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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 27

No meetings currently scheduled.


Tuesday, October 28

Senate Committee on Health

Executive Session at 10:00 AM


Joint Committee on Information Policy & Technology

Informational Hearing at 10:00 AM


Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government

Public Hearing at 11:00 AM


Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs

Public Hearing at 11:30 AM


Wednesday, October 29

Assembly Committee on Local Government

Executive Session at 10:00 AM

Public Heating at 10:01 AM


Assembly Committee on Transportation

Executive Session at 10:30 AM

Public Hearing at 10:31 AM


Assembly Committee on Protecting Kids

Information Hearing at 11:00 AM


Senate Committee on Government on Operations, Labor and Economic Development

Public Hearing at 1:00 PM


Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry

Public Hearing at 1:00 PM


Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

Public Hearing at 1:00 PM


Thursday, October 30

Assembly Committee on Government Efficient and Modernization

Informational Hearing at 10:00 AM


Friday, October 31

No meetings currently scheduled.

CO-SPONSORSHIP MEMOS

LRB #

Author

Relating To

Memo

Deadline

430

Cruz,

Stubbs,

Clancy,

Hong,

Madison,

Phelps,

Tenorio,

Moore,

Omokunde,

Roys

Release of audio and video

footage following officer-involved

deaths or other critical incidents

involving a law enforcement

officer

LRB-430 Memo

10/31

841

Spreitzer,

Stroud,

et.al.

Recognizing October 26, 2025 and

2026, as Intersex Awareness Day

in Wisconsin

LRB-841 Memo

10/31

1903

Wanggaard,

Pfaff,

Tusler

Nonrecourse civil litigation

advances, prohibiting certain

foreign persons from financing

civil litigation, and providing a

penalty

LRB-1903 Memo

11/3

2542

Maxey,

Tomczyk

Use of public lands to provide

temporary residence for the

homeless and providing a penalty

LRB-2542 Memo

10/29

2606

Rodriguez,

Testin

Limited Prescribing Authority for

Naturopathic Doctors

LRB-2606 Memo

10/29

2973

Wimberger,

Piwowarczyk

Race-based higher education

programs and requirements

LRB-2973 Memo

11/4

3855

Maxey,

Tomczyk


Tracking a person who is

registered as a sex offender but

unable to provide an address

LRB-3855 Memo

10/29

4081

Green,

Jacque

A sales and use tax exemption for

firearms, bows and arrows for

archery, crossbows, and

ammunition sold during certain

times of the year

LRB-4081 Memo

10/27

4107

Green,

Jacque

To amend Section 25 of Article I

of the constitution; relating to:

the right to keep and bear arms

(first consideration)

LRB-4107 Memo

10/27

4193

Green,

Jacque

Right to carry a weapon in this

state, licenses to carry a

concealed weapon, and providing

a penalty

LRB-4193 Memo

10/27

4367

Billings,

Novak,

James

Notifying counties and tribes of

an exceedance of groundwater

protection standards or

standards for PFAS

LRB-4367 Memo

10/31

4571

Armstrong,

Marklein

Sales Tax Exemption for Contract

Research Services

LRB-4751 Memo

11/7

4660

Cabral-Guevara,

Goeben

Notifying parents if a pupil is

removed from the classroom

LRB-4660 Memo

10/29

4708

Quinn,

Marklein,

Tranel,

Moses

Fees related to animal markets,

animal dealers, animal truckers,

and animal transport vehicles

LRB-4708 Memo

10/29

4714

Goeben,

Cabral-Guevara

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

LRB-4714 Memo

10/29

4716

Keyeski,

Tenorio,

et.al.

Veterans Mental Health Services

and making an appropriation

LRB-4716 Memo

10/30

5006

Wichgers,

Bradley

Police authority to disable drones

threatening public safety

LRB-5006 Memo

10/30

5057

Jacque,

O'Connor

Wisconsin Investment Board

Shareholder Voting

LRB-5057 Memo

10/29

5116

Franklin,

Moses,

Hurd,

Summerfield,

Wimberger,

James,

Quinn

A state matching grant program

for recipients of federal per diem

payments

LRB-5116 Memo

10/24

5145

Dallman,

Marklein

Pay for performance grant

requirements

LRB-5145 Memo

10/29

5149

Hutton,

Donovan

Increasing the maximum penalty

for certain controlled substances

offenses if the violation occurs

near a homeless shelter and

providing a penalty

LRB-5149 Memo

10/29

5241

McCarville,
Hesselbein,

et.al.

The establishment of November

11 as a state holiday

LRB-5241 Memo

10/30

5254

Hesselbein,

Sinicki,

et. al.

The Wisconsin Missing-in-Action

Recovery & Identification Project

and making an appropriation

LRB-5254 Memo

10/30

INTRODUCED BILLS

Assembly

AB-563: Requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke in operating rooms. 

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


AB-564: Allowing chiropractors to perform school employee health examinations. 

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


AB-565: Qualified new business venture eligibility. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs


AB-566: Qualifying investments for purposes of claiming the early stage seed investment and angel investment credits. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs


AB-567: Covenants not to compete in employment contracts.

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


AB-568: Coverage of infertility services under health policies and plans and granting rule-making authority. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Insurance


AB-569: Requirements for the sale and resale of entertainment event tickets and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Commerce


AB-570: Payments for pupils who withdraw from a parental choice program, the Special Needs Scholarship Program, or an independent charter school. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Education


AB-571: A statewide Parkinson’s disease registry. 

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


AB-572: The definition of bingo. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs


AB-573: Sexual assault forensic examination compensation. 

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


AB-574: Verifying a voter’s change of address and registration status and removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections


AB-575: Prohibiting state agencies and local governmental units from using facial recognition technology or data generated from it. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety


AB-576: Limiting the use of automatic registration plate readers, requiring a search warrant for data from an automatic registration plate reader or security camera, and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety


AB-577: Funding for the birth defect prevention and monitoring system and making an appropriation. 

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


AB-578: Funding for the supplemental food program for women, infants and children during the federal government shutdown and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Public Benefit Reform


AB-579: University of Wisconsin System tuition grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities


AB-580: Disaster assistance grants. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Commerce


AB-581: Disaster assistance and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Commerce


AB-582: Dual enrollment programs, creating the Council on Dual Enrollment, and transfer of postsecondary course credits. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Education


AB-583: Resolution of claims against the state for wrongful imprisonment of innocent persons, exempting from taxation certain amounts an individual receives from the claims board or legislature, health benefits and other assistance for wrongfully imprisoned persons, and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs


AB-584: A property tax exemption for prefabricated recreational structures. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means


AB-585: Designating the wild turkey as the state game bird and the ruffed grouse as the state upland game bird.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Sporting Heritage


AB-586: Shared governance at University of Wisconsin System institutions. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities


AB-587: Selling and reselling entertainment tickets and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs


AB-588: Statutory right to contraception. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs


AB-589: Elimination of certain abortion-related regulations. 

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


AB-590: Definition of athletic training. 

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


AB-591: Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities


AB-592: Professional development for science teachers. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Education


AB-593: Collective bargaining for employees of the University of Wisconsin System, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities


AB-594: An income tax subtraction for payments on education loans.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means


AB-595: Compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act, voter registration data sharing agreements, removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list, and fees for obtaining the official voter registration list. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections


AJR-108: Equality of rights on the basis of sex, gender identity, race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, family status, age, ancestry, or any other immutable characteristic and creating a private cause of action for violations of those rights by state actors (first consideration). 

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs


AJR-109: Honoring Wisconsin’s Hispanic and Latino veterans. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules


AJR-110: Condemning the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, including the illegal abduction and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules


AJR-111: Recognizing September 23, 2025, and September 23, 2026, as Celebrate Bisexuality Day in Wisconsin. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules

Senate

SB-557: Disaster assistance and making an appropriation. 

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


SB-558: Disaster assistance grants. 

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


SB-559: Authorizing community solar programs and granting rule-making authority. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government


SB-560: The sale, service, and labeling of food products containing lab-grown animal cells and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue


SB-561: Allowing chiropractors to perform school employee health examinations. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Health


SB-562: Reporting requirements for recipients of economic development grants and loans. 

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


SB-563: Qualifying investments for purposes of claiming the early stage seed investment and angel investment credits

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


SB-564: Qualified new business venture eligibility. 

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


SB-565: Pupil discrimination and private schools participating in a parental choice program or the Special Needs Scholarship Program, discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression, and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Education


SB-566: Coverage of infertility services under health policies and plans and granting rule-making authority. 

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


SB-567: Verifying a voter’s change of address and registration status and removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list. 

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


SB-568: Payments for pupils who withdraw from a parental choice program, the Special Needs Scholarship Program, or an independent charter school. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Education


SB-569: Implementation of an individualized education program or services plan under the Special Needs Scholarship Program. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Education


SB-570: A statewide Parkinson’s disease registry. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Health


SB-571: Designating the hen-of-the-woods as the Wisconsin state mushroom. 

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


SB-572: Requirements for the sale and resale of entertainment event tickets and providing a penalty. 

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


SB-573: The definition of bingo. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue


SB-574: Funding for the supplemental food program for women, infants and children during the federal government shutdown and making an appropriation. 

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


SB-575: Sexual assault forensic examination compensation. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety


SB-576: A property tax exemption for prefabricated recreational structures. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government


SB-577: Resolution of claims against the state for wrongful imprisonment of innocent persons, exempting from taxation certain amounts an individual receives from the claims board or legislature, health benefits and other assistance for wrongfully imprisoned persons, and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety


SB-578: Consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Health


SB-579: Collective bargaining for employees of the University of Wisconsin System, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Universities & Technical Colleges


SB-581: Shared governance at University of Wisconsin System institutions. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Universities & Technical Colleges


SB-582: The pupil application process to attend a private school under a parental choice program and modifying and creating administrative rules related to pupil applications to participate in parental choice programs. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Education


SB-583: Definition of athletic training. 

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


SB-584: Designating the wild turkey as the state game bird and the ruffed grouse as the state upland game bird. 

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


SB-585: Funding for student success and retention at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Universities & Technical Colleges


SB-586: University of Wisconsin System tuition grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Universities & Technical Colleges


SB-587: Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college and making an appropriation. 

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


SB-588: Professional development for science teachers. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Education


SB-589: Statutory right to contraception. 

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


SB-590: Faculty tenure and probationary appointments at University of Wisconsin System institutions and granting rule-making authority. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Universities & Technical Colleges


SB-591: Dual enrollment programs, creating the Council on Dual Enrollment, and transfer of postsecondary course credits. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Universities & Technical Colleges


SB-592: Excluding certain event or sports wagers from the definition of “bet”. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue


SJR-103: Condemning the actions of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, including the illegal abduction and forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization

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