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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Senate Bill 1071

Supporting recovery residences and making an appropriation. (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 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Children and Families. 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 Department of Health Services to encourage the development, expansion, and quality control of networks of recovery residences and to allocate moneys to create a grant program for establishing recovery residences or a network of recovery residences or to award grants for purposes specified in the bill.

Current law defines a “recovery residence” as a home-like, residential environment that promotes healthy recovery from a substance use disorder and supports a person's recovery from a substance use disorder through the use of peer recovery support.

Who's behind it

5 senators are its ⁠. All 5 are Democrats.

17 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 22 names

Authors (5)

Signed on in support (17)

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 9, 2022

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Human Services, Children and Families.

  3. Mar 9, 2022

    Introduced in the Senate.

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

    Introduced by Senators Agard, Roys, Bewley, Carpenter and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Spreitzer, Anderson, Sinicki, Hebl, Baldeh, Hong, Ohnstad, Hesselbein, Subeck, Andraca, Shankland, Milroy, Shelton, Pope, Bowen, Snodgrass and Stubbs

  2. Mar 9, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Human Services, Children and Families

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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.

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

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