Wisconsin 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 16 R · 1 D cosponsors

AB 119 — Relating to: grants to homeless shelters, modifying administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Administration, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Last action — Published 1-29-2020

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Plain-language change summary

The recent amendments to Assembly Bill 119 introduced changes that streamline the process for awarding grants to homeless shelters by clarifying eligibility criteria. The bill now specifies that the Department of Administration must first consider these criteria before granting additional funds, ensuring that the money is allocated effectively. This is important because it helps make sure that the support for homeless shelters is based on clear guidelines, potentially leading to better management of funds and services for those in need.

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- 2020 LEGISLATURE LRBa0248/1 MPG:ahe&cdc ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 119 May 30, 2019 - Offered by RepresentativeTEINEKE.
CORRECTED COPY - 2020 LEGISLATURE LRB-1227/1 MPG&EKL:ahe ASSEMBLY BILL 119 March 25, 2019 - Introduced by Representatives STEINEKE, RODRIGUEZ, NYDER , PRONSCHINSKE , URTZ, PLUMER, DITTRICH, AMES, ITTL, MURSAU, ELZKOWSKI , ROHRKASTE , SPIROS, STEFFEN, ALLEN , DUCHOW , KULP, PETRYK, PETERSEN , THIESFELDT, K ITCHENS, EDMING , SCHRAA , KRUG , M URPHY and S UBECK , cosponsored by Senators D ARLING, CARPENTER and L .TAYLOR.
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
Referred to Committee on Public Benefit Reform.
A N A CT to renumber and amend 16.308 (3m);
and to create 16.308 (3m) (b) to (i) and 16.308 (3s) of the statutes;
relating to:
grants to homeless shelters, modifying administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Administration, and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill provides an additional $500,000 in each fiscal year of the 2019-21 fiscal biennium for grants to supplement the operating budgets of homeless shelters.
The bill also includes additional criteria the Department of Administration must consider in awarding that additional grant money and amends administrative rules of DOA concerning the grants so that DOA's rules are consistent with certain statutory requirements.
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.
16.308 (3m) of the statutes is renumbered 16.308 (3m) (intro.) and amended to read:
- 2020 Legislature - 2 - LRB-1227/1 MPG&EKL:ahe ASSEMBLY BILL 119 S ECTION 1 16.308 (3m) G RANT ELIGIBILITY(intro.) In awarding grants under this section, the department shall consider whether all of the following:
(a) Whether the community in which an eligible applicant provides services has a coordinated system of services for homeless individuals and families.
S ECTION 2.
16.308 (3m) (b) to (i) of the statutes are created to read:
16.308 (3m) (b) The number of shelter days the eligible applicant intends to provide during the year for which the grant application is submitted.
(c) The eligible applicant's history of successfully transitioning homeless individuals or families to permanent housing.
(d) Whether the eligible applicant provides intensive case management services.
(e) Whether the eligible applicant provides trauma-informed care.
(f) Whether the eligible applicant provides opportunities for shelter residents to obtain employment, increase their income, or increase their hours worked.
(g) The utilization rate of each unit at each shelter facility operated by the eligible applicant.
(h) The average length of stay of shelter residents at each shelter facility operated by the eligible applicant.
(i) The percentage of shelter residents served by the eligible applicant that is chronically homeless.
S ECTION 3.
16.308 (3s) of the statutes is created to read:
16.308(3s) IMPLEMENTATION OF ELIGIBILITY CRITERI(a) 1.
The additional grant funding provided under 2019 Wisconsin Act ....
(this act), section 7 (1), may be expended only for grants awarded after the department considers the eligibility criteria specified in sub.
(3m) (b) to (i).
LRB-1227/1 - 2020 Legislature - 3 - MPG&EKL:ahe SECTION 3 ASSEMBLY BILL 119 2.
The department shall phase in over fiscal years 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 the award of grants based on consideration of the eligibility criteria specified in sub.
(3m) (b) to (i).
Beginning in fiscal year 2023-24, 100 percent of the grants awarded under this section shall be awarded after the department considers all of the eligibility criteria specified in sub.
(3m) (a) to (i).
(b) Before the department awards a grant based on consideration of the eligibility criteria specified in sub.
(3m) (b) to (i), the department shall consider whether an eligible applicant's rules, policies, or procedures for providing services to homeless individuals and families have an impact on how one or more of those criteria apply with respect to the eligible applicant and may adjust any grant award accordingly.
SECTION 4.
Adm 86.03 (1) of the administrative code is amended to read:
Adm 86.03 (1) The department shall solicit applications for grants under s.
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16.308, Stats., and this chapter at least once every 2 years SECTION 5.
Adm 86.05 (2) (a) (intro.) of the administrative code is amended to read:
Adm 86.05 (2) (a) (intro.) A lead agency located in Dane county or Milwaukee county may receive, before July 1, 1987, a grant of not more than 35% and after June 30, 1987, a grant of not more than 25% 50% of the total current or proposed operating budgets of:
SECTION 6.
Adm 86.05 (2) (b) of the administrative code is amended to read:
Adm 86.05 (2) (b) An eligible applicant which is not located in Dane county or Milwaukee county may receive a grant or of not more than 25% 50% of:
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The current or proposed operating budget of one or more shelter facilities operated by the applicant;
delete “shelters," and substitute “and".
or - 2020 Legislature - 4 - LRB-1227/1 MPG&EKL:ahe ASSEMBLY BILL 119 S ECTION 6 2.
2.
The portion of the applicant's current orsed operating budget allocated for providing homeless persons with vouchers that may be exchanged for temporary shelter.
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S ECTION 70Fiscal changes.
delete “Administration, and making an appropriation" and substitute “Administration".
(1) G RANTS TO SUPPLEMENT THE OPERATING BUDGETS OF AGENCIES AND SHELTER FACILITIES.In the schedule under s.
3.
20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of administration under s.
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20.505 (7) (fm), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2019-20 is increased by $500,000 for grants awarded under s.
delete lines 22 to 25 and substitute:
16.308 (2) (a), subject to s.
“16.308 (3s) MPLEMENTATION OF ELIGIBILITY CRITER(a) 1.
16.308 (3s) (a) 1.
In each fiscal year of the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, all amounts expended under this section that exceed the amount shown in the schedule under s.
In the schedule under s.
20.005 (3) for the 2018-19 fiscal year may be expended only for grants awarded after the department considers the eligibility criteria specified in sub.
20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of administration under s.
(3m) (b) to (i).”.
20.505 (7) (fm), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $500,000 for grants awarded under s.
4.
16.308 (2) (a), subject to s.
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16.308 (3s) (a) 1.
delete lines 4 to 12 and substitute:
“SECTION 6m.
Nonstatutory provisions.
LRBa0248/1 - 2020 Legislature - 2 - MPG:ahe&cdc (1) In the 2019-21 fiscal biennium, if the department of administration requests under s.
13.101 (3) that the joint committee on finance supplement the appropriation under s.
20.505 (7) (fm) for the purpose of providing grants under s.
16.308 (2) (a), the committee may supplement that appropriation for that purpose without finding that an emergency exists under s.
13.101 (3) (a) 1.”.
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Action History

  1. Published 1-29-2020

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 1-28-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 76

  3. Presented to the Governor on 1-24-2020

  4. Report correctly enrolled on 1-24-2020

  5. LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 3)

  6. LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)

  7. Action ordered immediately messaged

  8. Senate Amendment 1 concurred in

  9. Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate amendment 1 adopted)

  10. Ordered immediately messaged

  11. Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 32, Noes 0

  12. Rules suspended

  13. Ordered to a third reading

  14. Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 17, Noes 14

  15. Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  16. Refused to reject Senate Amendment 1, Ayes 14, Noes 19

  17. Read a second time

  18. Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Erpenbach

  19. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Nass

  20. Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  21. Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  22. 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

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

  24. Decision of the Chair stands as the judgement of the Senate, Ayes 19, Noes 14

  25. Point of order that motion to withdraw a bill from committee is only in order under the 13th order of business well taken

  26. Senator Larson added as a cosponsor

  27. Available for scheduling

  28. Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  29. Executive action taken

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

  31. Received from Assembly

  32. Ordered immediately messaged

  33. Read a third time and passed

  34. Rules suspended

  35. Ordered to a third reading

  36. Assembly Amendment 3 adopted

  37. Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  38. Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  39. Read a second time

  40. Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Steineke

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

  42. Referred to committee on Rules

  43. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  44. Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 7, Noes 1

  45. Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Public Benefit Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  46. LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)

  47. Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Committee on Public Benefit Reform

  48. Executive action taken

  49. Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Steineke

  50. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Steineke

  51. Fiscal estimate received

  52. Public hearing held

  53. Representative Novak added as a coauthor

  54. Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Benefit Reform

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

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26 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 106 not signed on · 14 voted No

Sponsors (26)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (106)

106 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

CONCURRENCE

Passed 32 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 18001
Republican 8000
Democrat 6000
Total 32001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (33)
Member Party Vote
BERNIER — Yea
JOHNSON — Yea
RISSER — Yea
BEWLEY — Yea
ROTH — Yea
KOOYENGA — Yea
SCHACHTNER — Yea
COWLES — Yea
SHILLING — Yea
CRAIG — Yea
DARLING — Yea
ERPENBACH — Yea
MILLER — Yea
TIFFANY — Yea
OLSEN — Yea
HANSEN — Yea
PETROWSKI — Yea
RINGHAND — Yea
STROEBEL — Not Voting
Carpenter, Tim Democrat Yea
Fitzgerald, Joan Democrat Yea
Larson, Chris Democrat Yea
Smith, Jeff Democrat Yea
Taylor, Sequanna Democrat Yea
Wirch, Robert Democrat Yea
Feyen, Dan Republican Yea
Jacque, André Republican Yea
Kapenga, Chris Republican Yea
LeMahieu, Devin Republican Yea
Marklein, Howard Republican Yea
Nass, Steve Republican Yea
Testin, Patrick Republican Yea
Wanggaard, Van Republican Yea

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REJECT AMENDMENT

Failed 14 Yea · 19 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 91000
Democrat 5100
Republican 0800
Total 141900
% of votes cast 42%58%0%0%
How each member voted (33)
Member Party Vote
BEWLEY — Yea
SHILLING — Yea
MILLER — Yea
ERPENBACH — Yea
RINGHAND — Yea
HANSEN — Yea
RISSER — Yea
JOHNSON — Yea
SCHACHTNER — Yea
BERNIER — Nay
ROTH — Nay
COWLES — Nay
KOOYENGA — Nay
STROEBEL — Nay
CRAIG — Nay
DARLING — Nay
TIFFANY — Nay
OLSEN — Nay
PETROWSKI — Nay
Carpenter, Tim Democrat Yea
Fitzgerald, Joan Democrat Nay
Larson, Chris Democrat Yea
Smith, Jeff Democrat Yea
Taylor, Sequanna Democrat Yea
Wirch, Robert Democrat Yea
Feyen, Dan Republican Nay
Jacque, André Republican Nay
Kapenga, Chris Republican Nay
LeMahieu, Devin Republican Nay
Marklein, Howard Republican Nay
Nass, Steve Republican Nay
Testin, Patrick Republican Nay
Wanggaard, Van Republican Nay

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SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND

Passed 19 Yea · 14 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10900
Republican 8000
Democrat 1500
Total 191400
% of votes cast 58%42%0%0%
How each member voted (33)
Member Party Vote
BERNIER — Yea
ROTH — Yea
COWLES — Yea
KOOYENGA — Yea
STROEBEL — Yea
CRAIG — Yea
DARLING — Yea
TIFFANY — Yea
OLSEN — Yea
PETROWSKI — Yea
BEWLEY — Nay
SHILLING — Nay
MILLER — Nay
ERPENBACH — Nay
RINGHAND — Nay
HANSEN — Nay
RISSER — Nay
JOHNSON — Nay
SCHACHTNER — Nay
Carpenter, Tim Democrat Nay
Fitzgerald, Joan Democrat Yea
Larson, Chris Democrat Nay
Smith, Jeff Democrat Nay
Taylor, Sequanna Democrat Nay
Wirch, Robert Democrat Nay
Feyen, Dan Republican Yea
Jacque, André Republican Yea
Kapenga, Chris Republican Yea
LeMahieu, Devin Republican Yea
Marklein, Howard Republican Yea
Nass, Steve Republican Yea
Testin, Patrick Republican Yea
Wanggaard, Van Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Who sponsors AB 119?
AB 119 is sponsored by Steineke, Rodriguez, Jessie (Republican), Snyder, Patrick (Republican), Pronschinske, Treig (Republican), Plumer, James, Tittl, Paul (Republican), Mursau, Jeffrey (Republican), Felzkowski, Mary (Republican), Rohrkaste, Spiros, John (Republican), Steffen, David (Republican), Allen, Scott (Republican), Kurtz, Tony (Republican), Duchow, Cindi (Republican), Kulp, Petryk, Petersen, Kevin (Republican), Thiesfeldt, Kitchens, Joel (Republican), Edming, Schraa, Krug, Scott (Republican), Murphy, David (Republican), Subeck, Lisa (Democrat), and Dittrich, Barbara (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 119?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 25, 2019. Enacted.
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