Assembly Bill 666
The Something Special from Wisconsin promotional campaign; funding for the University of Wisconsin System, technical colleges, and special education aid; 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.
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Introduced, passed
Oct 29, 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 Agriculture. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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 Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection administers the “Something Special from Wisconsin” promotional campaign to promote commodities produced in this state. The bill creates a new continuing appropriation and provides $400,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 from the general fund for this purpose.
The bill also provides additional funding, in fiscal year 2021-22, for the University of Wisconsin System under its general program operations appropriation; for state aid for technical colleges; and for special education aid the Department of Public Instruction pays to school districts, independent charter schools, cooperative educational service agencies, and county children with disabilities education boards.
Who's behind it
16 lawmakers are its . All 16 are Democrats.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (16)
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Sara Rodriguez · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (7)
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 8, 2022
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 25, 2022
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 12, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 10, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 9, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 3, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Oct 29, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Agriculture.
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Oct 29, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 29, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Considine, S. Rodriguez, Cabrera, Conley, Emerson, Hebl, B. Meyers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Shankland, Shelton, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Pfaff, Smith, Erpenbach, Larson and Ringhand
- Oct 29, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture
- Nov 3, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Billings added as a coauthor
- Nov 9, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 10, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 12, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 25, 2022 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 8, 2022 · Assembly
Representative Brostoff added as a coauthor
- 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
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.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate