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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 233

Vetoed Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: grants for certain small businesses. (FE)

Business Disease Federal aid Governor Revenue department of

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, stopped here
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Small business grants

This bill requires the Department of Revenue to provide grants to businesses

in this state that had total sales in 2019 of less than $7 million and suffered economic

damage as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill also requires the governor

to allocate $200 million from moneys received from the federal government pursuant

to the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to make the grants.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Born (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Callahan (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , James (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Petryk (R) , Plumer (R) , Rozar (R) , Snyder (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R) , Vorpagel (R) , Wittke (R) , Zimmerman (R)

6 cosponsors

Felzkowski (R) , Feyen (R) , Kitchens (R) , Marklein (R) , Steffen (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Jobs and the Economy, Ayes 8, Noes 4

Passed 8–4 Apr 8, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND

Passed 56–36 Apr 13, 2021 official source full page

Aye · 56

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 57–37 Apr 13, 2021 official source full page

Aye · 57

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Apr 14, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 19–12 Apr 14, 2021 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Apr 2, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Moses, Swearingen, Armstrong, Born, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Edming, Dittrich, Duchow, Gundrum, Knodl, Krug, Mursau, Oldenburg, Petryk, Plumer, Rozar, Snyder, Tranel, Tusler, Vorpagel, Wittke, Zimmerman and James; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Felzkowski and Feyen

  2. Apr 2, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Jobs and the Economy

  3. Apr 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Apr 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Jobs and the Economy, Ayes 8, Noes 4

  6. Apr 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Apr 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules

  8. Apr 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  9. Apr 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor

  10. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Anderson, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Doyle, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hong, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, Moore Omokunde, L. Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Pope, Riemer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining and Vruwink

  11. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken

  12. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair appealed

  13. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 56, Noes 36

  14. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  16. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 57, Noes 37

  17. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor

  18. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  19. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  21. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  22. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  23. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-14-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  24. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  25. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  27. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 19, Noes 12

  28. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Apr 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  30. Apr 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 4-14-2021

  31. Apr 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-21-2021 by directive of the Speaker

  32. Apr 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-22-2021

  33. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-17-2022 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  34. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82