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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Assembly Bill 1112

Creating the Council for Equity and Inclusion and the Office for Equity and Inclusion 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

    Feb 23, 2024

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass 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.

This bill creates the Council for Equity and Inclusion and the Office for Equity and Inclusion, both attached to the Department of Administration. Under the bill, the council must do all of the following: establish and annually update a statewide plan for equity and inclusion in this state; designate individuals to coordinate with the Office for Equity and Inclusion to implement and enforce the plan established by the council; review individual agency plans for equity and inclusion; and submit annual reports of activities and updates to the statewide plan for equity and inclusion to the governor and the legislature. Under the bill, the Office for Equity and Inclusion must establish programs to implement and enforce the plan established by the Council for Equity and Inclusion.

Also, under the bill, the head of each executive branch entity represented on the Council for Equity and Inclusion must appoint an officer for equity and inclusion, and each such officer must develop and implement an annual plan for equity and inclusion that must be submitted to the council for review and approval. The bill also authorizes four full-time equivalent GPR positions for the Office for Equity and Inclusion and one full-time equivalent position for each of the executive branch entities represented on the Council for Equity and Inclusion.

Who's behind it

29 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 29 are Democrats.

6 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 35 names

Authors (29)

Signed on in support (6)

What it would cost

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

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 12, 2024

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Apr 2, 2024

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Mar 13, 2024

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  5. Mar 12, 2024

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  6. Mar 11, 2024

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  7. Mar 7, 2024

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  8. Mar 5, 2024

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  9. Feb 23, 2024

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.

  10. Feb 23, 2024

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 23, 2024 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Stubbs, Myers, Haywood, Madison, Cabrera, J. Anderson, Emerson, Hong, Shelton, Ortiz-Velez, Baldeh, Neubauer, Shankland, Vining, Moore Omokunde, Ratcliff, Snodgrass, Bare, C. Anderson, Joers, Conley, Ohnstad, Clancy, Considine, Palmeri, Subeck, Drake, Sinicki and Jacobson; cosponsored by Senators L. Johnson, Carpenter, Roys, Larson, Spreitzer and Agard

  2. Feb 23, 2024 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Mar 5, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 5, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 5, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Mar 5, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Mar 5, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Mar 5, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  9. Mar 5, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Mar 5, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  11. Mar 7, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  12. Mar 7, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  13. Mar 11, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  14. Mar 11, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  15. Mar 12, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  16. Mar 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  17. Apr 2, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  18. Apr 12, 2024 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  19. Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Failed to pass 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

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Author

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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