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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 940

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Relating to: implementation of talent attraction and retention initiatives.

Economic development corporation wisconsin Legislature — Finance joint committee on State agencies

  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

Under current law, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

administers a program under which it collaborates with state agencies to develop

and implement initiatives for the attraction of talent to and retention of talent in this

state. Also under current law, under

2021 Wisconsin Act 58

, WEDC is required to

expend $3,000,000 under that program in the 2021-23 fiscal biennium.

This bill requires the chief executive officer of WEDC, within 30 days after the

bill becomes law, to submit a plan to the Joint Committee on Finance describing in

detail WEDC's plan for making expenditures on talent attraction and retention

initiatives, as required under

2021 Wisconsin Act 58

, and to ensure that WEDC

begins making those expenditures.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Born (R) , Brooks (R) , Callahan (R) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Magnafici (R) , Moses (R) , Petersen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tranel (R)

4 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Darling (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Feyen (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Small Business Development, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Feb 15, 2022 official source full page

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

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Economic and Workforce Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Feb 24, 2022 official source full page

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

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

Passed 3–2 Mar 4, 2022 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 20–11 Mar 8, 2022 official source full page

Not voting · 2

Full history

  1. Feb 1, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Armstrong, Born, Callahan, Dittrich, Edming, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Moses, Petersen, Thiesfeldt, Tranel and Brooks; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Ballweg, Darling and Felzkowski

  2. Feb 1, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Small Business Development

  3. Feb 8, 2022 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Small Business Development, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  6. Feb 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Feb 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-17-2022 by Committee on Rules

  8. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  9. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Feb 17, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  11. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  14. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Economic and Workforce Development

  15. Feb 24, 2022 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  16. Feb 24, 2022 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Economic and Workforce Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  17. Feb 24, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  18. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

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

  19. Mar 4, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-8-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  20. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Read a second time

  21. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  23. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 20, Noes 11

  24. Mar 8, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Mar 9, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  26. Mar 11, 2022 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-11-2022

  27. Apr 4, 2022 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-4-2022 by directive of the Speaker

  28. Apr 8, 2022 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-8-2022

  29. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

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

  30. May 17, 2022 · Assembly

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