On March 17, 2021, the Joint Legislative Council held a meeting to receive the following study committee reports: Study Committee on Public Disclosure and Oversight of Child Abuse and Neglect Incidents Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations
On January 25, 2021, the Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations held a meeting. Agenda includes: LRB-0227/1, relating to composition of temporary committee identifying residential options for a sexually violent person being placed on supervised release LRB-0025/1, relating to a lifetime license that authorizes an individual to teach an American Indian language in an American Indian […]
On December 4, 2020, the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women met for the first time.
On December 1, 2020, the Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations held a meeting. Agenda includes discussion on: LC Study Committee Memo No. 2 LRB-0213/1, relating to battery or threat to an officer of the court in a tribal proceeding and providing a penalty. LRB-0216/1, relating to the membership of the Higher Educational Aids Board. Letter from […]
On October 19, 2020, the Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations held a meeting. Agenda includes: LRB-0213/P1, relating to battery or threat to an officer of the court in a tribal proceeding LRB-0216/P1, relating to the membership of the Higher Education Aids Board LRB-0227/P1, relating to composition of temporary committee identifying residential options for a sexually […]
On September 1, 2020, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources hosted a news conference to announce the completion of the Lower Fox River cleanup. Speakers include: Governor Tony Evers DNR Secretary Preston Cole EPA Region 5 Administrator Kurt Thiede USFWS Region 3 Director Charlie Wooley Oneida Nation of Wisconsin Chairman Tehassi Tasi Hill Menominee Indian […]
On March 4, 2020, the Assembly Committee on State Affairs held a public hearing on bills relating to designating the spring peeper as the state amphibian, and creating a task force on missing and murdered tribal women and girls.
On February 18, 2020, the 16th Annual State of the Tribes Address was delivered by Chairman Ned Daniels, Jr. of the Forest County Potawatomi Community. After the address, the Assembly held a floor session.
On February 12, 2020, the Assembly Committee on Education held an executive session followed by a public hearing on bills relating to participation in interscholastic athletics and extracurricular activities, creating a computerized uniform school budget and accounting system, expanding the part-time open enrollment program, Native American studies, publishing Foundations of Reading test scores, and dyslexia.
On July 25, 2019, the Assembly Speaker’s Task Force on Adoption held a public hearing in Balsam Lake, WI.
On July 2, 2019, the Assembly Speaker’s Task Force on Adoption held a public hearing in Green Bay, WI.