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The state Senate passed a bill that would allow transfer students to participate in school sports. The bill would prohibit school districts from participating in the state’s interscholastic sports unless they make an exception to allow transfer students to play
Senators today nearly along party lines passed a bill that would give the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee final say over opioid lawsuit settlements. AB 374 puts in place guidelines on how the state should handle lawsuit settlements from opioid manufacturers.
The Senate voted today to send Gov. Tony Evers a bill that would prohibit Wisconsin law enforcement from enforcing certain future federal gun laws. AB 293, concurred in through a voice vote, would prohibit enforcing federal laws that take effect
The Senate voted today to send Gov. Tony Evers a bill that would delay redrawing of boundaries for city councils and county boards. Under AB 369, the February 2022 primary and April 2022 general election for local offices would be
The Senate passed a bill today that would standardize recount pay for election workers and require Wisconsin Elections Commission approval for recounts held at private facilities. Under the bill, passed 18-12 along party lines, election workers would be paid the
The Assembly passed a bill that would spend $50 million of federal American Rescue Plan Act money on a loan to a cooperative buy the Verso paper mill in Wisconsin Rapids. Lawmakers voted 63-35 on AB 367, which would allow
Assembly lawmakers approved along party lines a bill that would put in place guidelines on how the state should handle lawsuit settlements from opioid manufacturers. The bill would require any settlements on the suit between the AG and local governments
The Assembly today passed by voice vote a bill that would define use-of-force for police policies and require officers to report colleagues who use excessive force. Lawmakers voted 60-38 to add an amendment to SB 120 that adjusted when officers
The Assembly voted today to send Gov. Tony Evers a bill requiring municipalities to record any broadcast of their canvassing proceedings. Rep. Kristina Shelton, D-Green Bay, raised concerns about using services like YouTube to save broadcasts for future viewing. While
The Assembly voted today to send a bill to Gov. Tony Evers’ desk that would require indefinitely confined voters to apply for absentee ballots annually. Indefinitely confined voters can currently receive automatic absentee ballots indefinitely. State law defines an indefinitely
The Assembly today voted 60-38 along party lines to send to Gov. Tony Evers’ a bill that would change regulations on absentee voting in nursing homes and residential care facilities. The bill would require election administrators to provide notice of
The Assembly today voted to send to Gov. Tony Evers’ desk a bill that would cut shared revenue payments to municipalities that cut funding for law enforcement. The bill, passed on a 61-37 vote, would make the reduced shared revenue
The Assembly along party lines has sent to Gov. Tony Evers’ desk a bill that would create new criminal penalties for election officials. The bill would make officials subject to a $10,000 fine or up to three-and-a-half years in prison
The Assembly passed along party lines a bill today that would delay redrawing of boundaries for city councils and county boards until just before 2023 elections. Under AB369, the February 2022 primary and April 2022 general election for local offices
The Assembly today passed a bill banning businesses and government entities from requiring vaccination passports to prove people have been inoculated against COVID-19. Rep. Mark Spreitzer, D-Beloit, said the bill would interfere with business’ operations and could be harmful to
The Assembly today approved a series of bills to overhaul police policies, including one to ban chokeholds except in self-defense or when an officer’s life is in danger. That bill was one of four heading to the desk of Gov.
The Assembly passed along party lines two bills that would ban transgender student-athletes from participating in girl’s or women’s school sports. One of the bills would ban transgender girls who were designated male at birth from competing in Wisconsin Interscholastic
Wisconsin would overhaul its policies for absentee ballots, indefinitely confined voters and the use of drop boxes under bills that cleared the state Senate today. The Senate also voted to ban the use of private money to cover the costs
Both houses of the Legislature today voted along party lines to end enhanced federal unemployment benefits even as Gov. Tony Evers has signaled he will veto the bill. Assembly Republicans acknowledged that ending the extra $300 a week in UI
The state Senate voted today to punish communities that reduce their spending on law enforcement, restrict the use of chokeholds by police officers and require officers to report colleagues who use excessive force. SB 121, which would restrict the use
The state Senate passed a bill that would allow transfer students to participate in school sports. The bill would prohibit school districts from participating in the state’s interscholastic sports unless they make an exception to allow transfer students to play sports in the 2021-22 school year. No lawmakers spoke ahead
Senators today nearly along party lines passed a bill that would give the GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee final say over opioid lawsuit settlements. AB 374 puts in place guidelines on how the state should handle lawsuit settlements from opioid manufacturers. It would also require 30 percent of the settlements to
The Senate voted today to send Gov. Tony Evers a bill that would prohibit Wisconsin law enforcement from enforcing certain future federal gun laws. AB 293, concurred in through a voice vote, would prohibit enforcing federal laws that take effect on or after Jan. 1 this year if they ban
The Senate voted today to send Gov. Tony Evers a bill that would delay redrawing of boundaries for city councils and county boards. Under AB 369, the February 2022 primary and April 2022 general election for local offices would be held under current maps drawn in 2011. The bill, concurred
The Senate passed a bill today that would standardize recount pay for election workers and require Wisconsin Elections Commission approval for recounts held at private facilities. Under the bill, passed 18-12 along party lines, election workers would be paid the same amount they were paid for “similar work” at the
The Assembly passed a bill that would spend $50 million of federal American Rescue Plan Act money on a loan to a cooperative buy the Verso paper mill in Wisconsin Rapids. Lawmakers voted 63-35 on AB 367, which would allow the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to loan Consolidated Cooperative $50
Assembly lawmakers approved along party lines a bill that would put in place guidelines on how the state should handle lawsuit settlements from opioid manufacturers. The bill would require any settlements on the suit between the AG and local governments and opioid manufacturers, marketers or distributors to first be approved
The Assembly today passed by voice vote a bill that would define use-of-force for police policies and require officers to report colleagues who use excessive force. Lawmakers voted 60-38 to add an amendment to SB 120 that adjusted when officers are required to intervene in instances of excessive force and
The Assembly voted today to send Gov. Tony Evers a bill requiring municipalities to record any broadcast of their canvassing proceedings. Rep. Kristina Shelton, D-Green Bay, raised concerns about using services like YouTube to save broadcasts for future viewing. While free, YouTube is not a viable service for saving long
The Assembly voted today to send a bill to Gov. Tony Evers’ desk that would require indefinitely confined voters to apply for absentee ballots annually. Indefinitely confined voters can currently receive automatic absentee ballots indefinitely. State law defines an indefinitely confined voter as a person “confined because of age, physical
The Assembly today voted 60-38 along party lines to send to Gov. Tony Evers’ a bill that would change regulations on absentee voting in nursing homes and residential care facilities. The bill would require election administrators to provide notice of the dates and times when special voting deputies will be
The Assembly today voted to send to Gov. Tony Evers’ desk a bill that would cut shared revenue payments to municipalities that cut funding for law enforcement. The bill, passed on a 61-37 vote, would make the reduced shared revenue the amount the municipality would receive going forward. The bill
The Assembly along party lines has sent to Gov. Tony Evers’ desk a bill that would create new criminal penalties for election officials. The bill would make officials subject to a $10,000 fine or up to three-and-a-half years in prison if they were found to have, among other things, failed
The Assembly passed along party lines a bill today that would delay redrawing of boundaries for city councils and county boards until just before 2023 elections. Under AB369, the February 2022 primary and April 2022 general election for local offices would be held under current maps drawn in 2011. Speaker
The Assembly today passed a bill banning businesses and government entities from requiring vaccination passports to prove people have been inoculated against COVID-19. Rep. Mark Spreitzer, D-Beloit, said the bill would interfere with business’ operations and could be harmful to public health. Spreitzer added the government should not tell businesses
The Assembly today approved a series of bills to overhaul police policies, including one to ban chokeholds except in self-defense or when an officer’s life is in danger. That bill was one of four heading to the desk of Gov. Tony Evers, who has said while he wished the bills
The Assembly passed along party lines two bills that would ban transgender student-athletes from participating in girl’s or women’s school sports. One of the bills would ban transgender girls who were designated male at birth from competing in Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association girls’ sports categories. But it would still allow
Wisconsin would overhaul its policies for absentee ballots, indefinitely confined voters and the use of drop boxes under bills that cleared the state Senate today. The Senate also voted to ban the use of private money to cover the costs of an election. Many of the provisions in the four
Both houses of the Legislature today voted along party lines to end enhanced federal unemployment benefits even as Gov. Tony Evers has signaled he will veto the bill. Assembly Republicans acknowledged that ending the extra $300 a week in UI wouldn’t be a silver bullet to address the state’s labor
The state Senate voted today to punish communities that reduce their spending on law enforcement, restrict the use of chokeholds by police officers and require officers to report colleagues who use excessive force. SB 121, which would restrict the use of chokeholds except in life-threatening situations or in self-defense, passed