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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Senate Bill 647

The Something Special from Wisconsin promotional campaign; funding for the University of Wisconsin System, technical colleges, and special education aid; 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

    Oct 20, 2021

  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 Agriculture and Tourism. 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 Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection administers the “Something Special from Wisconsin” promotional campaign to promote commodities produced in this state. The bill creates a new continuing appropriation and provides $400,000 in fiscal year 2021-22 from the general fund for this purpose.

The bill also provides additional funding, in fiscal year 2021-22, for the University of Wisconsin System under its general program operations appropriation; for state aid for technical colleges; and for special education aid the Department of Public Instruction pays to school districts, independent charter schools, cooperative educational service agencies, and county children with disabilities education boards.

Who's behind it

5 senators are its ⁠. All 5 are Democrats.

18 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 23 names

Authors (5)

Signed on in support (18)

What it would cost

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

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 7, 2022

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Feb 25, 2022

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Nov 9, 2021

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  5. Nov 3, 2021

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  6. Nov 3, 2021

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  7. Oct 27, 2021

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  8. Oct 20, 2021

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Tourism.

  9. Oct 20, 2021

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 20, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Pfaff, Smith, Erpenbach, Larson and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Considine, S. Rodriguez, Cabrera, Conley, Emerson, Hebl, B. Meyers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Shankland, Shelton, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck and Vruwink

  2. Oct 20, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Tourism

  3. Oct 27, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Nov 3, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Nov 3, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Billings added as a cosponsor

  6. Nov 9, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Feb 25, 2022 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Mar 7, 2022 · Senate

    Representative Brostoff added as a cosponsor

  9. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    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.

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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

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