March 2018 Special Session11:32 A.M. THURSDAY, March 15, 2018
The Assembly met in the Assembly Chamber located in the State Capitol.
Speaker Pro Tempore August in the Chair.
The Assembly dispensed with the call of the roll.
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Executive Communications
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
Madison
Executive Order Number 278
Relating to a Special Session of the Legislature
on School Security and Safety
WHEREAS, events throughout the country have prompted the State of Wisconsin to reexamine school security and safety; and
WHEREAS, schools must remain a safe environment, free from fear and the threat of violence; and
WHEREAS, parents should be confident in the knowledge that their children's schools have taken every precaution to protect the students who attend; and
WHEREAS, the State of Wisconsin must act to ensure all school districts are safe and properly secured;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, SCOTT WALKER, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, pursuant to Article IV, Section 11, and Article V, Section 4 of the Wisconsin Constitution, do hereby require the convening of a special session of the Legislature at the Capitol in Madison, to commence at 9:00 AM on March 15, 2018, solely to consider and act upon legislation relating to the following:
1. LRB-5595 and 5686, relating to grants to schools for school safety and safety-related upgrades to school buildings, equipment, and facilities; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; and making an appropriation .
2. LRB-5599 and 5685, relating to creating an office of school safety in the Department of Justice and making appropriations.
3. LRB-5601 and 5687, relating to mandatory reporting of suspected intent to carry out violence involving a dangerous weapon or explosive in or targeting a school and providing a criminal penalty.
4. LRB-5683 and 5688, relating to the Department of Public Instruction's model school policy on bullying by pupils.
5. LRB-5684 and 5689, relating to school safety plans.
6. LRB-5690 and 5691, relating to allowing a school board to share safety camera footage with law enforcement.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the City of Madison this fifteenth day of March in the year two thousand eighteen.
SCOTT WALKER
Governor
By the Governor:
DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Secretary of State
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Adjournment
Representative Petryk moved that the Assembly stand adjourned until 10:01 A.M. on Tuesday, March 20.
The question was: Shall the Assembly stand adjourned?
Motion carried.
The Assembly stood adjourned.
11:33 A.M.
