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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
• Floor Calendar
• Committee Schedule for the Week
• Co-Sponsorship Memos
• Introduced Bills
• Fundraising Calendar

BUDGET LISTENING SESSIONS

Sen. Bradley & Rep. Wichgers

May 12th at 4:30pm - 5:15pm -- Muskego

Sen. Bradley & Rep. Maxey

May 12th at 5:45pm - 6:30pm -- New Berlin

Sen. Bradley & Rep. Allen

May 12th at 7:00pm - 7:45pm -- Waukesha

Sen. Cabral-Guevara & Rep. Murphy

May 12th at 5:30pm -- Black Creek

Rep. Chanz Green

May 19th at 1:00pm - 2:00pm -- Hurley

May 23rd at 1:00pm - 2:00pm -- Cable

Rep. Rick Gundrum

May 19th at 5:30pm -- Jackson

LEGISLATIVE FLOOR CALENDAR

Assembly Floor Calendar

1:00 PM on Tuesday, May 12th

• AJR-029 Celebrating May 7, 2025, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin.
• AJR-032 Designating the first full week in May as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week.
• AJR-035 Proclaiming May 16, 17, and 18, 2025, Syttende Mai Weekend.
• AJR-037 Declaring May 2025 as Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month.
• AJR-039 Recognizing Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month as a time to honor the important contributions of Asians, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to the history of the United States.
• AJR-040 Celebrating 50 years of strength and resilience of the Hmong, Lao, Cambodian, and Vietnamese people.
• AJR-041 Proclaiming May 2025 and May 2026 as Jewish American Heritage Months.
• AJR-045 Congratulating the Wauwatosa West Boys Basketball Team on their 2025 Division II State Basketball Championship.
• AJR-046 Congratulating the Wauwatosa East Girls Basketball Team on their 2025 Division II State Basketball Championship.
• AJR-047 Declaring May as Eye Health Awareness Month.
• AJR-048 Commemorating Hmong-Lao Veterans Day and honoring the Hmong- Lao veterans who served alongside the United States in the Vietnam War.
• AJR-049 Congratulating the Milwaukee Rufus King Cheer and Stunt Team on their double state championship win in 2025.
• AJR-051 Designating May 2025 and May 2026 as Food Allergy Awareness Months.
• AJR-055 Designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
• SJR-032 Designating the first full week in May as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week.
• AB-008 Agreements for direct primary care.
• AB-011 Pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients.
• AB-012 State agency status for certain physician assistants and advanced practice nurses who provide services without compensation for local health departments or school districts.
• AB-022 Limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in, and the lifespan of, a tax incremental financing district created in the city of Middleton.
• AB-023 Establishment of a Palliative Care Council.
• AB-043 Permitting pharmacists to prescribe certain contraceptives, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
• AB-044 Allowing advanced practice nurse prescribers to pronounce the date, time, and place of a patient’s death for purposes of the preparation of death records.
• AB-045 Ratification of the Dietitian Licensure Compact.
• AB-134 The effective date of certain provisions contained in 2023 Wisconsin Act 126.
• AB-137 Maximum life and allocation period for Tax Incremental District Number 9 in the village of DeForest and the total value of taxable property that may be included in tax incremental financing districts created in the village of DeForest.
• AB-140 Limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in a tax incremental financing district created in the city of Port Washington.
• SB-004 Agreements for direct primary care.
• SB-014 Pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients.
• SB-024 Limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in, and the lifespan of, a tax incremental financing district created in the city of Middleton.
• SB-031 State agency status for certain physician assistants and advanced practice nurses who provide services without compensation for local health departments or school districts.
• SB-043 Allowing advanced practice nurse prescribers to pronounce the date, time, and place of a patient’s death for purposes of the preparation of death records.
• SB-126 The effective date of certain provisions contained in 2023 Wisconsin Act 126.

Senate Floor Calendar

The Senate is currently holding Thursday, May 15th as a floor day.



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, May 12

No meetings currently scheduled

Tuesday, May 13

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

Public Hearing at 10:00am

Wednesday, May 14

No meetings currently scheduled

Thursday, May 15

Assembly Committee on Colleges & Universities

Public Hearing at 10:00am

Friday, May 16

No meetings currently scheduled

CO-SPONSORSHIP MEMOS

INTRODUCED BILLS

Assembly

AB-246: Relating to: cost-sharing caps on prescription drugs and medical supplies to treat asthma under health insurance policies and plans. (FE)

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

AB-247: Relating to: local building permit fees for certain improvements of residences of disabled veterans. (FE)

Referred to the Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

AB-248: Relating to: vacancies in appointive state offices.

Referred to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs

AB-249: Relating to: prohibiting abandonment of a boat and providing a penalty.

Referred to the Assembly Committee on Forestry, Parks and Outdoor Recreation

AB-250: Relating to: funding for the War Memorial Center and making an appropriation. (FE)

Referred to the Assembly Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

AB-251: Relating to: jurisdiction over juveniles on federal enclaves. (FE)

Referred to the Assembly Committee on State and Federal Relations

AB-252: Relating to: the notice of an investigation of child abuse or neglect or unborn child abuse provided to appropriate authorities of the U.S. Department of Defense. (FE)

Referred to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

AB-253: Relating to: independence accounts. (FE)

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

AB-254: Relating to: regulation of the Chippewa and Flambeau Improvement Company.

Referred to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs

AB-255: Relating to: assisted living facility referral agencies and providing a penalty.

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

AB-256: Relating to: a special observance day in schools for Armenian Genocide Awareness Day.

Referred to the Assembly Committee on Education

Senate

SB-236: Relating to: tampering with telecommunication or electric wires and providing a penalty.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

SB-237: Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for equipment associated with the use of a search and rescue dog. (FE)

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

SB-238: Relating to: harassment of search and rescue dogs and providing a penalty.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

SB-239: Relating to: prohibiting hotels, inns, and motels from discriminating against dog handlers who are accompanied by search and rescue dogs.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

SB-240: Relating to: workforce literacy grant program. (FE)

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

SB-241: Relating to: tax incremental financing districts containing qualified data centers. (FE)

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

SB-242: Relating to: required ratio of journeyworkers to apprentices in apprenticeship programs and contracts.

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

SB-243: Relating to: the age at which an infant is covered under the safe haven law.

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

SB-244: Relating to: modifying the sales and use tax exemption for qualified data centers. (FE)

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue

SB-245: Relating to: a pilot school-centered mental health program. (FE)

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

SB-246: Relating to: a special observance day in schools for Armenian Genocide Awareness Day.

Referred to Senate Committee on Education

SB-247: Relating to: local and private regulation of accessory dwelling units. (FE)

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

SB-248: Relating to: license eligibility and restriction extensions relating to ignition interlock devices.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

SB-249: Relating to: vacancies in appointive state offices.

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

SB-250: Relating to: prohibiting abandonment of a boat and providing a penalty.

Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage

SB-251: Relating to: cost-sharing caps on prescription drugs and medical supplies to treat asthma under health insurance policies and plans. (FE)

Referred to Senate Committee on Health

SB-252: Relating to: independence accounts. (FE)

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

SB-253: Relating to: jurisdiction over juveniles on federal enclaves. (FE)

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

SB-254: Relating to: funding for the War Memorial Center and making an appropriation. (FE)

Referred to Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs

SB-255: Relating to: regulation of the Chippewa and Flambeau Improvement Company.

Referred to Senate Committee on Utilities and Tourism

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, 

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