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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Joint Resolution 91

Creation of a police and fire fund, and deposit of moneys into the police and fire fund (first consideration)

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 proposal.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Oct 25, 2021

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Adopted, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to adopt 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.

Under current law, a communications provider is required to collect from each subscriber of a communications service a monthly fee of 75 cents on each communications service connection with an assigned telephone number, including a communications service provided via a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) connection. The communications provider must identify the fee as a “charge for funding countywide 911 systems plus police and fire protection fee”. The fee is commonly referred to as the “police and fire protection fee.” The fee is administered by the Public Service Commission, and the revenue from the fee is deposited in the police and fire protection fund. Under current law, most of the revenue from the police and fire protection fund is used to make county and municipal aid payments.

This proposed constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2021 legislature on first consideration, requires that revenues from a police and fire protection fee be deposited into a police and fire fund and used only for county and municipal police and fire protection services, including county and municipal emergency response systems.

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A proposed constitutional amendment requires adoption by two successive legislatures, and ratification by the people, before it can become effective.

Who's behind it

8 representatives are its ⁠. All 8 are Republicans.

3 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 11 names

Authors (8)

Signed on in support (3)

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the proposal died with it.

  2. Oct 25, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.

  3. Oct 25, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 25, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Brandtjen, Gundrum, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Mursau, Thiesfeldt and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Roth, Feyen and Wanggaard

  2. Oct 25, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Public hearing

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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

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