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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

We are thankful for our clients and for the opportunity to work on your behalf!


Our offices will be closed on Thursday, November 27th and Friday, November 28th in observance of Thanksgiving. There will be no Capitol Insights update this Friday.

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, November 24

No meetings currently scheduled.


Tuesday, November 25

No meetings currently scheduled.


Wednesday, November 26

No meetings currently scheduled.

CO-SPONSORSHIP MEMOS

LRB #

Author

Relating To

Memo

Deadline

839

Ratcliff,

Snodgrass,

et.al.

Proclaiming November 20 in

2025 and 2026 as Wisconsin's

Transgender Day of

Remembrance

LRB-839

Memo

12/4

1994

Donovan,

Tomczyk

Operation of drones over certain

utility facilities and providing a

penalty

LRB-1994 Memo

12/5

2204

Cabral-Guevara,

Piwowarczyk

Faculty eligibility to serve on or

be the chairperson or director of

a faculty committee, center,

department, or program

LRB-2204 Memo

12/2

2794

Habush-Sinykin,

Larson,

Emerson,

Andraca

Funding for the University of

Wisconsin System freshwater

collaborative and making an

appropriation

LRB-2794 Memo

12/4

2940

Palmeri,

Snodgrass,

Mayadev,

Smith

Local regulation of certain

containers

LRB-2904 Memo

12/4

3083

Kapenga,

Nedweski

The management of assets of and

the voting of ownership interests

in securities by the Wisconsin

Retirement System and the

retirement systems of the City

and County of Milwaukee

LRB-3083 Memo

12/4

3318

Wimberger,

Pronschinske

The commercial driver training

grant program

LRB-3318 Memo

12/3

3395

Stafsholt,

Green

Hiking permits

LRB-3395 Memo

11/28

3396

Stafsholt,

Green

Cross-country ski permits

LRB-3396 Memo

11/28

3397

Stafsholt,

Green

Bicycling permits

LRB-3397 Memo

11/28

3398

Stafsholt,

Green

Foraging permits

LRB-3398 Memo

11/28

3412

Habush-Sinykin,

Carpenter,

Stroud,

Miresse

Wolf monitoring and nonlethal

abatement and making an

appropriation

LRB-3412 Memo

12/4

3702

Roys,

Wall,

Carpenter,

Stroud,

Miresse

The SAFE Kids Act; regulating

social media companies'

treatment of minors

LRB-3702 Memo

12/1

4601

Madison,

Anderson,

Joers,

Smith,

Spreitzer,

Drake

Repealing the dry cleaner

environmental response

program, creating the revitalize

Wisconsin program, granting rulemaking authority, and making an

appropriation

LRB-4601 Memo

12/5

4751

Habush,

Spreitzer,

Keyeski,

Alfheim,

DeSanto

Sandhill crane damage

abatement assistance for corn

producers, granting rule-making

authority, and making an

appropriation

LRB-4751 Memo

12/4

4794

Testin,

Kurtz

Regulating hemp-derived

cannabinoid products

LRB-4974 Memo

11/26

5169

Stafsholt,

Green

Registration requirements for

nonmotorized boats

LRB-5169 Memo

11/28

5171

Habush-Sinykin,

Smith,

Miresse,

Palmeri

Groundwater Coordinating

Council activities funding and

making an appropriation

LRB-5171 Memo

12/4

5188

Snodgrass,

Palmeri,

Miresse,

Larson

Packaging reduction and

recycling, creating a producer

responsibility program, granting

rule-making authority, making an

appropriation, and providing a

penalty

LRB-5188 Memo

12/4

5193

Cabral-Guevara,

Hesselbein,

Behnke,

Joers

Creating a WisKids savings

account program within the

college savings program

LRB-5193 Memo

12/2

5202

Palmeri,

Snodgrass,

Mayadev,

Larson

Prohibiting food and beverages

from being served in foam

polystyrene packaging and

providing a penalty

LRB-5202 Memo

12/4

5243

Haywood,

Johnson,

et.al.

Bonding for lead service line

replacement and granting

bonding authority

LRB-5243 Memo

12/4

5267

Dittrich,

Tomczyk

Rules relating to technical college

admissions

LRB-5267 Memo

12/2

5289

Rodriguez,

Wanggaard

Eligibility for the Transform

Milwaukee Jobs program and the

Transitional Jobs program

LRB-5289 Memo

12/4

5401

Miresse,

Smith,

et.al.

Grants for testing privately

owned wells and providing

education

LRB-5401 Memo

12/4

5480

Billings,

Spreitzer,

et.al.

Creating the water fund for our

future, granting rule-making

authority, and making an

appropriation

LRB-5480 Memo

12/4

5514

Swearingen,

Green,

Wimberger

Exemptions from food product

licensing requirements for sale of

pickled fruits and vegetables,

baked goods, and other shelfstable food products prepared in

a person’s home and granting

rule-making authority

LRB-5514 Memo

11/21

5548

Spreitzer,

Snodgrass,

Anderson

Early canvassing of absentee

ballots and providing a penalty

LRB-5548 Memo

12/5

5553

Tomczyk,

Drake,

Gustafson,

McCarville

Regulation of lease-purchase

agreements for personal

property and creating a cause of

action

LRB-5553 Memo

11/21

5556

Franklin,
Gustafson,

Subeck,

Testin,

Keyeski

Instruction in blood and organ

donation in high school grades

LRB-5556 Memo

11/26

5576

Sortwell,

O'Connor,

Jacobson,

Cabral-Guevara,

Spreitzer

Sales tax exemption certificates

for the sale of precious metal

bullion

LRB-5576 Memo

12/2

INTRODUCED BILLS

Assembly

AB-653: A local intersection safety program and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation


AB-654: A public information campaign related to aggressive driving and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Transportation


AB-655: Installation of a speed limiter for repeated reckless driving violations, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety


AB-656: The age for marriage and eliminating spousal exceptions for certain sex crimes against children. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Children and Families


AB-657: A sales and use tax exemption for nuclear fusion technology projects. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means


AB-658: The maximum compensation for compatibility with elective offices in cities, villages, and towns. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Local Government


AB-659: Tuition and fee remission or grants for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college, or a private nonprofit institution of higher education; and the University of Wisconsin System nonresident tuition exemption for certain veterans. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities


AB-660: Refundable individual income tax credit for premarital counseling and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means


AB-661: An audit of fire sprinkler systems in certain residential buildings and making an appropriation. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate


AB-662: Prohibiting state contracting with certain business entities and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on State Affairs


AB-663: Imposing certain prohibitions on foreign influence at University of Wisconsin System institutions. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities


AB-664: Serving margarine as a substitute for butter in certain circumstances. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Agriculture


AB-665: Subtraction of charitable contributions by non-itemizers. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means


AB-666: Fraudulent claims for unclaimed property and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety


AB-667: Prohibiting a law enforcement agency from accessing personal data in exchange for payment without a warrant. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety


AB-668: Reports on the competency of involuntarily committed individuals to refuse medication or treatment based upon an examination by an advanced practice registered nurse. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention


AB-669: Race-based higher education programs and requirements. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities


AB-670: Exempting persons engaged in certain contract research services from the sales and use tax. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means


AB-671: A study of redundancies in legal requirements for new housing construction. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Housing and Real Estate


AB-672: Penalty enhancer for crimes committed by a person acting as an agent of a foreign government or terrorist organization with the intent to silence or punish persons for their political view, criminalizing the enforcement of foreign laws without federal or state approval, and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety


AB-673: Banning the use of genetic software from foreign adversaries in medical and research facilities, the storage of any human genome sequencing data within the borders of a foreign adversary, and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety


AB-674: Prohibiting coverage of organ transplantation and related care under health insurance policies and the Medical Assistance program if the organ is transplanted in or originates from a country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety


AB-675: Noncompete clauses for medical practitioners. 

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


AB-676: Creating a tax credit for insurers for certain investments in community development entities. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Ways and Means


AB-677: Creating a crime of grooming a child for sexual activity and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety


AB-678: School board policies on appropriate communication with pupils. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Education


AJR-115: Recognizing October 26 in 2025 and 2026, as Intersex Awareness Day in Wisconsin. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules


AJR-116: Congratulating the Greendale High School Marching Band on winning the Wisconsin School Music Association State Marching Band Championship for the 20th consecutive year. 

Referred to Assembly Committee on Rules

Senate

SB-662: Displaying gas taxes on gas pumps. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation & Local Government


SB-663: A study of redundancies in legal requirements for new housing construction. 

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


SB-664: Reducing the eligibility threshold to claim the veterans and surviving spouses property tax credit. 

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


SB-665: Establishing a statewide wolf population goal. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Sporting Heritage


SB-666: Adopting the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety


SB-667: Whole grade sharing grants for school boards. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Education


SB-668: Supplemental state aid for consolidated school districts. Referred to Senate Committee on Education


SB-669: Grants for feasibility studies of school district consolidation or whole grade sharing. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Education


SB-670: Fees for nonresident hunting, trapping, and fishing approvals and nonresident vehicle admission receipts. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Sporting Heritage


SB-671: Creating a crime of grooming a child for sexual activity and providing a penalty. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Education


SB-672: Prohibiting knowingly covering organ transplantation and related care under health insurance policies and the Medical Assistance program if the organ is transplanted in or originates from a country known to have participated in forced organ harvesting. 

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


SB-673: School board policies on appropriate communication with pupils. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Education


SB-674: Individual income tax subtraction for certain theft losses. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture & Revenue


SB-675: Funding for identity verification under the unemployment insurance law and making an appropriation. 

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


SB-676: Various changes to the worker’s compensation law, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. 

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


SB-677: Various changes to the unemployment insurance law. 

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


SB-678: The use of oral fluids for preliminary screening of a person suspected of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety


SB-679: Prohibiting a law enforcement agency from accessing personal data in exchange for payment without a warrant. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety


SB-680: The offering of deer to a meat processing facility for provision to a food pantry. 

Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions & Sporting Heritage

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.


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