On March 12, 2024, the Wisconsin State Senate held a floor session on the following: SB 172: establishing and operating community reentry centers; SB 374: Wisconsin and Minnesota income tax reciprocity; SB 525: tinting windows on government-owned vehicles; SB 616: a sales tax exemption for road-building equipment; SB 667: domestic asset protection trusts; SB 791: […]
On March 7, 2024, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services hosted a meeting on Wisconsin Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus Non-Emergency Medical Transportation with the Transportation Advisory Council. TAC is comprised of representatives from transportation and healthcare providers and advocacy groups. The TAC serves in an advisory capacity to provide feedback and recommendations for the improvement […]
On March 6, 2024, the Senate Committee on Labor, Regulatory Reform, Veterans and Military Affairs held a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 1066 / Assembly Bill 1079: employment of direct-care employees by veterans homes, eligibility for burial in veterans cemeteries, and elements of sexual assault under the Wisconsin Code of Military Justice; Senate […]
On February 20, 2024, the Wisconsin State Assembly will hold a floor session on the following: Assembly Joint Resolution 112: prohibiting the governor from using the partial veto to create or increase any tax or fee (first consideration); Assembly Bill 29: a sales and use tax exemption for precious metal bullion; Assembly Bill 91: exempting […]
On February 20, 2024, the Wisconsin State Senate held a floor session on the following: Senate Bill 187: local government review of commercial building plans; Senate Bill 462: crisis urgent care and observation facilities; Senate Bill 789: fees for redacting certain records of law enforcement agencies; Senate Bill 11: expanding the treatment alternatives and diversion […]
On February 14, 2024, the Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage held a public hearing on the following: Bolens, Barb Of Mequon, as a Public Member on the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2027; Senate Bill 965: the regulation of deer hunting in the northern […]
On February 14, 2024, the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care held a public hearing and executive session on the following: Public Hearing: Assembly Bill 1077: transfer from the state building trust fund to the general fund, funding for grants to support hospital emergency department services, and making an appropriation; Assembly Bill 1078: […]
On February 13, 2024, the Wisconsin State Legislature held a floor session on the following: Assembly Bill 100: funding for reduction of infiltration and inflow in connecting laterals and sewer lines; Assembly Bill 180: establishing a hotline for employers interested in hiring individuals with a conviction record; Assembly Bill 197: procedures for reviewing commercial building […]
On February 13, 2024 the Wisconsin State Senate held a floor session on the following: Senate Bill 158. preliminary health care credentials granted to previously unlicensed individuals; Senate Bill 174: requiring use of the electronic system of vital records for medical certifications of death; Senate Bill 58: nitrate contamination and the well compensation grant program; Senate Bill […]
On February 7, 2024, the Joint Committee on Finance held an executive session on the following: Assembly Bill 140 / Senate Bill 161: the Minnesota-Wisconsin tuition reciprocity agreement and making an appropriation Assembly Bill 408 / Senate Bill 398: a tax credit for transportation services for blind workers Assembly Bill 461 / Senate Bill 451: […]
On February 5, 2024, the Assembly Committee on State Affairs held an executive session and a public hearing on the following: Executive Session: Assembly Bill 561: tinting windows on government-owned vehicles Assembly Bill 837: fees for redacting certain records of law enforcement agencies Public Hearing: Assembly Bill 27: the Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act Assembly Bill […]
