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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 639

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Relating to: the University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project and making an appropriation. (FE)

Legislature — Finance joint committee on University of wisconsin — Madison Veteran

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  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

Under this bill, the University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and

Identification Project (MIA Recovery Project) may request the Joint Committee on

Finance to provide $180,000 in each fiscal year of the 2021-23 fiscal biennium for

missions to recover and identify Wisconsin veterans who are missing in action. The

request must include a research prospectus and spending plan for the mission for

which the funding is requested and must be concurrently provided to the standing

committees of each house of the legislature dealing with veterans matters (veterans

committees), as well as the governor, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the

Department of Military Affairs. The veterans committees may submit to JCF a

written recommendation regarding the request. JCF considers the request under a

14-day passive review process and, upon JCF's express or implied approval of the

request, JCF must provide the requested amount of funding directed to the MIA

Recovery Project Fund. If JCF provides funding, by June 30, 2023, the MIA Recovery

Project must submit to JCF, each veterans committee, the governor, DVA, and DMA

a report on the mission's findings and accounting of expenditures, including specified

information. The bill also creates a miscellaneous appropriation of general purpose

revenue through which JCF provides the funding.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Armstrong (R) , B. Meyers (D) , Baldeh (D) , Billings (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Cabrera (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Dittrich (R) , Doyle (D) , Drake (D) , Edming (R) , Emerson (D) , Goyke (D) , Haywood (D) , Hebl (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Hintz (D) , Hong (D) , Horlacher (R) , James (R) , Kerkman (R) , Kurtz (R) , L. Myers (D) , Macco (R) , McGuire (D) , Milroy (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Mursau (R) , Neubauer (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Penterman (R) , Petryk (R) , Plumer (R) , Pope (D) , Riemer (D) , S. Rodriguez (D) , Schraa (R) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Snodgrass (D) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Summerfield (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , Vining (D) , Vruwink (D) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R)

17 cosponsors

Agard (D) , Bewley (D) , Carpenter (D) , Felzkowski (R) , Feyen (R) , Johnson (D) , Knodl (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Krug (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Larson (D) , Moses (R) , Pfaff (D) , Ringhand (D) , Roth (R) , Smith (D) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 13, Noes 0

Passed 13–0 Mar 9, 2022 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Skowronski, Sinicki, Spiros, Tusler, Hesselbein, Emerson, Petryk, Cabral-Guevara, Kerkman, Spreitzer, Bowen, Dittrich, Mursau, Wichgers, Shankland, Vruwink, Neubauer, Conley, Subeck, Horlacher, Ortiz-Velez, Riemer, Kurtz, Armstrong, B. Meyers, Snodgrass, Allen, Hebl, Andraca, Hong, Ohnstad, Thiesfeldt, Drake, Shelton, James, Considine, S. Rodriguez, Vining, Stubbs, Haywood, Anderson, Baldeh, Penterman, Macco, Edming, Tittl, Milroy, Summerfield, Billings, Brostoff, Cabrera, Doyle, Goyke, Hintz, McGuire, Moore Omokunde, L. Myers, Pope, Schraa, Wittke and Plumer; cosponsored by Senators Roth, Carpenter, Kooyenga, Bewley, Agard, Feyen, L. Taylor, Smith, Ringhand, Wirch, Larson, Pfaff, Johnson and Felzkowski

  2. Oct 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities

  3. Nov 2, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Nov 3, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Knodl added as a coauthor

  5. Jan 26, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Krug added as a coauthor

  6. Jan 26, 2022 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Jan 28, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Moses added as a coauthor

  8. Mar 8, 2022 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Mar 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  10. Mar 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1