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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Assembly Joint Resolution 5

Proclaiming February 2019 as Black History Month

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 proposal.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 12, 2019

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Adopted, not reached

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

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

Read the proposal

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Who's behind it

2 representatives are its ⁠. All 2 are Republicans.

See all 2 names

Authors (2)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this proposal. Taking a bill up right away needs two-thirds of the members, a higher bar than passing it, so that vote can draw more yeses than the final one.

Assembly vote to take it up right away

Passed, 60 to 34 · Feb 12, 2019

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up, Ayes 60, Noes 34”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the proposal died with it.

  2. Feb 12, 2019

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Feb 12, 2019

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Vos and Steineke

  2. Feb 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Read and referred to Committee on Rules

  3. Feb 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up, Ayes 60, Noes 34

  4. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt 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.

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

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

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

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

Author

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

Official term: Author, coauthor

Roll call

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

Official term: Roll call vote