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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 419

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Relating to: a veterans employment and entrepreneurship grant program, veteran employment grants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Reports Respiratory care provider Veteran Veterans affairs, department of Veterinary medicine

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill eliminates a veteran employment grant program and creates a

veterans employment and entrepreneurship grant program. Under current law, the

Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) may grant certain amounts to employers for

each veteran or disabled veteran the employers hire, subject to specific limitations.

This bill eliminates that grant program. Instead, the bill creates a program

under which DVA may, beginning in the 2016-17 fiscal year, make up to $500,000

in grants each year to veterans, employers, and nonprofit organizations to improve

employment outcomes for veterans in this state. Specifically, the bill authorizes DVA

to award grants to assist veteran entrepreneurs, to give employers in this state

incentives to hire veterans, especially disabled veterans, to help fund employment

training for veterans, especially disabled veterans, and for other programs or

purposes as determined by DVA.

The bill requires DVA to promulgate rules establishing the goals grant

recipients must meet before receiving any grant moneys. The bill also requires DVA

to submit an annual report concerning the grant program to the governor and the

legislature.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Darling (R) , Harsdorf (R) , L. Taylor (D) , LeMahieu (R) , Marklein (R) , Moulton (R) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R) , Ringhand (D) , Vinehout (D)

18 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Allen (R) , Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Brostoff (D) , Edming (R) , Hansen (D) , Lassa (D) , Macco (R) , Meyers (D) , Milroy (D) , Murphy (R) , Nass (R) , Petryk (R) , Skowronski (R) , T. Larson (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 25, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Feb 8, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Feb 8, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0

Passed 32–0 Feb 9, 2016 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Assembly: Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 98, Noes 0

Passed 98–0 Feb 16, 2016 official source full page

Aye · 98

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Dec 3, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Petrowski, Carpenter, Darling, Harsdorf, LeMahieu, Marklein, Moulton, Olsen, Ringhand, L. Taylor and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives VanderMeer, Allen, Ballweg, Bernier, Brostoff, Edming, T. Larson, Macco, Milroy, Murphy, A. Ott, Petryk and Skowronski

  2. Dec 3, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs

  3. Dec 11, 2015 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 14, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 21, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Jan 25, 2016 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Jan 25, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Feb 8, 2016 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  9. Feb 8, 2016 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  10. Feb 8, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-9-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Senator Hansen added as a coauthor

  12. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Senator Lassa added as a coauthor

  13. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Senator Nass added as a coauthor

  14. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Senator Wanggaard added as a coauthor

  15. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  18. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0

  19. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  21. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  22. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-16-2016 by Committee on Rules

  23. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  24. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  25. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  27. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 98, Noes 0

  28. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Representative Meyers added as a cosponsor

  29. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  31. Feb 25, 2016 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  32. Apr 21, 2016 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-21-2016

  33. Apr 25, 2016 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-25-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 385

  34. Apr 25, 2016 · Senate

    Published 4-26-2016