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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:


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

ASSEMBLY FLOOR CALENDAR

The Assembly is scheduled to be on the floor on Tuesday at 11:00 AM


  • AJR-088: Recognizing November 10, 2025, as the 50th anniversary of the tragic loss of the crew of SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
  • AJR-092: Recognizing the United States Marine Corps’s 250th birthday.
  • AJR-099: Recognizing October 14, 2025, as First Responders Appreciation Day in Wisconsin.
  • AB-034: Court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths.
  • AB-077: Registration plate concealment devices and providing a penalty.
  • AB-136: Classification of the crime of impersonating law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and certain other emergency personnel and providing a penalty.
  • AB-179: Requirements for lighting on police vehicles.
  • AB-191: Requiring a subpoena to a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer served in official capacity to be served at the officer’s work address.
  • AB-199: Reimbursement of emergency services under the Medical Assistance program when a patient is not transported, reporting on changes to the scope of practice of emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program.
  • AB-239: Harassment of search and rescue dogs and providing a penalty.
  • AB-265: Human trafficking and trafficking of a child and providing a penalty.
  • AB-309: Immunity for 911 call centers and dispatchers that transfer callers to the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
  • AB-409: Passing certain vehicles stopped on or near a highway and providing a penalty.
  • AB-429: Designating the Greg Quinn and Larry Millard Memorial Bridge.
  • SB-025: Court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths.
  • SB-066: Registration plate concealment devices and providing a penalty.
  • SB-076: Dismissing or amending certain criminal charges and deferred prosecution agreements for certain crimes.
  • SB-182: Emergency medical services education, tuition and materials reimbursement for emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and a live 911 pilot program.
  • SB-191: Requiring a subpoena to a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer served in official capacity to be served at the officer’s work address.
  • AB-198: Emergency medical services education, tuition and materials reimbursement for emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and a live 911 pilot program.
  • AB-278: Grants to law enforcement agencies for data-sharing platforms.
  • AB-387: Correction bill for 2025 Wisconsin Act 15 and making an appropriation.
  • SB-279: Grants to law enforcement agencies for data-sharing platforms.

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 13

Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules

Executive Session at 10:00 AM


Tuesday, October 14

No meetings currently scheduled.


Wednesday, October 15

Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care

Public Hearing at 10:00 AM


Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities 

Public Hearing at 11:00 AM


Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges

Public Hearing at 11:00 AM


Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry

Public Hearing at 12:00 PM


Thursday, October 16

No meetings currently scheduled.


Friday, October 17

No meetings currently scheduled.

CO-SPONSORSHIP MEMOS

LRB #

Author

Relating To

Memo

Deadline

166

Roys,

Emerson

Coverage of infertility services

under health policies and plans

and granting rule-making

authority

LRB-166

Memo

10/14

462

Joers,

Hesselbein,

et.al.

Shared governance at University

of Wisconsin System institutions

LRB-462 Memo

10/16

1242

Pfaff,

Dassler-Alfheim,

Billings,

Palmeri

An income tax subtraction for

payments on education loans

LRB-1242 Memo

10/16

1340

Snyder,

Wanggaard

Sexual assault forensic

examination compensation

LRB-1340 Memo

10/15

1856

Goeben,

Wimberger

Providing written notice of tax

assessor entry upon property

LRB-1856 Memo

10/22

2642

Summerfield,

James

Allowing chiropractors to perform

school employee health

examinations

LRB-2642 Memo

10/10

2703

Rodriguez,

Wanggaard,

Larson

Resolution of claims against the

state for wrongful imprisonment

of innocent persons

LRB-2703 Memo

10/15

3200


Wimberger,

Franklin

Selling and reselling

entertainment tickets and

providing a penalty

LRB-3200 Memo

10/16

4384

Sinicki,

Billings,

Miresse,

Hysell,

Madison,

Johnson

Prohibiting individuals under age

21 from accessing intoxicating

hemp products and providing a

penalty

LRB-4384 Memo

10/16

4388

Dassler-Alfheim,

Billings

Commitment to fund the WI GI

Bill

LRB-4388 Memo

10/16

4404

DeSmidt,

Hesselbein,

et.al.

Faculty tenure at University of

Wisconsin System institutions

LRB-4404 Memo

10/16

4608

Hutton,

Knodl,

Melotik,

Donovan,

Tranel

The Wisconsin State Emergency

Relief (WISER Act)

LRB-4608 Memo

10/16

4778

Dassler-Alfheim,

Stroud

Student Success, Workforce

Gains

LRB-4778 Memo

10/16

4806

Hutton,

Knodl,

Melotik,

Donovan,

Tranel

Disaster assistance and making an

appropriation – The Wisconsin

State Emergency Relief (WISER

Act)

LRB-4806 Memo

10/16

4884

Jagler,

Dallman

Definition of bingo

LRB-4884 Memo

10/15

4936

Wimberger,

Snyder,

Subeck

The Justice for All Act

LRB-4936 Memo

10/16

4971

Wittke,

Cabral-Guevara

Definition of Athletic Training

LRB-4971 Memo

10/14

5005

Goodwin,

Jacque

Declaring November as Veteran

Mental Health and Suicide

Awareness Month in Wisconsin

LRB-5005 Memo

10/9

5070

Dassler-Alfheim,

Brown,

et.al.

Wisconsin Tuition Promise

LRB-5070 Memo

10/16

5084

Emerson,

Larson,

et.al.

Collective bargaining for

employees of the University of

Wisconsin System, granting rulemaking authority, and making an

appropriation

LRB-5084 Memo

10/16

5098

Mayadev,

Johnson

Funding for the supplemental

food program for women,

infants, and children during the

federal government shutdown

and making an appropriation

LRB-5098 Memo

10/15

5100

Cabral-Guevara,

Jacque,

Murphy,

Kitchens

The Dual Enrollment Reform Bill

LRB-5100 Memo

10/16

INTRODUCED BILLS

Assembly

AB-473: Postloss assignment of rights or benefits under property insurance policies to residential contractors and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Insurance


AB-474: State preemption of local employment regulations. 

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


AB-475: Grants for the provision of immigration-related civil legal services to individuals and families, county grants for the provision of civil legal services to individuals and families, and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Judiciary


AB-476: Prohibiting abusive work environments and creating a cause of action. 

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


AB-477: Age for the issuance of a Missing Child Alert. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety


AB-478: Repealing prohibition on state and local government labor regulation. 

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


AB-479: Reducing costs of trade examinations administered by third parties and making an appropriation. 

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


AB-480: Requiring job postings to include salary range and benefits, retaining records of job postings, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 

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


AB-481: Local minimum wage ordinances. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Jobs and Economy


AB-482: Allowing the enactment of family and medical leave ordinances. 

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


AB-483: Local wheel tax referenda. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Local Government


AB-484: Training requirements for a license to carry a concealed weapon. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs


AB-485: 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 Assembly Committee on Education


AB-486: Permissible financial aid reductions in higher education. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities


AB-487: Meeting in closed session to consider information technology security issues. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Government Operations, Accountability and Transparency


AB-488: Fire suppression products derived from soybeans. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Environment


AB-489: Voluntary prohibitions on purchasing a handgun and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety


AB-490: Implementing a suicide prevention program and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention


AB-491: Video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Children and Families


AB-492: Music therapists, the practice of music therapy, and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention


AB-493: Authorizing community solar programs and granting rule-making authority. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities


AB-494: Increasing the carryover period of the research income tax credit. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means


AB-495: General equalization aids, supplemental hold harmless aid, the per pupil adjustment for school district revenue limits, and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Education


AB-496: Verification of a pupil’s family income for participation in a parental choice program. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Education


AB-497: Application of the public records and open meetings laws to charter schools and private schools participating in school choice programs. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Education


AB-498: Automated external defibrillators in child care centers and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Children and Families


AB-499: Coverage of nonopioid drug alternatives for the treatment and management of pain. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Insurance


AB-500: Prohibiting corporal punishment in public and private schools. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Education


AB-501: Free speech and academic freedom at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, due process in disciplinary proceedings at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, and causes of action against the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and technical college district boards. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities


AB-502: Outdoor advertising signs that do not conform to local ordinances and that are affected by certain transportation-related projects; compensation for takings of signs, and appraisals upon which jurisdictional offers are based. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation


AB-503: The definition of hemp. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs


AB-504: Including with the property tax bill information about state aid reduction to school districts. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate


AB-505: Creating a veterinary loan repayment grant program administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board and exempting from taxation amounts received from such a grant program. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities


AB-506: Authorizing electors to vote in the primary of more than one political party. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections


AB-507: State civil service system. 

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


AB-508: Allowing Social Security Disability Insurance recipients to receive concurrent unemployment insurance benefits. 

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


AJR-099: Recognizing October 14, 2025, as First Responders Appreciation Day in Wisconsin. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules


AJR-100: Recognizing October as Vaccine Injury Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules


AJR-101: Honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules


AJR-102: Prohibiting governmental entity discrimination (second consideration). 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Judiciary


AJR-103: Proclaiming the last full week of September as Frontotemporal Dementia Awareness Week. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules


AJR-104: Proclaiming November 2025 to be Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules

Senate

SB-508: Owner liability for illegally passing a school bus and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government


SB-509: Extending voting rights to certain 17- year-old individuals and requiring a referendum. 

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


SB-510: Requiring certain persons holding a state elective office to serve as an election official. 

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


SB-511: Returning an absentee ballot with an incomplete certificate or with no certificate. 

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


SB-512: Voter registration at high schools. 

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


SB-513: Voter registration forms and information provided to certain high school students. 

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


SB-514: Voter preregistration of 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds. 

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


SB-515: Unemployment insurance benefits. 

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


SB-516: School district employee participation in state group health insurance and making an appropriation. 

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


SB-517: Accessibility training for election officials. 

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


SB-518: Polling place accessibility. 

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


SB-519: The operation of drones over school property and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety


SB-520: Expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee. 

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


SB-521: Highway signs for the Mount Horeb Veterans Memorial. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government


SB-522: The appointment of a guardian ad litem in a proceeding to grant reasonable visitation rights to a nonparent.

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


SB-523: Poll list numbers marked on certain absentee ballots. 

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


SB-524: Raising the legal age for sale, purchase, and possession of cigarettes and nicotine and tobacco products; providing a legal age for sale, purchase, and possession of electronic vaping devices; and providing a penalty. 

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


SB-525: Removal of vegetation obstructing outdoor advertising signs. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government


SB-526: Allowing individuals who hold a substitute teaching permit to substitute teach at private schools participating in a parental choice program. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Sporting Heritage


SB-527: Use of skateboards on roadways. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government


SB-528: Airport improvement contracts. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government


SB-529: Repeal of obsolete tax credits and tax provisions. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue


SB-530: Eliminating the advisory referenda restrictions under 2023 Wisconsin Act 12. 

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


SB-531: Postloss assignment of rights or benefits under property insurance policies to residential contractors and providing a penalty. 

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


SB-532: Course fees at University of Wisconsin System institutions. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Universities & Technical Colleges


SJR-092: Proclaiming October 2025 as Filipino American History Month in the state of Wisconsin. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization


SJR-093: Proclaiming November 2025 to be Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization


SJR-094: Prohibiting governmental entity discrimination (second consideration). 

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


SJR-095: Designating October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Wisconsin. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization


SJR-096: Proclaiming October 2025 as Careers in Construction Month. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization


SJR-097: Recognizing September 25, 2025, as First Amendment Day for all people of Wisconsin. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization


SJR-098: 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 Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State & Federal Affairs


SJR-099: Recognizing October 14, 2025, as First Responders Appreciation Day in Wisconsin. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization

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