Assembly Bill 598
Requiring a public hearing on bills with several cosponsors
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.
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Introduced, passed
Oct 31, 2023
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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 ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Terms on this page
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. 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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires that a bill referred to committee receive a public hearing no later than 90 days after its referral if at least one-third of the members of either house of the legislature have signed on as cosponsors of the bill.
Who's behind it
21 lawmakers are its . All 21 are Democrats.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (21)
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (10)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 10, 2023 to Mar 7, 2024
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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Oct 31, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization.
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Oct 31, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 31, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Joers, Baldeh, Ratcliff, Sinicki, Conley, J. Anderson, Emerson, Hong, Snodgrass, Subeck, Moore Omokunde, Bare, Shelton, Cabrera, Considine, Palmeri, Andraca, Jacobson, Clancy, Ortiz-Velez and Drake; cosponsored by Senators Smith, Taylor, L. Johnson, Spreitzer, Cabral-Guevara, Larson and Agard
- Oct 31, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Assembly Organization
- Nov 10, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Madison added as a coauthor
- Nov 10, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Billings added as a coauthor
- Mar 7, 2024 · Assembly
Representative Neubauer added as a coauthor
- 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.
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. 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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor