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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 234

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Relating to: tourism industry grants. (FE)

Amusement Disease Federal aid Governor Organization miscellaneous Recreation Tourism department of

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, stopped here
  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

Tourism promotion and development organization grants

This bill requires the Department of Tourism to award grants to nonprofit

organizations whose primary purpose is the promotion and development of tourism

in Wisconsin to assist those organizations to remain operational in the wake of the

COVID-19 global pandemic. The bill further requires Tourism to award grants to

such nonprofit organizations and to certain governmental organizations also having

that same primary purpose for purposes of tourism marketing in connection with

Wisconsin's recovery from the COVID-19 global pandemic.

A nonprofit or governmental organization receiving a grant under the bill, as

specified above, may not receive grants totalling more than $1,000,000 or 50 percent

of the organization's average annual tourism marketing budget over the previous

three years, not including 2020. The bill requires the governor to allocate

$50,000,000 of the funds accepted under the federal American Rescue Plan Act of

2021 for the grants.

Amusement industry grants

This bill requires the Department of Tourism to award grants to organizations

that own or operate amusement or theme parks in Wisconsin for purposes of

short-term tourism marketing in connection with the organization's recovery from

the COVID-19 global pandemic. The bill limits each grant to 50 percent of the

organization's average annual tourism marketing budget over the previous three

years, not including 2020. The bill requires the governor to allocate $25,000,000 of

the funds accepted under the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for the

grants.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cabral-Guevara (R) , Callahan (R) , Dallman (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Krug (R) , Kurtz (R) , Moses (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Plumer (R) , Rozar (R) , Snyder (R) , Swearingen (R) , Tranel (R) , Vorpagel (R) , Wittke (R) , Zimmerman (R)

7 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Born, Armstrong, Mursau, Petryk, Knodl, Loudenbeck and James , Felzkowski (R) , Kitchens (R) , Marklein (R) , Steffen (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Jobs and the Economy, Ayes 8, Noes 4

Passed 8–4 Apr 8, 2021 official source full page

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

Assembly: SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND

Passed 56–36 Apr 13, 2021 official source full page

Aye · 56

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 56–37 Apr 13, 2021 official source full page

Aye · 56

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Apr 14, 2021 official source full page

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

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 18–13 Apr 14, 2021 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Apr 2, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Dallman, Kurtz, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Duchow, Edming, Krug, Moses, Oldenburg, Plumer, Rozar, Snyder, Swearingen, Tranel, Vorpagel, Wittke and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Bernier, Felzkowski and Ballweg

  2. Apr 2, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Jobs and the Economy

  3. Apr 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Representatives Born, Armstrong, Mursau, Petryk, Knodl, Loudenbeck and James added as coauthors

  4. Apr 6, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Apr 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Jobs and the Economy, Ayes 8, Noes 4

  7. Apr 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Apr 8, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules

  9. Apr 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  10. Apr 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor

  11. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Anderson, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Doyle, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hong, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, Moore Omokunde, L. Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Pope, Riemer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining and Vruwink

  13. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken

  14. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair appealed

  15. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 56, Noes 36

  16. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  18. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 56, Noes 37

  19. Apr 13, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  21. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  22. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-14-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  23. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  24. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  26. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 13

  27. Apr 14, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Apr 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  29. Apr 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 4-14-2021

  30. Apr 21, 2021 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-21-2021 by directive of the Speaker

  31. Apr 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-22-2021

  32. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-17-2022 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  33. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82