3:55 P.M. THURSDAY, February 13, 2020
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Feyen.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (6), the Chief Clerk made the following entries under the above date. _____________
Chief Clerk's Entries
Amendments Offered
hist117631Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 738 offered by Senator Feyen. _____________
Report of Committees
The committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions reported and recommended:
Senate Bill 575
Relating to: farmland preservation implementation grants, agreements, and tax credits and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 9 - Senators Marklein, Petrowski, Testin, Jacque, Bernier, Smith, Ringhand, Risser and Larson.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 624
Relating to: prohibiting an assessor from changing the valuation of property based solely on a recent sale of the property.
Ayes: 9 - Senators Marklein, Petrowski, Testin, Jacque, Bernier, Smith, Ringhand, Risser and Larson.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 9 - Senators Marklein, Petrowski, Testin, Jacque, Bernier, Smith, Ringhand, Risser and Larson.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 737
Relating to: creating a voluntary individual animal identification program and granting rule-making authority.
Ayes: 9 - Senators Marklein, Petrowski, Testin, Jacque, Bernier, Smith, Ringhand, Risser and Larson.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 9 - Senators Marklein, Petrowski, Testin, Jacque, Bernier, Smith, Ringhand, Risser and Larson.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 9 - Senators Marklein, Petrowski, Testin, Jacque, Bernier, Smith, Ringhand, Risser and Larson.
Noes: 0 - None.
HOWARD MARKLEIN
Chairperson
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The joint committee on Finance reported and recommended:
Assembly Bill 470
Relating to: adding 12 circuit court branches to be allocated by the director of state courts.
Ayes: 16 - Senator Darling and Representative Nygren; Senators Olsen, Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Born, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Zimmerman, C. Taylor and Goyke.
Noes: 0 - None.
ALBERTA DARLING
Senate Chairperson
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The committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts reported and recommended:
Senate Bill 428
Relating to: financial exploitation of vulnerable adults with securities accounts, violations of the Wisconsin Uniform Securities Law, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Ayes: 3 - Senators Craig, Stroebel and Feyen.
Noes: 2 - Senators L. Taylor and Risser.
Senate Bill 429
Relating to: financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.
Ayes: 3 - Senators Craig, Stroebel and Feyen.
Noes: 2 - Senators L. Taylor and Risser.
Senate Bill 430
Relating to: expediting criminal proceedings when a victim or witness is an elder person and preserving the testimony of a crime victim or witness who is an elder person.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Craig, Stroebel, Feyen, L. Taylor and Risser.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 432
Relating to: transfer of the authority to represent the public interest in proceedings under the Children's Code.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Craig, Stroebel, Feyen, L. Taylor and Risser.
Noes: 0 - None.
DAVID CRAIG
Chairperson
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Petitions and Communications
hist117697Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Petryk added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 375. hist117695Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Mursau added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 772. hist117696Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Mursau added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 773. hist117699Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Considine added as a cosponsor of Senate Joint Resolution 95. hist117700Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representatives Considine and Subeck added as cosponsors of Senate Joint Resolution 97. _____________
Messages from the Assembly Considered
Assembly Joint Resolution 125
Relating to: recognizing February as Noonan Syndrome Awareness Month.
By Representatives Sargent, Tranel, Crowley, Hebl, Hesselbein, Kulp, Ohnstad, Rohrkaste, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, C. Taylor, Tusler, Vruwink and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, Jacque, Carpenter, Ringhand, Schachtner and L. Taylor.
hist117517Read and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Joint Resolution 127
Relating to: recognizing the 29th anniversary of the start of Operation Desert Storm on January 17, 1991, and honoring the veterans of this conflict.
By Representatives Kurtz, Plumer, Tittl, Felzkowski, Wichgers, Milroy, Petryk, Thiesfeldt, Murphy, Allen, Hesselbein, Kerkman, Horlacher, Quinn, James, Subeck, Krug, Edming, Kulp and Spiros; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Carpenter, Jacque and Nass.
hist117518Read and referred to the committee on Senate Organization. Assembly Joint Resolution 128
Relating to: recognition of the outstanding service of the Burlington Rescue Squad.
