hist151412To committee on Constitution and Ethics. Relating to: whistleblower protection for municipal clerks who witness and report election fraud or irregularities.
By Representatives Petersen, Krug, Brooks, Behnke, Magnafici, Rozar, Kitchens, Armstrong, Edming, Dittrich, Kuglitsch and Neylon; cosponsored by Senators Bernier, Darling, Jacque and Wanggaard.
Relating to: grants for pretrial release monitoring and accountability programs and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Drake, Goyke, Vruwink, Hebl, Andraca, Hong, Shelton, Conley, Milroy, Considine, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining, Spreitzer, Hesselbein, Billings, Sinicki and Cabrera; cosponsored by Senators Roys, Larson, Agard and Johnson.
Relating to: creating a community policing and community prosecution grant program and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Drake, Goyke, Vruwink, Hebl, Andraca, Hong, Shelton, Milroy, Considine, Stubbs, S. Rodriguez, Moore Omokunde, Subeck, Vining, Spreitzer, Pope, Snodgrass, Sinicki and Cabrera; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Carpenter, Larson and Agard.
hist151523To committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. Relating to: video recording of surgical procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Sinicki, Subeck, Emerson and Drake; cosponsored by Senator L. Taylor.
Relating to: felony theft of property and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Brandtjen, Murphy, Wichgers and Knodl; cosponsored by Senator Jacque.
hist151525To committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. Relating to: the additional child and dependent care tax credit, a rebate for individual residents, and a family caregiver tax credit; various changes to statutes related to elementary and secondary education in this state; increasing funding for the University of Wisconsin System, technical college system, special education, general equalization aids, and per pupil aid; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Neubauer, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Conley, Considine, Doyle, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hong, McGuire, B. Meyers, Milroy, Moore Omokunde, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck and Vining; cosponsored by Senators Bewley, Agard, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Johnson, Larson, Pfaff, Ringhand, Roys, Smith, L. Taylor and Wirch.
Relating to: court orders that prohibit a person from possessing a firearm under federal law.
By Representatives S. Rodriguez, Andraca, Goyke, Billings, Brostoff, Conley, Considine, Drake, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, B. Meyers, Ohnstad, Pope, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining and Cabrera; cosponsored by Senators Agard, Roys, Carpenter, Johnson, Larson and Ringhand.
Relating to: grant programs for victim protection services and for law enforcement agencies to provide services to crime victims and witnesses before a person is charged; funding for crime victim services; reimbursement to counties for victim-witness services; and making an appropriation.
By Representatives McGuire, Andraca, Conley, Considine, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, B. Meyers, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Agard, Johnson, Larson and Smith.
hist151528To committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. Relating to: a levy limit exception for certain shared emergency services expenditures.
By Representatives Andraca, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Hebl, Hintz, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pope, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Vruwink and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Ringhand, Agard and Bewley.
hist151529To committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety. Relating to: pay during employer-mandated medical isolation.
By Representatives Gundrum, Moses, Rozar, Thiesfeldt and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senator Stafsholt.
hist151530To committee on Labor and Integrated Employment. Relating to: modifying the tax treatment of college savings accounts and the employee college savings account contribution credit.
By Representatives Hesselbein, Sinicki, Hebl, Hintz, Shelton, Vruwink, Spreitzer, Ohnstad, Considine, Brostoff, B. Meyers, Haywood, L. Myers, Emerson and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Kooyenga, Roys, Larson and Erpenbach.
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Action on the Senate Message
hist0Senate Joint Resolution 95 Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative William Vander Loop.
By Senators Cowles, Carpenter, Darling and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Steineke, Cabral-Guevara, Drake, Hesselbein, Hintz, Magnafici, Milroy, Moses, Ohnstad, Penterman, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spiros, Steffen, Subeck and Vruwink.
Senate Joint Resolution 100
Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Dr. Jacob Albert “Doc” Hines, D.V.M.
By Senators Ballweg, Agard, Carpenter, Cowles and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Dallman, Krug, Cabral-Guevara, Considine, Kerkman, Kitchens, Mursau, Spiros, Tauchen, Tranel and Vruwink.
Senate Joint Resolution 107
Relating to: proclaiming February 2022 to be American Heart Month in Wisconsin.
By Senators Ballweg, Darling, Agard, Carpenter, Cowles, Larson, Marklein, Ringhand and Felzkowski; cosponsored by Representatives Rozar, J. Rodriguez, Andraca, Armstrong, Cabral-Guevara, Cabrera, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Emerson, Magnafici, Moses, Mursau, Novak, Penterman, Petryk, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spiros, Spreitzer, Thiesfeldt, VanderMeer and Shankland.
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Speaker's Communications
February 16, 2022
Representative Jim Steineke
Room 115 West, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Representative Steineke:
hist151537Pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a), with your permission as Chair of the Rules committee, I will remove Assembly Bill 804 from the committee and refer the bill to the Finance committee. Please contact my office with any questions.
Sincerely,
ROBIN J. VOS
Assembly Speaker
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Communications
February 16, 2022
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:
I had a leave of absence from session on Tuesday, February 15th. Had I been present, I would have voted in favor of Assembly Joint Resolution 107.
Sincerely,
WILLIAM PENTERMAN
State Representative
37th Assembly District
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February 16, 2022
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
