LRB-4540/1
JK:skw
2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
October 23, 2023 - Introduced by Senators Smith, Taylor, L. Johnson, Spreitzer,
Cabral-Guevara and Agard, cosponsored by Representatives Joers, Baldeh,
Ratcliff, Sinicki, Conley, J. Anderson, Emerson, Hong, Snodgrass, Subeck,
Moore Omokunde, Bare, Shelton, Cabrera, Considine, Palmeri, Andraca,
Jacobson, Clancy and Ortiz-Velez. Referred to Committee on Government
Operations.
SB547,1,2
1An Act to create 13.45 (8) of the statutes;
relating to: requiring a public hearing
2on bills with several cosponsors.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
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.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB547,1
3Section
1. 13.45 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
SB547,2,24
13.45
(8) Public hearings; cosponsors. Any bill referred to a legislative
5committee that has not received a public hearing shall be scheduled for a public
6hearing no later than 90 days after its referral if at least one-third of the members
7of either house of the legislature have signed on as cosponsors of the bill.
For a bill
1that is referred to more than one committee, the 90-day period begins on the date
2of the first referral.
