{"id":5947,"date":"2013-10-15T16:50:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T22:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=5947"},"modified":"2013-10-15T17:06:05","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T23:06:05","slug":"legislative-update-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=5947","title":{"rendered":"Legislative Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wisconsin Assembly and Senate are both in session this week. A $100 million tax cut proposed by Governor Scott Walker is a top priority for action this week, with several other proposals under consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Walker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/news\/statepolitics\/scott-walker-gop-lawmakers-to-announce-legislative-agenda-thursday-b99117450z1-227236961.html\">announced<\/a> his intention to introduce a $100 million tax cut last Thursday. The governor&#8217;s plan diverts a budget surplus to local school districts, which would then lower property taxes. The Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimates the average property owner would see a $33 tax cut over the next two years. The plan, along with several other budget proposals, <a href=\"http:\/\/legis.wisconsin.gov\/lfb\/publications\/Miscellaneous\/Documents\/2013_10_15%20Structural%20Deficit.pdf\">will increase<\/a> the state&#8217;s structural deficit by 33 percent by 2015-17. The proposal has been approved by the Joint Finance Committee and will be taken up by the Senate later today.<\/p>\n<p>Other legislation under consideration this week:<\/p>\n<p><em>Team mascots bill<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2013\/proposals\/ab297\">AB 297<\/a>) &#8212; This bill will make it easier for Wisconsin school districts to keep race-based mascots.<\/p>\n<p><em>Higher speed limit<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2013\/proposals\/ab389\">AB 389<\/a>) &#8212; This bill will raise the speed limit on Wisconsin Interstate highways and other 4-lane highways with medians from 65 to 70 miles per hour.<\/p>\n<p><em>Underage drinking<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.legis.wisconsin.gov\/2013\/proposals\/sb155\">AB 61<\/a>) &#8212; This bill will allow businesses that sell alcohol to sue people younger than 21 for $1,000 who try to purchase liquor.<\/p>\n<p><em>Landlord-tenant relations<\/em> (SB 179) &#8212; This bill makes it easier for landlords to remove or dispose of cars and belongings of tenants. It will also allow landlords to evict tenants if a crime is committed on the rental property.<\/p>\n<p>ETA: The Wisconsin Senate voted to pass the property tax bill 28-5. Senators Tim Cullen (D-Janesville), Robert Jauch (D-Poplar), John Lehman (D-Racine), Mark Miller (D-Monona), and Fred Risser (D-Madison) voted against the proposal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wisconsin Assembly and Senate are both in session this week. A $100 million tax cut proposed by Governor Scott Walker is a top priority for action this week, with several other proposals under consideration. Walker announced his intention to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/?p=5947\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-5947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-state","tag-legislature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5947"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5956,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5947\/revisions\/5956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/profs.wisc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}