Chairperson
Committee on Jobs and the Economy
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The committee on Rural Development reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 235
Relating to: rural economic development programs administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation and farm support grants.
Ayes: 8 - Representatives VanderMeer, Moses, Edming, Novak, Oldenburg, Armstrong, Callahan and Summerfield.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Vruwink, Considine, Hong, B. Meyers and Milroy.
Assembly Bill 239
Relating to: the use of certain federal funds for broadband expansion grants.
Ayes: 8 - Representatives VanderMeer, Moses, Edming, Novak, Oldenburg, Armstrong, Callahan and Summerfield.
Noes: 5 - Representatives Vruwink, Considine, Hong, B. Meyers and Milroy.
NANCY VANDERMEER
Chairperson
Committee on Rural Development
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The committee on State Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 50
Relating to: counting of tips for tipped employees and granting rule-making authority.
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Swearingen, Vorpagel, Kuglitsch, Tauchen, Summerfield, Spiros, Knodl, Brooks, Schraa, Sinicki, McGuire, Ohnstad and Pope.
Noes: 0.
Assembly Bill 55
Relating to: incorporating the Holocaust and other genocides into the state model social studies standards and requiring instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides.
Ayes: 13 - Representatives Swearingen, Vorpagel, Kuglitsch, Tauchen, Summerfield, Spiros, Knodl, Brooks, Schraa, Sinicki, McGuire, Ohnstad and Pope.
Noes: 0.
ROB SWEARINGEN
Chairperson
Committee on State Affairs
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Action on the Senate Message
Senate Joint Resolution 14
Relating to: honoring the life and service of Alfred J. “Cy” Tector, Jr., and commemorating his many accomplishments.
By Senators Darling, Cowles and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Knodl, Andraca, Drake, Magnafici, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, Tranel and Skowronski.
Senate Bill 11
Relating to: various changes to the worker's compensation law.
By Senators Jacque, Wanggaard, Bewley, Agard, Ballweg, Nass, Pfaff, Ringhand and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Horlacher, Emerson, Allen, Brandtjen, Callahan, Dittrich, Edming, Kerkman, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Milroy, Mursau, Novak, Petryk, Ramthun and Thiesfeldt.
Senate Bill 50
Relating to: counting of tips for tipped employees and granting rule-making authority.
By Senators Bernier and Felzkowski; cosponsored by Representatives Schraa, Brooks, Callahan, Haywood, Kitchens, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Moses, Rozar, Skowronski, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Wichgers, Zimmerman and Swearingen.
Senate Bill 64
Relating to: the use of proceeds from the sale of state-owned properties controlled by the Department of Natural Resources.
By Senators Cowles, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Stroebel, Wanggaard and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Mursau, Gundrum, Knodl, Loudenbeck, Sinicki, Skowronski, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt and Wichgers.
Senate Bill 69
Relating to: incorporating the Holocaust and other genocides into the state model social studies standards and requiring instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides.
By Senators Darling, Agard, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Felzkowski, Feyen, Jacque, Johnson, Larson, Pfaff, Ringhand, Roys, Wanggaard and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Plumer, Subeck, Skowronski, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brooks, Brostoff, Cabrera, Callahan, Conley, Considine, Dittrich, Doyle, Drake, Duchow, Edming, Emerson, Goyke, Gundrum, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hong, Katsma, Kerkman, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, B. Meyers, Milroy, Mursau, L. Myers, Neubauer, Novak, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Pronschinske, Riemer, J. Rodriguez, S. Rodriguez, Rozar, Schraa, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Snyder, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, Stubbs, Tauchen, Tittl, Tusler, Vining, Vos, Vruwink and Wichgers.
Senate Bill 85
Relating to: stalking and providing a penalty.
By Senators Jacque, Wanggaard, Carpenter, Ringhand and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, Callahan, Cabrera, Emerson, Milroy, Mursau, Rozar, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Tittl and Wichgers.
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Communications
April 8, 2021
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:
hist131331Please add my name as a co-author of Assembly Bill 189, relating to expanding applicability of the room tax, making substantive and technical changes to the local room tax, and providing a penalty. Sincerely,
DAVID ARMSTRONG
State Representative
75th Assembly District
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April 8, 2021
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:
hist131336Please add my name as a co-sponsor of Assembly Bill 186, relating to eliminating public official immunity as a defense to civil liability claims against law enforcement officers and prohibiting indemnification for judgments against law enforcement officers. Sincerely,
CHRIS LARSON
State Senator
7th Senate District
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April 8, 2021
