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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Senate Bill 1026

Disabled veteran-owned business certification program. (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 23, 2022

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism. 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, the Department of Administration administers a disabled veteran-owned business certification program. A business that qualifies for and maintains certification as a disabled veteran-owned business may be eligible to receive certain advantages bidding on public contracts, as well as other benefits.

This bill converts the disabled veteran-owned business certification program to a veteran-owned business certification program. The bill also eliminates DOA's authority to charge a certification fee to cover its costs to administer that certification program.

Who's behind it

Dale Kooyenga, a Republican, is its ⁠.

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What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 23, 2022

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism.

  3. Feb 23, 2022

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 23, 2022 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Kooyenga

  2. Feb 23, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

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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

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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

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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