Budget 2025: Joint Committee on Finance

On June 27, 2025, the Joint Committee on Finance convened on the following: Section 13.10 meeting: I. Department of Public Instruction – Tom McCarthy, Deputy State Superintendent The Department of Public Instruction requests a supplement of $49,672,600 GPR in fiscal year 2024-25 from the committee’s appropriation under s. 20.865(4)(a) to the department’s office of literacy, […]

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Senate Committee on Utilities and Tourism

On May 20, 2025, the Senate Committee on Utilities and Tourism held a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 231 Relating to: creating a tax credit for expenses related to film production services and for capital investments made by a film production company, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. Senate Bill 255 Relating […]

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Assembly Committee on State Affairs

On May 14, 2025, the Assembly Committee on State Affairs held a public hearing on the following: Assembly Bill 254 Relating to: regulation of the Chippewa and Flambeau Improvement Company Assembly Bill 234 Relating to: the electronic vaping device directory and electronic nicotine devices

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Wisconsin State Senate Floor Session

On March 18, 2025, the Wisconsin State Senate held a floor session on the following: Senate Bill 4: agreements for direct primary care; Senate Bill 5: battery or threat to jurors and providing a penalty; Senate Bill 14: pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on […]

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Assembly Committee on State Affairs

On March 12, 2025, the Assembly Committee on State Affairs met on the following: Executive Session: Assembly Bill 98 Relating to: pupils wearing traditional tribal regalia at a graduation ceremony or school-sponsored event Assembly Bill 99 Relating to: authorization for tribal governments to copy certified copies of vital records for administrative use Public Hearing: Assembly […]

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Assembly Committee on Education

On March 6, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Education held a public hearing on the following: Assembly Bill 101 Relating to: requiring school districts to report information related to American Indian children attending school in the school district Assembly Bill 103 Relating to: school board policies related to changing a pupil’s legal name and pronouns […]

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Assembly Committee on State Affairs

On March 5, 2025, Assembly Committee on State Affairs held a public hearing on the following: Assembly Bill 98 Relating to: pupils wearing traditional tribal regalia at a graduation ceremony or school-sponsored event Assembly Bill 99 Relating to: authorization for tribal governments to copy certified copies of vital records for administrative use

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Joint Legislative Council

On February 26, 2025, Joint Legislative Council met on the following: Receiving study committee reports: Study Committee on Emergency Detention and Civil Commitment of Minors Study Committee on Recodification of Battery Statutes Study Committee on Sandhill Cranes Study Committee on the Future of the University of Wisconsin System Study Committee on the Regulation of Artificial […]

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