Senate Bill 540
Payments to certain state veterans organizations. (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
Oct 31, 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 Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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.
Under current law, the Department of Veterans Affairs may make payments to certain state veterans organizations who apply for funding. The amount payable is equal to 50 percent of all salaries and travel expenses of the employees of the organization who are engaged in veterans claims service activities during the funding application period or $100,000, whichever is less. Under this bill, the funding limit is increased from $100,000 to $175,000.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 3 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.
15 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (15)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- David Crowley · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Jon Plumer · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · 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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Jan 13, 2020 to Jan 16, 2020
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Nov 22, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 31, 2019
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs.
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Oct 31, 2019
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 31, 2019 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Jacque, Ringhand, Wirch, Olsen and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Sinicki, Anderson, Magnafici, Tusler, Vruwink, Bowen, Horlacher, Doyle, Novak, Crowley, Zamarripa and Thiesfeldt
- Oct 31, 2019 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs
- Nov 22, 2019 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 13, 2020 · Senate
Representative Plumer added as a cosponsor
- Jan 16, 2020 · Senate
Representative Edming added as a cosponsor
- 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