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

ASSEMBLY FLOOR CALENDAR

The Assembly is scheduled to be on the floor on Tuesday at 1:00 PM

AJR-011: Honoring the life and public service of Representative Jim Soletski.
AJR-085: Congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Baseball Team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division III National Championship.
AJR-086: Honoring the life and public service of Representative Jim Rooney.
AJR-091: Recognizing the United States Navy’s 250th birthday.
AJR-095: Designating October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
AJR-096: Proclaiming the months of October 2025 and October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Months.
AJR-097: Proclaiming October 2025 as Careers in Construction Month.
AB-037: Personalized registration plate fees for gold star family special registration plates.
AB-082: Exempting certain conveyances between grandparents and grandchildren from the real estate transfer fee.
AB-181: County forest administration grant eligibility.
AB-194: Modifications to housing programs under the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority.
AB-210: Changes to amount of, and criteria for designating recipients of, academic excellence higher education scholarships.
AB-214: Town clerk and treasurer appointments, publication requirements for proposed budget summary and notice of public hearing, and discontinuance of highways.
AB-221: All-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles with out-of-state registrations.
AB-271: Camera monitor systems as an alternative to mirrors for commercial motor vehicles.
AB-280: Workforce housing and childcare awards under the business development tax credit.
AB-294: Membership on the Board of Nursing.
AB-302: Authorized lights for funeral procession vehicles.
AB-346: Fleet registration of certain motor vehicles.
AB-366: Emotional support animals in housing; falsely claiming that an animal is a service animal; and providing a penalty.
AB-375: Modifications to the historic rehabilitation tax credit.
AB-424: Requirements for the rental of mobile and manufactured homes.
AB-449: Local regulation of accessory dwelling units.
AB-450: Applicability of the commercial building code to certain buildings.
AB-451: Residential tax incremental districts.
AB-452: A process for subdividers of land to self certify that the design and construction of public improvements comply with state requirements and various other changes regarding subdivision plat approvals.
AB-453: Required approvals of rezoning requests related to residential development, contents of and consistency of local ordinances with local comprehensive plans, certain tax incremental district project costs related to residential development, and tax incremental district lifespan extension.
AB-455: A condominium conversion reimbursement grant program.
AB-456: Changes regarding the laws governing real estate practice.
SB-038: Personalized registration plate fees for gold star family special registration plates.
SB-084: Exempting certain conveyances between grandparents and grandchildren from the real estate transfer fee.
SB-158: County forest administration grant eligibility.
SB-215: Town clerk and treasurer appointments, publication requirements for proposed budget summary and notice of public hearing, and discontinuance of highways.

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 6

No meetings currently scheduled.

Tuesday, October 7

Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs

Executive Session at 9:45 AM

Public Hearing at 10:00 AM

Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government

Public Hearing at 11:00 AM

Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue

Public Hearing at 12:00 PM

Wednesday, October 8

Assembly Committee on Local Government

Executive Session at 10:00 AM

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

Public Hearing at 10:00 AM

Assembly Committee on Science, Technology, and AI

Informational Hearing at 10:00 AM

Assembly Committee on Local Government

Public Hearing at 10:00 AM

Assembly Committee on State Affairs

Executive Session at 10:00 AM

Public Hearing at 10:01 AM

Assembly Committee on Campaigns and Elections

Executive Session at 11:30 AM

Public Hearing at 11:31 AM

Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Executive Session at 1:30 PM

Thursday, October 9

Senate Committee on Housing, Rural Issues, and Forestry

Public Hearing at 10:00 AM

Joint Committee on Finance

13.10 Meeting

Friday, October 10

No meetings currently scheduled.

CO-SPONSORSHIP MEMOS

LRB #	Author	Relating To	Memo	Deadline
1726	Testin, Felzkowski	Creation of a Medical Cannabis Program	LRB-1726 Memo	10/8
1761	Brill, Wichgersm Piwowarczyk, Maxey, Behnke, Goeben, Allen, Tucker	Prohibiting the use of absentee ballot drop boxes for any election	LRB-1761 Memo	10/10
2253	Marklein, Tranel	Mississippi River Trail Signage	LRB-2253 Memo	10/9
2386	Cabral-Guevara, Mursau, Palmeri, Miresse	Designating the wild turkey as the state game bird and the ruffed grouse as the state upland game bird	LRB-2386 Memo	10/10
2765	Wittke, Feyen	Qualifying investments for purposes of claiming the earlystage seed investment and angel investment credits	LRB-2765 Memo	10/7
2896	Penterman, Jagler	Substitute Teaching in a Private School Participating in a Parental Choice Program	LRB-2896 Memo	10/3
2903	Behnke, Wimberger	Manufactured home sales and certificates of title and modifying administrative rules of the Department of Safety and Professional Services related to manufactured home purchase contracts	LRB-2903 Memo	10/7
3070	Rodriguez, Dittrich, James	Providing utility aid payments for certain energy storage facilities	LRB-3070 Memo	10/8
3143	Hutton	Limiting add-on fees for online courses at UW System institutions	LRB-3143 Memo	10/8
3605	Felzkowski, Callahan	Post-loss assignment of rights or benefits under property insurance policies to residential contractors and providing a penalty	LRB-3605	10/6
3645	Roys, Mayadev, Prado	Funding for the birth defect prevention and monitoring system and making an appropriation (the Healthy Babies in Wisconsin Act)	LRB-3645 Memo	10/6
3867	Roys, Wall, Billings	Requirements for the sale and resale of entertainment event tickets and providing a penalty (SWIFTIE Act – Stopping Wildly Inflated Fees and Ticketing Industry Exploitation)	LRB-3867 Memo	10/10
4208	Kapenga, Hutton, Brill	Zero−based biennial budget requests by executive branch agencies	LRB-4208 Memo	10/10
4239	Larson, Carpenter, Hong, Clancy, Sheehan	Accountability for Wisconsin's Voucher Programs	LRB-4239 Memo	10/7
4412	James, Spiros, Kaufert	Intentionally disarming a correctional officer and providing a penalty	LRB-4412 Memo	10/9
4616	Steffen, Kurtz, Dittrich, Donovan, Franklin, Knodl, Melotik, O'Connor, Wimberger	The Justice for All Act	LRB-4616 Memo	10/3
4639	Jacque, Larson, Knodl, Snyder, Sinicki	Joint Resolution Condemning the Forcible Transfer of Ukrainian Children to Russia	LRB-4639 Memo	10/16
4809	Wittke, Feyen	Qualified New Business Venture (QNVB) eligibility updates on Angel & Early-Stage Investment Tax Credit Program	LRB-4809 Memo	10/7
4869	Dittrich, James	Designating October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Wisconsin	LRB-4869 Memo	10/1
4931	James, Franklin	Proclaiming October 2025 as Careers in Construction Month	LRB-4931 Memo	10/2
4950	Roys, Subeck	Rght to bodily autonomy and elimination of certain abortionrelated regulations, and coverage of abortion under certain health care coverage plans (the Abortion Accessibility Act)	LRB-4950 Memo	10/5
4957	Cabral-Guevara, Ratcliff, Subeck, O'Connor	A statewide Parkinson's disease registry	LRB-4957 Memo	10/10
4985	Petersen, Cabral-Guevara	A property tax exemption for prefabricated recreational structures	LRB-4985 Memo	10/15
4999	Jacque, Spreitzer, Maxey, Anderson	Special registration plates for persons awarded the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal	LRB-4999 Memo	10/8

INTRODUCED BILLS

Assembly

AB-471: The regulation of digital assets.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Financial Institutions

AB-472: A nuclear energy generation tax credit; prioritizing nuclear energy resources; approval of certain electric tariffs for very large customers; and authorizing electric utilities to recover certain precertification costs through rates.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities

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

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules

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

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules

AJR-096: Proclaiming the months of October 2025 and October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Months.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules

AJR-097: Proclaiming October 2025 as Careers in Construction Month.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules

AJR-098: Proclaiming October 2025 as Filipino American History Month in the state of Wisconsin.

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules

Senate

SB-429: Prohibiting possessing a firearm on college and university campuses and providing a penalty.

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

SB-430: Special motions to strike strategic lawsuits against public participation.

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

SB-431: Discrimination based on arrest record under the fair employment law.

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

SB-432: Mandatory reporting requirements and referring cases of threatened or suspected child abuse to law enforcement.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-433: Local traffic calming grants and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-434: Transparency and regulation of prior authorization requirements under health insurance plans.

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

SB-435: Adopting the title of physician associate for physician assistants, independent practice of certain physician associates, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures.

Referred to Senate Committee on Health

SB-436: The Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship 2000 program and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Sporting Heritage

SB-437: Automated external defibrillators in child care centers and making an appropriation.

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

SB-438: Requiring certain sales invoices and sales receipts to include tariff costs.

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

SB-439: Levy increase limit for the village of Oregon and the towns of Oregon and Rutland.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-440: Newspaper publication and typeface for certain legal notices.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-441: Election observers and providing a penalty.

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

SB-442: Requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke in operating rooms.

Referred to Senate Committee on Health

SB-443: Eligibility of a highway for an agricultural roads improvement program grant.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-444: Identity requirements for officers who arrest or detain individuals and providing a penalty.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-445: Consideration of a certain definition of antisemitism for purposes of laws, ordinances, policies, or criminal penalty enhancers concerning discrimination based on race, religion, color, or national origin.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-446: 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 Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State & Federal Affairs

SB-447: Including information about immunization waivers in enrollment or admission materials for schools, child care centers, and nursery schools.

Referred to Senate Committee on Education

SB-448: The use of videoconferencing technology in certain civil actions.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-449: Registers of deeds, transportation project plats, and providing a penalty.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-450: Nonprofit agricultural organization health benefit coverage.

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

SB-451: The conditions under which a school district may adopt a resolution to exceed its revenue limit.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-452: Pupil eligibility for parental choice programs based upon participation by a sibling or a dependent child of the pupil's parent or guardian.

Referred to Senate Committee on Education

SB-453: The first date on which nomination papers may be circulated for the spring election.

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

SB-454: An income tax subtraction for certain overtime compensation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-455: Eligibility for an occupational license for individuals with four or more convictions of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-456: A tax credit for aviation biofuel manufacturing, authorizing the state to contract public debt for an aviation biofuel project grant, and making an appropriation.

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

SB-457: The unemployment insurance waiting period.

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

SB-458: Eliminating the right-to- work law.

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

SB-459: Admissibility of expert witness testimony.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-460: Prohibiting abusive work environments and creating a cause of action.

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

SB-461: Alternative delivery of projects contracted by the Department of Transportation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-462: Permits authorizing the employment of minors.

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

SB-463: Local minimum wage ordinances.

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

SB-464: State preemption of local employment regulations.

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

SB-465: Project labor agreements and public contracts.

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

SB-466: Age for the issuance of a Missing Child Alert.

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

SB-467: Local wheel tax referenda.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-468: Reducing costs of trade examinations administered by third parties and making an appropriation.

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

SB-469: Voluntary prohibitions on purchasing a handgun and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-470: Increasing the maximum fee for court costs collectible in a municipal court action.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-471: Unemployment insurance work search and registration and granting rule-making authority.

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

SB-472: Required approvals of rezoning requests related to residential development, contents of and consistency of local ordinances with local comprehensive plans, certain tax incremental district project costs related to residential development, and tax incremental district lifespan extension.

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

SB-473: Local regulation of accessory dwelling units.

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

SB-474: Fire suppression products derived from soybeans.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-475: Applicability of the commercial building code to certain buildings.

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

SB-476: A workforce home loan program.

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

SB-477: Implementing a suicide prevention program and making an appropriation.

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

SB-478: Changes regarding the laws governing real estate practice.

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

SB-479: Subdivision plat approvals.

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

SB-480: Residential tax incremental districts.

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

SB-481: A condominium conversion reimbursement grant program.

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

SB-482: Increasing the carryover period of the research income tax credit.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-483: Including with the property tax bill information about state aid reduction to school districts.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-484: Prohibitions concerning use of state and local facilities to detain individuals on the basis of immigration status.

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

SB-485: Video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities.

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

SB-486: Various changes to the unemployment insurance and worker’s compensation laws.

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

SB-487: Training requirements for a license to carry a concealed weapon.

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

SB-488: Requiring job postings to include salary range and benefits, retaining records of job postings, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.

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

SB-489: Music therapists, the practice of music therapy, and providing a penalty.

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

SB-490: Prevailing wage, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.

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

SB-491: General equalization aids, supplemental hold harmless aid, the per pupil adjustment for school district revenue limits, and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Education

SB-492: Coverage of non-opioid drug alternatives for the treatment and management of pain.

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

SB-493: Prohibitions concerning state or local government assistance with federal immigration enforcement.

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

SB-494: Repealing prohibition on state and local government labor regulation.

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

SB-495: Application of the public records and open meetings laws to charter schools and private schools participating in school choice programs.

Referred to Senate Committee on Education

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

Referred to Senate Committee on Education

SB-497: 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 Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government

SB-498: 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 Senate Committee on Universities & Technical Colleges

SB-499: The definition of hemp.

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue

SB-500: Various changes to the unemployment insurance law.

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

SB-501: 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 Senate Committee on Universities & Technical Colleges

SB-502: A nuclear energy generation tax credit; prioritizing nuclear energy resources; approval of certain electric tariffs for very large customers; and authorizing electric utilities to recover certain precertification costs through rates.

Referred to Senate Committee on Utilities, Technology & Tourism

SB-503: Grants for safe firearm disposal incentive programs and making an appropriation.

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

SB-504: Dental provider network rental by insurance plans.

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

SB-505: Authorizing resident disabled veterans to hunt deer of either sex in any open firearm season.

Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Sporting Heritage

SB-506: The state civil service system.

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

SB-507: Allowing Social Security Disability Insurance recipients to receive concurrent unemployment insurance benefits.

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

SJR-088: Honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk.

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization

SJR-089: Recognizing October as Vaccine Injury Awareness Month in Wisconsin.

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization

SJR-090: Proclaiming January as Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin.

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization

SJR-091: Proclaiming the months of October 2025 and October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Months.

Referred to Senate Committee on Organization

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