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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, November 10

Joint Committee on Administrative Rules

Executive Session at 10:00 AM


Senate Committee on Education

Executive Session at 10:00 AM


Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government

Executive Session at 12:00 PM


Tuesday, November 11

Senate Committee on Health

Executive Session at 10:00 AM


Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry

Executive Session at 10:00 AM


Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

Executive Session at 10:00 AM


Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

Executive Session at 11:00 AM

Executive Session at 11:01 AM


Wednesday, November 12

Assembly Committee on Local Government

Executive Session at 10:00 AM

Public Hearing at 10:01 AM


Assembly Committee on Ways and Means

Executive Session at 10:00 AM

Public Hearing at 10:01 AM


Assembly Committee on Transportation

Executive Session at 10:45 AM

Public Hearing at 10:46 AM


Assembly Committee on Forestry, Parks and Outdoor Recreation

Executive Session at 11:00 AM


Assembly Committee on Protecting Kids

Informational Hearing at 12:00 PM


Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs

Public Hearing at 1:00 PM


Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

Executive Session at 1:30 PM

Public Hearing at 1:31 PM


Thursday, November 13

Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment

Executive Session at 10:00 AM

Public Hearing at 10:01 AM


Assembly Committee on Commerce

Executive Session at 1:00 PM


Friday, November 14

No meetings currently scheduled.

CO-SPONSORSHIP MEMOS

LRB #

Author

Relating To

Memo

Deadline

136

Kitchens,

Novak,

Tomczyk

Requiring battery stewardship

organizations to administer

battery collection and recycling

programs and providing a penalty

LRB-136 Memo

11/14

221

Anderson,

Spreitzer

Replacing the expenditure

restraint incentive program with

a municipality payment program

and making an appropriation

LRB-221 Memo

11/19

266

Madison,

Drake,

et.al.

Certain preferential treatment by

local governments

LRB-266 Memo

11/13

277

Kurtz,

Kaufert,

Testin

Coverage and reimbursement of

emergency ambulance services

under health insurance policies

and plans

LRB-277 Memo

11/20

350

Anderson,

Spreitzer,

et.al.

Allowing local option sales tax for

municipalities

LRB-350 Memo

11/13

395

Clancy,

Larson,

et.al.

Eliminating and modifying certain

provisions enacted under 2023

Act 12 regarding the city of

Milwaukee and Milwaukee

County

LRB-395 Memo

11/13

970

Ratcliff,

Joers,

et.al.

Extension of tax incremental

district lifespan for purposes of

housing stock improvement

LRB-970 Memo

11/13

971

Ratcliff,

Joers,

et.al.

Condemnation authority for

recreational trails

LRB-971 Memo

11/13

1251

Nedweski,

Zimmerman,

Duchow,

Kitchens,

Felzkowski

Supplemental state aid for

consolidated school districts and

making an appropriation

LRB-1251 Memo

11/7

1781

Green,

Stafsholt

Establishing a statewide wolf

population goal

LRB-1781 Memo

11/13

2800

Bare,

Palmeri,

Anderson,

Roys

Regional transit authorities and

making an appropriation

LRB-2800 Memo

11/19

2828

Zimmerman,

Duchow,

Kitchens,

Nedweski,

Hutton

Grants for feasibility studies of

school district consolidation or

whole grade sharing

LRB-2828 Memo

11/7

4044

Johnson,

Moore Omokunde

The issuance of an alcohol

beverage retail license for

premises where certain artrelated business is conducted

LRB-4044 Memo

11/14

4252

Mursau,

Testin

Wisconsin Shares payments to

tribal-regulated child care

providers

LRB-4252 Memo

11/14

4519

Bare,

Udell,

McCarville,

Hesselbein

Repealing a prohibition that

restricts health officials from

issuing closures for businesses in

the event of a disease outbreak

LRB-4519 Memo

11/21

4566

Marklein,

Rodriguez

IVF Tax Credit

LRB-4566 Memo

11/13

4603

Spreitzer,

Anderson,

et.al.

Tax Incremental Financing (TIF)

Modernization

LRB-4603 Memo

11/13

4792

Roe,

Spreitzer,

et.al.

Providing certain municipalities

with additional supplemental

county and municipal aid and

establishing a Shared Revenue

Advisory Council

LRB-4792 Memo

11/13

4953

Allan,

Jacque

Displaying gas taxes on gas

pumps

LRB-4953 Memo

11/13

5195

Wall,

Keyeski,

Moore-Omokunde

Substance abuse counselor-intraining, clinical supervisor-intraining, and prevention

specialist-in-training certifications

LRB-5195 Memo

11/14

5325

Jacque,

Piwowarczyk

Listing of carfentanil under the

Uniform Controlled Substances

Act and providing a penalty

LRB-5325 Memo

11/17

5360

Hesselbein,

Jacobson

Designating the Wisconsin natural

pearl as the state gem

LRB-5360 Memo

11/10

5364

Kitchens,

Duchow,

Nedweski,

Zimmerman,

Quinn

State aid for consolidated school

districts

LRB-5364 Memo

11/7

5366

Kug,

Cabral-Guevara

Election Integrity and

Transparency Updates Reforms

LRB-5366 Memo

11/3

5384

James,

Snyder

Funding for the Family

Foundations home visitation

program and making an

appropriation

LRB-5384 Memo

11/18

5392

Nedweski,

Brill,

Dittrich,

James,

Wanggaard,

Hutton

Creating a crime of grooming a

child for sexual activity and

providing a penalty

LRB-5392 Memo

11/12

5399

Nedweski

Kitchens,

Duchow,

Felzkowski

Whole Grade Sharing grants for

school boards

LRB-5399 Memo

11/7

5406

Nedweski,

Quinn

School board policies on

appropriate communication with

pupils

LRB-5406 Memo

11/12

5429

Duchow,

Quinn

Requiring a school district

consolidation study

LRB-5429 Memo

11/7

5432

Habush-Sinykin,

Stroud

Large energy customer fees;

electric utility tariffs for a very

large customer class; a

renewable resource tariff;

building requirements for data

centers; water usage by large

energy customers; required pay

rate on large-scale data center

projects; and granting rulemaking authority

LRB-5432 Memo

11/20

5462

Petersen,

Stafsholt

Protecting Long-Term Care

Insurance Policy Holders in

Wisconsin

LRB-5462 Memo

11/14

INTRODUCED BILLS

Assembly

AB-615: Mathematics assessments, achievement plans, and interventions. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Education


AB-616: Funding for reimbursements to municipalities for required office hours for in-person absentee voting and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections


AB-617: Applying for and returning absentee ballots; use of central counting locations; election night reporting; court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote; preelection tests of electronic voting equipment, and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections


AB-618: A sales and use tax exemption and an income and franchise tax credit for nuclear energy facilities. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities


AB-619: A tax credit for aviation biofuel manufacturing, authorizing the state to contract public debt for an aviation biofuel project grant, and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means


AB-620: Teacher and administrator licensure in parental choice programs and in the Special Needs Scholarship Program and granting rule-making authority. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform


AB-621: Prohibiting a virtual school from participating in a parental choice program. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Education


AB-622: Various changes to the unemployment insurance law. 

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


AB-623: Various changes to insurance laws. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Insurance


AB-624: Increasing the maximum penalty for certain controlled substances offenses if the violation occurs near a homeless shelter and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety


AB-625: Pay for performance grant requirements. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate


AB-626: Electronic copies of operators’ licenses and identification cards. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation


AB-627: Fees related to animal markets, animal dealers, animal truckers, and animal transport vehicles. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs


AB-628: Allowing renters to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means


AB-629: Police authority to disable drones threatening public safety and providing a penalty.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety


AB-630: Tracking a person who is registered as a sex offender but unable to provide an address. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety


AB-631: Use of public lands to provide temporary residence for the homeless and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate


AB-632: Issuance of permits for the mining of sulfide ore bodies. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Environment


AB-633: The rights of Devil’s Lake State Park and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Environment


AB-634: Release of audio and video footage following officer-involved deaths or other critical incidents involving a law enforcement officer. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety


AB-635: Notifying counties and tribes of an exceedance of groundwater protection standards or standards for PFAS. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Environment


AB-636: Requiring certain private postsecondary schools to report veteran enrollment information. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities


AB-637: Funding sources for certain private postsecondary schools and granting rule-making authority. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities


AB-638: Student financial protection at certain private postsecondary schools. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities


AB-639: Naturopathic doctors. 

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


AB-640: Setting a maximum age for serving as a supreme court justice or judge of a court of record. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Judiciary


AB-641: The University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs


AB-642: Legal action against certain private postsecondary schools. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities


AB-643: The establishment of November 11 as a day on which the offices of the agencies of state government are closed. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs


AJR-113: Recognizing the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules


AJR-114: Recognizing the inherent rights of nature and Wisconsin’s commitment to environmental stewardship. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules

Senate

SB-608: A state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children & Families


SB-609: A state matching grant program for recipients of federal per diem payments. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children & Families


SB-610: Increasing the maximum penalty for certain controlled substances offenses if the violation occurs near a homeless shelter and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety


SB-611: A teacher’s authority to manage the teacher’s class, parental notification of disruptive or violent behavior at school, and a school district’s code of conduct. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Education


SB-612: Notifying parents if a pupil is removed from the classroom. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Education


SB-613: The rights of Devil’s Lake State Park and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veterans & Military Affairs


SB-614: Pay for performance grant requirements. 

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


SB-615: The University of Wisconsin Missing-in-Action Recovery and Identification Project and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veterans & Military Affairs


SB-616: Mathematics assessments, achievement plans, and interventions. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Education


SB-617: The establishment of November 11 as a day on which the offices of the agencies of state government are closed. 

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


SB-618: Allowing renters to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue


SB-619: Electronic copies of operators’ licenses and identification cards. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government


SB-620: Tracking a person who is registered as a sex offender but unable to provide an address. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety


SB-621: Use of public lands to provide temporary residence for the homeless and providing a penalty. 

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


SB-622: Fees related to animal markets, animal dealers, animal truckers, and animal transport vehicles. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue


SB-623: Issuance of permits for the mining of sulfide ore bodies. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veterans & Military Affairs


SJR-106: Congratulating the Greendale High School Marching Band on winning the Wisconsin School Music Association State Marching Band Championship for the 20th consecutive year. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization


SJR-107: Recognizing the inherent rights of nature and Wisconsin’s commitment to environmental stewardship. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization


SJR-108: Recognizing the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization

If you would like coverage of any above hearing, would like to engage on an above bill, or if you would like to find time to discuss the above matter in more detail, please do not hesitate to reach out to your Michael Best Strategies contact.


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