Senate Bill 270
Grants to the Center for Suicide Awareness, Inc., 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.
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Introduced, passed
Jun 7, 2019
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Terms on this page
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. 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
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 Public Instruction to annually provide a grant to the Center for Suicide Awareness, Inc. The purpose of the grant is to provide funding for staff, training, and expenses related to operating a text-based suicide prevention service. In each of the 2019-20 and 2020-21 fiscal years, the amount of the grant to the Center for Suicide Awareness, Inc., is $110,000.
Who's behind it
8 senators are its . 4 are Democrats and 4 are Republicans.
24 more lawmakers .
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Authors (8)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Patty Schachtner · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (24)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- LaKeshia Myers · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Jon Plumer · Republican, Assembly
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jun 20, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jun 7, 2019
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
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Jun 7, 2019
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jun 7, 2019 · Senate
Introduced by Senators L. Taylor, Darling, Jacque, Smith, Ringhand, Cowles, Petrowski and Schachtner; cosponsored by Representatives Rohrkaste, Bowen, Tittl, Anderson, Skowronski, Tusler, C. Taylor, Kulp, Dittrich, Ohnstad, Spiros, Cabrera, Vruwink, Thiesfeldt, Crowley, Sinicki, Shankland, Emerson, Spreitzer, L. Myers, Subeck, Duchow, Ramthun and Plumer
- Jun 7, 2019 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- Jun 20, 2019 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 1, 2020 · Senate
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.
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. 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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate