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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Senate Bill 1037

Restricting local regulation of utility service based on the type or source of energy. (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

    Mar 9, 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 24, 2022: “Fiscal estimate received”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Utilities, Technology and Telecommunications. 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 prohibits a city, village, town, or county from placing any restriction on the connection or reconnection of a utility service based on the type or source of energy to be provided. The bill also prohibits a city, village, town, or county from discriminating against a public utility based in whole or in part on the nature or source of the utility service to be provided to a consumer within the political subdivision. The bill provides that it does not affect the authority of a city, village, town, or county to either 1) manage or operate a public utility; or 2) take steps designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from facilities and operations of the city, village, town, or county, including purchasing renewable energy.

Who's behind it

9 senators are its ⁠. All 9 are Republicans.

24 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 33 names

Authors (9)

Signed on in support (24)

What it would cost

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

What happened

  1. Mar 24, 2022

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  2. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  3. Mar 10, 2022

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  4. Mar 9, 2022

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Utilities, Technology and Telecommunications.

  5. Mar 9, 2022

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 9, 2022 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Bradley, Jacque, Felzkowski, Feyen, Petrowski, Roth, Stroebel, Wanggaard and Wimberger; cosponsored by Representatives Knodl, Kuglitsch, Armstrong, Brooks, Dallman, Gundrum, Horlacher, Kitchens, Kurtz, Macco, Moses, Mursau, Snyder, Sortwell, Steffen, Steineke, Swearingen, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, Vorpagel, Wittke and Zimmerman

  2. Mar 9, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities, Technology and Telecommunications

  3. Mar 10, 2022 · Senate

    Representative Murphy added as a cosponsor

  4. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  5. Mar 24, 2022 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

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Committee

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

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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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

Cost estimate

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

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