Welcome to the Capitol Insights: Monday Morning Report!

These Monday morning 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:

Budget Listening Sessions
Committee Schedule for the Week
Co-Sponsorship Memos
Introduced Bills
Fundraising Calendar

BUDGET LISTENING SESSIONS

Rep. Karen Hurd

April 14th, at 9:30am- 11:00am - Thorp

Sen. Cory Tomczyk

April 17th, at 2:30pm- 3:30pm - Weston

April 17th, at 4:30pm- 5:30pm - Stratford

Sen. James & Rep. Hurd

April 21st, at 10:00am- 11:00am - Neillsville

April 21st, at 12:00pm- 1:00pm - Loyal

April 21st, at 2:00pm- 3:00pm - Withee

April 21st, at 4:00pm- 5:00pm - Medford

Sen. Jesse James

April 24th, at 1:00pm-2:00pm - Phillips

April 24th, at 3:00pm- 4:00pm - Park Falls

Rep. Scott Allen

April 26th, at 9:00am-10:00am

Joint Finance Committee

April 28th, at 10:00am-5:00pm - Hayward

April 29th, at 10:00am-5:00pm - Wausau

Sen. Dassler-Alfheim & Rep. Kaufert

May 1st, at 5:00pm- 6:30pm

Rep. William Penterman

May 3rd, at 10:00am- 11:00am - Johnson Creek

May 3rd, at 2:00pm- 3:00pm - Juneau

Sen. Dassler-Alfheim & Rep. Palmeri

May 5th, at 5:00pm- 6:30pm

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, April 14

No meetings currently scheduled

Tuesday, April 15

Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

Executive Session at 10:00am

Assembly Committeee on Ways & Means

Public Hearing at 10:00am

Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs

Public Hearing at 11:00am

Wednesday, April 16

Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

Public Hearing at 11:30am

Executive Session at 11:31am

Thursday, April 17

Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry

Public Hearing at 10:00am

Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities

Informational Hearing at 1:00pm

Friday, April 18

No meetings currently scheduled

CO-SPONSORSHIP MEMOS

LRB #	Author	Relating To	Memo	Deadline
23	Subeck, Smith	Advisory referendum on an amendment to the U.S. Constitution	LRB-23 Memo	4/24
60	Jacque, Murphy	Sexual Assault Survivor Bill of Rights	LRB-60 Memo	4/21
105	Roys, Hong	Local regulation of accessory dwelling units	LRB-105 Memo	4/14
444	Jacque, Callahan	Regulation of amusement rides located at campgrounds	LRB-444 Memo	4/21
519	Wittke, Rivera-Wagner, Jagler, Drake	Establishing a child care center- based pilot program to help children get ready for kindergarten	LRB-519 Memo	4/17
681	Callahan, James	Requiring reports on disturbed burial sites	LRB-681 Memo	4/17
1099	Goeben, Cabral-Guevara	Requiring retail sellers to accept cash and providing a penalty	LRB-1099 Memo	4/23
2081	Summerfield, James	Tampering with telecommunication or electric wires and providing a penalty	LRB-2081 Memo	4/25
2095	Marklein, Mursau	All-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles with out-of-state registrations	LRB-2095 Memo	4/14
2456	Armstrong, Callahan, Hurd, Bradley, Testin	Film & Television Production Incentives and Creating a State Film Office	LRB-2456 Memo	4/22
2477	Snyder, Jacobson, Spiros, James, Tomczyk	Extortion, sexual extortion, and providing a penalty	LRB-2477 Memo	4/10
2505	Kitchens, Franklin, Tranel, Billings, Testin	Reaffirming Wisconsin's commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan; reaffirming Wisconsin's support of the Taiwan Relations Act; supporting Taiwan's signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States; and continuing support for increasing Taiwan's international profile	LRB-2505 Memo	4/10
2663	Snodgrass, Rivera-Wagner, Anderson, Larson, Spreitzer	“The Petition Payment Prohibition Act” – inducements to sign or refrain from signing nomination papers, recall petitions, and certain other petitions	LRB-2663 Memo	4/17
2762	Goeben, James	The law enforcement officers’ bill of rights	LRB-2762 Memo	4/22
2777	O'Connor, Brooks, Green, Moses, Petersen, Tranel, Vos	“The 2025 Wisconsin Energy Reform Act” (WERA), relating to: transmission facilities; installation of large wind energy, large solar energy, and battery energy storage systems; installation of light-mitigating technology systems; and prioritizing nuclear energy resources	LRB-2777 Memo	4/14
1971	Feyen, Duchow	Determination of where a defendant resides or does substantial business for purposes of venue	LRB-1971 Memo	4/18
2226	Piwowarczyk, Wanggaard	Residency requirements for persons circulating nomination papers or recall petitions	LRB-2226 Memo	4/16
2260	Stafsholt, Green	The amount and distribution of the real estate transfer fee, grants under the land information program, real property recording notification systems, and making an appropriation	LRB-2260 Memo	4/15

INTRODUCED BILLS

Assembly

AB-162: Relating to: workforce metrics. (FE)

Referred to the Assemly Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment

AB-163: Relating to: redeterminations of eligibility for the Medical Assistance program and database confirmation for public assistance program eligibility. (FE)

Referred to the Assemly Committee on Public Benefit Reform

AB-164: Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law and federal Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment grants. (FE)

Referred to the Assemly Committee on Public Benefit Reform

AB-165: Relating to: local guaranteed income programs.

Referred to the Assemly Committee on Public Benefit Reform

AB-166: Relating to: academic and career planning services provided to pupils and requiring the reporting of certain data on college student costs and outcomes. (FE)

Referred to the Assemly Committee on Education

AB-167: Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law and requiring approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain federally authorized unemployment benefits. (FE)

Referred to the Assemly Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment

AB-168: Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)

Referred to the Assemly Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment

AB-169: Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)

Referred to the Assemly Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment

AB-170: Relating to: prohibiting the Department of Justice from using the legal services of nongovernmental employees. (FE)

Referred to the Assemly Committee on Judiciary

AB-171: Relating to: privacy protections for judicial officers.

Referred to the Assemly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

AB-172: Relating to: consumer data protection and providing a penalty. (FE)

Referred to the Assemly Committee on Consumer Protection

AB-173: Relating to: regulation of pharmacy benefit managers, fiduciary and disclosure requirements on pharmacy benefit managers, and application of prescription drug payments to health insurance cost-sharing requirements. (FE)

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

Senate

SB-180: Relating to: modifications to housing programs under the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority. (FE)

Referred to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry

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.

Have a great day,

Wisconsin GR Team