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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 SENATE BILL 547 |
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| 5 | 5 | | October 23, 2023 - Introduced by Senators SMITH, TAYLOR, L. JOHNSON, SPREITZER, |
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| 6 | 6 | | CABRAL-GUEVARA and AGARD, cosponsored by Representatives JOERS, BALDEH, |
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| 7 | 7 | | RATCLIFF, SINICKI, CONLEY, J. ANDERSON, EMERSON, HONG, SNODGRASS, SUBECK, |
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| 8 | 8 | | MOORE OMOKUNDE, BARE, SHELTON, CABRERA, CONSIDINE, PALMERI, ANDRACA, |
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| 9 | 9 | | JACOBSON, CLANCY and ORTIZ-VELEZ. Referred to Committee on Government |
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| 10 | 10 | | Operations. |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT to create 13.45 (8) of the statutes; relating to: requiring a public hearing |
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| 12 | 12 | | on bills with several cosponsors. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 14 | 14 | | This bill requires that a bill referred to committee receive a public hearing no |
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| 15 | 15 | | later than 90 days after its referral if at least one-third of the members of either |
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| 16 | 16 | | house of the legislature have signed on as cosponsors of the bill. |
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| 17 | 17 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 18 | 18 | | enact as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. 13.45 (8) of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 20 | 20 | | 13.45 (8) PUBLIC HEARINGS; COSPONSORS. Any bill referred to a legislative |
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| 21 | 21 | | committee that has not received a public hearing shall be scheduled for a public |
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| 22 | 22 | | hearing no later than 90 days after its referral if at least one-third of the members |
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| 23 | 23 | | of either house of the legislature have signed on as cosponsors of the bill. For a bill |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1 SENATE BILL 547 |
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| 33 | 33 | | that is referred to more than one committee, the 90-day period begins on the date |
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| 34 | 34 | | of the first referral. |
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