Deer Hunting Season Opens Tomorrow
DNR Deer Hunting Information here
Special Session
Assembly continues their strong record on workforce development.
This includes investments in childcare, occupational licensure reforms, tax relief, welfare reform, and worker training grants.
An average income family with two children in high-cost child care could receive nearly $6,000 in total tax benefit.
Tax Cut
Making Wisconsin’s tax structure more competitive is the best way to retain and attract workforce talent
$2 billion tax cut restores the middle class tax cut vetoed by Governor Evers.
- Reduce the tax burden on single filers earning $27,630 or more by reducing the 3rd tax bracket rate from 5.3% to 4.4%. Reducing the number of tax brackets from 4 to 3.
- The average Wisconsin family would receive an additional $600 tax cut.
- Every Wisconsinite earning $27,630 or more would see a reduction in their tax bill.
Child Care Counts
was designed to be a temporary program. This bill offers sustainable structural reforms to Wisconsin’s child care industry aimed at promoting access and affordability.
Availability
The PALS program has received $2.5 million and has created 331 spots in Western and Northern Wisconsin since its inception.
This bill extends the PALS program statewide using $15 million GPR from the JFC Supplemental. It is currently scheduled to expire in June 2024.
The program provides one-time assistance to unlicensed childcare providers to help them clear hurdles on their way to licensure. (i.e., Required fencing or other infrastructure, etc.).
If the program experiences the same success moving forward, it could create as many as 2,000 childcare slots in childcare deserts across the state.
Affordability
Expansion of the childcare and dependent tax credit.
A family of four with two children in child care could receive a total credit of $5,200, offsetting almost a quarter of their estimated $24,000 child care cost.
This builds on the expansion in the 2021-23 state budget and puts more money in Wisconsin families’ pockets to address child care costs.
Total fiscal: $144.2 million biennially
Welfare Reform
Fighting fraud.
Requiring work searches.
Strengthening drug testing requirements.
Requires work search requirements for Unemployment Insurance (UI) recipients.
In a recent referendum, 80% of Wisconsinites supported work search requirements for welfare recipients.
Strengthens drug testing requirements in order to receive UI benefits Codifies DWD procedures that identify fraudulent unemployment claims.
Occupational Licensure Reform
Sunrise/sunset provisions.
Expanded reciprocity.
Creates universal reciprocal occupational licenses.
DSPS’ shortfalls during the pandemic highlighted the barriers occupational licensure creates for
individuals trying to enter the workforce.
Sunrise and sunset provisions will eliminate unnecessary occupational licenses on a rolling basis.
Enters Wisconsin into the Social Work and Physicians’ Assistant licensure compacts.
Assembly Bills Passed on November 14th
AJR84
Proclaiming November 2023 to be Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
AJR90
Declaring November 2023 as Veterans’ Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
AJR91
Proclaiming November 13 to 19, 2023 as Wisconsin Apprenticeship Week.
AJR93
Proclaiming November 2023 to be Diabetes Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
AB62
Assignment of dental benefits under health insurance.
AB129
Sexual assault by a health care provider and providing a penalty.
AB133
Farmland preservation agreements and tax credits.
AB207
Ratification of the Counseling Compact.
AB208
Ratification of the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
AB223
Maintaining a supply of usable opioid antagonist at a school.
AB242
Relating to: county of residence for care management organization facility placements.
AB251
A tier I license issued by the Department of Public Instruction and modifying administrative rules promulgated by the Department of Public Instruction.
AB259
100-day prescription drug supplies under SeniorCare and amending an administrative rule related to 100-day prescription drug supplies permitted under SeniorCare.
AB261
Payday loans.
AB271
A grant program for recovery high schools and making an appropriation.
AB339
Restrictions on use of certain refrigerants.
AB367
Permitted electronic transmissions under employer-sponsored health insurance policies and plans.
AB369
Newborn infant safety devices under the safe haven law.
AB410
Ratification of the PA Licensure Compact.
AB416
Repair of complex rehabilitation technology under the Medical Assistance program.
AB431
Practice of fitting and dealing in hearing aids, certification of hearing instrument specialists to engage in cerumen management, and granting rule-making authority.
AB437
Various changes to insurance laws and providing a penalty.
AB443
Creation of a cremation permit application form.
AB466
Consumer data protection and providing a penalty.
AB514
Prohibiting certain indemnification provisions in contracts relating to design professional
services.
AB541
Provision of telehealth services by out-of-state health care providers.
AB560
The use of videoconferencing technology in certain civil actions.
AB566
Grants for suicide prevention programming.
AB573
A law enforcement officer virtual behavioral health crisis care pilot program.
AB574
Regulating earned wage access services, granting rule-making authority, and providing a
penalty.
AB575
The mental health training program provided by the Department of Public Instruction.
AB576
Public safety peer counseling and privilege for peer support and critical incident stress
management services communications and granting rule-making authority.
AB616
Medical Assistance coverage of services provided in an institution for mental disease.
Blue Books Are Here!
District #5 Residents, please contact my office for your copy while supplies last.
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Upcoming Events in District 5
Opening Day for Gun Deer Hunting: November 18th
Information on hunting rules, regulations, and tag purchase options from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
DNR website: https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/
Small Business Cash Mob: November 23 – 26, 2023
Contact Heart of the Valley Chamber of Commerce
920-766-1616
Freedom Christmas Parade: December 2nd, 2023
6:00PM Freedom, WI
The parade begins at Freedom High School traveling down Highway E to Tralee Lane to Killarney Lane to Garvey Avenue to County Road S to Highway 55 and back to the Freedom High School.
Kaukauna Christmas Parade: December 5th, 2023
6:00PM
Kaukauna, WI
St. Joseph Parish Church Basement Bingo : December 13th, 2023
Followed by Nativity Shadow Play and Caroling
6:15 PM & 7:00 PM
Oneida, WI
Do you know of an event in District 5?
Please contact my office with any upcoming events. I look forward to sharing your event details in the next Goeben Gazette.
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Contact Information
My staff and I are here to serve you. If you have general questions or concerns regarding legislative matters, or if you need assistance with a state agency, please feel free to contact us. We are here to assist you!
We are also happy to schedule a meeting with you, either here in Madison, or in District 5.
Representative Joy Goeben
State Capitol, Room 209 North
PO Box 8952
Madison, WI 53708
Rep.Goeben@legis.wisconsin.gov
(608) 237-9105 or Toll Free (888) 534-0005
