Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 R cosponsors

SB 271 — Relating to: a commercial driver training grant program and making an appropriation. (FE)

Last action — Published 3-22-2024

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced May 08, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Tony Evers (Democratic) on March 22, 2024.

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Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

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  • 2 sponsors

    2 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

83 added · 93 removed

Plain-language change summary

The latest amendment to Bill SB 271 introduces additional requirements for the commercial driver training grant program. Now, individuals must reside in Wisconsin and obtain their commercial driver's license (CDL) in the state to qualify for the grants. Additionally, training must occur at facilities in Wisconsin that are already listed as approved by federal standards. These changes aim to ensure that state funding directly supports local training providers and helps Wisconsin residents obtain necessary qualifications for commercial driving.

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- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRBs0111/1 MED&EVM:skw SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 271 September 26, 2023 - Offered by Senator W IMBERGER .
- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRB-2833/1 MED&EVM:amn&wlj SENATE BILL 271 May 8, 2023 - Introduced by Senators W IMBERGER and C ABRALG UEVARA, cosponsored by Representatives P RONSCHINSKE, BINSFELD, B RANDTJEN, CALLAHAN , EDMING, GREEN , MAGNAFICI, MURSAU , OC ONNOR, O LDENBURG, PETRYK, UMMERFIELD and VANDER M EER.
A N A CT to repeal 20.445 (1) (bk) and 106.276;
Referred to Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges.
to amend 20.445 (1) (bm);
A N A CT to amend 20.445 (1) (bm);
a commercial driver training grant program.
a commercial driver training grant program and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This substitute amendment differs from 2023 Senate Bill 271 in the following respects:
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill requires the Department of Workforce Development to establish a commercial driver training grant program.
1.
Under the program, DWD provides grants to persons or other entities that provide training leading to an individual receiving a commercial driver's license.
The substitute amendment provides that, in order to qualify for a grant for providing training leading to an individual receiving a commercial driver's license (CDL), the following additional requirements must be satisfied:
The training must, in order to qualify for a grant, satisfy entry-level driver training requirements established by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), including that the grant applicant be listed on the FMCSA's registry of approved training providers.
a.
Grants under the bill may not exceed, for each individual trained, 50 percent of the costs of training the individual in the operation of commercial motor vehicles or $3,000, whichever is less.
The individual receiving the training must reside and obtain a CDL in this state.
DWD may not award grants for applications to participate in the training program received after June 30, 2025.
b.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The grant applicant must have a facility in this state that is listed in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's registry of approved training providers, and the training must be provided at or through that facility.
2.
The substitute amendment removes the appropriation of funds to the Joint Committee on Finance.
LRBs0111/1 - 2024 Legislature - 2 - MED&EVM:skw 3.
The substitute amendment repeals the provisions for the grant program on July 1, 2025, which is the date by which grant applications must be received.
SECTION 1.
- 2024 Legislature - 2 - LRB-2833/1 MED&EVM:amn&wlj SENATE BILL 271 SECTION 1 SECTION 1.
20.445 (1) (bk) of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act ....
(this act), is repealed.
SECTION 4.
106.275, the LRBs0111/1 - 2024 Legislature - 3 - MED&EVM:skw SECTION 4 commercial driver training grant program under s.
106.276,d the apprentice programs under subch.
I of ch.
106.
SECTION 5.
20.445 (1) (bm) of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act ....
(this act), is amended to read:
20.445 (1) (bm) Workforce training;
administration.
Biennially, the amounts in the schedule for the administration of the local youth apprenticeship grant program under s.
106.13 (3m), the youth summer jobs program under s.
106.18, the employment transit assistance grant program under s.
106.26, the workforce training program under s.
106.27, the teacher development program grants under s.
106.272, the career and technical education incentive grant program under s.
106.273, the technical education equipment grant program under s.
SECTION 6.
SECTION 4.
(b) A person that satisfies the eligibility requirements under par.
LRB-2833/1 - 2024 Legislature - 3 - MED&EVM:amn&wlj SECTION 4 SENATE BILL 271 (b) A person that satisfies the eligibility requirements under par.
LRBs0111/1 - 2024 Legislature - 4 - MED&EVM:skw SECTION 6 1.
1.
The applicant provides to an individual who resides in this state training in the operation of commercial motor vehicles that satisfies the requirements of 49 CFR part 380, subparts F and G.
The applicant provides training to an individual in the operation of commercial motor vehicles that satisfies the requirements of 49 CFR part 380, subparts F and G.
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The applicant has a facility in this state that is listed in the Training Provider Registry described in subd.
2., and the training described in subd.
1.
is provided at or through that facility.
obtains an initial commercial driver license, as defined in s.
obtains an initial commercial driver license after the effective date of this subdivision ....
340.01 (7m), in this state after the effective date of this subdivision ....
(2) Before July 1 of each year, the department shall prepare a report summarizing the number and amount of grants awarded under sub.
(2) Annually, the department shall prepare a report summarizing the number and amount of grants awarded under sub.
SECTION 7.
S ECTION 50Fiscal changes.
106.276 of the statutes, as created by 2023 Wisconsin Act ....
- 2024 Legislature - 4 - LRB-2833/1 MED&EVM:amn&wlj SENATE BILL 271 SECTION 5 (1) In the schedule under s.
(this act), is repealed.
20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the joint committee on finance under s.
SECTION 8.Effective dates.
20.865 (4) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2023-24 is increased by $1,500,000 to provide funding for the commercial driver training grant program under s.
This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:
106.276.
LRBs0111/1 - 2024 Legislature - 5 - MED&EVM:skw SECTION 8 (1) The treatment of s.
In the schedule under s.
20.445 (1) (bm) ECTION5) and the repeal of ss.
20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the joint committee on finance under s.
20.445 (1) (bk) and 106.276 take effect July 1, 2025.
20.865 (4) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2024-25 is increased by $1,500,000 to provide funding for the commercial driver training grant program under s.
106.276.
SECTION 6.0Effective date.
(1) This act takes effect on the day after publication, or on the 2nd day after publication of the 2023 biennial budget act, whichever is later.
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Action History

  1. Published 3-22-2024

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 3-21-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 153

  3. Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024

  4. Report correctly enrolled

  5. Received from Assembly concurred in

  6. Ordered immediately messaged

  7. Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 93, Noes 3

  8. Rules suspended

  9. Ordered to a third reading

  10. Read a second time

  11. Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  12. Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 by Committee on Rules

  13. Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  14. Received from Senate

  15. Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Read a third time and passed

  17. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  18. Ordered to a third reading

  19. Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  20. Read a second time

  21. Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  22. Placed on the foot of the 14th order of business on the calendar of 11-14-2023

  23. Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  24. Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  25. Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  26. Available for scheduling

  27. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  28. Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  29. Executive action taken

  30. Public hearing held

  31. Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wimberger

  32. Representative Jacobson withdrawn as a cosponsor

  33. Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  34. Fiscal estimate received

  35. Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges

  36. Introduced by Senators Wimberger and Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Pronschinske, Binsfeld, Brandtjen, Callahan, Edming, Green, Magnafici, Mursau, O'Connor, Oldenburg, Petryk, Summerfield and VanderMeer

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2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 130 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (130)

130 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

CONCURRENCE

Passed 93 Yea · 3 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 45000
Democrat 21300
Unaffiliated 27000
Total 93300
% of votes cast 97%3%0%0%
How each member voted (96)
Member Party Vote
BALDEH — Yea
BINSFELD — Yea
BODDEN — Yea
BRANDTJEN — Yea
CONLEY — Yea
CONSIDINE — Yea
EDMING — Yea
GOYKE — Yea
JOHNSON — Yea
KATSMA — Yea
MACCO — Yea
MICHALSKI — Yea
MYERS — Yea
OHNSTAD — Yea
OLDENBURG — Yea
PETRYK — Yea
RETTINGER — Yea
RIEMER — Yea
ROZAR — Yea
SAPIK — Yea
SCHMIDT — Yea
SCHRAA — Yea
SCHUTT — Yea
SHANKLAND — Yea
SHELTON — Yea
SPEAKER — Yea
ANDERSON, J — Yea
Anderson, Clinton Democrat Yea
Andraca, Deb Democrat Yea
Bare, Mike Democrat Yea
Billings, Jill Democrat Yea
Clancy, Ryan Democrat Nay
Doyle, Steve Democrat Yea
Drake, Dora Democrat Yea
Emerson, Jodi Democrat Yea
Haywood, Kalan Democrat Yea
Hong, Francesca Democrat Nay
Jacobson, Jenna Democrat Yea
Joers, Alex Democrat Yea
Madison, Darrin Democrat Nay
McGuire, Tip Democrat Yea
Moore Omokunde, Supreme Democrat Yea
Neubauer, Greta Democrat Yea
Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia Democrat Yea
Palmeri, Lori Democrat Yea
Ratcliff, Melissa Democrat Yea
Sinicki, Christine Democrat Yea
Snodgrass, Lee Democrat Yea
Stubbs, Shelia Democrat Yea
Subeck, Lisa Democrat Yea
Vining, Robyn Democrat Yea
Allen, Scott Republican Yea
Armstrong, David Republican Yea
August, Tyler Republican Yea
Behnke, Elijah Republican Yea
Born, Mark Republican Yea
Brooks, Robert Republican Yea
Callahan, Calvin Republican Yea
Dallman, Alex Republican Yea
Dittrich, Barbara Republican Yea
Donovan, Bob Republican Yea
Duchow, Cindi Republican Yea
Goeben, Joy Republican Yea
Green, Chanz Republican Yea
Gundrum, Rick Republican Yea
Gustafson, Nate Republican Yea
Hurd, Karen Republican Yea
Kitchens, Joel Republican Yea
Krug, Scott Republican Yea
Kurtz, Tony Republican Yea
Maxey, Dave Republican Yea
Melotik, Paul Republican Yea
Moses, Clint Republican Yea
Murphy, David Republican Yea
Mursau, Jeffrey Republican Yea
Nedweski, Amanda Republican Yea
Neylon, Adam Republican Yea
Novak, Todd Republican Yea
O'Connor, Jerry Republican Yea
Penterman, William Republican Yea
Petersen, Kevin Republican Yea
Pronschinske, Treig Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Jessie Republican Yea
Snyder, Patrick Republican Yea
Sortwell, Shae Republican Yea
Spiros, John Republican Yea
Steffen, David Republican Yea
Summerfield, Rob Republican Yea
Swearingen, Rob Republican Yea
Tittl, Paul Republican Yea
Tranel, Travis Republican Yea
Tusler, Ron Republican Yea
VanderMeer, Nancy Republican Yea
Wichgers, Chuck Republican Yea
Wittke, Robert Republican Yea
Zimmerman, Shannon Republican Yea

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SB 271 is sponsored by Wimberger, Eric (Republican) and Cabral-Guevara, Rachael (Republican).
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