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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Senate Bill 589

A school district revenue limit adjustment for the cost of employing school nurses. (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 27, 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 Education. 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.

Current law generally limits the total amount of revenue per pupil that a school district may receive from general school aids and property taxes in a school year to the amount of revenue allowed per pupil in the previous school year plus a per pupil increase, if any, as provided by law. However, current law also includes several adjustments to the general revenue limit. For example, if a school district increases the services that it provides by adding responsibility for providing a service transferred to it from another governmental unit, the school district's revenue limit is increased by the cost of that service.

This bill creates a school district revenue limit adjustment for the costs of employing school nurses. Under the bill, if a school board adopts a resolution, the school district's revenue limit is increased by the amount the school district spent during the second previous school year on salaries and benefits for school nurses.

Who's behind it

4 senators are its ⁠. All 4 are Democrats.

20 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (4)

Signed on in support (20)

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 11, 2019

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Nov 27, 2019

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.

  4. Nov 27, 2019

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Nov 27, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Larson, Carpenter, Smith and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Pope, Hebl, Billings, Anderson, Hesselbein, Dittrich, Subeck, C. Taylor, Considine, Milroy, Sargent, Spreitzer, Shankland, Brostoff, Ohnstad, Crowley, Bowen, Sinicki, Neubauer and Vruwink

  2. Nov 27, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Dec 11, 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

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

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