On September 11, 2025, the Wisconsin State Assembly held a floor session on the following: AB33 / SB33: representations depicting nudity and providing a penalty; AB39: requiring state employees to perform their work at the offices of their employer; AB 58: flags flown, hung, or displayed from a flagpole or the exterior of state and […]
On September 8, 2025, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Population Health Sciences Monday Seminar featured Corinne Engelman, MSPH, PhD to discuss “The Role of Genes, Metabolites, and Lifestyle in Alzheimer’s Disease.”
On September 4, 2025, the Senate Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families held a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 407 Relating to: grant program for an integrated mental health facility Senate Bill 309 Relating to: immunity for 911 call centers and dispatchers that transfer callers to the national 988 […]
On September 3, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention held a public hearing on the following: Assembly Bill 309 Relating to: immunity for 911 call centers and dispatchers that transfer callers to the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Assembly Bill 388 Relating to: grant program for an integrated mental […]
On July 10, 2025, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services’ Council on Mental Health Legislative and Policy Committee met on the following agenda: 1. Call the LPC Meeting to Order 2. LPC Housekeeping Review and approve June 12, 2025, meeting minutes Announcements: opportunity for committee members to make general announcements Updates from the advocates meeting […]
On July 1, 2025, the Joint Committee on Finance met in executive session on the 2025-27 biennial budget to take action the following sections of the budget: University of Wisconsin System University of Wisconsin System — Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Building Commission Building Program Program Supplements Compensation Reserves Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board Children and […]
On June 18, 2025, the Wisconsin State Senate held a floor session on the following: SB 10: access to public high schools for military recruiters; SB 41: school safety grants and making an appropriation; SB 94: civil action for injury or damages resulting from riot or vandalism, participation in a riot, prohibiting certain limitations or restrictions […]
On June 10, 2025, Committees on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention met on the following: 10 AM Assembly Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention executive session on Assembly Bill 260 Relating to: a pilot school-centered mental health program. 10:15 AM Assembly Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention and Senate Committee […]
On May 27, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention and Senate Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families held a joint public hearing on the following: Assembly Bill 111 / Senate Bill 106 Relating to: psychiatric residential treatment facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and […]
Advocates for people with disabilities, older adults and the providers who support them in Wisconsin are watching the latest actions in Washington closely, saying the places Congress and the Trump Administration are looking for government savings will have a serious impact. On February 17, 2025, WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers welcomed Tami Jackson, Public Policy Analyst with the […]
Advocates for people with disabilities, older adults and the providers who support them in Wisconsin are watching the latest actions in Washington closely, saying the places Congress and the Trump Administration are looking for government savings will have a serious impact. On February 17, 2025, WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers welcomed Tami Jackson, Public Policy Analyst with the […]