Wisconsin 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly Bipartisan · 17 R · 1 D cosponsors

AB 144 — Relating to: skills enhancement grants and making an appropriation.

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

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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

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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34 added · 21 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent changes to Assembly Bill 144 include an increase in funding for skills enhancement programs by $250,000 for each fiscal year of 2019-20 and 2020-21. Additionally, the bill now allows the Department of Children and Families to request extra funds from the Joint Committee on Finance without having to demonstrate an emergency situation, which makes it easier for them to secure necessary funding. These changes aim to better support low-income individuals in gaining access to essential services like job training and education, ultimately enhancing their employment opportunities.

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- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRBs0041/1 MPG&MIM:ahe&amn ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 144 May 31, 2019 - Offered by RepresentativeURTZ.
- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRB-1852/1 MIM&EAW:amn ASSEMBLY BILL 144 March 25, 2019 - Introduced by Representatives K URTZ, STEINEKE, RODRIGUEZ, SNYDER , PRONSCHINSKE , PLUMER , D ITTRIC, JAMES , N YGREN, R OHRKASTE, F ELZKOWSKI, ITTL, MURSAU , PIROS, TEFFEN , LLEN, DUCHOW , KULP, ETRYK, P ETERSEN, HIESFELDT, KITCHENS, CHRAA , RUG , MURPHY, HORLACHER, TUSLER and S UBECK , cosponsored by Senators D ARLING, FEYEN and C ARPENTER.
Referred to Committee on Workforce Development.
funding for skills enhancement grants.
skills enhancement grants and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Current law authorizes the Joint Committee on Finance to supplement an agency's appropriation that is insufficient only if JCF finds that an emergency exists.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill increases funding for skills enhancement programs by $250,000 per fiscal year in fiscal years 2019-20 and 2020-21.
This bill exempts from that requirement any request of the Department of Children and Families in the 2019-21 fiscal biennium for JCF to supplement the appropriation of DCF for awarding skills enhancement grants.
Under current law, the Department of Children and Families provides $250,000 in each fiscal year to community action agencies to provide skills enhancement programs for individuals who work at least hours per week and whose income is at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty line.
The services currently provided under these programs include access to transportation, child care, career counseling, job placement assistance, and financial support for education and training.
SECTION 1.Nonstatutory provisions.
SECTION 1.Fiscal changes.
(1) In the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, if the department of children and families requests under s.
(1) COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY GRANTS.
13.101 (3) that the joint committee on finance supplement the appropriation under s.
In the schedule under s.
20.437 (2) (fr) for the purpose of providing skills enhancement LRBs0041/1 - 2020 Legislature - 2 - MPG&MIM:ahe&amn SECTION 1 grants under s.
20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of children and families under s.
49.265 (4) (cm), the committee may supplement that appropriation for that purpose without finding that an emergency exists under s.
20.437 (2) (fr), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2019-20 is increased by $250,000 to provide skills enhancement grants under s.
13.101 (3) (a) 1.
49.265 (4) (cm).
In the schedule under s.
20.005 (3) for - 2020 Legislature - 2 - LRB-1852/1 MIM&EAW:amn ASSEMBLY BILL 144 SECTION 1 the appropriation to the department of children and families under s.
20.437 (2) (fr), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $250,000 to provide skills enhancement grants under s.
49.265 (4) (cm).
SECTION 2.Effective date.
(1) This act takes effect on July 1, 2019, or the day after the publication of the 2019 biennial budget act, whichever is later.
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Action History

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

  2. Read first time and referred to committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development

  3. Received from Assembly

  4. Ordered immediately messaged

  5. Read a third time and passed

  6. Rules suspended

  7. Ordered to a third reading

  8. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  9. Read a second time

  10. Placed on calendar 6-18-2019 by Committee on Rules

  11. Referred to committee on Rules

  12. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  13. Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Ayes 8, Noes 4

  14. Executive action taken

  15. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kurtz

  16. Public hearing held

  17. Representative Shankland added as a coauthor

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

  19. Introduced by Representatives Kurtz, Steineke, Rodriguez, Snyder, Pronschinske, Plumer, Dittrich, James, Nygren, Rohrkaste, Felzkowski, Tittl, Mursau, Spiros, Steffen, Allen, Duchow, Kulp, Petryk, Petersen, Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Schraa, Krug, Murphy, Horlacher, Tusler and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Feyen and Carpenter

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Not signed on (104)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 144?
AB 144 is sponsored by Steineke, Rodriguez, Jessie (Republican), Snyder, Patrick (Republican), Pronschinske, Treig (Republican), Plumer, James, Nygren, Rohrkaste, Felzkowski, Mary (Republican), Kurtz, Tony (Republican), Tittl, Paul (Republican), Mursau, Jeffrey (Republican), Spiros, John (Republican), Steffen, David (Republican), Allen, Scott (Republican), Duchow, Cindi (Republican), Kulp, Petryk, Petersen, Kevin (Republican), Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Joel (Republican), Schraa, Krug, Scott (Republican), Murphy, David (Republican), Horlacher, Tusler, Ron (Republican), Subeck, Lisa (Democrat), and Dittrich, Barbara (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 144?
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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