On June 10, 2025, the Joint Committee on Finance met in executive session on the 2025-27 biennial budget to take action on the following sections of the budget: Circuit Courts Supreme Court Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection — Departmentwide Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection — Regulation and Training Historical Society Insurance — Agency Operations and […]
On June 4, 2025, the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue held a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 257 Relating to: the electronic vaping device directory and elec4tronic nicotine devices Senate Bill 213 Relating to: a tax credit for rail infrastructure modernization Senate Bill 7 Relating to: prohibiting a foreign adversary from acquiring […]
On May 20, 2025, the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules held a public hearing and an executive session on the following: EmR 2421 [Extension Request] Related to: Child care coordination services (DHS). Clearinghouse Rule 25-028 [Expedited Repeal Petition] Relating to pesticide manufacturers and labelers; fees.
On May 7, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means met on the following: Executive Session: Assembly Bill 140 Relating to: 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. Assembly Bill 183 Relating to: standard industrial classification […]
On April 30, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means met on the following: Public Hearing: Assembly Bill 228 Relating to: tax incremental financing districts containing qualified data centers Assembly Bill 183 Relating to: standard industrial classification codes for linen supply and industrial launderers and modifying the manufacturing and agriculture tax credit. Assembly Bill […]
On April 29, 2025, the Democratic members of the Joint Committee on Finance visited Hsu’s Ginseng Farms, a leading exporter in the U.S. ginseng industry, ahead of the public hearing on the 2025-27 state budget. During the visit, JFC Democrats will hear directly from growers about the economic fallout of the escalating trade war and […]
On April 22, 2025, the Wisconsin State Senate held a floor session on the following: Senate Bill 23: extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women; Senate Bill 24: limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in, and the lifespan of, a tax incremental financing district created in […]
On April 15, 2025, American Farmland Trust hosted an information session on “Farmland Protection” to address: The Wisconsin Farmland Loss Crisis; Agricultural Conservation Easements 101; Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easement (PACE) Program- WI State Statute 93.73; Impacts of Farmland Protection. Speakers include: Angie Doucette, American Farmland Trust – Midwest Senior Farmland Program Manager Floreal Crubaugh, […]
On April 8, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Agriculture held a public hearing on the following: Assembly Bill 118 Relating to: a transition to grazing pilot program and making an appropriation. Assembly Bill 93 Relating to: the distribution and labeling of fertilizers and soil or plant additives produced from manure
On April 3, 2025, the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Revenue held a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 113 Relating to: a transition to grazing pilot program and making an appropriation Senate Bill 78 Relating to: the distribution and labeling of fertilizers and soil or plant additives produced from manure Senate Bill 164 […]
On March 26, 2025, the Wisconsin Farm Bureau hosted Ag Day at the Capitol featuring the following agenda: Opening Remarks – Jason Mugnaini, WFBF Exec. Dir. of Governmental Relations; Brad Olsen, WFBF President Morning Speaker – DATCP Sec. Randy Romanski Keynote: Brian Reisiger – author of “Land Rich, Cash Poor: My Family’s Hope and the Untold […]
