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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 149

Legislative oversight of federal COVID-19 funds

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 8, 2021

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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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 exceptions, the governor is authorized to receive and direct the expenditure of all federal funds received by the state. This bill increases the legislature's role in approving the expenditure of federal funds that are received by the state between the effective date of this bill and June 30, 2022, that relate to COVID-19 activities. Under the bill, as soon as practical after the receipt of any federal funds related to COVID-19 that are made available to the state, the governor must submit to the Joint Committee on Finance for a 14-day passive review a plan or plans for the expenditure of the funds.

Who's behind it

42 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 42 are Republicans.

11 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 53 names

Authors (42)

Signed on in support (11)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Constitution and Ethics vote to recommend it

Passed, 6 to 3 · Mar 17, 2021

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Constitution and Ethics, Ayes 6, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 17, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Mar 17, 2021

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 3.

  4. Mar 12, 2021

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  5. Mar 10, 2021

    The committee held a public hearing.

  6. Mar 8, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Constitution and Ethics.

  7. Mar 8, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Vos, Steineke, August, Petersen, Vorpagel, Duchow, James, Kerkman, Born, Loudenbeck, Katsma, Zimmerman, J. Rodriguez, Kurtz, Skowronski, Kitchens, Ramthun, Edming, Spiros, Petryk, Neylon, Sortwell, Plumer, Tusler, Murphy, Moses, Summerfield, Snyder, Macco, Steffen, Rozar, Krug, Dittrich, Gundrum, Dallman, Tranel, Brooks, Allen, Wittke, Swearingen, Armstrong and Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Senators LeMahieu, Kapenga, Feyen, Testin, Wanggaard, Marklein, Bernier, Stroebel, Jacque and Ballweg

  2. Mar 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Constitution and Ethics

  3. Mar 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Mar 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor

  6. Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Constitution and Ethics, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  7. Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-23-2021 by Committee on Rules

  9. Mar 23, 2021 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  10. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    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.

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. 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

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary