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, December 8

No meetings currently scheduled.

Tuesday, December 9

Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government

Public Hearing at 11:00 AM

Wednesday, December 10

Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities

Executive Session at 9:30 AM

Public Hearing at 9:31 AM

Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care

Executive Session at 9:30 AM

Public Hearing at 9:31 AM

Thursday, December 11

Joint Committee on Employment Relations

Public Hearing at 8:30 AM

Executive Session at 8:31 AM

Speaker's Task Force on Rulemaking

Public Hearing at 11:00 AM

Friday, December 12

No meetings currently scheduled.

CO-SPONSORSHIP MEMOS

LRB #	Author	Relating To	Memo	Deadline
15	Subeck, Roys	Vaccination of minors without parental consent	LRB-15 Memo	12/18
16	Subeck, Larson	Eliminating personal conviction exemption from immunizations	LRB-16 Memo	12/18
468	Mursau, Felzkowski	A wetland assured delineation program	LRB-468 Memo	12/15
2744	Quinn, Green	Caregiver records maintained by the Department of Transportation	LRB-2744 Memo	12/11
3279	Feyen, Brooks	A health professional assistance program and making an appropriation	LRB-3279 Memo	12/12
3683	Felzkowski, Maxey, Donovan	Mandatory participation in the Wisconsin Health Information Organization	LRB-3683 Memo	12/12
3851	Roys, Roe	Pregnancy Loss Protection Act, liability from criminal and civil liability for any pregnancy outcome and prohibiting law enforcement investigations of pregnancy outcomes	LRB-3851 Memo	12/16
4247	Goeben, Cabral-Guevara	Parental access to health records of minors	LRB-4247 Memo	12/12
4574	Gundrum, Wanggaard	Independent contractor healthcare workers and healthcare worker platforms	LRB-4574 Memo	12/18
4707	Jacque, Kreibich	Food Allergen Training and Awareness	LRB-4707 Memo	12/10
4797	O'Connor, Jacobson, Wanggaard	Increasing jurisdictional amounts in small claims actions	LRB-4797 Memo	12/5
4829	Summerfield, Tomczyk	Calculation of fuel costs for an electric public utility’s fuel cost plan	LRB-4829 Memo	12/5
5159	Gustafson, Oritz-Velez, Wanggaard	Office of county board counsel in certain counties	LRB-5159 Memo	12/12
5183	Jagler, Gustafson	Including information about investigations of license holders in an online licensing portal maintained by the Department of Public Instruction	LRB-5183 Memo	12/10
5328	Roys, Joers	Main street bounceback grants and making an appropriation	LRB-5328 Memo	12/18
5512	Donovan, Testin	Workforce training grants	LRB-5512 Memo	12/12
5535	Fitzgerald, Nass	Honoring the life and public service of Representative Rudolph L. “Rudy” Silbaugh	LRB-5535 Memo	12/16
5665	Wanggaard, Donovan, Goodwin, Sortwell	Intentionally sending false text messages to 911 and providing a penalty	LRB-5665 Memo	12/9
5698	Duchow, Subeck, Cabral-Guevara	Practice of audiology, licensure of audiologists, composition of the Hearing and Speech Examining Board, and repealing an administrative rule related to the practical examination of audiologists	LRB-5698 Memo	12/17

INTRODUCED BILLS

Assembly

AB-701: Adopting the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Judiciary

AB-702: Income tax credit for in vitro fertilization medical expenses.

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs

AB-703: Town of Norway water abatement grant and making an appropriation.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Environment

AB-704: Fees for snowmobile registration and trail use stickers.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Forestry, Parks and Outdoor Recreation

AB-705: The issuance of an alcohol beverage retail license for premises where certain art-related business is conducted.

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs

AB-706: Equalized value calculations, project costs, and local levy limits relating to tax incremental districts.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means

AB-707: Managed forest land recording fees.

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs

AB-708: Extension of tax incremental district lifespan for purposes of housing stock improvement.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means

AB-709: Alternative methods of providing pupil transportation services.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Education

AB-710: Wisconsin Shares payments to tribal-regulated child care providers.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Education

AB-711: Funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program and making an appropriation.

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs

AB-712: The sales and use tax exemption for personal farm property or household goods sold by auction on the Internet.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means

AB-713: Requiring battery stewardship organizations to administer battery collection and recycling programs and providing a penalty.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Environment

AB-714: Plan sponsors’ right to access claims data.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Insurance

AB-715: Nonrecourse civil litigation advances, prohibiting certain foreign persons from financing civil litigation, and providing a penalty.

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs

AB-716: Preferences for woman- owned businesses in state procurement for architectural and engineering services.

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs

AB-717: Listing of carfentanil under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act and providing a penalty.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

AB-718: Prescription, use, and disposal of abortion-inducing drugs and providing a penalty.

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs

AB-719: Replacing the expenditure restraint incentive program with a municipality payment program and making an appropriation.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Local Government

AB-720: Coverage and reimbursement of emergency ambulance services under health insurance policies and plans.

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

AB-721: Income tax credits for beginning farmers and owners of farm assets and making an appropriation.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means

AB-722: Large energy customer fees; electric utility very large customer class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center projects; and granting rule-making authority.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities

AB-723: Bathing periods for inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails or houses of correction.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Corrections

AB-724: Department of Corrections reporting of complaints in state correctional institutions and making an appropriation.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Corrections

AB-725: Reporting of and notifications about restricted movement and solitary confinement in state correctional institutions and county jails and making an appropriation.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Corrections

AB-726: Minimum wage for all inmates and residents of state correctional institutions and county jails and making an appropriation.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Corrections

AB-727: Inmate access to the outdoors.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Corrections

AB-728: Access to prisons and jails for oversight purposes.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Corrections

AB-729: Inmate access to transparent windows and making an appropriation.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Corrections

AB-730: In-person visiting periods for inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails or houses of correction.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Corrections

AB-73 1: Telecommunications service access by inmates and juveniles and making an appropriation.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Corrections

AB-732: Prohibiting noncommercial uses of neonicotinoid pesticides.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Environment

AB-733: Recreational opportunities and structured programming for inmates in state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Corrections

AB-734: Climate control in state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction and making an appropriation.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Corrections

AB-735: Online clearinghouse of information for small businesses in Wisconsin.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Jobs and Economy

AB-736: Free menstrual products for inmates of state correctional institutions or county jails or houses of correction.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Corrections

AB-737: Financing certain infrastructure by special charge approved by a neighborhood improvement district.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate

AB-738: Decertification of law enforcement, jail, or juvenile detention officers and tactical emergency medical services professionals and the use of force by law enforcement officers.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

AB-739: Prohibitions concerning state or local government assistance with federal immigration enforcement.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

AB-740: Solitary confinement.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Corrections

AB-741: Personal hygiene products for inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction and making an appropriation.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Corrections

AB-742: Regulation of lease-purchase agreements for personal property and creating a cause of action.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means

AB-743: Considering post-traumatic stress disorder as a mitigating factor in sentencing certain criminal offenders.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Judiciary

AB-744: Free state park admission for veterans and gold star families.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

AB-745: Reimbursement for the provision of military funeral honors.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

AB-746: An exemption from private detective and private security license and permit requirements.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform

AB-747: Regulating hemp-derived cannabinoid products.

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs

AB-748: Exemptions from food product licensing requirements for sale of pickled fruits and vegetables, baked goods, and other shelf-stable food products prepared in a person’s home and granting rule-making authority.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection

AB-749: Instruction in blood and organ donation in high school grades.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Education

AB-750: Admission of students to technical college programs.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities

AJR-120: Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States Postal Service and opposing any effort to dismantle, privatize, or weaken this vital institution.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules

AJR-121: Custody of the county jail and its inmates (first consideration).

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs

Senate

SB-681: Regulation of hemp-derived cannabinoid products, renaming the Division of Alcohol Beverages as the Division of Intoxicating Products, creating an occupational tax on hemp-derived cannabinoid products, alcohol beverage warehouses and production arrangements, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-682: Regulating hemp-derived cannabinoid products.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-683: An appropriation for refundable long-term care insurance assessment credits and making an appropriation.

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

SB-684: A long-term care insurance assessment and a long-term care insurance assessment tax credit.

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

SB-685: The Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program, a major land acquisitions program, and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Sporting Heritage

SB-686: Designating the Wisconsin natural pearl as the state gem.

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

SB-687: Income tax credit for in vitro fertilization medical expenses.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-688: Service award program.

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

SB-689: Extension of tax incremental district lifespan for purposes of housing stock improvement.

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

SB-690: Condemnation authority for recreational trails.

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

SB-691: The issuance of an alcohol beverage retail license for premises where certain art-related business is conducted.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-692: Listing of carfentanil under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act and providing a penalty.

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

SB-693: Town of Norway water abatement grant and making an appropriation.

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

SB-694: Providing certain municipalities with additional supplemental county and municipal aid and establishing a Shared Revenue Advisory Council.

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

SB-695: Additional local sales and use taxes and making an appropriation.

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

SB-696: Equalized value calculations, project costs, and local levy limits relating to tax incremental districts.

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

SB-697: School district employee participation in state group health insurance and making an appropriation.

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

SB-698: Managed forest land recording fees.

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

SB-699: Alternative methods of providing pupil transportation services.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-700: Fees for snowmobile registration and trail use stickers.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-701: Funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program and making an appropriation.

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

SB-702: Requiring battery stewardship organizations to administer battery collection and recycling programs and providing a penalty.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-703: Plan sponsors’ right to access claims data.

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

SB-704: Preferences for woman-owned businesses in state procurement for architectural and engineering services.

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

SB-705: Nonrecourse civil litigation advances, prohibiting certain foreign persons from financing civil litigation, and providing a penalty.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-706: The sales and use tax exemption for personal farm property or household goods sold by auction on the Internet.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-707: Replacing the expenditure restraint incentive program with a municipality payment program and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-708: Telecommunications service access by inmates and juveniles and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-709: Prohibiting noncommercial uses of neonicotinoid pesticides.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-710: Wisconsin Shares payments to tribal-regulated child care providers.

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

SB-711: Coverage and reimbursement of emergency ambulance services under health insurance policies and plans.

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

SB-712: Inmate access to the outdoors.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-713: Access to prisons and jails for oversight purposes.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-714: Bathing periods for inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails or houses of correction.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-715: Climate control in state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-716: Considering post-traumatic stress disorder as a mitigating factor in sentencing certain criminal offenders.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-717: Veterans Benefits Education Week.

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

SB-718: Free state park admission for veterans and gold star families.

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

SB-719: Funding for a grant administration system for veterans benefits programs and making an appropriation.
Referred to Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veterans & Military Affairs

SB-720: Veterans cemetery caretaker positions and making an appropriation.

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

SB-721: Reimbursement for the provision of military funeral honors.

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

SB-722: Weight limits for vehicles transporting grain, feed, or commercial fertilizer.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-723: Income tax credits for beginning farmers and owners of farm assets and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-724: Recreational opportunities and structured programming for inmates in state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-725: In-person visiting periods for inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails or houses of correction.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-726: Department of Corrections reporting of complaints in state correctional institutions and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-727: Personal hygiene products for inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails and houses of correction and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-728: Free menstrual products for inmates of state correctional institutions or county jails or houses of correction.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-729: Large energy customer fees; electric utility very large customer class; a renewable resource tariff; building requirements for data centers; water usage by large customers; required pay rate on large-scale data center projects; and granting rule-making authority.

Referred to Senate Committee on Utilities, Technology & Tourism

SB-730: Decertification of law enforcement, jail, or juvenile detention officers and tactical emergency medical services professionals and the use of force by law enforcement officers.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SJR-113: Custody of the county jail and its inmates (first consideration).

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

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