Relating to: funding for the Southeastern Wisconsin Fox River Commission and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Cowles, Petrowski, Olsen, Miller and Hansen.
Noes: 0 - None.
ROBERT COWLES
Chairperson
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The committee on Revenue, Financial Institutions and Rural Issues reported and recommended:
Senate Bill 783
Relating to: the fees for a foreign corporation's certificate of authority, withdrawal of a certificate of authority, and annual report.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Marklein, LeMahieu, Tiffany, Ringhand and Vinehout.
Noes: 0 - None.
HOWARD MARKLEIN
Chairperson
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Petitions and Communications
hist91052Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Cowles withdrawn as a co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 433. _____________
Referrals and Receipt of Committee Reports Concerning Proposed Administrative Rules
The committee on Natural Resources and Energy reported and recommended:
Relating to lake trout harvest limits in Lake Superior and affecting small business.
hist91075Referred to the joint committee for review of Administrative Rules, March 12, 2018. ROBERT COWLES
Chairperson
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Messages from the Assembly Considered
Assembly Joint Resolution 52
Relating to: designating the first week of April as Wisconsin Free and Charitable Clinic Week.
By Representatives Crowley, Kleefisch, Horlacher, Zamarripa, Zepnick, Loudenbeck, Kessler, Kolste, Tusler, Tittl, Riemer, Ballweg, C. Taylor, Pope, Hintz, Bernier, Hesselbein, Anderson, Genrich, Fields, Berceau, Vruwink, Spreitzer, Murphy, Subeck, Brostoff, Considine and Ohnstad; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Darling, L. Taylor, Harsdorf, Ringhand, Johnson, Vinehout and Olsen.
hist91126Read and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Joint Resolution 100
Relating to: encouraging the use of television white space technology to increase access to the Internet.
By Representatives Felzkowski, Bernier, E. Brooks, Edming, Kulp, Mursau, Nerison, Novak, Petryk, Quinn, Snyder, Spiros, Stafsholt, Summerfield, Swearingen, Tranel, Zimmerman, Fields, Horlacher, Krug, Petersen, Tittl, Tusler and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Testin, Darling, Moulton, Roth, Tiffany, Olsen, LeMahieu, Cowles, Petrowski and L. Taylor.
hist91076Read and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Joint Resolution 105
Relating to: proclaiming March 19, to be Wisconsin Celebrating Women in Public Office Day.
By Representatives Subeck and Bernier.
hist91077Read and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Joint Resolution 108
Relating to: supporting Taiwan's signing of the Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) with the United States and reaffirming support for increasing Taiwan's international profile and for strengthening and expanding sister-state ties between Wisconsin and Taiwan.
By Representatives Kulp, Tranel, Sinicki, Rohrkaste, Ballweg, Thiesfeldt, E. Brooks, VanderMeer, Kerkman, Krug, Steffen, Tusler, Spiros and Bernier; cosponsored by Senators Marklein and Moulton.
hist91127Read and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Joint Resolution 109
Relating to: recognizing February 2018 as Black History Month.
By Representatives Allen, Weatherston, Petryk, Thiesfeldt, Mursau, Steffen, Murphy, Rodriguez, Quinn, Wichgers, Horlacher, Tusler, Tranel, Edming, Snyder and Jacque.
hist91078Read and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Joint Resolution 110
Relating to: recognizing May 7 through May 11, 2018, as National Teacher Appreciation Week in Wisconsin.
By Representatives Snyder, Steineke, Ballweg, Krug, Jacque, VanderMeer, Pronschinske, Rohrkaste, Sinicki, Vruwink, Vorpagel, Petryk, Shankland, Thiesfeldt, Pope, Novak, Tusler, Subeck, Spiros, Tranel, Kitchens, Zepnick, Tittl and Summerfield; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Olsen, Testin, Cowles, Feyen and L. Taylor.
hist91079Read and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Joint Resolution 111
Relating to: recognizing the Stop the Bleed campaign, establishing March 31, 2018, as Wisconsin Trauma Awareness Day, and encouraging all Wisconsin citizens to participate in the initiative and learn more about the importance of bleeding-control measures.
By Representatives Kooyenga, Steineke and Crowley; cosponsored by Senators Vukmir and L. Taylor.
hist91080Read and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Joint Resolution 112
Relating to: proclaiming February 2018 as Black History Month.
By Representatives Crowley, Fields, Young, Anderson, Bowen, Zamarripa, Shankland, Ohnstad, Vruwink, Horlacher, Goyke, Hebl, Milroy, Kooyenga, Kessler, Pope, Spreitzer, Berceau, Subeck, Spiros, Tusler, Riemer, Kolste and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators L. Taylor, Johnson, Shilling, Miller, Wirch, Erpenbach, Vinehout, Risser and Ringhand.
hist91081Read and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Joint Resolution 113
Relating to: declaring August as Shingles Awareness and Improvement Month.
By Representatives Petryk and Kolste.
hist91082Read and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Bill 91
Relating to: undesignated felonies.
By Representatives Sanfelippo, Kleefisch, Jagler, Horlacher, R. Brooks, Duchow, Tusler, Knodl, Edming, Ott, Kremer, Tittl, Skowronski, Spiros, Krug, Fields and E. Brooks; cosponsored by Senators Vukmir, Wanggaard, Darling, Kapenga, Feyen and L. Taylor.
hist91124Read first time and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Bill 162
Relating to: proceeds from special registration plates associated with professional baseball park districts and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Ott, Murphy and Kooyenga; cosponsored by Senator Vukmir.
hist91090Read first time and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Bill 259
Relating to: the length of the recognition period for built-in gains tax; the evidentiary standard for proving a transaction has economic substance; participation by the Department of Revenue in the Multistate Tax Commission Audit Program; and reliance by a taxpayer on past audits by the Department of Revenue.
By Representatives Katsma, Macco, Bernier, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Duchow, Gannon, Hutton, Jacque, Jarchow, Kooyenga, Kremer, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Murphy, Neylon, Ripp, Skowronski and Tauchen; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Craig, Kapenga, Nass, Olsen and Stroebel.
hist91091Read first time and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Bill 402
Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for sales to a state veterans organization.
By Representatives Jacque, Skowronski, Ballweg, Bernier, Edming, Felzkowski, Gannon, Goyke, Kolste, Kulp, Murphy, Mursau, Subeck, Tittl, Tusler and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators LeMahieu, Wanggaard, Vukmir, Hansen and Craig.
hist91130Read first time and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Bill 433
Relating to: closing hours for retail sales by wineries.
By Representatives Nygren, Tauchen, Ballweg, Petryk, Zimmerman, Ripp, Allen, Kremer, Spiros, Kooyenga, Tittl, Meyers, Quinn, Considine, Kleefisch, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Stafsholt, Hutton, Vruwink, E. Brooks, Bernier and Shankland; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, L. Taylor, Moulton, Petrowski, Testin, Vinehout, Olsen, Bewley, Vukmir, Marklein, Nass, Stroebel, Cowles and Wanggaard.
hist91092Read first time and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Bill 553
Relating to: eligibility for state procurement contracts and certain actions taken by state and local governmental bodies involving a boycott of Israel.
By Representatives Kooyenga, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Jacque, Ott, Quinn, Skowronski and Macco; cosponsored by Senators Vukmir, Harsdorf, Lasee, Wanggaard and Nass.
hist91093Read first time and referred to the committee on Senate Organization.