Assembly Bill 775
Planning and design of a new engineering building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 18, 2022. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Dec 9, 2021
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Feb 22, 2022
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Senate vote, passed
Passed 26 to 7
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2021 Wisconsin Act 206
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 18, 2022: “Published 3-19-2022”
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Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires the Building Commission to allocate $1,000,000 from the state building trust fund to conduct planning and design services and prepare a design report for the construction of a new engineering building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Who's behind it
18 lawmakers are its . 12 are Republicans and 6 are Democrats.
11 more lawmakers .
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Authors (18)
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Alex Dallman · Republican, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Loudenbeck · Republican, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Swearingen · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Wittke · Republican, Assembly
- Shannon Zimmerman · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (11)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Roger Roth · Republican, Senate
- Stubbs and Hesselbein
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There were 3 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities vote to recommend it
Passed, 14 to 0 · Feb 17, 2022
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 14, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 5 to 0 · Feb 22, 2022
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote to pass it
Passed, 26 to 7 · Feb 22, 2022
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (26)
- Alberta Darling (R, 8)
- André Jacque (R, 1)
- Bob Wirch (D, 22)
- Chris Larson (D, 7)
- Dale Kooyenga (R, 5)
- Dan Feyen (R, 20)
- Devin LeMahieu (R, 9)
- Eric Wimberger (R, 2)
- Howard Marklein (R, 17)
- Janet Bewley (D, 25)
- Jeff Smith (D, 31)
- Jerry Petrowski (R, 29)
- Joan Ballweg (R, 14)
- John Jagler (R, 13)
- Jon Erpenbach (D, 27)
- Kathleen Bernier (R, 23)
- Kelda Roys (D, 26)
- LaTonya Johnson (D, 6)
- Mary Felzkowski (R, 12)
- Melissa Agard (D, 16)
- Patrick Testin (R, 24)
- Rob Cowles (R, 2)
- Rob Stafsholt (R, 10)
- Roger Roth (R, 19)
- Tim Carpenter (D, 3)
- Van Wanggaard (R, 21)
No (7)
- Brad Pfaff (D, 32)
- Chris Kapenga (R, 33)
- Duey Stroebel (R, 20)
- Janis Ringhand (D, 15)
- Julian Bradley (R, 28)
- Lena Taylor (D, 4)
- Steve Nass (R, 11)
Official motion: “CONCURRENCE”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 18, 2022
The new law was published.
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Mar 18, 2022
The governor signed it. It became 2021 Wisconsin Act 206.
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Mar 15, 2022
Sent to the governor.
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Feb 22, 2022
The Senate passed it too, 26 to 7.
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Feb 22, 2022
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Feb 22, 2022
“Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Feb 22, 2022
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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Feb 22, 2022
The Senate received it.
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Feb 22, 2022
The Assembly passed it.
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Feb 17, 2022
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 17, 2022
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 14 to 0.
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Jan 19, 2022
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 19, 2022
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Dec 30, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 15, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Dec 9, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities.
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Dec 9, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Dec 9, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Born, Swearingen, Wittke, Krug, Brooks, Milroy, Penterman, Loudenbeck, Kuglitsch, Zimmerman, Mursau, Dallman, Murphy, Hong, Drake, Andraca, Bowen and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Roth, Jacque, Cowles, Darling, Feyen, Bewley and Felzkowski
- Dec 9, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities
- Dec 15, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor
- Dec 30, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 19, 2022 · Assembly
Representatives Stubbs and Hesselbein added as coauthors
- Jan 19, 2022 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 26, 2022 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 14, Noes 0
- Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 by Committee on Rules
- Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 22, 2022 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Feb 22, 2022 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Feb 22, 2022 · Senate
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Feb 22, 2022 · Senate
Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 22, 2022 · Senate
Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
- Feb 22, 2022 · Senate
Read a second time
- Feb 22, 2022 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 22, 2022 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Feb 22, 2022 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 26, Noes 7
- Feb 22, 2022 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 23, 2022 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Feb 28, 2022 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 2-28-2022
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 3-15-2022
- Mar 18, 2022 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 3-18-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 206
- Mar 18, 2022 · Assembly
Published 3-19-2022
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote