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WISCONSIN CATHOLIC CONFERENCE
Capitol Update
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September 9, 2019
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Contents Include:
1. USCCB Urges Support for Equal Campus Access Act
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Upcoming Hearings of Interest
3. New Bills of Interest
USCCB Urges Support for Equal Campus Access Act
Religious groups - including Jewish, Muslim, and Catholic groups - are being kicked off campuses for requiring that leaders uphold the teachings of the group. Student organizations on college and university campuses should be able to select leaders who share the organizations' goals. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) supports the Equal Campus Access Act of 2019 (H.R. 3243/S.1168), which protects all students by withholding certain federal funding from public universities that discriminate against religious student groups.
Use the USCCB Action Alert to contact your Members of Congress and urge them to support the Equal Campus Access Act.
Upcoming
Hearings of Interest
(N.B. Only bills of interest are flagged. In most cases, committees will be considering other bills as well.)
Senate Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing, & State-Federal Relations, Tue, Sep 10, 12:30 pm, 400 SE
SB-145
Homeless Case Management (Olsen, Luther) Homelessness case management services and making an appropriation.
AB-120
Homeless Case Management (James, Jesse) Homelessness case management services and making an appropriation.
New Bills of Interest
SB-344
Family Navigator Program (Testin, Patrick) Family navigator program in the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation in the Department of Workforce Development and making an appropriation. Referred to Senate Committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism, & Workforce
AB-375
(Ballweg, Joan)
SB-347
Sex Abuse Education (Petrowski, Jerry) Requiring sexual abuse prevention education. Referred to Senate Committee on Education
AB-377
(Spiros, John)
SB-348
Restoring Voting Rights (Taylor, Lena) Restoring the right to vote to certain persons barred from voting as a result of a felony conviction, changing the information requiring on voter registration forms, and changing voting procedure for certain persons who are convicted of felonies. Referred to Senate Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight, & Courts
SB-350
Birth Costs (Legislative Council) Eliminating administrative rule limitation on recovery of birth costs. Referred to Senate Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children & Families
AB-103
(Legislative Council)
SB-361
Medicaid Expansion (Erpenbach, Jon) Eligibility expansion under the Medical Assistance program. Referred to Senate Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing, & State-Federal Relations
AB-394
(Riemer, Daniel)
SB-370
Lead Hazard Tax Credit
(Johnson, LaTonya) Creating a nonrefundable individual and corporate income and franchise tax credit for costs paid to eliminate exposure to a lead hazard in a dwelling.
Referred to Senate Committee on Utilities & Housing
AB-409
(Gruszynski, Staush)
SB-379
Healthy Eating Pilot
(Testin, Patrick) Healthy eating incentive pilot program. Referred to Senate Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing, & State-Federal Relations
AB-412
(Rohrkaste, Mike)
SB-380
Medical Assistance Coverage
(Kooyenga, Dale) Coverage of services under Medical Assistance provided through telehealth and other technologies, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. Referred to Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
AB-410
(Loudenbeck, Amy)
SB-381
Sexual Contact with Child
(Taylor, Lena) The statute of limitations for sexual contact with a child.
Referred to Senate Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight, & Courts
SB-382
Child Abuse Reporting
(Taylor, Lena) The duty of a member of the clergy to report child abuse.
Referred to Senate Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight, & Courts
AB-367
Abortion Prohibitions (Subeck, Lisa) Eliminating certain abortion prohibitions. Referred to Assembly Criminal Justice and Public Safety
AB-378
Dating Violence (Sargent, Melissa) Teen dating violence prevention education. Referred to Assembly Education
AB-381 Menstrual Products (Sargent, Melissa) Provision of menstrual products in state and local buildings and school buildings. Referred to Assembly State Affairs
AB-384 Conviction Records (Taylor, Chris) Prohibiting the consideration of the conviction record of an applicant for employment before the applicant has been selected for an interview. Referred to Assembly Labor and Integrated Employment
AB-398
Jailed Pregnant Person (Subeck, Lisa) The treatment of a pregnant or postpartum person in prison and county jail. Referred to Assembly Corrections
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Capitol Update
is a periodic e-mail on legislative issues from the Wisconsin Catholic Conference.
Wisconsin Catholic Conference
131 W. Wilson St., Suite 1105
Madison, WI 53703
608/257-0004
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