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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 924

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Relating to: implementation of talent attraction and retention initiatives.

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

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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

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

12 cosponsors

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

Full history

  1. Feb 1, 2022 · Senate

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

  2. Feb 1, 2022 · Senate

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

  3. Feb 2, 2022 · Senate

    Representative Brooks added as a cosponsor

  4. Feb 23, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1