Under the Environmental Improvement Fund, JFC approved several of the governor’s clean water proposals. JFC approved an additional $13.5 million in bonding for the clean water fund, an increase of $3.55 million in bonding for the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program (SDWLP), and increased the maximum loan term for SDWLP loans from 20 to 30 […]
May 14 – JFC Approves Governor’s Clean Water Proposals, Rejects Lead Pipe Replacement Funding
Date Fri, May. 17, 2019 - 11:06am By Hamilton
May 9 – JFC Removes Key Provisions of Evers Budget
Date Fri, May. 17, 2019 - 11:04am By Hamilton
In their May 9 executive session, the Joint Finance Committee began by removing 131 major policy and fiscal provisions Gov. Tony Evers had proposed, including the removal of the governor’s plan for Medicaid expansion. (Read more about notable provisions removed.) JFC approved removing the items on an 11-4 party line vote. The committee also rejected […]
Joint Finance Committee Begins Budget Votes
Date Fri, May. 17, 2019 - 11:02am By Hamilton
The Joint Finance Committee has begun taking votes on the 2019-21 state budget. Departing from previous sessions’ procedures, JFC is working from the previous base budget instead of the governor’s proposal. If no motions are offered on a particular area, then that item remains at the base funding level. So far, JFC has voted to […]
JFC Removes Worker’s Comp Provisions from Gov. Evers Budget
Date Fri, May. 10, 2019 - 9:51am By Hamilton
In its first executive session on the 2019-21 state budget on May 9, the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee voted to remove provisions of Gov. Tony Evers’s proposed budget making changes to worker’s compensation procedures. Evers’s budget had proposed unifying worker’s compensation proceedings under the Department of Workforce Development (DWD) by moving disputed worker’s compensation […]
Gov. Evers Requests Budget Corrections
Date Fri, May. 3, 2019 - 10:44am By Hamilton
The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) announced this week they plan to immediately remove 131 items from Gov. Tony Evers’s budget. Also this week, the Department of Administration sent a letter to the JFC co-chairs and a letter to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau detailing several corrections the governor requests to make in his proposed budget. The […]
JFC to Begin Budget Votes Next Week
Date Fri, May. 3, 2019 - 10:39am By Hamilton
The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) will meet for its first executive session of the 2019-21 state budget process on May 9. JFC will begin by removing a list of items from Gov. Tony Evers’s proposed budget, then taking up 15 relatively non-controversial agency sections. A letter from JFC co-chairs Sen. Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) and […]
JFC Holds Agency Briefings on 2019-21 Budget
Date Fri, Apr. 5, 2019 - 11:15am By Hamilton
The Joint Finance Committee (JFC) has kicked off the budget process in the legislature by holding agency briefings this week. Inviting fewer agencies than usual, JFC heard testimony from six agencies over two days. Next, the committee will travel the state for four public hearings in April, then likely begin votes in May. Meanwhile, Gov. […]
What’s Next in the 2019-21 State Budget Process
Date Fri, Mar. 22, 2019 - 8:21am By Hamilton
Gov. Tony Evers released his proposed 2019-21 state budget on Feb. 28, officially beginning the biennial budget process. The legislature’s Joint Finance Committee (JFC) has introduced the governor’s budget bill as SB 59/AB 56 and is now waiting for the Legislative Fiscal Bureau to prepare its budget papers, which will guide JFC’s review and voting. […]
Gov. Evers Budget Would Make Significant Changes to UI, FMLA
Date Wed, Mar. 13, 2019 - 3:04pm By Hamilton
Gov. Tony Evers’s proposed 2019-21 state budget would make significant changes to Wisconsin’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) laws. Read about specific changes to UI and FMLA employment law proposed by Evers below. Unemployment Insurance Evers seeks to expand eligibility for UI with provisions including: Repealing the requirement that […]
Gov. Evers’s 2019-21 Budget Address: Republicans React
Date Fri, Mar. 1, 2019 - 8:23am By Hamilton
Vos: Repeal of Right to Work and Repeal of Prevailing Wage Reforms “Never Going to Happen” On Feb. 28, Gov. Tony Evers gave his biennial state budget address. While Democrats praised the reforms in the proposal, Republican legislators criticized the budget’s high price tag and inclusion of nonstarter items, but noted they hope to find […]