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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Senate Bill 651

Community health center grants 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

    Jan 8, 2020

  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 Health and Human Services. 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 increases the funding for grants to community health centers by $2,000,000 in each fiscal year. Under current law, DHS is required to award grants to every community health center that receives federal grants in an amount for each community health center that is calculated by multiplying the total amount of state funds available for grants by the fraction of total federal grant moneys paid to Wisconsin's community health centers that the community health center receives in federal grant moneys. The additional funding provided in this bill is to be divided among community health centers in the same manner as current law. The bill also incorporates into statutory language the allocation made in the biennial budget act, 2019 Wisconsin Act 9 , that requires DHS to give $500,000 in grants annually to free and charitable clinics.

Who's behind it

9 senators are its ⁠. 6 are Democrats and 3 are Republicans.

13 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 22 names

Authors (9)

Signed on in support (13)

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. Feb 19, 2020 to Feb 20, 2020

    2 more representatives and 2 senators signed on in support.

  3. Jan 24, 2020

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Jan 9, 2020

    1 more senator signed on in support.

  5. Jan 8, 2020

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.

  6. Jan 8, 2020

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 8, 2020 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Marklein, Testin, Carpenter, Hansen, Johnson, Olsen, Ringhand, Risser and Schachtner; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Ballweg, Bowen, Katsma, Milroy, Stubbs, Subeck, Tusler, Goyke and Born

  2. Jan 8, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

  3. Jan 9, 2020 · Senate

    Senator Bewley added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 24, 2020 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Senators Petrowski and Wirch added as coauthors

  6. Feb 20, 2020 · Senate

    Representatives Stuck and Rohrkaste added as cosponsors

  7. 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.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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