Senate Bill 901
Disaster assistance payments 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.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 19, 2020
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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 14, 2020: “Fiscal estimate received”
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 Military Affairs is required to make payments to retail electric cooperatives, local governmental units, and federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands in this state for damages and costs incurred as the result of certain disasters. Current law requires that the recipient of a disaster assistance payment cover 30 percent of the amount of the damages and costs resulting from the disaster. This bill reduces that matching requirement to 25 percent.
Additionally, the bill authorizes disaster assistance payments to be made for costs incurred for approved hazard mitigation measures after a disaster. The bill also requires that all of the emergency work and permanent work categories designated by the federal emergency management agency (FEMA) be eligible for disaster assistance payments. FEMA designates the following as emergency and permanent work categories:
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Category A: Debris removal.
Category B: Emergency protective measures.
Category C: Roads and bridges.
Category D: Water control facilities.
Category E: Buildings and equipment.
Category F: Utilities.
Category G: Parks, recreational areas, and other facilities.
Finally the bill provides $2,500,000 per fiscal year in the 2019-21 fiscal biennium for DMA to make and administer disaster assistance payments.
Who's behind it
9 senators are its . All 9 are Democrats.
16 more lawmakers .
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Authors (9)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Patty Schachtner · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (16)
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · 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 14, 2020
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 19, 2020
Sent to the Senate Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs.
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Mar 19, 2020
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 19, 2020 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Schachtner, Bewley, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Miller, Smith, L. Taylor, Ringhand and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives B. Meyers, Billings, Considine, Emerson, Hebl, Milroy, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, C. Taylor, Zamarripa, Doyle and Subeck
- Mar 19, 2020 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs
- Apr 1, 2020 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Apr 14, 2020 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
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