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Wednesday, January 25 (updated 1/24 9:00PM)

Committee on Election and Campaign Reform 9:00 AM 328 Northwest State Capitol Public Hearing Assembly Bill 476 Relating to: county and municipal canvassing procedures, provisional ballot information, the deadline for filing a recount petition, terms of town officers, the date of the annual town meeting, and technical revisions to certain election laws. By Representative Tauchen; […]

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Tuesday, January 24

Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business 10:00 AM 412 East State Capitol Executive Session Assembly Bill 426 (The Mining Bill) Relating to: regulation of ferrous metallic mining and related activities, making an appropriation, and providing penalties. By Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business. On the Committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business Representative […]

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Monday, January 23

Committee on Transportation and Elections 10:00 AM 330 Southwest State Capitol Executive Session Senate Bill 292 Relating to: reporting of the principal place of employment of certain individuals who make political contributions. By Senator Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Nass, Craig, Endsley, Kapenga, Kooyenga, LeMahieu, A. Ott, Thiesfeldt and Van Roy. On the Committee on Transportation […]

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Thursday, January 19

Committee on Public Health, Human Services, and Revenue 9:30 AM 411 South State Capitol Public Hearing Senate Bill 297 Relating to: eliminating ambulatory surgical center assessment. By Senators Galloway, Moulton, Vukmir, Leibham, Lazich and Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Stone, Ziegelbauer, Spanbauer, Kapenga, Meyer, Endsley, Krug, Litjens and Kaufert. Assembly Bill 93 Relating to: prohibiting purchase […]

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Tuesday, January 17

Committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs 9:30 AM 330 Southwest State Capitol Executive Session Senate Bill 357 Relating to: applying a service member’s military education, training, or other experience for purposes of satisfying certain requirements for a professional credential. By Senators Moulton, Lassa, Taylor, S. Coggs and Lasee; Cosponsored by Representatives Wynn, […]

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Wisconsin ALEC Republicans Caught Breaking Treaty Rights; Fitzgerald Announces Fatally Flawed Mining Bill Will Pass Anyway

January 13, 2012 by Barbara With On January 11, Rep. Mary Williams brought her Jobs, Economic and Small Business Committee to Hurley, WI to hear public testimony on the new mining bill. Although Williams denies association with the right-wing Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Commission (ALEC), seven of the eight Republican legislators on the Jobs committee […]

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Wednesday, January 4, 2012 (PM)

Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Issues 2:00 PM 300 Southeast State Capitol Executive Session Senate Bill 307 Relating to: foreclosure on abandoned properties. Public Hearing The public hearing will begin upon adjournment of the executive session Cummings, Norman Of Brookfield, as a member of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, to serve for the […]

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WI Legislature, Recently Introduced Proposals (12/28)

2011 Senate Bill 353 Relating to: the use of seclusion and physical restraint on pupils in public schools. Introduced by Senators Olsen, Lassa and Schultz; Cosponsored by Representatives Kestell, Endsley, Pasch, Pocan, Pope-Roberts, Ripp, Sinicki and Spanbauer Read first time and referred to committee on Education 2011 Senate Bill 354 Relating to: registration and operation […]

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WI Legislature, Recently Introduced Proposals (12/27)

2011 Assembly Bill 445 Relating to: the hours that a minor may work. Introduced by Representatives Grigsby, Pocan, Doyle, Pasch, Turner, Sinicki, Berceau, Hebl, Roys, Mason, Zamarripa, Kessler, Clark, Hintz, C. Taylor and Bewley; Cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Taylor, Hansen, C. Larson, Risser and S. Coggs Read first time and referred to committee on Labor […]

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WI Legislature, Recently Introduced Proposals (12/23)

2011 Assembly Bill 441 Relating to: signing a petition to recall the same officer more than once and providing a penalty. Introduced by Representatives J. Fitzgerald, Tauchen, LeMahieu, Tiffany, Krug, A. Ott, Nass, Honadel, Brooks, Kleefisch, Severson, Meyer, Knodl and Craig; Cosponsored by Senators Darling and Lasee Read first time and referred to committee on […]

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