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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Senate Bill 570

Conduit bonding authorities, distributions for property tax relief, 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

    Nov 22, 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 Labor and Regulatory Reform. 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.

Under current law, with certain limitations, two or more political subdivisions may create a commission that is authorized, among other things, to 1) raise moneys by issuing municipal bonds; and 2) convey these moneys to qualifying private entities to finance certain types of capital improvement projects. A commission's bonds are known as conduit bonds — the commission acts, in effect, as a conduit between the purchaser of the bonds and the actual borrower of the moneys raised from the bonds.

In general, the borrower pays a lower interest rate for financing a project this way than it would pay for financing on the open market, because the interest that the bond purchaser earns from the conduit bonds is exempt from federal or state taxation.

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This bill makes two changes related to these conduit bonding commissions. The bill specifies that the Legislative Audit Bureau must conduct an audit of each commission every two years and at the direction of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee. The bill also requires the commission to pay a fee of 1 percent of the amount of any bonds it issues and to pay these fees to the Department of Revenue to fund a property tax credit that is calculated in the same manner as the school levy credit.

Who's behind it

5 senators are its ⁠. All 5 are Republicans.

9 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (5)

Signed on in support (9)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Apr 1, 2020

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Dec 9, 2019

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Nov 22, 2019

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform.

  4. Nov 22, 2019

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Nov 22, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Nass, Stroebel, Jacque, Marklein and Craig; cosponsored by Representatives Allen, Brandtjen, Horlacher, Gundrum, Magnafici, Murphy, Ramthun, Skowronski and Neylon

  2. Nov 22, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform

  3. Dec 9, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

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Public hearing

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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

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

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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate