2021 Senate Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection

Items In Committee

• AB95

  Relating to: ambulance staffing and emergency medical personnel.

  Representative Tranel
  Senator Marklein
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• AB226

  Relating to: playing or singing the national anthem at certain sporting events.

  Representative Kurtz
  Senator Testin
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• AB564

  Relating to: reports concerning state agency expenditure of federal coronavirus relief funds and allocating federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 funding for grants to school districts, independent charter schools, and private schools for mental health programs.

  Representative Plumer
  
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• AB682

  Relating to: grant related to the Verso Paper Mill in the city of Wisconsin Rapids, loan guarantee related to the Park Falls Pulp and Paper Mill in the city of Park Falls, substance abuse prevention on certain public projects, and granting rule-making authority.

  Representative Krug
  Senator Bewley
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• AB730

  Relating to: extending the expenditure period for a tax incremental district in the city of Westby.

  Representative Oldenburg
  Senator Marklein
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• AB743

  Relating to: information disclosure by online marketplaces related to high-volume sellers and granting rule-making authority.

  Representative Dallman
  Senator Roth
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• AB913

  Relating to: extending the time during which tax increments may be allocated and expenditures for project costs may be made, extending the maximum life, and increasing the number of allowed amendments to modify the boundaries for Tax Incremental District Number 5 in the city of Middleton.

  Representative Plumer
  Senator Testin
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• AB942

  Relating to: Requiring a biennial report to the Joint Committee on Finance on the availability of public benefits for certain groups of individuals and duties of the Office of Inspector General in the Department of Health Services.

  Representative Moses
  
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• AB957

  Relating to: consumer data protection and providing a penalty.

  Representative Zimmerman
  Senator Kooyenga
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• AB991

  Relating to: the maximum life and allocation period for Tax Incremental District Number 1 in the village of Withee.

  Representative James
  Senator Bernier
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• AB1019

  Relating to: limitations on the total value of taxable property that may be included in a tax incremental financing district created in the city of Wausau.

  Representative Snyder
  Senator Petrowski
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB88

  Relating to: emergency medical services funding assistance and making an appropriation.

  Senator Marklein
  Representative Kurtz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB90

  Relating to: ambulance staffing and emergency medical personnel.

  Senator Marklein
  Representative Tranel
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB128

  Relating to: liability insurance for physicians and nurse anesthetists.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB129

  Relating to: out-of-network charges and payments related to health coverage during COVID-19 pandemic.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB130

  Relating to: prescription drug limits.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB131

  Relating to: coverage of COVID-19 testing and vaccination without cost sharing.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB132

  Relating to: coverage of vaccinations under SeniorCare.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB133

  Relating to: Medical Assistance coverage of COVID-19 testing and vaccine administration by pharmacies.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB134

  Relating to: Medical Assistance payments for outpatient services provided by hospitals.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB135

  Relating to: Medical Assistance payments to hospitals for nursing facility care.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB136

  Relating to: loans awarded by the Board of Commissioners of Public lands to ensure municipal utilities maintain liquidity.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB137

  Relating to: practice by health care providers from other states.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB138

  Relating to: federal extended unemployment benefits.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB139

  Relating to: payment of unemployment insurance benefits under a work-share program.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB140

  Relating to: charging of unemployment insurance benefits related to a public health emergency.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB141

  Relating to: the unemployment insurance waiting period.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB142

  Relating to: waiving interest and penalties for late payment of property taxes and the timely filing requirement for claims to recover property taxes.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB143

  Relating to: satisfaction of University of Wisconsin and technical college course requirements through COVID-related activities.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB144

  Relating to: third-party logistics providers, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB145

  Relating to: autopsies and cremation of bodies of persons who died of COVID-19.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB146

  Relating to: rehired annuitants in critical positions.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB147

  Relating to: limited term appointments in state service.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB148

  Relating to: supplementary funding from the federal child care and development fund block grant.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB149

  Relating to: prescription order extensions.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB173

  Relating to: grants to counties for veterans services and making an appropriation.

  Senator Jacque
  Representative Edming
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB195

  Relating to: authorizing the City of Prescott to become a premier resort area.

  Senator Smith
  Representative Petryk
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB196

  Relating to: authorizing the village of Pepin in Pepin County to become a premier resort area.

  Senator Smith
  Representative Petryk
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB220

  Relating to: interest rates on payday loans.

  Senator Jacque
  Representative Allen
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB223

  Relating to: reimbursement to counties or tribes for costs Relating to individuals held in a county or tribal facility awaiting transfer to a state prison and making an appropriation.

  Senator Stafsholt
  Representative Sortwell
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB240

  Relating to: ranked-choice voting, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.

  Senator Larson
  Representative Spreitzer
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB244

  Relating to: playing or singing the national anthem at certain sporting events.

  Senator Testin
  Representative Kurtz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB265

  Relating to: petitions for public hearings on bills.

  Senator Agard
  Representative Hebl
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB289

  Relating to: management and preservation of records and correspondence of members of the legislature.

  Senator Larson
  Representative Anderson
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB349

  Relating to: local regulation of certain containers.

  Senator Smith
  Representative Shankland
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB350

  Relating to: prohibiting food and beverages from being served in foam polystyrene packaging and providing a penalty.

  Senator Larson
  Representative Shankland
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB351

  Relating to: allowing local governments to prohibit or regulate pesticide use on private lawns.

  Senator Taylor
  Representative Shankland
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB362

  Relating to: discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, insurance coverage, national guard, jury duty, and adoption and in the receipt of mental health or vocational rehabilitation services.

  Senator Carpenter
  Representative Spreitzer
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB389

  Relating to: legislative and congressional redistricting.

  Senator Smith
  Representative Andraca
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB430

  Relating to: sale of surplus real property owned by the Department of Transportation.

  Senator Felzkowski
  Representative Brooks
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB439

  Relating to: expanding eligibility under the Medical Assistance program; funding infrastructure, land acquisition, and building projects; providing assistance and local government grants; maintaining an opioid and methamphetamine data system; transferring moneys to the budget stabilization fund; creating a University of Wisconsin System partnership program and admissions application fees; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; and making an appropriation.

  Senator Erpenbach
  Representative Riemer
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB443

  Relating to: establishing a task force to study the legal and societal barriers to equality for transgender, intersex, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming individuals.

  Senator Agard
  Representative Snodgrass
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB444

  Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States.

  Senator Pfaff
  Representative McGuire
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB450

  Relating to: eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim's gender identity or sexual orientation.

  Senator Carpenter
  Representative Neubauer
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB464

  Relating to: adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights.

  Senator Carpenter
  Representative Spreitzer
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB467

  Relating to: registry for children with blindness or visual impairment.

  Senator Feyen
  Representative Thiesfeldt
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB539

  Relating to: prescription drug importation program.

  Senator Roys
  Representative Subeck
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB540

  Relating to: creating a prescription drug affordability review board and granting rule-making authority.

  Senator Smith
  Representative Subeck
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB542

  Relating to: reimbursements for certain 340B program entities.

  Senator Carpenter
  Representative Subeck
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB578

  Relating to: funding for an office of prescription drug affordability, crediting certain amounts to the general program operations account of the office of the commissioner of insurance, and making an appropriation.

  Senator Pfaff
  Representative Subeck
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB661

  Relating to: financing the working capital of nonprofit institutions.

  Senator Bernier
  Representative Rozar
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB665

  Relating to: eliminating recovery by the state for birth expenses paid through the Medical Assistance program.

  Senator Johnson
  Representative Stubbs
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB676

  Relating to: requiring universal changing stations in certain buildings and creating a tax credit for installation of the stations.

  Senator Agard
  Representative Vining
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB689

  Relating to: rare disease advisory council.

  Senator Jagler
  Representative Dittrich
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB696

  Relating to: congressional redistricting.

  Senator Smith
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB697

  Relating to: legislative redistricting.

  Senator Smith
  Representative Hintz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB698

  Relating to: extending the expenditure period for a tax incremental district in the city of Westby.

  Senator Marklein
  Representative Oldenburg
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB701

  Relating to: rehired annuitant teachers in the Wisconsin Retirement System.

  Senator Smith
  Representative Pope
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB704

  Relating to: Indigenous Peoples Day.

  Senator Taylor
  Representative Bowen
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB710

  Relating to: information disclosure by online marketplaces related to high-volume sellers and granting rule-making authority.

  Senator Roth
  Representative Dallman
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB740

  Relating to: boating enforcement aids and making an appropriation.

  Senator Wanggaard
  Representative Loudenbeck
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB773

  Relating to: creating the Wisconsin Climate Corps program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.

  Senator Larson
  Representative Neubauer
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB779

  Relating to: privacy and security of customer information obtained by a broadband Internet access service provider and providing a penalty.

  Senator Larson
  Representative Brostoff
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB793

  Relating to: rehired annuitant teachers.

  Senator Jacque
  Representative Tittl
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB799

  Relating to: establishing a legal holiday known as Democracy Day and closing state offices on that day.

  Senator Johnson
  Representative Anderson
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB825

  Relating to: creating a task force on missing and murdered African American women and girls and making an appropriation.

  Senator Johnson
  Representative Stubbs
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB832

  Relating to: the provision of feminine hygiene products in school buildings and a school district revenue limit adjustment for costs of providing those products.

  Senator Agard
  Representative Pope
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB864

  Relating to: requiring the installation and identification of diaper changing stations in public buildings and places of employment.

  Senator Larson
  Representative Brostoff
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB933

  Relating to: the maximum life and allocation period for Tax Incremental District Number 1 in the village of Withee.

  Senator Bernier
  Representative James
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB957

  Relating to: consumer data protection and providing a penalty.

  Senator Kooyenga
  Representative Zimmerman
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB977

  Relating to: the privacy of consumer data, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.

  Senator Larson
  Representative Brostoff
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB979

  Relating to: online dashboards reporting on the performance of certain state agencies with respect to core agency functions.

  Senator Testin
  Representative Kurtz
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB980

  Relating to: an online dashboard Relating to the state's receipt and expenditure of federal COVID-19 relief funds.

  Senator Testin
  Representative Cabral-Guevara
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB1008

  Relating to: contents of the Wisconsin Blue Book.

  Senator Wimberger
  Representative Allen
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB1023

  Relating to: federal financial participation for health services for Afghan refugees.

  Senator Testin
  Representative Krug
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB1031

  Relating to: applying the indoor smoking ban to electronic smoking devices and marijuana.

  Senator Carpenter
  Representative Billings
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB1040

  Relating to: state procurement of products and services from businesses located in this state and setting a goal for local governments to purchase a certain percentage of products and services from businesses located in this state.

  Senator Larson
  Representative Subeck
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB1045

  Relating to: housing and homelessness; rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation.

  Senator Smith
  Representative Subeck
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB1064

  Relating to: designating the ruffed grouse as the state small game bird.

  Senator Bewley
  Representative Meyers
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB1080

  Relating to: allowing the enactment of local family and medical leave ordinances.

  Senator Johnson
  Representative Subeck
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB1081

  Relating to: installation of hearing loop technology in certain new and renovated state buildings and granting rule-making authority.

  Senator Larson
  Representative Brostoff
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB1082

  Relating to: call centers relocating to foreign countries, state procurement contracts for call center services, state benefits for call centers, and providing a penalty.

  Senator Larson
  Representative Brostoff
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB1094

  Relating to: certain reimbursements to counties and making an appropriation.

  Senator Smith
  Representative Goyke
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB1103

  Relating to: use of cafeteria in capitol by students touring the capitol.

  Senator Bernier
  Representative Schraa
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SB1106

  Relating to: authorizing certain full-time positions within the Department of Safety and Professional Services; funding for special education, the University of Wisconsin System, and the technical college system; and making an appropriation.

  Senator Pfaff
  Representative Doyle
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection
• SJR114

  Relating to: legislative and congressional redistricting (first consideration).

  Senator Smith
  Representative Hesselbein
  S-Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection