Assembly Committee on Finance #
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Membership and meeting schedule available on website.
Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“There shall also be an assembly committee on finance consisting of the assembly members of the joint committee on finance. The assembly cochairperson of the joint committee is the chairperson of the assembly committee” (Assembly Rule 9-4).
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Per staff at Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, it is extremely rare for individual Assembly and Senate Committees on Finance to meet. They almost exclusively convene as the Joint Committee on Finance.
Assembly Committee on Ways and Means #
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Membership and meeting schedule available on website.
Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“The Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Ways and Means will provide a revenue-neutral tax plan for the 21st Century to the citizens of Wisconsin that will boost new economic growth, create an equal playing field and spur job creation across the state. We will examine big ideas that will move us away from special interest carve outs, exemptions, and investment penalization. We will leave no stone uncovered and no code unexamined. We realize that the faster we can reform our tax system, the faster we will realize the long term benefits of supporting 21st century jobs, families and retirees” (2017 committee website).
Joint Committee on Finance #
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Membership and meeting schedule available on website.
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“The committee may inquire into the operations or activities of any agency, department, board, institution or commission of the state, to determine better methods, systems or procedures for improving state government operations” (Wis. Stat. § 13.09).
Senate Committee on Finance #
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Membership and meeting schedule available on website.
Purpose/Jurisdiction #
“(a) The members of the senate committee on finance are the senate members of the joint committee on finance.
“(b) When the joint committee on finance fails to report a proposal referred to it by the senate, the proposal may be returned to the senate by the senate committee on finance” (Senate Rule 20-4).
Note #
Per staff at Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau, it is extremely rare for individual Assembly and Senate Committees on Finance to meet. They almost exclusively convene as the Joint Committee on Finance.
