Wisconsin 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: To Executive 20 R cosponsors

AB 239 — Relating to: the use of certain federal funds for broadband expansion grants. (FE)

Last action — Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

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Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to Assembly Bill 239 specify that the governor will allocate $500 million from federal funds for broadband expansion grants, specifically aimed at improving internet access in underserved areas. Additionally, a new requirement has been added for the Public Service Commission to submit an annual report detailing the grants awarded, the criteria used for evaluations, and the performance of the recipients. These changes are important because they ensure transparency and accountability in how the funds are used, ultimately aiming to enhance internet access across Wisconsin.

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- 2022 LEGISLATURE LRB-2845/1 KP:cdc&amn ASSEMBLY BILL 239 April 2, 2021 - Introduced by RepresentativUMMERFIELD, EDMING, RMSTRONG , BORN, P LUMER, K RUG, C ABRALG UEVARA, SNYDER , CALLAHAN , GUNDRUM , HORLACHER , DUCHOW , WITTKE, ROZAR, KURTZ, VORPAGEL , MOSES, TRANEL, SWEARINGEN , IMMERMAN , M URSAU, TUSLER, P ETRYK, OLDENBURG , KNODL, JAMES and AGLER , cosponsored by SenatorsARKLEIN, ERNIER, ELZKOWSKI, FEYEN and STAFSHOLT.
Date of enactment:
Referred to Committee on Rural Development.
Assembly Bill 239 Date of publication*:
A N A CT to create 196.504 (2g) and 196.504 (2r) of the statutes;
WISCONSIN ACT A N A CT to create 196.504 (2g) and 196.504 (2r) of the statutes;
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau PUBLIC UTILITIES Broadband expansion grants The bill requires the governor to allocate $500,000,000 of the federal funds received by the state under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to make broadband expansion grants.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in sion grants under sub.
Under current law, the Public Service Commission provides grants to eligible applicants for constructing broadband infrastructure in underserved areas.
(2) each calendar year beginning senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
The bill also requires the PSC to submit an annual report to the Joint Committee on Finance related to the broadband expansion grants awarded.
with 2021 and ending with 2024.
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:
SECTION 1.
196.504 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:
196.504 (2g) Of the moneys the governor accepts from the federal government under s.
16.54 pursuant to section 602 of the federal Social Security Act as amended - 2022 Legislature - 2 - LRB-2845/1 KP:cdc&amn ASSEMBLY BILL 239 S ECTION 1 by the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L.
117-2, the governor shall allocate $500,000,000 for making broadband expansion grants under sub.
(2).
From the moneys allocated under this subsection, the commission shall award a total of $125,000,000 in broadband expansion grants under sub.
(2) each calendar year beginning with 2021 and ending with 2024.
196.504 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:
196.504 (2r) of the statutes is created to SECTION 1.
196.504 (2r) Annually, no later than the September 1 following completion of the fiscal year, the commission shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance concerning the broadband expansion grants awarded under sub.
196.504 (2g) of the statutes is created to read:
read:
196.504 (2r) Annually, no later than the September 196.504 (2g) Of the moneys the governor accepts 1 following completion of the fiscal year, the commission from the federal government under s.
16.54 pursuant to shall submit a report to the joint committee on finance section 602 of the federal Social Security Act as amended concerning the broadband expansion grants awarded by the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L.
under sub.
The report shall list the criteria used for evaluating applications and awarding grants under sub.
The 117−2, the governor shall allocate $500,000,000 for mak- report shall list the criteria used for evaluating applica- ing broadband expansion grants under sub.
(2), the recipients of grants under sub.
(2), and the commission's evaluations of the applications of grant recipients under sub.
(END)
From the tions and awarding grants under sub.
(2), the recipients of moneys allocated under this subsection, the commission grants under sub.
(2), and the commission’s evaluations shall award a total of $125,000,000 in broadband expan- of the applications of grant recipients under sub.
(2).
* Section 991.11ISCONSINSTATUTE:
Effective date of acts.
“Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”
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Action History

  1. Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82

  2. Placed on calendar 5-17-2022 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  3. Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-22-2021

  4. Presented to the Governor on 4-21-2021 by directive of the Speaker

  5. Report correctly enrolled on 4-14-2021

  6. Received from Senate concurred in

  7. Ordered immediately messaged

  8. Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 13

  9. Rules suspended

  10. Ordered to a third reading

  11. Read a second time

  12. Placed on calendar 4-14-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  13. Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  14. Received from Assembly

  15. Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Read a third time and passed, Ayes 57, Noes 37

  17. Rules suspended

  18. Ordered to a third reading

  19. Assembly Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  20. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Steffen

  21. Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 57, Noes 37

  22. Decision of the Chair appealed

  23. Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken

  24. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Anderson, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Doyle, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hong, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, Moore Omokunde, L. Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Pope, Riemer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining and Vruwink

  25. Read a second time

  26. Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor

  27. Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  28. Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules

  29. Referred to committee on Rules

  30. Report passage recommended by Committee on Rural Development, Ayes 8, Noes 5

  31. Executive action taken

  32. Representatives Allen and Schraa added as coauthors

  33. Fiscal estimate received

  34. Public hearing held

  35. Representatives Dallman, Pronschinske and Dittrich added as coauthors

  36. Read first time and referred to Committee on Rural Development

  37. Introduced by Representatives Summerfield, Edming, Armstrong, Born, Plumer, Krug, Cabral-Guevara, Snyder, Callahan, Gundrum, Horlacher, Duchow, Wittke, Rozar, Kurtz, Vorpagel, Moses, Tranel, Swearingen, Zimmerman, Mursau, Tusler, Petryk, Oldenburg, Knodl, James and Jagler; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Bernier, Felzkowski, Feyen and Stafsholt

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27 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 105 not signed on · 27 voted No

Sponsors (27)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (105)

105 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

CONCURRENCE

Passed 18 Yea · 13 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7500
Republican 11100
Democrat 0701
Total 181301
% of votes cast 56%41%0%3%
How each member voted (32)
Member Party Vote
BALLWEG — Yea
PETROWSKI — Yea
BERNIER — Yea
STROEBEL — Yea
COWLES — Yea
KOOYENGA — Yea
DARLING — Yea
AGARD — Nay
BEWLEY — Nay
RINGHAND — Nay
ERPENBACH — Nay
ROTH — Nay
Carpenter, Tim Democrat Nay
Johnson, LaTonya Democrat Nay
Larson, Chris Democrat Not Voting
Pfaff, Brad Democrat Nay
Roys, Kelda Democrat Nay
Smith, Jeff Democrat Nay
Taylor, Sequanna Democrat Nay
Wirch, Robert Democrat Nay
Bradley, Julian Republican Yea
Felzkowski, Mary Republican Yea
Feyen, Dan Republican Yea
Jacque, André Republican Yea
Kapenga, Chris Republican Yea
LeMahieu, Devin Republican Yea
Marklein, Howard Republican Yea
Nass, Steve Republican Nay
Stafsholt, Rob Republican Yea
Testin, Patrick Republican Yea
Wanggaard, Van Republican Yea
Wimberger, Eric Republican Yea

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SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND

Passed 57 Yea · 37 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 01800
Republican 34100
Unaffiliated 231800
Total 573700
% of votes cast 61%39%0%0%
How each member voted (94)
Member Party Vote
BALDEH — Nay
BOWEN — Nay
BRANDTJEN — Yea
BROSTOFF — Nay
CABRAL-GUEVA — Yea
CABRERA — Nay
CONLEY — Nay
CONSIDINE — Nay
EDMING — Yea
GOYKE — Nay
HEBL — Nay
HINTZ — Nay
HORLACHER — Yea
KATSMA — Yea
KERKMAN — Yea
KUGLITSCH — Yea
LOUDENBECK — Yea
MACCO — Yea
MAGNAFICI — Yea
MEYERS — Nay
MILROY — Nay
MOORE OMOKUN — Nay
PETRYK — Yea
PLUMER — Yea
POPE — Nay
RAMTHUN — Yea
RIEMER — Nay
ROZAR — Yea
SANFELIPPO — Yea
SCHRAA — Yea
SHELTON — Nay
SKOWRONSKI — Yea
MYERS — Nay
OHNSTAD — Nay
STEINEKE — Yea
TAUCHEN — Yea
THIESFELDT — Yea
VORPAGEL — Yea
VRUWINK — Nay
SPEAKER — Yea
OLDENBURG — Yea
Anderson, Clinton Democrat Nay
Andraca, Deb Democrat Nay
Billings, Jill Democrat Nay
Doyle, Steve Democrat Nay
Drake, Dora Democrat Nay
Emerson, Jodi Democrat Nay
Haywood, Kalan Democrat Nay
Hesselbein, Dianne Democrat Nay
Hong, Francesca Democrat Nay
McGuire, Tip Democrat Nay
Neubauer, Greta Democrat Nay
Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia Democrat Nay
Sinicki, Christine Democrat Nay
Snodgrass, Lee Democrat Nay
Spreitzer, Mark Democrat Nay
Stubbs, Shelia Democrat Nay
Subeck, Lisa Democrat Nay
Vining, Robyn Democrat Nay
Armstrong, David Republican Yea
August, Tyler Republican Yea
Born, Mark Republican Yea
Brooks, Robert Republican Yea
Callahan, Calvin Republican Yea
Dallman, Alex Republican Yea
Dittrich, Barbara Republican Yea
Gundrum, Rick Republican Yea
Jagler, John Republican Yea
James, Jesse Republican Yea
Kitchens, Joel Republican Yea
Knodl, Daniel Republican Yea
Krug, Scott Republican Yea
Kurtz, Tony Republican Yea
Moses, Clint Republican Yea
Murphy, David Republican Yea
Mursau, Jeffrey Republican Yea
Neylon, Adam Republican Yea
Novak, Todd Republican Yea
Petersen, Kevin Republican Yea
Pronschinske, Treig Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Jessie Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Jessie Republican Nay
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

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PASSAGE

Passed 57 Yea · 37 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 34100
Democrat 01800
Unaffiliated 231800
Total 573700
% of votes cast 61%39%0%0%
How each member voted (94)
Member Party Vote
BALDEH — Nay
BOWEN — Nay
BRANDTJEN — Yea
BROSTOFF — Nay
CABRAL-GUEVA — Yea
CABRERA — Nay
CONLEY — Nay
CONSIDINE — Nay
EDMING — Yea
GOYKE — Nay
HEBL — Nay
HINTZ — Nay
HORLACHER — Yea
KATSMA — Yea
KERKMAN — Yea
KUGLITSCH — Yea
LOUDENBECK — Yea
MACCO — Yea
MAGNAFICI — Yea
MEYERS — Nay
MILROY — Nay
MOORE OMOKUN — Nay
MYERS — Nay
OHNSTAD — Nay
OLDENBURG — Yea
PETRYK — Yea
PLUMER — Yea
POPE — Nay
RAMTHUN — Yea
RIEMER — Nay
ROZAR — Yea
SANFELIPPO — Yea
SCHRAA — Yea
SHELTON — Nay
SKOWRONSKI — Yea
STEINEKE — Yea
TAUCHEN — Yea
THIESFELDT — Yea
VORPAGEL — Yea
VRUWINK — Nay
SPEAKER — Yea
Anderson, Clinton Democrat Nay
Andraca, Deb Democrat Nay
Billings, Jill Democrat Nay
Doyle, Steve Democrat Nay
Drake, Dora Democrat Nay
Emerson, Jodi Democrat Nay
Haywood, Kalan Democrat Nay
Hesselbein, Dianne Democrat Nay
Hong, Francesca Democrat Nay
McGuire, Tip Democrat Nay
Neubauer, Greta Democrat Nay
Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia Democrat Nay
Sinicki, Christine Democrat Nay
Snodgrass, Lee Democrat Nay
Spreitzer, Mark Democrat Nay
Stubbs, Shelia Democrat Nay
Subeck, Lisa Democrat Nay
Vining, Robyn Democrat Nay
Allen, Scott Republican Yea
Armstrong, David Republican Yea
August, Tyler Republican Yea
Born, Mark Republican Yea
Brooks, Robert Republican Yea
Callahan, Calvin Republican Yea
Dallman, Alex Republican Yea
Dittrich, Barbara Republican Yea
Gundrum, Rick Republican Yea
Jagler, John Republican Yea
James, Jesse Republican Yea
Kitchens, Joel Republican Yea
Knodl, Daniel Republican Yea
Krug, Scott Republican Yea
Kurtz, Tony Republican Yea
Moses, Clint Republican Yea
Murphy, David Republican Yea
Mursau, Jeffrey Republican Yea
Neylon, Adam Republican Yea
Novak, Todd Republican Yea
Petersen, Kevin Republican Yea
Pronschinske, Treig Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Jessie Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Jessie Republican Nay
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
Tusler, Ron Republican Yea
VanderMeer, Nancy Republican Yea
Wichgers, Chuck Republican Yea
Wittke, Robert Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 239?
AB 239 is sponsored by Jagler, John (Republican), James, Jesse (Republican), Knodl, Daniel (Republican), Oldenburg, Petryk, Tusler, Ron (Republican), Mursau, Jeffrey (Republican), Zimmerman, Shannon (Republican), Swearingen, Rob (Republican), Tranel, Travis (Republican), Moses, Clint (Republican), Vorpagel, Kurtz, Tony (Republican), Rozar, Wittke, Robert (Republican), Duchow, Cindi (Republican), Horlacher, Gundrum, Rick (Republican), Callahan, Calvin (Republican), Snyder, Patrick (Republican), Cabral-Guevara, Rachael (Republican), Krug, Scott (Republican), Plumer, Born, Mark (Republican), Armstrong, David (Republican), Edming, and Summerfield, Rob (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 239?
This bill died with 2021-2022 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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