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Bills from the 2019–20 session

Senate Bill 82

Creative economy development initiative 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

    Mar 7, 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 Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development. 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 creates a grant program administered by the Arts Board in the Department of Tourism. The bill requires the Arts Board to award grants on a competitive basis to businesses, whether operated for profit or not for profit, local governmental agencies, and business development organizations or associations that work to promote any of the following in Wisconsin:

1. Individuals or organizations whose products or services have an origin in artistic, cultural, creative, or aesthetic content.

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2. Job creation.

3. Economic development.

4. Arts education.

5. Workforce training and development.

Under the bill, such a grant may not exceed $40,000, and the bill prohibits the Arts Board from awarding a grant unless the proposed grant recipient has secured from nonstate sources an amount equal to at least twice the amount of the proposed grant.

Who's behind it

5 senators are its ⁠. 4 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

15 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (5)

Signed on in support (15)

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. Apr 17, 2019

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Mar 13, 2019

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Mar 12, 2019

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  5. Mar 7, 2019

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development.

  6. Mar 7, 2019

    Introduced in the Senate.

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  1. Mar 7, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Feyen, Bewley, Petrowski, Tiffany and Bernier; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Petryk, Allen, Billings, Duchow, Krug, Kulp, Ohnstad, Rohrkaste, Shankland, Snyder, C. Taylor and Thiesfeldt

  2. Mar 7, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development

  3. Mar 12, 2019 · Senate

    Representatives Ramthun and Novak added as cosponsors

  4. Mar 13, 2019 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Apr 17, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  6. 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

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.

More in the glossary

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

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Cost estimate

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

Official term: Fiscal estimate

More in the glossary