One-Hundred and Fifth Regular Session
2:09 P.M. THURSDAY, November 11, 2021
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Chief Clerk Queensland, pursuant to Senate Rule 5 (4)(b). Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (6), the Chief Clerk made the following entries under the above date. _____________
Introduction, First Reading, and Reference of Proposals
Read and referred:
Relating to: proclaiming November 2021 as Runaway Prevention Month in Wisconsin.
By Senators Agard, Johnson, Carpenter, Bewley, Ballweg, Larson, Darling and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, Ohnstad, Cabral-Guevara, Milroy, S. Rodriguez, Penterman, Murphy, Hebl, Horlacher, Sinicki, Conley, Moses, Bowen, Subeck, Drake, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Mursau, Shelton, Stubbs and Shankland.
hist143994To the committee on Senate Organization. Relating to: recognizing November as Native American Heritage Month.
By Senators Bewley, Agard, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Johnson, Larson, Pfaff, L. Taylor, Roys and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Conley, B. Meyers, Andraca, Baldeh, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabral-Guevara, Cabrera, Considine, Doyle, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Hebl, Hong, Milroy, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Shankland, Shelton, Snodgrass, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, S. Rodriguez, Vining and Vruwink.
hist144006To the committee on Senate Organization. Read first time and referred:
Relating to: reserving to the people the power of referendum to reject acts of the legislature and the power of initiative to propose and approve at an election laws and constitutional amendments (first consideration).
By Senators Smith, Agard and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Hebl, Doyle, Hong, Ohnstad, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Subeck and Vruwink.
hist143997To the committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism. Relating to: law enforcement officer suicide prevention and reporting and making an appropriation.
By Senators Jacque and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Cabral-Guevara, Rozar, Andraca, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Gundrum, Horlacher, James, Mursau, Sortwell, Subeck, Thiesfeldt and Tusler.
hist143982To the committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform. Relating to: changing the conditions of liability for worker's compensation benefits for emergency medical services practitioners.
By Senators Jacque, Wanggaard, Bewley, Agard, Ringhand and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Horlacher, Considine, Emerson, Allen, Andraca, Armstrong, Billings, Brandtjen, Cabral-Guevara, Conley, Dittrich, Drake, Edming, Hebl, Kerkman, Kitchens, B. Meyers, Milroy, Mursau, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Plumer, Pope, Riemer, Rozar, Shankland, Shelton, Skowronski, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Vining, Vruwink, Spreitzer and Sinicki.
hist143983To the committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform. Relating to: changing the conditions of liability for worker's compensation benefits for emergency medical services practitioners, emergency medical responders, volunteer fire fighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff.
By Senators Jacque, Marklein, Agard, Ballweg, Bewley and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Brandtjen, Doyle, Milroy, Mursau, Plumer, Ramthun, Subeck and Schraa.
hist143984To the committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform. Relating to: creating an exception to the 40-year recording requirement for recorded access easements.
By Senators Jacque, Stroebel and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Murphy, Allen, Horlacher, Moses and Ramthun.
hist143985To the committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade. Relating to: hunter education requirements for persons under the age of 18 and granting rule-making authority.
By Senators Stroebel and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Born, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Gundrum, Horlacher, Kurtz, Milroy, Oldenburg, Penterman, Ramthun, Skowronski, Wichgers, Zimmerman and Knodl.
hist143986To the committee on Sporting Heritage, Small Business and Rural Issues. Relating to: definition of youth center for purposes of placing a sexually violent person on supervised release and notification requirements for such placements.
By Senators Jacque and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Sortwell, Thiesfeldt, Wichgers and Moses.
hist143987To the committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. Relating to: the University of Wisconsin System freshwater collaborative.
By Senators Jacque and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Behnke, Edming, Ramthun, Subeck and Tusler.
hist143988To the committee on Universities and Technical Colleges. Relating to: postadoption contact agreements.
By Senator Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Dittrich, Doyle, Gundrum, Mursau, Tusler, Snyder and Thiesfeldt.
hist143989To the committee on Human Services, Children and Families. Relating to: hospital services provided in a home setting.
By Senator Kooyenga; cosponsored by Representative Loudenbeck.
Relating to: practice of certain skilled health services by military medical personnel and granting rule-making authority.
By Senators Jacque, Wirch, Agard, Carpenter, Feyen, Kooyenga, L. Taylor and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Summerfield, Sinicki, Edming, Considine, Andraca, Bowen, Doyle, Gundrum, Krug, Milroy, Moses, Petryk, Rozar, Snodgrass, Sortwell, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Vruwink, Billings, Knodl and Murphy.
hist143991To the committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism. Relating to: rare disease advisory council.
By Senators Jagler and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Dittrich, Loudenbeck, Sinicki, Thiesfeldt, Shelton, Murphy and Duchow.
hist143992To the committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection. Relating to: an income and franchise tax exemption for restaurant revitalization grants.
By Senators Roth, Wanggaard, Ballweg, Bernier, Darling and Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Wittke, Katsma, Kuglitsch, Macco, Zimmerman, Allen, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Doyle, Duchow, Edming, Horlacher, Kurtz, Moses, Mursau, Novak, Oldenburg, Penterman, Rozar, Schraa, Snodgrass, Swearingen, Thiesfeldt, Vruwink, Wichgers, Spreitzer, Knodl, Hong and Subeck.
hist143993To the committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue. Relating to: student loans for postsecondary education, requirements related to student loan servicers, creating an office of the student loan ombudsman in the Department of Financial Institutions, and granting rule-making authority.
By Senators Smith, Erpenbach, Roys, Wirch, Agard, Ringhand, Larson, Johnson and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Hesselbein, Drake, Emerson, S. Rodriguez, Shelton, Conley, Andraca, Vruwink, Spreitzer, Neubauer, Hebl, Ohnstad, Milroy, Cabrera, Bowen, Considine, Stubbs, Shankland, Subeck, Hong, Baldeh, L. Myers and Pope.
hist143995To the committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue. Relating to: loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for certain improvements to properties and collection of the debt by special charge.
By Senator Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt and Ramthun.
hist143996To the committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection. Relating to: coverage of infertility services under health policies and plans and granting rule-making authority.
By Senators Roys, Agard, Erpenbach, Johnson, Larson, Pfaff, Smith and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Emerson, Vining, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Drake, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, Neubauer, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs and Subeck.