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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 144

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Relating to: skills enhancement grants and making an appropriation.

Children and families department of Organization miscellaneous Poor Power of attorney

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan 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. 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

20 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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Horlacher (R) , James (R) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Kurtz (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Nygren (R) , Petersen (R) , Petryk (R) , Plumer (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Schraa (R) , Snyder (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Steineke (R) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R)

4 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Darling (R) , Feyen (R) , Shankland (D)

Votes

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

Passed 8–4 Jun 12, 2019 official source full page

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

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

Passed 12–0 Jun 12, 2019 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Mar 25, 2019 · Assembly

    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

  2. Mar 25, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development

  3. Mar 27, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Shankland added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 23, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. May 31, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kurtz

  6. Jun 4, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Jun 12, 2019 · Assembly

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

  8. Jun 12, 2019 · Assembly

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

  9. Jun 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Jun 13, 2019 · Assembly

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

  11. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  13. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  15. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  16. Jun 18, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Jun 18, 2019 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  18. Jun 24, 2019 · Senate

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

  19. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1