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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 891

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: main street bounceback grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

Business Economic development corporation wisconsin Municipality — Planning

  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

This bill appropriates $25,000,000 in general purpose revenue in each year of

the 2023-25 fiscal biennium for the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

to award grants to provide assistance to businesses opening a new location or

expanding operations in a vacant commercial space. WEDC already administers

such a program, which is nonstatutory, with federal American Rescue Plan Act

(ARPA) funding. Under the bill, WEDC must establish eligibility requirements and

other policies and procedures for grants awarded under the bill that are

substantially similar to the eligibility requirements and policies and procedures in

effect on June 30, 2023, for the Wisconsin Tomorrow Main Street Bounceback Grant

program administered by WEDC. Additionally, WEDC may not award a grant under

the bill to a nonprofit organization.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , Carpenter (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Taylor (D) , Wirch (D)

23 cosponsors

Baldeh (D) , C. Anderson (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Emerson (D) , Haywood (D) , Hong (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D)

Full history

  1. Jan 5, 2024 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Roys, Agard, Carpenter, L. Johnson, Larson, Spreitzer, Taylor and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Joers, Vining, Baldeh, C. Anderson, J. Anderson, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Hong, Jacobson, Madison, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stubbs and Subeck

  2. Jan 5, 2024 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development and Technical Colleges

  3. Jan 17, 2024 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 1, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor

  5. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1