Wisconsin Legislature: Legislative Reference Bureau

Beginning farmer higher education debt reimbursement program established, LAB report provision; Beginning Farmer Higher Education Debt Council created in DATCP; individual income tax deduction created; DATCP and HEAB duties; JSCTE appendix report - AB519

Beginning farmer higher education debt reimbursement program established, LAB report provision; Beginning Farmer Higher Education Debt Council created in DATCP; individual income tax deduction created; DATCP and HEAB duties; JSCTE appendix report - SB472

Broadband expansion grant program requirements modified; grant recipients required to report progress to PSC; LAB biennial performance audits required - SB838

Conduit bonding commission revisions re LAB audits and fee to fund a property tax credit - AB630

Conduit bonding commission revisions re LAB audits and fee to fund a property tax credit - SB570

LAB to review programs affected by AB1038/SB932, quarterly report required [Sec. 105 (11)] - AB1038

LAB to review programs affected by AB1038/SB932, quarterly report required [Sec. 105 (11)] - SB932

Legislative Office of Inspector General created, JCLO to appoint each inspector general; reports required; state agencies, LAB, and DOJ duties; offices of inspector general in DCF and DHS eliminated - AB835

Legislative Office of Inspector General created, JCLO to appoint each inspector general; reports required; state agencies, LAB, and DOJ duties; offices of inspector general in DCF and DHS eliminated - SB742

Local professional baseball park district: sales and use taxes sunsetted, lease provision; new obligations restricted [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, lease provision removed, legislative oversight with LAB provision added; A.Amdts.1 and 3: further revisions] - AB73

Marketplace providers required to collect and remit sales and use tax on behalf of marketplace sellers, definition provision; individual income tax rate reductions determined for 2019 applicable to subsequent taxable years, DOA and DOR duties [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, application of tax rate reductions modified; A.Amdt.2: ``marketplace provider" definition modified; A.Amdt.3: tax rate reduction calculations modified; A.Amdt.4: audit of marketplace provider modified; A.Amdt.5: one-time reduction from total tax due provision added] - AB251

Revenue limit adjustment for school districts for energy efficiency projects modified; resolution, report, and LAB audit provisions - AB553

Revenue limit adjustment for school districts for energy efficiency projects modified; resolution, report, and LAB audit provisions - SB494

Secured residential care centers for children and youth (SRCCCY) established in 2017 WisAct 185: changes to design and construction grant program, closure date for Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake Schools, grandfathering current juvenile detention programs, transfer and supervision of juveniles between facilities, and purchase of services between counties and DOC; LAB and DHS provisions [A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, adds DOC to grant variance in certain conditions, hold local public meetings prior to construction, and get prior approval from local government before making modifications] - AB188

Secured residential care centers for children and youth (SRCCCY) established in 2017 WisAct 185: changes to design and construction grant program, closure date for Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake Schools, grandfathering current juvenile detention programs, transfer and supervision of juveniles between facilities, and purchase of services between counties and DOC; LAB and DHS provisions - SB168

State Auditor to appoint an inspector general to DOT re fraud, waste, abuse, or inefficiency investigations, identify savings, and review claims; annual report required; Speaker of the Assembly, Senate Majority Leader, and certain legislative committees authority - AB280

State Auditor to appoint an inspector general to DOT re fraud, waste, abuse, or inefficiency investigations, identify savings, and review claims; annual report required; Speaker of the Assembly, Senate Majority Leader, and certain legislative committees authority - SB279

Public school financing changes: LFB, DPI, and DOA to certify to JCF amount for two-thirds funding; counting pupils; per pupil adjustments; revenue limit ceiling and adjustments; school district equalization aid formula; high-poverty aid eliminated; school levy property tax credit and first dollar property tax credit sunsetted [Sec. 140, 141, 1074-1077, 1690-1692, 1695-1698, 1701-1706, 1708-1710, 1720, 1722-1742, 1744, 9134 (1), 9334 (1); A.Sub.Amdt.1: further revisions, revenue limit adjustment modified, counting pupils provision removed, sunset for school levy tax credit and first dollar credit removed, revenue limit increase to remediate lead contamination removed, 1722f, 1728g, deletes 1074-1077, 1690-1692, 1727, 1728, 1731, 1744; A.Amdt.1: further revisions, 1722d-k, deletes 1722f, 1728g] - AB56

Public school financing changes: LFB, DPI, and DOA to certify to JCF amount for two-thirds funding; counting pupils; per pupil adjustments; revenue limit ceiling and adjustments; school district equalization aid formula; high-poverty aid eliminated; school levy property tax credit and first dollar property tax credit sunsetted [Sec. 140, 141, 1074-1077, 1690-1692, 1695-1698, 1701-1706, 1708-1710, 1720, 1722-1742, 1744, 9134 (1), 9334 (1)] - SB59

State Mandates, Joint Committee on, created; legislature may not enact bills with state-imposed mandates unless they either receive a hearing or are funded; state agency rules provision; LFB report requirement - AB229

State Mandates, Joint Committee on, created; legislature may not enact bills with state-imposed mandates unless they either receive a hearing or are funded; state agency rules provision; LFB report requirement - SB216

Bills creating an occupational license requirement: DSPS report required and LRB duties - AB605

Bills creating an occupational license requirement: DSPS report required and LRB duties - SB541

Blue Book and highway map distribution revised - AB488

Blue Book and highway map distribution revised - SB436

Incorporation by reference of technical standards into agency rules, laws enforced or administered by DSPS, and other changes (remedial legislation) - AB884

Incorporation by reference of technical standards into agency rules, laws enforced or administered by DSPS, and other changes (remedial legislation) - SB806

Legislative and congressional redistricting by LRB: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR124

Legislative and congressional redistricting by LRB: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR87

Legislative and congressional redistricting: new procedure for preparing the plans, LRB duties; Redistricting Advisory Commission created [Sec. 2-5, 8, 28, 289, 9312 (1); original bill only] - AB56

Legislative and congressional redistricting: new procedure for preparing the plans, LRB duties; Redistricting Advisory Commission created [Sec. 2-5, 8, 28, 289, 9312 (1)] - SB59

Legislative and congressional redistricting: new procedure for preparing the plans, LRB duties specified; Redistricting Advisory Commission created - AB303

Legislative and congressional redistricting: new procedure for preparing the plans, LRB duties specified; Redistricting Advisory Commission created - SB288

Legislative proposals: requirements for economic impact statements created - AB824

Legislative proposals: requirements for economic impact statements created - SB830

PFAS in food packaging: DNR required to study safer alternatives, report to LRB required by set date, prohibition provision - AB952

2017 WisAct 369 provisions eliminated and prior law restored re legal counsel retained by legislature, Capitol security, advice and consent of the Senate, deference to agency interpretation of law, suspension of administrative rules, and agency rule-making authority, guidance documents, and informational materials [Sec. 15, 16, 31, 63, 351, 1826, 1830-1846, 1851, 2121; original bill only] - AB56

2017 WisAct 369 provisions eliminated and prior law restored re legal counsel retained by legislature, Capitol security, advice and consent of the Senate, deference to agency interpretation of law, suspension of administrative rules, and agency rule-making authority, guidance documents, and informational materials [Sec. 15, 16, 31, 63, 351, 1826, 1830-1846, 1851, 2121] - SB59

AG powers changed by 2017 WisAct 369 restored re compromise or discontinue actions prosecuted by DOJ; legislative intervention in certain court proceedings and served a copy of proceedings provisions repealed [Sec. 17, 29, 30, 1778, 1780-1782, 2124, 2128, 2132, 2143, 2144; original bill only] - AB56

AG powers changed by 2017 WisAct 369 restored re compromise or discontinue actions prosecuted by DOJ; legislative intervention in certain court proceedings and served a copy of proceedings provisions repealed [Sec. 17, 29, 30, 1778, 1780-1782, 2124, 2128, 2132, 2143, 2144] - SB59

Assembly and Senate may not pass any bill after the November general election that affects the legislature, constitutional officers, judges and justices, and any state agency or public entity created by law until after the next political year commences: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR12

Assembly and Senate may not pass any bill after the November general election that affects the legislature, constitutional officers, judges and justices, and any state agency or public entity created by law until after the next political year commences: constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - SJR10

Bay View labor strike and tragedy in 1886: anniversary commemorated every May 5th and Assembly Chief Clerk to remove portrait of Governor Jeremiah Rusk from public display and hang historic photo of the iron puddlers in Bay View for set number of days - AR5

Equal opportunity intern program established for Assembly and Senate offices, Governor's office, and DOJ's Milwaukee office; DWD program to place interns in Wisconsin businesses; conditions specified - AB1023

Joint annual spring fish and wildlife rule hearing of the DNR and Wisconsin Conservation Congress: rule-making process changes for administrative rules proposed at re gubernatorial approval, statements of scope, economic impact analyses and their content, independent economic impact analyses, legislative review, and bill required under set condition - AB215

Joint annual spring fish and wildlife rule hearing of the DNR and Wisconsin Conservation Congress: rule-making process changes for administrative rules proposed at re gubernatorial approval, statements of scope, economic impact analyses and their content, independent economic impact analyses, legislative review, and bill required under set condition - SB204

Legislative authorization and oversight of DHS requests to federal government for MA waiver, renewal, modification, or pilot program eliminated [Sec. 318, 2069; original bill only] - AB56

Legislative authorization and oversight of DHS requests to federal government for MA waiver, renewal, modification, or pilot program eliminated [Sec. 318, 2069] - SB59

Legislative Office of Inspector General created, JCLO to appoint each inspector general; reports required; state agencies, LAB, and DOJ duties; offices of inspector general in DCF and DHS eliminated - AB835

Legislative Office of Inspector General created, JCLO to appoint each inspector general; reports required; state agencies, LAB, and DOJ duties; offices of inspector general in DCF and DHS eliminated - SB742

Legislative oversight of DHS federal waiver requests related to the 2020 public health emergency [Sec. 105 (10)] - AB1038

Legislative oversight of DHS federal waiver requests related to the 2020 public health emergency [Sec. 105 (10)] - SB932

Organization of the 2019-2020 Assembly, list of officers, and notification to the Senate and Governor - AR1

Organization of the 2019-2020 Senate, list of officers, and notification to the Assembly and Governor - SR1

Release of person accused of a crime prior to conviction: ``presumed” eligible, allowing the legislature to authorize circuit courts to deny release, and pretrial detention law requirements changed. Constitutional amendment (1st consideration) - AJR107

Required general fund structural balance: does not apply to action of the legislature enacting legislation during 2019-2020 session [A.Sub.Amdt.1: Sec. 9128 (1p)] - AB56

Sexually violent person on supervised release: revisions re notification requirements, public hearings, law enforcement agency duties, DHS and DOC duties, and condition of release violation re GPS - AB947

State entity allowed to waive any in-person requirement during the 2020 public health emergency, definition provision [Sec. 80] - AB1038

State entity allowed to waive any in-person requirement during the 2020 public health emergency, definition provision [Sec. 80] - SB932

State of emergency declarations: legislative approval if order exceeds 30 days and for DHS stay at home orders, report to legislature justifying ban on gatherings over 50 people and on arrests for violation of order to control an outbreak or epidemic - AB1037

State of emergency declarations: legislative approval if order exceeds 30 days and for DHS stay at home orders, report to legislature justifying ban on gatherings over 50 people and on arrests for violation of order to control an outbreak or epidemic - SB923

Statement in support of 2019 H.R. 832, known as the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2019, and efforts to increase consumption of milk - AJR60

Statement in support of efforts to increase milk consumption among America’s youth - AJR63

Transgender Equality Task Force created to study legal and societal barriers to equality for transgender, intersex, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming individuals and make recommendations to the Governor and Legislature; report required - AB312

Accommodations at legislative committee meetings: notice, language, interpreter, alternative formats, and other accommodations requirements - AB355

Accommodations at legislative committee meetings: notice, language, interpreter, alternative formats, and other accommodations requirements - SB375

Assembly committee structure and names for the 2019-2020 legislative session established [Assembly rule 9 (1)] - AR2

Assembly rules revised and created re appearance at committee meeting by telephone or other means of telecommunication or electronic communication, time limits for debate for each proposal, dilatory motions, call of the Assembly, orders of business, withdrawing proposals from committee, motion to return a proposal to second reading state, determination of legislative day for purposes of referral of proposals to calendar, reconsideration of Assembly decisions on vetoes, and definition of Assembly chamber [Assembly rules 11 (4), (12), 13 (1)(c), 15 (2), 31 (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), 32 (3m), 42 (3)(c), 43 (2), 55m (1), 65 (2)(i), 67, 69 (1), 73 (1)(a), (b), (3m), 73m, 83 (2m), 90 (4), 95 (6), 96] - AR12

Clean and Renewable Energy, Joint Task Force on: committees on Assembly and Senate organization required to immediately appoint; findings deadline specified - AJR95

Native Pollinator Health, Task Force on, created; report required - AB574

Native Pollinator Health, Task Force on, created; report required - SB617

State Auditor to appoint an inspector general to DOT re fraud, waste, abuse, or inefficiency investigations, identify savings, and review claims; annual report required; Speaker of the Assembly, Senate Majority Leader, and certain legislative committees authority - AB280

State Auditor to appoint an inspector general to DOT re fraud, waste, abuse, or inefficiency investigations, identify savings, and review claims; annual report required; Speaker of the Assembly, Senate Majority Leader, and certain legislative committees authority - SB279

State Mandates, Joint Committee on, created; legislature may not enact bills with state-imposed mandates unless they either receive a hearing or are funded; state agency rules provision; LFB report requirement - AB229

State Mandates, Joint Committee on, created; legislature may not enact bills with state-imposed mandates unless they either receive a hearing or are funded; state agency rules provision; LFB report requirement - SB216

Water Fund for Our Future trust fund created re natural disaster or public health emergency response; Joint Committee for the Oversight of the Water Fund for Our Future joint standing committee created; JCF, DNR, DOJ, and DHS provisions - AB890

Water Fund for Our Future trust fund created re natural disaster or public health emergency response; Joint Committee for the Oversight of the Water Fund for Our Future joint standing committee created; JCF, DNR, DOJ, and DHS provisions - SB779

Absentee voting and voting procedure changes: special voting deputies dispatched to retirement home that is part of a multiple-use facility, curbside voting, provisional ballot, former qualified Wisconsin elector, list of eligible military electors, and felony for obtaining a marked absentee ballot and refusing to deliver it; JRCCP may report - AB247