Assembly Bill 272
Emergency declarations
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
Apr 16, 2021
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on State Affairs. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the governor may issue an executive order declaring a state of emergency for the state or any portion of the state if he or she determines that an emergency exists resulting from a disaster or the imminent threat of a disaster or that a public health emergency exists. An emergency declaration lasts for 60 days unless extended by joint resolution of the legislature. Either the governor or the legislature by joint resolution may revoke an emergency declaration, but only the legislature has the authority to extend an emergency declaration.
This bill makes all of the following changes to the laws relating to the governor's authority to declare a state of emergency for the state or any portion of the state:
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1. The governor may issue an executive order declaring a state of emergency only if the executive order is additionally signed by at least two of the following: the senate majority leader; the senate minority leader; the speaker of the assembly; the assembly minority leader.
2. The governor may not issue successive executive orders declaring a state of emergency based on the same disaster or public health crisis or based on circumstances arising from or closely related to the same disaster or public health crisis.
3. Upon issuing an executive order declaring a state of emergency, the governor must call the legislature into special session for the purpose of considering the executive order and all emergency orders issued pursuant to the executive order. The executive order and each such emergency order terminates on the 30th day after the day the executive order declaring an emergency was issued unless approved in whole or in part by the legislature by joint resolution.
4. The legislature may by joint resolution extend a declaration of emergency one or more times, as provided under current law, but each extension may last no more than 30 days.
Who's behind it
17 lawmakers are its . All 17 are Republicans.
1 more lawmaker .
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Authors (17)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Adam Neylon · Republican, Assembly
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (1)
- Eric Wimberger · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 16, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.
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Apr 16, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 16, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Sanfelippo, Neylon, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Brooks, Cabral-Guevara, Duchow, Gundrum, Horlacher, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Moses, Murphy, Ramthun, Rozar, Schraa and Steffen; cosponsored by Senator Wimberger
- Apr 16, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- 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.
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
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