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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 748

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Relating to: purchase and renovation of a center for the employment of blind and visually impaired individuals, sale of the existing center, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Administration department of — Budget and fiscal issues Blind and visually impaired Building commission state Bus and truck Employment Milwaukee county Organization miscellaneous

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill amends the 2019-21 Authorized State Building Program to add a

grant to Wiscraft, Inc., doing business as Beyond Vision, to assist in the purchase and

renovation of a new facility in Milwaukee County for the employment of blind and

visually impaired individuals and the provision of related services to those

individuals. The project has a combined cost of $11,000,000 ($5,000,000 in general

fund supported borrowing authority and $6,000,000 in gifts, grants, and other

receipts). Under the bill, the Department of Administration is required to sell the

existing land and facilities occupied by Wiscraft, Inc., to the highest bidder and

deposit the proceeds of the sale in the budget stabilization fund.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Kooyenga (R)

9 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Crowley (D) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Larson (D) , Loudenbeck (R) , Steffen (R) , Tusler (R) , Wittke (R)

Full history

  1. Jan 29, 2020 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Kooyenga; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Anderson, Crowley, Dittrich, Edming, Tusler and Wittke

  2. Jan 29, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families

  3. Feb 3, 2020 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Kooyenga

  4. Feb 12, 2020 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

    Representative Loudenbeck added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 5, 2020 · Senate

    Senator Larson added as a coauthor

  7. Mar 10, 2020 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  8. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1