hist83380Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Tusler added as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 694. hist83375Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Tusler added as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 681. hist84310Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Tusler added as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 710. hist83383Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Tusler added as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 724. hist83704Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Vinehout added as a co-author of Senate Bill 488. hist83339Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a co-sponsor of Senate Bill 621. _____________
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate Majority Leader
January 23, 2018
The Honorable, the Senate:
The Senate Republican caucus elected Senator Patrick Testin to the vacant position of Vice Caucus Chair, effective January 23, 2018.
Sincerely,
SCOTT FITZGERALD
Majority Leader
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Referrals and Receipt of Committee Reports Concerning Proposed Administrative Rules
The committee on Agriculture, Small Business and Tourism reported and recommended:
Relating to the construction, alteration, repair, maintenance, and inspection of the Wisconsin commercial buildings and affecting small business.
hist83327No action taken on January 22, 2018. hist83328Referred to the joint committee for review of Administrative Rules, January 23, 2018. TERRY MOULTON
Chairperson
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Messages from the Assembly
By Patrick E. Fuller, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has adopted and asks concurrence in:
Passed and asks concurrence in:
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Messages from the Assembly Considered
Assembly Joint Resolution 97
Relating to: congratulating the 2017 Wisconsin Badgers football team on the impressive accomplishments for this season.
By Representatives Murphy, Allen, Anderson, Ballweg, Berceau, Brandtjen, Crowley, E. Brooks, Edming, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hutton, Jacque, Kerkman, Kleefisch, Knodl, Kooyenga, Krug, Loudenbeck, Meyers, Mursau, Nygren, Ohnstad, Petryk, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Sargent, Schraa, Shankland, Sinicki, Skowronski, Snyder, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, Subeck, Swearingen, Tauchen, C. Taylor, Tittl, Tranel, Vorpagel, Vruwink, Zamarripa, Zepnick and Duchow; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Fitzgerald, Bewley, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Hansen, Johnson, Marklein, Miller, Moulton, Nass, Olsen, Petrowski, Ringhand, Risser, Stroebel, L. Taylor, Vinehout, Vukmir, Wanggaard and Wirch.
hist83467Read and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Joint Resolution 99
Relating to: declaring January 21-27, 2018, School Choice Week and recognizing the importance of giving parents the choice in the educational path for their children.
By Representatives Rodriguez, R. Brooks, Jacque, Jagler, Hutton, Kooyenga, Loudenbeck, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Spiros, Thiesfeldt, Felzkowski, Katsma and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel, Vukmir, Darling, Craig, Wanggaard and Kapenga.
hist83428Read and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Bill 618
Relating to: audits performed by the Legislative Audit Bureau.
By the joint legislative Audit committee.
hist83600Read first time and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Bill 641
Relating to: building and plumbing plan review and variances by cities, villages, towns, and counties for public buildings and places of employment and affecting related rules of the Department of Safety and Professional Services.
By Representatives Hutton and E. Brooks; cosponsored by Senators Feyen and Olsen.
hist83602Read first time and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. _____________
Advice and consent of the Senate
Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that all appointments, with the exception of Sheila Harsdorf, Wyman Winston, Brian Bell and Michael Haas, be taken up en masse.
hist83345ABD-ELSAYED, DR. ALAA A. of Madison, as a Doctor of Medicine on the Medical Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2020. hist83346BECHTEL, BARBARA of Brown Deer, as a Public Member on the Board on Aging and Long Term Care, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2022. hist83347BEST, STEVEN R. of Hudson, as a Congressional District 7 Representative on the Board of Veterans Affairs, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2021. hist83348CARTON, MICHAEL of Oconomowoc, as a Public Member on the Medical Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2020. hist83349DALEY, JAMES of Oconomowoc, as Commissioner of the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission, to serve for the term ending March 1, 2023. hist83350DONIPARTHI, PADMAJA of Oconomowoc, as a Doctor-Medicine on the Medical Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2021. hist83351ERICKSON, DR. RODNEY of Tomah, as a Doctor of Medicine on the Medical Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2019. hist83352FORBES, DR. ROBERT of Stevens Point, as a Veterinarian on the Veterinary Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2021. hist83353HUCK, DR. LEONARDO of Wauwatosa, as a Dentist on the Dentistry Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2021. hist83354LARSON, VERN L. of Oconomowoc, as a Congressional District 5 Representative on the Board of Veterans Affairs, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2021. hist83355LARSON, ROBERT R. of Wales, as a Real Estate Sales/Broker on the Real Estate Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2021. hist83356MEYER, TANYA L. of Gleason, as a Public Member on the Board on Aging and Long Term Care, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2022.