Assembly Bill 23
Modifying the Department of Tourism's reporting duties and repealing requirements to distribute cheese, submit a financial statement, and use famous residents in marketing
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 10, 2023
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
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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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill makes several changes to laws administered by the Department of Tourism.
The bill modifies the requirement imposed under current law that the department annually report on its activities to the Senate Natural Resources Committee and the Assembly Committee on Tourism. Under the bill, the department is directed to report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, rather than the specifically named committees.
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Additionally, the bill repeals the following three provisions:
1. The requirement that the department distribute donated cheese that is made in Wisconsin at tourist information centers. The department no longer operates tourist information centers.
2. The requirement that the Council on Tourism consider the use of famous Wisconsin residents and former residents in tourism marketing strategies.
3. The requirement that WPGA Junior Foundation, Inc., annually submit to the attorney general and the legislature an audited financial statement on the foundation's use of the contributions it receives when drivers purchase a special Golf Wisconsin license plate.
Who's behind it
12 representatives are its . 9 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (12)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Dallman · Republican, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- LaKeshia Myers · Democrat, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Jon Plumer · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Ellen Schutt · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (8)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Tourism vote to recommend it
Passed, 11 to 0 · Sep 27, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Tourism, Ayes 11, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Sep 27, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Sep 27, 2023
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 11 to 0.
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Mar 28, 2023
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 22, 2023 to Mar 17, 2023
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 10, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Tourism.
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Feb 10, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 10, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Plumer, Dallman, C. Anderson, Armstrong, Kitchens, Mursau, Myers, Novak, Penterman, Rozar, Schutt and Jacobson; cosponsored by Senators Ballweg, Cowles, Marklein, Smith, Spreitzer and Taylor
- Feb 10, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Tourism
- Feb 22, 2023 · Assembly
Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor
- Mar 17, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Knodl added as a coauthor
- Mar 28, 2023 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Apr 12, 2023 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Sep 27, 2023 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Tourism, Ayes 11, Noes 0
- Sep 27, 2023 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Apr 15, 2024 · Assembly
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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote