With 21 state senators voting in favor and 10 opposed, the Bucks arena bill has passed the Wisconsin State Senate.
Our media partners at WisPolitics have been covering all of today’s developments on this bill. See all the latest updates on the Quorum Call blog and at WisPolitics.com. For reaction to the vote from around the state, find all the latest press releases aggregated here, and see how each vote was cast here. Find full text of the amendment introduced today here.
The bill now heads to the Wisconsin State Assembly.
“It’s still to be determined when the Assembly will take up the arena bill,” says Kit Beyer, communications director for Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R – Rochester).
Anything could happen when it comes to Wisconsin state government, but this is a big step toward construction of a new arena in Downtown Milwaukee.
