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, August 18

No meetings currently scheduled.

Tuesday, August 19

Joint Committee of Administrative Rules - CANCELLED

Wednesday, August 20

No meetings currently scheduled.

Thursday, August 21

Joint Committee on Finance

13.10 Meeting at 9:30 AM

Assembly Ways and Means Committee

Public Hearing at 10:00 AM

Friday, August 22

No meetings currently scheduled.

CO-SPONSORSHIP MEMOS

LRB #	Author	Relating To	Memo	Deadline
2820	Green, Jacobson, Piwowarczyk, Quinn, James	Mandatory reporting requirements and referring cases of threatened or suspected child abuse to law enforcement (Zoey’s Law)	LRB-2820 Memo	8/21
497	Cabral-Guevara, Penterman	Proclaiming August and October 2025 to be Agent Orange Awareness Months in Wisconsin	LRB-497 Memo	8/27
989	Marklein, James, Hurd	Immunity from prosecution for certain crimes based on assisting a victim of sexual assault, extending the time limit for prosecution of second-degree sexual assault, and the standard for terminating residential residency when tenant is the victim of sexual assault	LRB-989 Memo	8/22
2740	Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Miresse, Cruz, Carpenter	Recognizing and proclaiming September 15 to October 15, 2025, as Hispanic Heritage Month in Wisconsin	LRB-2740 Memo	8/22
3325	Moses, Marklein	Creation of a farmland link program	LRB-3325 Memo	8/18
3242	Gundrum, Jacque	Funding for grants for falls prevention awareness and initiatives	LRB-3242 Memo	8/18
4285	Tomczyk, Tucker	Recognizing National Propane Day	LRB-4285 Memo	8/21
4300	Stroud, Wall	Recognizing November 10, 2025, as the 50th anniversary of the tragic loss of the crew of SS Edmund Fitzgerald	LRB-4300 Memo	8/27
4346	Goeben, Nass	Prohibiting rights of nature ordinances	LRB-4346 Memo	8/29
4368	Wichgers, Jacque	The No Patient Left Alone Act	LRB-4368 Memo	8/27
4383	Oritz-Velez	Recognizing September 15 through October 15, 2025, as Hispanic Heritage Month in Wisconsin	LRB-4383 Memo	8/20

INTRODUCED BILLS

Assembly

No new bills introduced.

Senate

SB-383: Price transparency in hospitals, restricting certain debt collection actions against patients, and providing a penalty.

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

SB-384: Requirements for children born alive following abortion or attempted abortion and providing a penalty.

Referred to Senate Committee on Health

SB-385: The veterans housing and recovery program and making an appropriation.

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

SB-386: Virtual currency kiosks.

Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Sporting Heritage

SB-387: Indication of veteran status of certain service members on operators’ licenses or identification cards.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-388: Access to an original impounded birth record.

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

SB-389: The per pupil adjustment for school district revenue limits.

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

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