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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 97

Designating the Bart Starr Memorial Bridge

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 18, 2021

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  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 ⁠”

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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 directs the Department of Transportation to designate and, upon receipt of sufficient contributions from interested parties, mark the bridge on STH 29 across the Fox River in the city of Green Bay as the “Bart Starr Memorial Bridge.” No state funds, other than from contributions from interested parties, may be used for the erection or maintenance of any markers to identify the highway as the “Bart Starr Memorial Bridge.”

Who's behind it

31 lawmakers are its ⁠. 22 are Republicans and 9 are Democrats.

5 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 36 names

Authors (31)

Signed on in support (5)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Transportation vote to recommend it

Passed, 14 to 0 · Jun 8, 2021

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 Transportation, Ayes 14, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jun 8, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Jun 8, 2021

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 14 to 0.

  4. Mar 25, 2021

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Feb 18, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Transportation.

  6. Feb 18, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Steffen, Macco, Shelton, Baldeh, Bowen, Brandtjen, Cabrera, Dittrich, Edming, Gundrum, Jagler, Kitchens, Kuglitsch, Milroy, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Ramthun, Shankland, Sinicki, Snyder, Spreitzer, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, Vorpagel, Vruwink, Spiros and Petryk; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, Cowles, Jacque, Carpenter and Marklein

  2. Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation

  3. Mar 25, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 27, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Jun 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  6. Jun 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Jun 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-16-2021 by Committee on Rules

  8. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  9. 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.

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

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

Committee

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

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote