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Welcome to the Capitol Insights: Monday Morning Report!


These emails give you a look at the legislative calendar for the week ahead as well as other legislative and executive branch engagement opportunities.


In addition, these reports include an aggregation of bills that have been introduced during the previous week, as well as draft bills that are being circulated for co-sponsorship.

 

In this week's report:


  • Committee Schedule for the Week
  • Co-Sponsorship Memos
  • Introduced Bills
  • Fundraising Calendar

COMMITTEE SCHEDULE

The following meetings have been noticed as of 10:00 am Monday. Committee and Agency meeting notices are frequently updated and can be found here (for the Legislature) and here (for the Administration).


Monday, October 20

No meetings currently scheduled.


Tuesday, October 21

Assembly Committee on Agriculture

Public Hearing at 11:30 AM


Wednesday, October 22

Senate Committee on Health

Public Hearing at 10:00 AM


Assembly Committee on Science, Technology, and AI

Public Hearing at 10:00 AM


Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

Executive Session at 11:00 AM

Public Hearing at 11:01 AM


Thursday, October 23

Assembly Committee on Government Operations, Accountability, and Transparency

Informational Hearing at 11:00 AM


Friday, October 24

No meetings currently scheduled.

CO-SPONSORSHIP MEMOS

LRB #

Author

Relating To

Memo

Deadline

162

Roys,

Bare

Electronic copies of operators’

licenses and identification cards

LRB-162 Memo

10/24

361

Goodwin,

Sortwell,

Jacque

Requiring the Department of

Safety and Professional Services

to post certain credential

information on its website

LRB-361 Memo

10/22

2825

Franklin,

Jagler

Professional development for

science teachers and making an

appropriation

LRB-2825 Memo

10/17

3519

James,

Marklein,

Keyeski,

Johnson,

Moses,

Stubbs

Coverage under the Medical

Assistance program for

incarcerated individuals

LRB-3519 Memo

10/23

3528

Tenorio,

Clancy,

DeSmidt,

Larson

Funding sources for certain

private postsecondary schools

and granting rule-making

authorit

LRB-3528 Memo

10/29

3530

Clancy,

Tenorio,

DeSmidt,

Larson

Legal action against certain

private postsecondary schools

LRB-3530 Memo

10/29

3531

Tenorio,

Clancy,

DeSmidt,

Larson


Student financial protection at

certain private postsecondary

schools

LRB-3531 Memo

10/29

4237

Larson,

Keyeski,

Carpenter,

Fitzgerald,

Sheehan

Accountability for Wisconsin's

Voucher Programs

LRB-4237 Memo

10/22

4255


Felzkowski,

Hutton,

Wanggaard,

Rodriguez,

Franklin

Participating in the federal tax

credit program for contributions

to scholarship granting

organizations

LRB-4255 Memo

10/22

4338

Krug,

Tomczyk

Help America Vote Act

compliance, citizenship

verification audit, removing

ineligible voters from the official

voter registration list, and fees

for obtaining voter registration

list

LRB-4338 Memo

10/17

4384

Sinicki,

Billings,

Miresse,

Hysell,

Madison,

Johnson

Prohibiting individuals under age

21 from accessing intoxicating

hemp products and providing a

penalty

LRB-4384 Memo

10/22

4418

Miresse,

Sinykin,

et.al.


Issuance of permits for the

mining of sulfide ore bodies

LRB-4418 Memo

10/27

4420

Miresse,

DeSanto,

Tenorio,

Clancy,

Madison,

Arney,

Taylor,

Cruz,

Phelps,

Snodgrass,

Hong,

Larson

The rights of Devil’s Lake

State Park and providing a

penalty

LRB-4420 Memo

10/27

4639

Jacque,

Larson,

Knodl,

Snyder,

Sinicki

Joint Resolution Condemning the

Forcible Transfer of Ukrainian

Children to Russia

LRB-4639 Memo

10/16

4681

Duchow,

Knodl,

Tomczyk

Allowing voters to automatically

receive absentee ballots for

every election, eliminating the

indefinitely confined voter status

for receiving absentee ballots,

and providing a penalty

LRB-4681 Memo

10/17

4723

August,

Haywood,

Marklein,

Dassler-Alfheim

Excluding certain event or sports

wagers from the definition of

“bet.”

LRB-4723 Memo

10/22

4771

Jacobson,

Tomczyk

Retention of environmental repair

fees by certain municipal solid

waste facilities

LRB-4771 Memo

10/22

4820

DeSmidt,

McCarville,

Tenorio,

Clancy,

Brown,

Emerson,

Stroud,

Joers,

Wirch,

Sinykin

Requiring certain private

postsecondary schools to report

veteran enrollment information

LRB-4820 Memo

10/29

4863

Swearingen,

Brooks,

Novak,

Steffen,

Wittke,

Moses,

Mursau,

Summerfield,

Wimberger,

Pfaff,

James

Regulation of hemp-derived

cannabinoid products, renaming

the Division of Alcohol Beverages

as the Division of Intoxicating

Products, creating an

occupational tax on hempderived cannabinoid products,

alcohol beverage warehouses

and production arrangements,

granting rule-making authority,

and providing a penalty

LRB-4863 Memo

10/24

4943

Miresse,

Mursau,

Stroud,

Tenorio,

Sinykin

Recognizing the second Monday

in October as Indigenous Peoples

Day

LRB-4943 Memo

10/28

5158

Smith,

Roe,

Subeck

The Wisconsin Opportunity Act to

support poverty fighting efforts

in our state

LRB-5158 Memo

10/27

5172

Kitchens,

Franklin,

Kurtz,

Steffen,

Wimberger

Tuition and fee remission or

grants for certain veterans and

their dependents enrolled in the

University of Wisconsin System, a

technical college, or a private

nonprofit institution of higher

education; and the University of

Wisconsin System nonresident

tuition exemption for certain

veterans

LRB-5172 Memo

10/30

INTRODUCED BILLS

Assembly

AB-509: Alternative delivery of projects contracted by the Department of Transportation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation


AB-510: Use of certain statements as evidence in prosecution for prostitution. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Judiciary


AB-511: The cigarette excise tax and cigarettes that involve heating tobacco without combustion. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs


AB-512: Prohibiting an employer from relying on information about a prospective employee’s compensation when making employment decisions or inquiring about a prospective employee’s compensation and from restricting an employee’s right to disclose compensation information, allowing actions in circuit court, and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, Labor and Integrated Employment


AB-513: Actions in circuit court alleging discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Judiciary


AB-514: Authorizing additional circuit court and criminal justice system positions. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Judiciary


AB-515: Criminalizing certain conduct intended to interfere with certain election activities and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections


AB-516: Ranked-choice voting for local nonpartisan elections, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections


AB-517: Expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections


AB-518: Allowing individuals who hold a substitute teaching permit to substitute teach at private schools participating in a parental choice program. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Education


AB-519: The appointment of a guardian ad litem in a proceeding to grant reasonable visitation rights to a nonparent. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Children and Families


AB-520: Highway signs for the Mount Horeb Veterans Memorial. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation


AB-521: Removal of vegetation obstructing outdoor advertising signs. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation


AB-522: Use of skateboards on roadways. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation


AB-523: Nonfunctional and counterfeit airbags and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection


AB-524: Raising the legal age for sale, purchase, and possession of cigarettes and nicotine and tobacco products; providing a legal age for sale, purchase, and possession of electronic vaping devices; and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs


AB-525: Repeal of obsolete tax credits and tax provisions. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means


AB-526: Airport improvement contracts. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation


AB-527: Eliminating the advisory referenda restrictions under 2023 Wisconsin Act 12. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Government Operations, Accountability and Transparency


AB-528: School district employee participation in state group health insurance and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Insurance


AB-529: Voter registration forms and information provided to certain high school students. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections


AB-530: The operation of drones over school property and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Science, Technology and AI


AB-531: Grants for safe firearm disposal incentive programs and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs


AB-532: Unemployment insurance benefits. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, Labor and Integrated Employment


AB-533: Requiring voter education instruction in the elementary and high school grades and incorporating voter education instruction into the state model social studies standards. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Education


AB-534: Voter registration at high schools. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections


AB-535: Polling place accessibility. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections


AB-536: Accessibility training for election officials. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections


AB-537: Returning an absentee ballot with an incomplete certificate or with no certificate. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections


AB-538: Requiring certain persons holding a state elective office to serve as an election official. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections


AB-539: Voter preregistration of 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections


AB-540: Extending voting rights to certain 17- year-old individuals and requiring a referendum.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections


AB-541: Poll list numbers marked on certain absentee ballots. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections


AB-542: Dental provider network rental by insurance plans.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Insurance


AB-543: The sales tax exemption for memberships sold to real estate brokers. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means


AB-544: A statewide retail food establishment food grading system, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection


AB-545: Course fees at University of Wisconsin System institutions. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities


AB-546: Limitations on the definition of abortion. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care


AB-547: Regulating medical cannabis, the prescription drug monitoring program, and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care


AB-548: Special registration plates for persons awarded the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs


AB-549: Manufactured home sales and certificates of title and modifying administrative rules of the Department of Safety and Professional Services related to manufactured home purchase contracts. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate


AB-550: The disclosure of certain ingredients in food and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection


AB-551: Chronic wasting disease sampling and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Sporting Heritage


AB-552: Funding for chronic wasting disease research and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Sporting Heritage


AB-553: Deer carcass disposal sites, chronic wasting disease education, and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Sporting Heritage


AB-554: The sale, service, and labeling of food products containing lab-grown animal cells and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection


AB-555: Intentionally disarming a correctional officer and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Corrections


AB-556: Zero-based biennial budget requests by executive branch agencies. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Government Operations, Accountability and Transparency


AB-557: Regulation and credentialing of appraisers and appraisal management companies. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate


AB-558: Warrior-style training of law enforcement officers. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety


AB-559: Providing utility aid payments for certain energy storage facilities. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Local Government


AB-560: Prohibiting the use of absentee ballot drop boxes for any election. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections


AB-561: Owner liability for illegally passing a school bus and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation


AB-562: Marking the Mississippi River Trail. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Forestry, Parks and Outdoor Recreation


AJR-105: Recognizing September 25, 2025, as First Amendment Day for all people of Wisconsin. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules


AJR-106: Honoring the 200th anniversary of Norwegian immigration to the United States. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules

Senate

EA-Cooper, Frances: Frances Huntley Cooper, of Fitchburg, as a Public Member on the Wisconsin Technical College System Board. To serve for the term ending May 1, 2029. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Universities & Technical Colleges


EA-Guthrie, Eli: Eli Yuliang Guthrie, of River Falls, as a WTCS Student Representative on the Wisconsin Technical College System Board. To serve for the term ending May 1, 2027. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Universities & Technical Colleges


EA-McKinney, Stacey: Stacey Jo McKinney, of Drummond, as a Real Estate Sales/Broker on the Real Estate Examining Board. To serve for the term ending July 1, 2029. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues & Forestry


EA-Rosen, Michael: Michael D. Rosen, of Milwaukee, as a Public Member on the Wisconsin Technical College System Board. To serve for the term ending May 1, 2031. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Universities & Technical Colleges


EA-Sperberg, Daniel: Daniel Sperberg, of Pine River, as an Employee Representative on the Wisconsin Technical College System Board. To serve for the term ending May 1, 2031. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Universities & Technical Colleges


SB-533: Intentionally disarming a correctional officer and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety


SB-534: Regulating medical cannabis, the prescription drug monitoring program, and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Health


SB-535: The regulation of digital assets. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Utilities, Technology & Tourism


SB-536: The sales tax exemption for memberships sold to real estate brokers. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues & Forestry


SB-537: Nonfunctional and counterfeit airbags and providing a penalty.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety


SB-538: Use of certain statements as evidence in prosecution for prostitution. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety


SB-539: Allowing the enactment of family and medical leave ordinances. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor & Economic Development


SB-540: Prohibiting an employer from relying on information about a prospective employee’s compensation when making employment decisions or inquiring about a prospective employee’s compensation and from restricting an employee’s right to disclose compensation information, allowing actions in circuit court, and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor & Economic Development


SB-541: Actions in circuit court alleging discrimination in employment, unfair honesty testing, or unfair genetic testing. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor & Economic Development


SB-542: Special registration plates for persons awarded the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government


SB-543: Regulation and credentialing of appraisers and appraisal management companies. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State & Federal Affairs


SB-544: The cigarette excise tax and cigarettes that involve heating tobacco without combustion. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue


SB-545: Manufactured home sales and certificates of title and modifying administrative rules of the Department of Safety and Professional Services related to manufactured home purchase contracts. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues & Forestry


SB-546: Authorizing additional circuit court and criminal justice system positions. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety


SB-547: Elimination of certain abortion-related regulations. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State & Federal Affairs


SB-548: Chronic wasting disease sampling and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Sporting Heritage


SB-549: Funding for chronic wasting disease research and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Sporting Heritage


SB-550: Deer carcass disposal sites, chronic wasting disease education, and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Sporting Heritage


SB-551: Marking the Mississippi River Trail. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government


SB-552: Funding for the birth defect prevention and monitoring system and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Health


SB-553: Limitations on the definition of abortion. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State & Federal Affairs


SB-554: Prohibiting the use of absentee ballot drop boxes for any election. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor & Economic Development


SB-555: Zero based biennial budget requests by executive branch agencies. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State & Federal Affairs


SB-556: Providing utility aid payments for certain energy storage facilities. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Utilities, Technology & Tourism


SJR-100: Proclaiming the last full week of September as Frontotemporal Dementia Awareness Week. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization


SJR-101: Declaring November as Veteran Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization


SJR-102: Honoring the 200th anniversary of Norwegian immigration to the United States. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization

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