hist216708To the committee on Senate Organization. Relating to: congratulating the Grafton Black Hawks football team for winning the 2025 Wisconsin State Football Championship.
By Senators Habush Sinykin, Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein, Ratcliff, Roys and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Melotik, Brooks, DeSmidt, Knodl, Piwowarczyk, Sinicki, Stubbs and Subeck.
hist216711To the committee on Senate Organization. Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh women’s volleyball team for winning the 2025 NCAA Division III National Championship.
By Senators Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein, Roys, Habush Sinykin, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Pfaff; cosponsored by Representatives Palmeri, Emerson, Arney, Mursau, Sinicki, Kaufert, Tenorio, Subeck, Murphy and Knodl.
hist216717To the committee on Senate Organization. Read first time and referred:
Relating to: early canvassing of absentee ballots and providing a penalty.
By Senators Spreitzer, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Wall and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Brown, Fitzgerald, Joers, Neubauer, Palmeri, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Spaude, Stroud, Subeck and Udell.
hist216703To the committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development. Relating to: a health professional assistance program and making an appropriation.
By Senators Feyen, James, Wanggaard and Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Brooks, Dittrich, Doyle, Johnson, Kurtz, Ortiz-Velez, Spaude, Subeck, Vining, O'Connor and Billings.
hist216704To the committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families. Relating to: workforce training grants.
By Senators Testin and Bradley; cosponsored by Representatives Donovan, Melotik, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kreibich, Mursau, Novak, Sheehan and Stubbs.
hist216705To the committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development. Relating to: investigation of any pregnancy outcome and civil and criminal liability exemptions relating to pregnancy outcome.
By Senators Roys, Dassler-Alfheim, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Smith, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Roe, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Brown, Clancy, DeSmidt, Emerson, Goodwin, Hysell, Joers, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Miresse, Rivera-Wagner, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio, Udell and Prado.
hist216706To the committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. Relating to: recess in public schools.
By Senator Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Penterman, Behnke, Dittrich and Goeben.
Relating to: main street bounceback grants and making an appropriation.
By Senators Roys, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Larson, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Joers, Vining, Anderson, Arney, Billings, Brown, DeSmidt, Doyle, Fitzgerald, Hong, Hysell, Kirsch, McCarville, Miresse, Palmeri, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Taylor, Tenorio, Udell and Mayadev.
hist216709To the committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development. Relating to: grants to WisconsinEye for the establishment of an endowment fund, creating the Office of the Public Affairs Network to administer a public affairs network in Wisconsin, and making an appropriation.
By Senators Spreitzer, Roys, Larson, Ratcliff and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Brown, Miresse, Arney, Bare, Billings, Clancy, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Snodgrass, Tenorio and Mayadev.
hist216712To the committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development. Relating to: creating a blue envelope program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
By Senators Hesselbein, Roys, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Bare, Sinicki, Subeck, Joers, Miresse, Emerson, Kaufert, Haywood, Stroud, McCarville, Arney, DeSmidt and Prado.
hist216713To the committee on Transportation and Local Government. Relating to: the opportunity attraction and promotion program administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.
By Senators Testin, Dassler-Alfheim, Feyen, Keyeski, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Armstrong, Brill, Green, Kaufert, Kitchens, Mursau, Novak, Sinicki, Stubbs and Knodl.
hist216714To the committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development. Relating to: reimbursement for the provision of military funeral honors.
By Senators James, Jacque and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Tucker, Franklin, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Kaufert, Kreibich, Kurtz, Maxey, Moses, Murphy, Ortiz-Velez, Sinicki, Steffen and Wichgers.
hist216715To the committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs. Relating to: increasing the number of authorized positions for the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection for regional farmer support and making an appropriation.
By Senators Keyeski, Pfaff, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Miresse, J. Jacobson, Bare, Clancy, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Joers, Madison, McCarville, Prado, Sinicki, Stroud, Stubbs, Johnson and Udell.
hist216716To the committee on Agriculture and Revenue. Relating to: a sales and use tax exemption for sales of movie theater projectors.
By Senators Wanggaard, Habush Sinykin and Keyeski; cosponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Rivera-Wagner, Behnke, Donovan, Krug, Petersen, Snyder, Tranel and Dallman.
hist216710To the committee on Agriculture and Revenue. Relating to: recording and taxation of real property containing a building, improvement, or fixture and consisting of no land.
By Senators Felzkowski and James; cosponsored by Representatives Knodl and Armstrong.
hist216733To the committee on Transportation and Local Government. _____________
Petitions and Communications
hist216729Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 114. hist216731Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Joers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 453. hist216728Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 570. hist216727Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 619. hist216730Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Andraca added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 628. hist216725Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 752. hist216726Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 753. _____________
State of Wisconsin
Legislative Reference Bureau
January 2, 2026
The Honorable, the Legislature:
The following rules have been published in the December 29, 2025 Wisconsin Administrative Register No. 840: Clearinghouse Rules Effective Date(s)
Sincerely,
JILL KAUFFMAN
Senior Legislative Editor
