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Assembly Joint Resolution 134

Proclaiming February 2020 as Black History Month

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Feb 18, 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

    Feb 11, 2020

  2. Committee, passed

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Feb 18, 2020

  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

39 lawmakers are its ⁠. 31 are Democrats and 8 are Republicans.

17 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 56 names

Authors (39)

Signed on in support (17)

What happened

  1. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the proposal died with it.

  2. Feb 19, 2020

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.

  3. Feb 19, 2020

    The Senate received it.

  4. Feb 18, 2020

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  5. Feb 18, 2020

    The Assembly adopted it.

  6. Feb 12, 2020 to Feb 13, 2020

    2 more representatives and 2 senators signed on in support.

  7. Feb 11, 2020

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  8. Feb 11, 2020

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives L. Myers, Crowley, Fields, Bowen, Haywood, Stubbs, Cabrera, Hebl, Kolste, Steineke, Sargent, Emerson, Gruszynski, Zamarripa, Vruwink, Pope, Vining, Allen, Horlacher, Shankland, Milroy, Billings, Hintz, Sinicki, Anderson, C. Taylor, James, Neubauer, Duchow, Subeck, Spreitzer, Hesselbein, Doyle, Thiesfeldt, Ramthun, Considine, Brostoff, Kurtz and Ohnstad; cosponsored by Senators L. Taylor, Johnson, Carpenter, Schachtner, Kooyenga, Risser, Shilling, Larson, Bewley, Ringhand, Miller, Erpenbach and Wirch

  2. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Read and referred to Committee on Rules

  3. Feb 12, 2020 · Assembly

    Senator Hansen added as a cosponsor

  4. Feb 13, 2020 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-18-2020 by Committee on Rules

  5. Feb 13, 2020 · Assembly

    Representatives Magnafici and Spiros added as coauthors

  6. Feb 13, 2020 · Assembly

    Senator Smith added as a cosponsor

  7. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  8. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Adopted

  9. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Representative Kulp added as a coauthor

  10. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  11. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  12. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Read and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  13. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  14. 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

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

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