What's
Happening at the Legislature?
This section of DAWN provides information on bills of interest to the disability community that have been introduced during this legislative session. It also provides information on how a bill becomes law and references to Wisconsin legislative web pages.
The 2009-2011 legislature began on January 5, 2009 and ended on April 22, 2010. Bills of interest to the disability community are found under the 2009-2011 Introduced Legislation section. Since the legislative session has ended, any bill that was not passed in each house of the legislature by April 22, 2010 is now considered “dead” and will have to be reintroduced next session starting in January 2011. The major bill introduced and passed each session is the two-year budget bill. This session that was AB-75 and it was signed into law by Gov. Doyle on June 29, 2009. A listing of disability items in the budget bill is available in our Final Outcomes section.
Introduced Legislation
- 2009-2011 Introduced Legislation
- Archives: 2007-2009 Legislation
- Survival Coalition Wrap-up Report of the 2007-2009 Legislative Session
Final Outcomes:
Overview of Legislative Process: How a Bill Becomes a Law
Wisconsin Legislature Pages
Joint Finance Committee of the legislature
