One-Hundred and Sixth Regular Session
11:06 A.M. TUESDAY, November 7, 2023
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senate President Kapenga.
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Call of Roll
The roll was called, disclosing the presence of a quorum.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 15, the official attendance for session was: Senators Agard, Ballweg, Bradley, Cabral-Guevara, Carpenter, Cowles, Felzkowski, Feyen, Hesselbein, Hutton, Jacque, Jagler, James, Kapenga, Knodl, Larson, LeMahieu, Marklein, Nass, Pfaff, Quinn, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Stafsholt, Stroebel, Taylor, Tomczyk, Wanggaard, Wimberger and Wirch - 31.
Absent with leave - Senators L. Johnson and Testin - 2.
The Senate stood for the prayer which was offered by Pastor Daniel Reehoff of Pewaukee.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Tomczyk led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Leaves of Absence
Senator LeMahieu, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator Testin be granted a leave of absence for today's session.
Senator Agard, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator L. Johnson be granted a leave of absence for today's session.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (6), the Chief Clerk made the following entries under the above date. _____________
Chief Clerk's Entries
Amendments Offered
hist177622Senate Substitute Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 104 offered by Senator Tomczyk. hist177259Senate Substitute Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 344 offered by Senators Roys, Agard, Carpenter, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Pfaff, Smith, Spreitzer, Wirch and Taylor. hist177190Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 363 offered by Senator Ballweg. hist177191Senate Substitute Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 431 offered by Senator Ballweg. hist177128Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 482 offered by Senator Feyen. hist177127Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 483 offered by Senator Feyen. hist177131Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 515 offered by Senator Cabral-Guevara. hist177621Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 520 offered by Senator Ballweg. hist177130Senate Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 438 offered by Senator Feyen. hist177129Senate Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 439 offered by Senator Feyen. _____________
Introduction, First Reading, and Reference of Proposals
Read and referred:
Relating to: declaring the brandy old-fashioned as Wisconsin's state cocktail.
By Senators Tomczyk, Feyen, Quinn and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Plumer, Dittrich, Emerson, Green, Gundrum, Jacobson, Kitchens, Melotik, Michalski, Nedweski, Penterman, Rettinger, Sapik, Schmidt, Steffen and Swearingen.
hist177491To the committee on Senate Organization. Relating to: proclaiming November 2023 as Black Catholic History Month.
By Senator Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Myers, Armstrong, Conley, Drake, Ortiz-Velez, Stubbs, Andraca and Sinicki.
hist177509To the committee on Senate Organization. Read first time and referred:
Relating to: a law enforcement officer virtual behavioral health crisis care pilot program.
By Senators James, Tomczyk and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Donovan, Born, Armstrong, Behnke, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Duchow, Green, Kitchens, Krug, Magnafici, Maxey, Melotik, Michalski, Mursau, Nedweski, Ortiz-Velez, Plumer, Rettinger, Schmidt, Wichgers and Murphy.
hist177467To the committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families. Relating to: remote proctoring of certain pupil assessments.
By Senators Jagler, Ballweg and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Wittke, O'Connor, Edming, Moses, Rettinger, Brandtjen, Wichgers, Dittrich and Murphy.
Relating to: seasonally maintained highways.
By Senators Marklein, Felzkowski, Ballweg, Cowles and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Callahan, Behnke, Edming, Green, Moses, Penterman, Rettinger, Rozar, Schmidt, Sortwell and Jacobson.
hist177469To the committee on Transportation and Local Government. Relating to: limiting the recovery of noneconomic damages from a commercial motor vehicle carrier.
By Senator Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Gundrum, Spiros, Armstrong, Callahan, Donovan, Rettinger and Dallman.
hist177470To the committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. Relating to: authorizing cameras in highway work zones.
By Senators Tomczyk, Ballweg and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Armstrong, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kitchens and Jacobson.
hist177471To the committee on Transportation and Local Government. Relating to: prohibiting certain restrictions by state agencies and local governmental units on access to books and other media and prohibiting public funding for a library, school, or institution of higher learning that has certain restrictions on access to books and other media.
By Senators Roys, Agard, Hesselbein and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Emerson, Considine, Sinicki, Ohnstad, Conley, Bare, Shelton, Ratcliff, Clancy, Baldeh, Joers, Palmeri, Drake, Moore Omokunde, Madison and Jacobson.
hist177472To the committee on Government Operations. Relating to: a sales tax exemption for road-building equipment; increasing the income tax withholding threshold for nonresidents; modifying the certification requirement for a qualified opportunity fund; prohibiting certain lottery games; and extending the capital gains exclusion to family members who inherit certain farms organized as a partnership or limited liability company.
By Senators Marklein, Ballweg, Pfaff and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Katsma, Born, Dallman, Edming, Kurtz, Mursau, Nedweski, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Plumer, Schutt, Steffen, Wichgers and Jacobson.
hist177473To the committee on Universities and Revenue. Relating to: indicia of registration for electric vehicles.
By Senators James, Testin, Ballweg, Cabral-Guevara, Cowles and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Pronschinske, Dittrich, Duchow, Emerson, Goeben, S. Johnson, Michalski, Moses, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman and Schmidt.
hist177474To the committee on Transportation and Local Government. Relating to: utilization management controls for prescription drugs to treat mental illness under the Medical Assistance program.
By Senators James, Ballweg, Cabral-Guevara and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Dittrich, Donovan and Kitchens.
hist177475To the committee on Insurance and Small Business. Relating to: a transition to grass pilot program and making an appropriation.
By Senators James, Cowles, Pfaff, Smith, Spreitzer and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Shankland, Tranel, Oldenburg, Dittrich, C. Anderson, Goeben, Gundrum, Hurd, Jacobson, Joers, Kitchens, Krug, Kurtz, Moses, Mursau and Schmidt.
hist177476To the committee on Agriculture and Tourism. Relating to: the mental health training program provided by the Department of Public Instruction.
By Senator James; cosponsored by Representatives Green, Armstrong, Magnafici, Mursau, Rettinger, Steffen and Summerfield.
