SB979: Bill Text

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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE

2021 Senate BILL 979

February 17, 2022 - Introduced by Senators Testin and Marklein, cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Moses, Skowronski, Tranel and Zimmerman. Referred to Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection.

SB979,1,3 An Act to create 20.935 of the statutes; relating to: online dashboards reporting on the performance of certain state agencies with respect to core agency functions.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires each department in the executive branch of state government to, no later than July 1, 2022, develop and maintain a publicly available dashboard on its Internet site, or on an Internet site maintained by the Department of Administration, that reports on the department's performance of its core functions. Under the bill, the dashboards must be updated on a quarterly basis, and, to the extent practicable, each department must engage stakeholders in discussions about the department's performance. The performance metrics each department uses for its dashboard must include the performance metrics the department used for its dashboard as of July 1, 2018, under 2016 Executive Order No. 189, which included requirements similar to the bill.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

SB979,1 Section 1. 20.935 of the statutes is created to read:

SB979,2,2 20.935 Department dashboards. (1) Each department created under subch. II of ch. 15 shall do all of the following:

SB979,2,5 (a) No later than July 1, 2022, develop and maintain a publicly available dashboard on its Internet site, or on an Internet site maintained by the department of administration, that reports on the department's performance of its core functions.

SB979,2,8 (b) Update its dashboard under par. (a) on a quarterly basis for the purpose of attaining continuous performance improvement and to share performance outcomes with the department's staff.

SB979,2,10 (c) To the extent practicable, engage stakeholders in discussions about the department's performance.

SB979,2,13 (2) The performance metrics each department uses for its dashboard under sub. (1) shall include the performance metrics the department used for its dashboard as of July 1, 2018, under executive order no. 189, dated March 11, 2016.

SB979,2,14 (End)