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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 707

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Relating to: national reading program grants. (FE)

Children and families department of Literacy Loan Organization miscellaneous

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Children and Families to establish a

program to award grants for the provision of books to young children. Under the

grant program, DCF may award grants of no more than $10,000 each to nonprofit

organizations as reimbursement for up to 50 percent of the cost of books that the

organizations provide in partnership with a national reading program that has been

in existence since at least 2003 and that mails age-appropriate books free of charge

to children from birth to age five, regardless of family income.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bradley (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Spreitzer (D)

25 cosponsors

Allen (R) , August (R) , Binsfeld (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Callahan (R) , Gustafson (R) , Hurd (R) , Kitchens (R) , Krug (R) , Melotik (R) , Michalski (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Petryk (R) , Plumer (R) , Rettinger (R) , Schmidt (R) , Snodgrass (D) , Subeck (D) , Swearingen (R) , Vining and Tranel , Wittke (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Feb 5, 2024 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. Nov 21, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Felzkowski, Bradley, Cabral-Guevara and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives August, Kitchens, O'Connor, Subeck, Krug, Plumer, Novak, Penterman, Hurd, Binsfeld, Allen, Rettinger, Murphy, Brandtjen, Melotik, Mursau, Gustafson, Petryk, Michalski and Schmidt

  2. Nov 21, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Dec 14, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 10, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor

  5. Jan 12, 2024 · Senate

    Representatives Vining and Tranel added as cosponsors

  6. Jan 16, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Wittke added as a cosponsor

  7. Jan 23, 2024 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  8. Feb 5, 2024 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  9. Feb 5, 2024 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  10. Feb 5, 2024 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Feb 7, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Callahan added as a cosponsor

  12. Feb 9, 2024 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  13. Feb 13, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Swearingen added as a cosponsor

  14. Feb 13, 2024 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. Feb 13, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Feb 13, 2024 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  17. Feb 13, 2024 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  18. Feb 13, 2024 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Feb 13, 2024 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  20. Feb 14, 2024 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  21. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules

  22. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  23. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  24. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  26. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  27. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Feb 21, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  29. Feb 28, 2024 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  30. Mar 18, 2024 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024

  31. Mar 26, 2024 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 191

  32. Mar 26, 2024 · Senate

    Published 3-23-2024