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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 781

Green jobs training program grants, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and making an appropriation

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

    Jan 4, 2022

  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 Workforce Development. 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.

This bill creates a green jobs training program to be administered by DWD.

Under the program, DWD is required to award grants to public and private organizations for the development and implementation of green jobs training programs. The bill defines green jobs as jobs that produce goods or provide services that benefit the environment or conserve natural resources. The bill also permits DWD to require a public or private organization, as a condition of receiving a grant, to provide matching funds at a percentage to be determined by DWD.

Who's behind it

24 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 24 are Democrats.

8 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 32 names

Authors (24)

Signed on in support (8)

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jan 4, 2022

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development.

  3. Jan 4, 2022

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 4, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Neubauer, Ohnstad, Sinicki, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Hebl, Hong, B. Meyers, Milroy, Pope, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck and Vining; cosponsored by Senators Roys, Johnson, Agard, Erpenbach, L. Taylor, Smith, Larson and Carpenter

  2. Jan 4, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor