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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 912

Vetoed Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: emergency power to regulate businesses.

Business Governor Municipality

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, stopped here
  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

This bill limits the use of emergency powers during emergencies. Under the

bill, no business may be declared essential or nonessential, and any action or

regulation of a business relating to an emergency must be applied to all businesses

uniformly without regard for the type of business or the product or service provided

by the business.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , August (R) , Behnke (R) , Brooks (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , James (R) , Knodl (R) , Plumer (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Schraa (R) , Steineke (R) , Summerfield (R) , Swearingen (R) , Vos (R)

12 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Bradley (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Feyen (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Macco and Magnafici , Marklein (R) , Skowronski (R) , Stafsholt (R) , Wanggaard (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wimberger (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Small Business Development, Ayes 10, Noes 4

Passed 10–4 Feb 15, 2022 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 59–35 Feb 17, 2022 official source full page

Aye · 59

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 4, 2022 official source full page

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

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 20–12 Mar 8, 2022 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Jan 28, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Swearingen, Edming, Armstrong, August, Behnke, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Duchow, Gundrum, James, Knodl, Plumer, Pronschinske, Schraa, Steineke, Summerfield, Vos and Brooks; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, Stafsholt, Ballweg, Bradley, Felzkowski, Feyen, Kooyenga, Marklein and Wanggaard

  2. Jan 28, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Small Business Development

  3. Jan 31, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 8, 2022 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Small Business Development, Ayes 10, Noes 4

  7. Feb 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Feb 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-17-2022 by Committee on Rules

  9. Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly

    Representatives Macco and Magnafici added as coauthors

  10. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  12. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 59, Noes 35, Paired 2

  13. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Skowronski added as a coauthor

  14. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. Feb 17, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  16. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  17. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Sporting Heritage, Small Business and Rural Issues

  18. Mar 2, 2022 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Sporting Heritage, Small Business and Rural Issues and rereferred to committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  19. Mar 2, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  20. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  21. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-8-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  22. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Read a second time

  23. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  25. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 20, Noes 12

  26. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Mar 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  28. Mar 11, 2022 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-11-2022

  29. Apr 4, 2022 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-4-2022 by directive of the Speaker

  30. Apr 8, 2022 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-8-2022

  31. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-17-2022 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  32. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82