Senate Bill 897
The Wisconsin Artistic Endowment Foundation and the Wisconsin regranting program. (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.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 11, 2024
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Government Operations. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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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 changes the membership of the Wisconsin Artistic Endowment Foundation and makes various changes to WAEF and the Wisconsin regranting program administered by the Arts Board. WAEF is a nonprofit corporation created by 2001 Wisconsin Act 16 to support arts programs through tax deductible contributions. The WAEF is currently inactive.
Current law provides that WAEF's board of directors is to be composed of 14 members: eight nominees of the governor, two representatives to the assembly, two senators, the chairperson of the Arts Board or his or her designee, and the executive secretary of the Arts Board, as a nonvoting member. The bill changes the composition of the board of directors to four nominees of the governor, four representatives to the assembly, four senators, the chairperson of the Arts Board or his or her designee; and the executive secretary of the Arts Board, as a nonvoting member. Under the bill, all of those appointments must be made on or before July 1, 2024.
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Under current law, WAEF may distribute moneys from the artistic endowment fund to the Wisconsin regranting program, which is administered by the Arts Board to award grants to local arts agencies and municipalities. Under current law, a recipient of a grant under the program must make a matching fund contribution equal to the amount of the grant awarded. Private funds and in-kind contributions may be applied to meet this requirement. The bill adds a requirement that the matching fund contribution be from a nonstate funding source.
Who's behind it
Jesse James, a Republican, is its .
4 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (4)
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 31, 2024
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Jan 11, 2024
Sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations.
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Jan 11, 2024
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 11, 2024 · Senate
Introduced by Senator James; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Kitchens and Mursau
- Jan 11, 2024 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations
- Jan 31, 2024 · Senate
Senator Roys added as a coauthor
- Apr 15, 2024 · 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.
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