Patrick Testin 131 South
Tom Tiffany 409 South
Kathleen Vinehout 108 South
Leah Vukmir 415 South
Van H. Wanggaard 313 South
Robert Wirch 127 South
The Senate Session Chamber seating arrangement is listed from facing out from the President’s chair, going left to right, starting with the inner ring:
Senators Hansen, Johnson, Larson, Wirch, Carpenter, Ringhand, Taylor, Erpenbach, Risser, Miller, Senator-Elect Patty Schachtner and Vinehout.
Outer Ring:
Senators Marklein, Roth, Feyen, Craig, Moulton, Testin, Nass, Olsen, Wanggaard, Cowles, LeMahieu, Darling, Vukmir, Fitzgerald, Shilling, Bewley, Vacant, Stroebel, Tiffany, Kapenga and Petrowski.
Ayes: 3 - Senators Fitzgerald, Roth and Vukmir.
Noes: 2 - Senators Shilling and Bewley.
SCOTT FITZGERALD
Chairperson
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Petitions and Communications
hist83094Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Krug added as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 677. hist83095Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Krug added as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 682. hist83090Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Loudenbeck added as a co-author of Assembly Joint Resolution 94. hist83093Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator L. Taylor added as a co-author of Senate Bill 467. hist83092Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Tusler added as a co-sponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 94. _____________
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
January 19, 2018
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule 46 (2)(c), I am writing to inform you that I have directed the following proposals to be withdrawn from committee and rereferred. I have obtained the consent of the appropriate standing committee chairsperson and the chairperson of the committee on Senate Organization. hist83098Senate Bill 329, relating to: professional development training in character education for teachers, principals, and school district administrators, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation., withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to the joint committee on Finance. hist83097Senate Bill 525, relating to: creating the innovation fund and economic development programs funded by that fund, establishing the Innovation Fund Council, authorizing the State of Wisconsin Investment Board to provide certain advice and services to state agencies and others, and making appropriations., withdrawn from the committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to the joint committee on Finance. Sincerely,
ROGER ROTH
President
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 19, 2018
The Honorable, the Senate:
I respectfully request a joint session of the Wisconsin State Legislature for January 24, 2018, at 3:00 p.m. This joint session will be for the purpose of delivering the 2018 State of the State Address
Thank you for your consideration of this request. I look forward to addressing the full Legislature as well as the citizens of Wisconsin.
Respectfully Submitted,
SCOTT WALKER
Governor
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Referrals and Receipt of Committee Reports Concerning Proposed Administrative Rules
The joint committee for review of Administrative Rules reported and recommended:
Relating to an exception to the annual privacy notice requirements and affecting small business.
hist83100No action taken on January 18, 2018. Relating to education required for examination and recertification.
hist83099No action taken on January 17, 2018. STEPHEN NASS
Senate Chairperson
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Advice and Consent of the Senate
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 19, 2018
The Honorable, the Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint ALAN RICHARDS, of Grafton, as an At-Large Member on the Department of Veterans Affairs, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2021.
Respectfully Submitted,
SCOTT WALKER
Governor
hist83104Read and referred to the committee on Transportation and Veterans Affairs. State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 19, 2018
The Honorable, the Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint H. BRUCE ENKE, of Green Bay, as a Brown County Representative on the Fox River Navigational System Authority, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2020.
Respectfully Submitted,
SCOTT WALKER
Governor
hist83101Read and referred to the committee on Natural Resources and Energy. State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 19, 2018
The Honorable, the Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint JEFFERY FELDT, of Kaukauna, as an Outagamie County Representative on the Fox River Navigational System Authority, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2020.
Respectfully Submitted,
SCOTT WALKER
Governor
hist83102Read and referred to the committee on Natural Resources and Energy. State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
January 19, 2018
The Honorable, the Senate:
I am pleased to nominate and with the advice and consent of the Senate, do appoint BECKY MERWIN, of Lake Geneva, as an Agriculture Business Representative on the State Fair Park Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2022.
Respectfully Submitted,
