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This 2021-2022 Legislative Scorecard evaluates how well the votes of your state elected officials represented the priorities of the MMAC in the past legislative session.
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The key bills included in this Scorecard were chosen because of their policy significance and their relationship to our public policy agenda.
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AB 68
2021-23 State Biennial Budget |
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Passing MMAC priority items including: a $2 billion income tax cut; funding for a new public museum in downtown Milwaukee; increases in K-12 school aids, choice and charter per pupil payments and special education funding; state funding support for the Wisconsin Reading Corps and College Possible; and transportation funding for major SE Wisconsin interstate projects.
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STATUS: Signed by Governor (Act 58)
Assembly Passage: 6/29/21 Senate Concurrence: 6/30/21 |
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AB 2
Paycheck Protection |
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Federalized Wisconsin tax law for treatment of loans under the paycheck protection program allowing the deduction of expenses paid with funds from those loans and allowed the deduction of income received from federal CARES Act pandemic relief funds.
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STATUS: Signed by Governor (Act 1)
Assembly Passage: 2/16/21 Senate Concurrence: 2/16/21 |
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AB 4
Administering vaccines |
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This bill authorized pharmacy technicians supervised by a pharmacist to administer vaccines after completing two hours of training.
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STATUS: Signed by Governor (Act 3)
Assembly Passage: 2/16/21 Senate Concurrence: 2/16/21 |
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SSSB 1
Unemployment Insurance |
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Protected employers and employees from civil liability for a COVID-19 related injury or death. Also modernized the information technology system in the Department of Workforce Development (DWD).
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STATUS: Signed by Governor (Act 4)
Assembly Passage: 2/23/21 Senate Concurrence: 2/23/22 |
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SB 13
Administering vaccines |
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This bill authorized dentists to administer COVID-19 and flu vaccines after completing 12 hours of training.
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STATUS: Signed by Governor (Act 8)
Assembly Passage: 3/16/21 Senate Concurrence: 3/16/21 |
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AB 27
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin |
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This bill streamlined processes at the Public Service Commission and provided funding for a consumer advocate on behalf of Wisconsin ratepayers.
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STATUS: Signed by Governor (Act 24)
Assembly Concurrence: 3/23/21 Senate Passage: 3/23/21 |
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AB 191
Property tax assessments |
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Eliminated Wisconsin’s 175-year-old tax, which currently only applies to business furniture and office fixtures. All categories of personal property would be eliminated, and no items of personal property will be subject to the property tax.
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STATUS: Veto by Governor
Assembly Passage: 6/29/21 Senate Concurrence: 6/30/21 |
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SB 125
Income tax and tuition expenses |
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Created an individual income tax deduction for tuition expenses in an apprenticeship program that is approved by the Department of Workforce Development (DWD).
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STATUS: Veto by Governor
Assembly Concurrence: 10/26/21 Senate Passage: 10/25/21 |
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SB 454
Reading readiness assessments |
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This bill replaces the current reading readiness assessment program with a three-tiered early literacy screening program in four year-old kindergarten (4K).
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STATUS: Veto by Governor
Assembly Concurrence: 10/26/21 Senate Passage: 10/25/21 |
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SB 425
Milwaukee River estuary clean up |
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Authorized the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) to finance and construct a containment facility allowing the river estuary to be dredged and clean the waterways that feed into Lake Michigan.
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STATUS: Signed by Governor (Act 124)
Assembly Concurrence: 1/20/22 Senate Passage: 6/30/21 |
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AB 965
School accountability – district report cards |
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Required that school and district report cards published for the 2021-22 school year use the measures, index system and other components, methods, and formulas that the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) used for consistency to publish the report cards for the 2018-19 school year.
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STATUS: Veto by Governor
Assembly Passage: 2/22/22 Senate Concurrence: 3/8/22 |
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AB 967
Charter school contract |
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This bill required a charter school authorizer and governing entity to allow a charter school to open additional campuses if they are in one of the top two performance categories on the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s (DPI) most recent school and school district accountability report.
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STATUS: Veto by Governor
Assembly Passage: 2/22/22 Senate Concurrence: 3/8/22 |
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AB 968
Charter school authorizing board |
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This bill created a new Charter School Authorizing Board expanding authorizing options for parents and families.
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STATUS: Veto by Governor
Assembly Passage: 2/22/22 Senate Concurrence: 3/8/22 |
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