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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Senate Bill 445

2019-21 Authorized State Building Program, grant to the Greater Green Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau, granting bonding 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

    Sep 23, 2019

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Trade. 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 amends the 2019-21 Authorized State Building Program to add a grant to the Greater Green Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau, to assist in the construction of a visitor information and education center in Brown County. The project has a combined cost of $7,000,000 ($2,000,000 in general fund supported borrowing authority and $5,000,000 in gifts, grants, and other receipts).

Who's behind it

2 senators are its ⁠. All 2 are Democrats.

5 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 7 names

Authors (2)

Signed on in support (5)

What happened

  1. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Sep 23, 2019

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Trade.

  3. Sep 23, 2019

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Sep 23, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Hansen and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Gruszynski, Bowen, Considine, Crowley and Ohnstad

  2. Sep 23, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Trade

  3. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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.

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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