Wisconsin 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly 5 R cosponsors

AB 237 — Relating to: reimbursement grants to employers for payment of costs for certification programs in solar energy and wind energy systems. (FE)

Last action — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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The amendments to Assembly Bill 237 change the funding for training grants to "up to $1,000,000" biennially, rather than a guaranteed $1,000,000. This change means that while the funding cap is still set at $1 million, the actual amount allocated could be less, depending on available resources. Additionally, the focus of the training has expanded to include the inspection of solar and wind energy systems, and preference will be given to employer consortiums, which could strengthen job training opportunities in the renewable energy sector. This is important because it promotes flexibility in funding and enhances the skill sets of the workforce needed for these growing industries.

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- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRBa0466/1 MIM:cjs ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 237 December 23, 2019 - Offered by Representative UGLITSCH.
- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRB-2447/2 MIM:cjs ASSEMBLY BILL 237 May 24, 2019 - Introduced by Representatives K UGLITSCH, NEYLON, KITCHENS , K RUG, KULP, MILRO, M URSAU, PETRYKand T USLER, cosponsored by Senators C OWLES, L.
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
TAYLOR and W IRCH.
Referred to Committee on Workforce Development.
A N A CT to amend 20.445 (1) (b), 106.27 (2g) (a) 2.
and 106.27 (3);
and to create 106.27 (1y) of the statutes;
relating to:
reimbursement grants to employers for payment of costs for certification programs in solar energy and wind energy systems.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill requires the Department of Workforce Development to allocate $1,000,000 biennially for grants to train and certify individuals in solar energy and wind energy systems.
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:
S ECTION 1.
20.445 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
20.445(1) (b) Workforce training;
programs, grants, and services.
The amounts in the schedule for the workforce training programs, grants, and services under s.
106.27 (1), (1g), (1j),(1r), and (1y).
- 2020 Legislature - 2 - LRB-2447/2 MIM:cjs ASSEMBLY BILL 237 SECTION 2 SECTION 2.
106.27 (1y) of the statutes is created to read:
106.27 (1y) SOLAR AND WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS EMPLOYERS;
CERTIFICATION COMPLETION GRANTS.(a) In this subsection, “applicant” means a single employer or a consortium of employers.
(b) Of the amounts appropriated under s.
20.445 (1) (b), the department shall allocate $1,000,000 in each fiscal biennium for grants to partially reimburse applicants for costs that they incur for individuals to participate in certification programs in the installation, repair, or maintenance of solar energy systems or wind energy systems.
The department shall give preference to consortiums of employers when awarding grants.
The maximum cumulative amount an applicant may be awarded in all years under this subsection is $250,000.
An applicant shall provide matching funds equal to the amount of the grant awarded.
(c) The department shall ensure that a certification program for which an applicant receives a grant under this section does all of the following:
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Enrolls at least 25 individuals.
delete “$1,000,000 in each fiscal biennium" and substitute “up to $1,000,000 in each fiscal biennium, beginning in the 2021-23 fiscal biennium,".
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Provides an individual who successfully completes the program with a certificate or other credential in the installation, repair, or maintenance of solar energy systems or wind energy systems.
delete lines 8 and 9 and substitute “programs in the installation, repair, or maintenance of solar energy or wind energy systems and the inspection of solar energy, wind energy and electrical systems.
SECTION 3.
The department shall give preference to consortiums of employers”.
106.27 (2g) (a) 2.
3.
of the statutes is amended to read:
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106.27 (2g) (a) 2.
delete lines 17 and 18 and substitute “certificate or other credential in the installation, repair, or maintenance of solar energy or wind energy systems and the inspection of solar energy, wind energy and electrical systems.”.
Receive and review applications for grants under subs.
(1), (1g), and (1j) (am), and (1y), and prescribe the form, nature, and extent of the information that must be contained in an application for a grant under sub.
(1), (1g), or(1j) (am), or (1y).
SECTION 4.
106.27 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
LRB-2447/2 - 2020 Legislature - 3 - MIM:cjs SECTION 4 ASSEMBLY BILL 237 106.27 (3) ANNUAL REPORT.
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Annually, by December 31, the department shall submit a report to the governor and the cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance providing an account of the department's activities and expenditures under this section during the preceding fiscal year and detailing the amounts allocated to and expended for each of the programs, grants, and services specified in s.
20.445 (1) (b) and (bm) for that fiscal year.
The report shall include information on the number of unemployed and underemployed workers and incumbent employees who participate in training programs under sub.
(1) or (1j);
the number of unemployed workers who obtain gainful employment, underemployed workers who obtain new employment, and incumbent employees who receive increased compensation after participating in such a training program;
and the wages earned by those workers and employees both before and after participating in such a training program.
The report shall also include information on the extent to which waiting lists for enrollment in courses and programs provided by technical colleges in high-demand fields are reduced as a result of grants under sub.
(1g) (a), on the number of students who participate in certification or training programs under sub.
(1) (a) or (e) or (1g) (b), on the building modifications funded under sub.
(1) (f) and the effect of those building modifications on the school districts' technical education programs, and on the number of persons with disabilities who participate in employment enhancement activities under sub.
(1g) (c).
In addition, the The report shall provide information on the number of student interns who are placed with employers as a result of the coordination activities conducted under sub.
(1r) or the grants awarded under sub.
(1) (d).
In addition, the report shall include the number of individuals who participated in a certification program described in sub.
(1y) (b), the cost of each individual's participation, the number of individuals who received a certificate or - 2020 Legislature - 4 - LRB-2447/2 MIM:cjs ASSEMBLY BILL 237 SECTION 4 other credential upon completion of a certification program, and, of the individuals for whom each applicant received a grant, the number that the applicant hired.
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Action History

  1. Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Available for scheduling

  3. Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  4. Received from Assembly

  5. Ordered immediately messaged

  6. Read a third time and passed

  7. Rules suspended

  8. Ordered to a third reading

  9. Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  10. Read a second time

  11. Made a special order of business at 10:03 AM on 2-20-2020 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21

  12. Referred to committee on Rules

  13. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Ayes 12, Noes 2

  14. Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Ayes 13, Noes 1

  15. Executive action taken

  16. Representative Fields added as a coauthor

  17. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kuglitsch

  18. Representative Shankland added as a coauthor

  19. Public hearing held

  20. Fiscal estimate received

  21. Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development

  22. Introduced by Representatives Kuglitsch, Neylon, Kitchens, Krug, Kulp, Milroy, Mursau, Petryk and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, L. Taylor and Wirch

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Who sponsors AB 237?
AB 237 is sponsored by Kuglitsch, Neylon, Adam (Republican), Kitchens, Joel (Republican), Krug, Scott (Republican), Kulp, Milroy, Mursau, Jeffrey (Republican), Petryk, and Tusler, Ron (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 237?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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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