Welcome to our new Capitol Insights: Monday Morning Report!

These Monday morning emails will 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
Committee Schedule for the Week
Co-Sponsorship Memos
Introduced Bills
Fundraising Calendar

BUDGET LISTENING SESSIONS

Joint Finance Committee

April 2nd, at 10:00am-5:00pm - Kaukauna High School

April 4th, at 10:00am-5:00pm - West Allis

April 28th, at 10:00am-5:00pm - Hayward

April 29th, at 10:00am-5:00pm - Wausau

Sen. Dassler-Alfheim & Rep. Kaufert

April 8th, at 6:00pm-7:30pm

May 1st, at 5:00pm- 6:30pm

Sen. Dassler-Alfheim & Rep. Palmeri

May 5th, at 5:00pm- 6:30pm

COMMITTEE SCHEDULE

Assembly Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention

April 1, 2025, at 10:00am

Joint Committee on Finance

April 1, 2025, at 12:00pm

Senate Committee on Judiciary & Public Safety

Apri 1, 2025, at 1:00pm

Assembly Committee on State Affairs

April 2, 2025, at 10:00am

Joint Finance Committee

April 2nd, at 10:00am-5:00pm - Kaukauna High School

Assembly Committee on Mental Health and Sustance Abuse Prevention

April 3, 2025, at 9:30am

Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veterans & Military Affairs

April 3, 2025, at 1:30pm

Joint Finance Committee

April 4th, at 10:00am-5:00pm - West Allis

CO-SPONSORSHIP MEMOS

LRB #	Author	Relating To	Memo	Deadline
1061	Quinn, Dallman	Town clerk and treasurer appointments, publication requirements for proposed budget summary and notice of public hearing, and discontinuance of highways.	LRB-1061 Memo	4/9
1289	Jagler, Krug	Revoking a transfer of real property on death, obtaining evidence of the termination of a decedent’s property interests, disbursing deposits after rescission of real property wholesaler contracts, and filing satisfactions of judgment.	LRB-1289 Memo	4/2
1316	Kitchens, Jacque	Property tax exemption for nonprofit theaters.	LRB-1316 Memo	4/1
1751	Goeben, James	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.	LRB-1751 Memo	4/3
1939	Brooks, Feyen	Reduction of penalty surcharge when certain fines or forfeitures are reduced.	LRB-1939 Memo	4/2
2074	Moses, Testin	Creating a video game production tax credit and making an appropriation.	LRB-2074 Memo	4/2
2384	Hong, Larson	The reintroduction of the Economic Justice Bill of Rights.	LRB-2384 Memo	4/3
380	Callahan, James	Certification of surgical technologists.	LRB-380 Memo	4/10
951	Gustafson, Oritz-Velez, Tomczyk	Exempting tobacco bars from the public smoking ban.	LRB-951 Memo	4/10
1305	Quinn, Novak	A tax credit for rail infrastructure modernization.	LRB-1305 Memo	4/10
1325	Quinn, Feyen, Jagler, Armstrong, Brooks	Modifications to housing programs under WHEDA.	LRB-1325 Memo	4/4
1624	Jacque, Zimmerman	Legislative changes needed to allow Wisconsin to apply for and receive Federal STORM Act hazard mitigation revolving loan funds and administer a Great Lakes erosion control revolving loan program.	LRB-1624 Memo	4/9
1851	Cabral-Guevara	Ratification of the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact.	LRB-1851 Memo	4/3
2085	Wanggaard, Knodl	Limiting liability for traffic control devices for manufacturers and others.	LRB-2085 Memo	4/7
2188	Feyen, Krug	Voidable provisions in residential rental agreements and the application of the Wisconsin Consumer Act to leases.	LRB-2188 Memo	4/8
2236	Stafsholt, Gustafson	Registration of out-of-state health care providers to provide telehealth services.	LRB-2236 Memo	4/4
2448	Keyeski, Pfaff, Haywood, DeSanto	Prohibiting hedge funds from acquiring single-family homes in this state.	LRB-2448 Memo	4/9
2632	Cabral-Guevara, Moses	Prohibiting school boards and independent charter schools from providing ultra-processed foods in free or reduced-price meals.	LRB-2632 Memo	4/4

INTRODUCED BILLS

Assembly

No New Assembly Bills.

Senate

SB-156: Requiring first responders to be trained to administer epinephrine delivery systems. (FE)

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

SB-157: Prohibiting gender transition medical intervention for individuals under 18 years of age.

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

SB-158: County forest administration grant eligibility.

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

SB-159: Requirements for lighting on police vehicles.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government

SB-160: Designating the Tom Diehl Memorial Highway. (FE)

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government

SB-161: A a presumption that equalizing physical placement to the highest degree is in the child’s best interest.

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

SB-162: Bid requirement for publication and printing of county board proceedings, notices, and advertisements in counties having a population of 250,000 or more and at least two English newspapers published daily.

Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government

SB-163: Income change notifications for child support or maintenance orders.

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

SB-164: Use of certified seed potatoes in planting potatoes and providing a penalty. (FE)

Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue

SB-165: Eliminating daylight saving time in Wisconsin.

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

SB-166: Consumer data protection and providing a penalty. (FE)

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

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