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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 545

Grants for free and charitable clinics; funding for special education, the University of Wisconsin System, and the technical college system; 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

    Sep 10, 2021

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  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 ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Health. 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.

Under current law, the Department of Health Services is required to award grants each fiscal year to several classes of community health centers. A community health center is a health care entity that provides primary health care, health education, and social services to low-income individuals. The 2019 biennial budget act, 2019 Wisconsin Act 9 , required DHS to annually award $500,000 in grants to free and charitable clinics from the same community health services appropriation. This bill continues the grant for free and charitable clinics and directs DHS to annually award $2,500,000 in grants to free and charitable clinics. This bill defines “free and charitable clinics” as health care organizations that use a volunteer and staff model to provide health services to uninsured, underinsured, underserved, economically and socially disadvantaged, and vulnerable populations and that meet criteria specified in the bill. If the grants are awarded, the bill provides additional funding to the Department of Public Instruction for aids for special education and to the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system.

Who's behind it

22 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 22 are Democrats.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 29 names

Authors (22)

Signed on in support (7)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Oct 20, 2021

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Oct 6, 2021

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Oct 1, 2021

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  5. Sep 27, 2021

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Sep 10, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health.

  7. Sep 10, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Sep 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Subeck, Riemer, Anderson, Baldeh, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Doyle, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, Milroy, Neubauer, Pope, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Erpenbach, Agard, Carpenter, Larson, Pfaff and Roys

  2. Sep 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Sep 27, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Sep 27, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Oct 1, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Oct 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Oct 20, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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

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

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