Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (6), the Chief Clerk made the following entries under the above date.
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Chief Clerk's Entries
Amendments Offered
hist133506Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 117 offered by Senators Larson, L. Taylor, Carpenter and Johnson.
hist133507Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 117 offered by Senators Larson, Carpenter, L. Taylor and Johnson.
hist133452Senate Substitute Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 254 offered by Senator Feyen.
hist133855Senate Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 18 offered by Senator Carpenter.
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Report of Committees
Report of Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges
On May 7, 2021, the Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges held an executive session on the following item:
Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges Report on Informational Hearings
The report summarizes testimony received in the committee’s informational hearings and proposes recommendations for higher education and programs.
The committee voted by paper ballot to recommend approval of the report. The result is as follows:
Ayes: (5) Senators Roth, Nass, Stafsholt, Feyen, Darling
Noes: (4): Senators Larson, Erpenbach, Roys, Pfaff
Please record the actions of the committee and the committee report in the Senate Journal. Attached is a copy of the full report.
Sincerely,
ROGER ROTH
Chair, Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges
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Minority Report
On May 10, 2021, Senators Larson, Erpenbach, Roys, and Pfaff offered the following minority report, pursuant to Senate Rule 28, to the Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges’ Report on Informational Hearings:
Democratic Senators on the Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges Unanimously Object to Committee Report
Democratic members on the Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges issued this statement objecting to passage of the so-called ‘committee repot’ entitled “A Wisconsin Roadmap to Success in Higher Education for the Twenty-First Century.”
This ‘report’ was crafted without the input of committee members and does not reflect any collaborative work done between committee members or the public. Most egregiously, our shared values of accessible and affordable higher education throughout our state are directly threatened by this report’s self-declared recommendations. The report elevates the very un-Wisconsin idea of consolidating programs ad shuttering UW campuses around the state, limiting access for students throughout the state.
This unusual document was drafted by the committee chair and apparently derived from “invite-only” informational hearings. The chair did not communicate his intention to produce a report to those he invited to testify. Furthermore, committee members were only afforded 48 hours to review a 93-page report, with no notice it is coming-demonstrating contempt for ordinary professional communications and courtesy.
The Wisconsin Idea teaches us that our UW System is meant to propel the entire state forward, reaching far beyond the confines of the classroom and improving our communities. The unique local relationships between campuses and their communities spur economic growth, local innovation, and provide strong relationships of reliance and resilience.
Should the legislature act on these ill-advices recommendations, it will lead to a reduction in educational access, a loss of campus identity, and well as significant economic and cultural loss for many communities across the state. It is the wrong path forward.
This report has been offered by:
CHRIS LARSON
Senator
JON ERPENBACH
Senator
KELDA HELEN ROYS
Senator
BRAD PFAFF
Senator
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Delivery of Committee Reports
Pursuant to Mason’s Manual of Legislative Procedure, Sec. 666, Senate President Kapenga allowed Senator Roth, chair of the Senate committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, 5 minutes to deliver the May 7, 2021 Report on Informational Hearings.
Senate President Kapenga allowed Senator Larson, ranking member of the Senate committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, 5 minutes to deliver the May 10, 2021, minority report to the Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges’ Report on Informational Hearings.
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Petitions and Communications
hist133742Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor of Assembly Bill 143.
hist133759Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Wanggaard added as a cosponsor of Assembly Bill 154.
hist133471Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 20.
hist133509Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 100.
hist133510Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 124.
hist133788Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 156.
hist133511Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 161.
hist133473Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 169.
hist133760Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Wanggaard added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 186.
hist133448Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representatives Spreitzer, Subeck, Emerson, Loudenbeck and S. Rodriguez added as cosponsors of Senate Bill 186.
hist133512Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 197.
hist133519Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 203.
hist133518Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 204.
hist133517Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 206.
hist133516Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 214.
hist133513Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 248.
hist133515Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 322.
hist133520Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representatives Steffen, Shankland and Tauchen added as cosponsors of Senate Joint Resolution 30.
hist133660Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Drake added as a cosponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 31.
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State of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Ethics Commission
May 11, 2021
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Wis. Stats. §13.685 (7), we are providing the enclosed information. Please visit the Wisconsin Ethics Commission’s Eye on Lobbying website, https://lobbying.wi.gov, for more detailed information about lobbyists, lobbying principals (organizations), and state agency liaisons.
Blumenfeld, Michael   Wisconsin Educational Media and Technology Association
Ermert, George   Aviat Networks
Lee, Christopher   National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc.
Lund, Daryll   Wisconsin Bankers Association
Mollica, Tony   Humana Inc
Oswald Poels, Rose   Wisconsin Bankers Association
Walsh, Kenneth   Aviat Networks  
Sincerely,
DANIEL A. CARLTON, JR.
Administrator
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Messages from the Assembly
By Edward A. Blazel, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has
Adopted and asks concurrence in:
hist133880Assembly Joint Resolution 48
hist133882Assembly Joint Resolution 49
Passed and asks concurrence in:
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