsma, Vorpagel, Summerfield, Brooks, James, Jagler, Quinn, Kerkman, Spiros, Krug, Steffen and Oldenburg added as coauthors

  7. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  8. Jan 22, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  9. Jan 27, 2020 · Senate

    Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  10. Jan 27, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. 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

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

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

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

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

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote