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Action on the Senate Message
Senate Joint Resolution 79
Relating to: the life and public service of Rodney Warren Kreunen.
By Senators Risser, Erpenbach, Nass, Lasee, Cowles, L. Taylor, Olsen, Petrowski, Miller, Wirch, Wanggaard, Lassa and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Subeck, Hesselbein, Kahl, Milroy, Sargent, Ohnstad, Hebl, Kessler, Berceau and Jacque.
Senate Joint Resolution 83
Relating to: naming February 2016 as Children's Dental Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
By Senators L. Taylor, Harris Dodd, C. Larson, Lassa, Olsen, Ringhand, Risser and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Ohnstad, Ballweg, Berceau, Genrich, Goyke, Horlacher, Jorgensen, A. Ott, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, C. Taylor and Zepnick.
Senate Joint Resolution 86
Relating to: commending and congratulating the University of Wisconsin-Stout for 125 years of preparing students for successful careers and improving the economy in the state of Wisconsin.
By Senator Harsdorf; cosponsored by Representative Murtha.
Senate Joint Resolution 87
Relating to: recognizing the dedicated volunteers of the Fond du Lac area Water Action Volunteer program for their critical work on Fond du Lac area waterways, rivers, streams, and creeks.
By Senator Gudex; cosponsored by Representative Thiesfeldt.
Senate Joint Resolution 89
Relating to: proclaiming May 13, 14, and 15, 2016, Syttende Mai Weekend.
By Senators Shilling, Miller, Hansen, Wirch, Olsen, Vinehout, Risser, C. Larson, Harris Dodd, Cowles, Lazich and Lassa; cosponsored by Representatives Nerison, Hebl, Kahl, Zamarripa, Milroy, Jorgensen, Petryk, Johnson, Danou, Ohnstad, Knudson, Horlacher, Berceau, Sinicki, Subeck, C. Taylor, Spreitzer and Genrich.
Senate Joint Resolution 90
Relating to: commending the Legislative Audit Bureau on the occasion of its 50th year of service to the legislature.
By Senators Cowles, Darling, Bewley, Vinehout and Lazich; cosponsored by Representatives Kerkman, Macco, Nygren, Sargent and Berceau.
Senate Joint Resolution 91
Relating to: honoring the 200th anniversary of Fort Crawford in Prairie du Chien.
By Senators Shilling, Cowles, Lassa, Ringhand, Vinehout and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Nerison, Berceau, Danou, Genrich, Horlacher, Jorgensen, Murphy, Ohnstad, Pope and Sinicki.
Senate Bill 134
Relating to: coverage for new participating employers under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
By Senators Petrowski, Olsen and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Edming, Ripp, Mursau, Ballweg, Kulp, Bernier and Hebl.
Senate Bill 295
Relating to: electronic voter registration, verification of certain registrations, proof of residence for voting in an election, authorizing Wisconsin to enter into agreements to share information related to the registration and voting of electors; election registration officials; testing election officials after training; electronic poll lists; election equipment approval; overvoted ballots; voter registration proof of residency for an individual in a residential care facility; counting of absentee ballots; witness address required for valid absentee ballot; and granting rule-making authority.
By Senators LeMahieu, Risser, Wanggaard and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Bernier, Berceau, Czaja, Kahl, Kleefisch, Knudson, Kolste, Pope, Rohrkaste, Sargent, Swearingen, Tittl and Vorpagel.
Senate Bill 300
Relating to: the sales and use tax imposed on a jukebox.
By Senators Tiffany, Roth, Olsen, Lazich, Stroebel and Shilling; cosponsored by Representatives Swearingen, Nygren, Barca, Jarchow, E. Brooks, Kulp, Petersen, Steffen, Kitchens, Schraa, A. Ott, Genrich, Murphy, T. Larson, Murtha, Mursau, Sinicki, C. Taylor, Czaja, Stuck, Hintz, Jacque and Knodl.
Senate Bill 383
Relating to: providing immunity from civil and criminal liability to certain health care providers for performing a body cavity search.
By Senators LeMahieu and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Katsma, Horlacher, Vorpagel, Kremer, Gannon, Steffen, R. Brooks, Thiesfeldt, Murphy, Tittl, Kleefisch, A. Ott, Allen and Rohrkaste.
Senate Bill 387
Relating to: procedures for changing the placement of a child who is subject to a temporary physical custody order or termination of parental rights order of the juvenile court, procedures for amending a consent decree of the juvenile court, emergency change-in-placement procedures for a child who is placed in his or her own home under a dispositional order of the juvenile court, venue in post-dispositional proceedings under the Children's Code and Juvenile Justice Code, procedures for requesting and objecting to a proposed change in placement of a child and for changing the placement of a child when no objection is filed, the appointment of a successor guardian for a child who is subject to a termination of parental rights order of the juvenile court, case closure orders with respect to a child whose dispositional order is terminated, and the effective period of a temporary physical custody order of the juvenile court.
By Senators Darling, Lassa, LeMahieu and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Ballweg, Billings, Bowen, Kleefisch and Rohrkaste.
Senate Bill 418
Relating to: a nonprofit organization grant program administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs and making an appropriation.
By Senators Petrowski, Carpenter, Darling, Harsdorf, Marklein, Moulton, Ringhand, L. Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Edming, Petryk, Allen, Berceau, R. Brooks, Brostoff, Horlacher, T. Larson, Macco, Milroy, A. Ott, Riemer, Sinicki and Skowronski.
Senate Bill 419
Relating to: a veterans employment and entrepreneurship grant program, veteran employment grants, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
By Senators Petrowski, Carpenter, Darling, Harsdorf, LeMahieu, Marklein, Moulton, Olsen, Ringhand, L. Taylor and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives VanderMeer, Allen, Ballweg, Bernier, Brostoff, Edming, T. Larson, Macco, Milroy, Murphy, A. Ott, Petryk and Skowronski.
Senate Bill 449
Relating to: licenses to teach vocational education subjects.
By Senators Darling, Kapenga, Stroebel, L. Taylor, Vukmir and Gudex; cosponsored by Representatives Knodl, Horlacher, Hutton, Kremer, Kuglitsch, T. Larson, A. Ott, Rodriguez, Sanfelippo, Skowronski and Weatherston.
Senate Bill 466
Relating to: authorizing certain libraries to notify collection agencies and law enforcement agencies of delinquent accounts.
By Senators Harsdorf, Gudex, Kapenga, Moulton, Stroebel, Wanggaard, Ringhand and Bewley; cosponsored by Representatives VanderMeer, Allen, Bernier, E. Brooks, Czaja, Edming, Jacque, Krug, Kulp, Loudenbeck, Murphy, Mursau, Nerison, A. Ott, Petryk, Ripp, Rohrkaste, Swearingen, Tittl and Kahl.
Senate Bill 481
Relating to: reports regarding rural and underserved urban medicine programs.
By Senator Vukmir; cosponsored by Representative Sanfelippo.
Senate Bill 511
Relating to: creating a Distance Learning Authorization Board and making an appropriation.
By Senator Harsdorf; cosponsored by Representative Ballweg.
Senate Bill 517
Relating to: leave from employment for the purpose of serving as a bone marrow or organ donor and providing a penalty.
By Senators Darling, Bewley, Lasee, Wanggaard, Ringhand, Vinehout, Olsen, C. Larson and Lassa; cosponsored by Representatives Mason, Kooyenga, Jacque, Steffen, Horlacher, Ohnstad, Subeck, J. Ott, Kolste, Riemer, Johnson, Jorgensen, Berceau and Ballweg.
Senate Bill 567
Relating to: the review of water quality standards and variances to water quality standards by the Department of Natural Resources and exempting certain actions of the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Administration from the requirement to promulgate rules relating to the statewide water quality variance for phosphorus.
By Senator Cowles; cosponsored by Representative Loudenbeck.
Senate Bill 571
Relating to: authority of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents regarding agricultural land.
By Senator Petrowski; cosponsored by Representatives Ripp, Czaja, Krug, Loudenbeck and Tauchen.
Senate Bill 575
Relating to: official logotypes for Wisconsin veteran-owned businesses and disabled veteran-owned businesses.
By Senators Roth, Nass, Bewley, LeMahieu, Petrowski, Hansen, Lassa, Harris Dodd, Carpenter, Miller and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Goyke, Allen, Thiesfeldt, Horlacher, Heaton, Kolste, VanderMeer, Rohrkaste, Petryk, Berceau, Ohnstad, Czaja, Riemer, Hesselbein, Murphy, Edming, Zepnick, Brostoff, A. Ott, Sinicki, Kremer, Krug, Genrich, Jagler, Mursau, Milroy, Tittl, Novak, Skowronski, E. Brooks, Zamarripa, Pope and Hebl.