One-Hundred and Third Regular Session
THURSDAY, March 29, 2018
The Chief Clerk made the following entries under the above date.
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Chief Clerk's Entries
Senate Enrolled Proposals
The Chief Clerk records:
Report correctly enrolled on 3-29-2018.
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Petition and Communications
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
EXECUTIVE ORDER #280
Relating to a Special Elections for the First Senate District and the Forty-Second Assembly District
WHEREAS, on March 22, 2018, Judge Josann Reynolds of the Dane Country Circuit Court ordered special elections for the First Senate District and the Forty-Second Assembly District of Wisconsin;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, SCOTT WALKER, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, order that special elections be held Tuesday, June 12, 2018, to fill the vacancies in the First Senate District, the boundaries of which are set out in section 4.009 (1) of the Wisconsin Statutes, as created by 2011 Act 43, and the Forty-Second Assembly District, the boundaries of which are set out in section 4.42 of the Wisconsin Statutes, as created by 2011 Act 43. A copy of the boundary descriptions may be obtained from the Elections Commission or the Legislative Reference Bureau. The terms of office for the First Senate District and Forty-Second Assembly District will expire on the first Monday in January, 2019. If primaries are necessary, they will be held Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Circulation of nomination papers for candidates may begin today, March 29, 2018 and nomination papers must be filed no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, in the office of the Elections Commission, 212 East Washington Avenue, Third Floor, Madison, Wisconsin. These elections shall be held, conducted, canvased, and returned in accordance with law. 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 twenty-ninth 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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Referrals and Receipt of Committee Reports Concerning Proposed Administrative Rules
The joint committee for review of Administrative Rules reported and recommended:
Relating to the electrical code and affecting small business.
Relating to drug testing for participants in the FoodShare Employment and Training Program who are able-bodied adults.
STEPHEN NASS
Senate Chairperson
