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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 947

Prohibiting foreign missions of China at University of Wisconsin institutions and University of Wisconsin System involvement with Communist Chinese recruitment or propaganda programs and requiring the University of Wisconsin System to report funding received from foreign missions of China. (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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 2, 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 State Affairs. 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 requires the University of Wisconsin System to do all of the following:

1. Ensure that no designated foreign mission of China is established at or recognized by a UW institution after the bill's effective date. A “designated foreign mission of China” is defined as an entity or operation designated by the federal Office of Foreign Missions as a foreign mission of the People's Republic of China within the United States, including the Confucius Institute U.S. Center, the Asia Society Chinese Language Partner Network, and the Center for Language Exchange and Cooperation. If a designated foreign mission of China has already been established at or recognized by a UW institution on the bill's effective date, the UW System must develop and implement a plan to ensure that the designated foreign mission of China does not remain established at or recognized by the institution after approximately one year from the bill's effective date.

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2. Annually identify the amount and source of funding received from a designated foreign mission of China. This information must be included in an annual report that current law requires to be submitted to the governor and the legislature. With respect to UW-Madison, the report must be submitted by the UW-Madison rather than the UW System.

3. Identify, end, and provide a report regarding any “cultural exchange” programs the UW System has that are consistent with those identified by the U.S.

State Department as Chinese Communist Party propaganda tools.

The bill also prohibits UW System employees and students from participating in Communist Chinese recruitment programs. The bill defines “Communist Chinese recruitment program” as a program established by the government of China, including the Thousand Talents Program, the Overseas High-Level Talent Recruitment Program, and the National High-End Foreign Experts Recruitment Plan, to recruit or partner with scientists, scholars, and other experts by offering them benefits or privileges, such as concurrent or short-term appointments at Chinese institutions or Chinese research laboratories. Under the bill, participation means entering into a written agreement with a Chinese institution, Chinese research laboratory, or the government of China that confers upon a person benefits or privileges associated with, or membership in, a Communist Chinese recruitment program. The definition of “government of China” includes an instrumentality of the People's Republic of China or of the Communist Party of China. The bill creates certain disclosure requirements and requires any UW System employee or student who is participating in a Communist Chinese recruitment program on the effective date of the bill to terminate his or her participation within six months after the bill's effective date, subject to an extension of no more than six additional months if certain requirements are met.

Who's behind it

4 representatives are its ⁠. All 4 are Republicans.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (4)

Signed on in support (2)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 16, 2022

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Feb 2, 2022

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.

  4. Feb 2, 2022

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 2, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Murphy, Armstrong, Gundrum and Allen; cosponsored by Senators Roth and Darling

  2. Feb 2, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Feb 16, 2022 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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

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Author

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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

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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

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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate