One-Hundred and Fifth Regular Session
11:20 A.M. THURSDAY, June 24, 2021
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator LeMahieu.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (6), the Chief Clerk made the following entries under the above date. _____________
Chief Clerk's Entries
Amendments Offered
hist137207Senate Substitute Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 111 offered by joint committee on Finance. _____________
Introduction, First Reading, and Reference of Proposals
Read and referred:
Relating to: observing Wednesday, March 24, 2021, as Equal Pay Day in Wisconsin.
By Senators Johnson, Wirch, Ringhand, Agard, Carpenter, Smith, Larson, Roys, L. Taylor, Bewley and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Milroy, Riemer, Baldeh, L. Myers, Drake, Hong, Goyke, Bowen, Brostoff, Shelton, Ohnstad, Subeck, Considine, Spreitzer, Billings, Conley, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Neubauer, Vruwink, Vining, B. Meyers, Cabrera, Pope, Anderson, Emerson, Hebl, Hintz, Hesselbein, Ortiz-Velez, Snodgrass and Stubbs.
hist137226To the committee on Senate Organization. Relating to: resolving that March 14 to 20 is Sunshine Week in Wisconsin and across the country.
By Senators Agard, Carpenter, Roys, Larson, Erpenbach and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Hebl, Emerson, Hong, Shelton, Neubauer, Andraca, Shankland, Anderson, Bowen, Hesselbein, Stubbs, Vruwink, Sinicki, Subeck, Spreitzer and Cabrera.
hist137227To the committee on Senate Organization. Relating to: designating May 5, 2021, as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Awareness Day in Wisconsin.
By Senators Smith, Felzkowski, Agard, Bewley, Carpenter, Pfaff, Ringhand, Roys, L. Taylor and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives B. Meyers, Mursau, Snodgrass, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Bowen, Conley, Drake, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, Milroy, Neubauer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Subeck, Vining, Vruwink, Cabrera, Tauchen, Stubbs and Considine.
hist137228To the committee on Senate Organization. Relating to: designating the month of March as Endosalpingiosis Awareness Month.
By Senators Ringhand, Carpenter and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Shelton, Hebl, Sinicki, Drake, Spreitzer, Stubbs and Conley.
hist137229To the committee on Senate Organization. Read first time and referred:
Relating to: rural creative economy grant program and making an appropriation.
By Senators Feyen, Bewley, Ringhand and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Rozar, Novak, Armstrong, Callahan, Dallman, Edming, Kitchens, B. Meyers, Moses, Mursau, Oldenburg, Shankland, Snyder and Tusler.
hist137230To the committee on Sporting Heritage, Small Business and Rural Issues. Relating to: construction and issuance of motor vehicle registration plates.
By Senators Wanggaard, L. Taylor, Felzkowski, Jagler, Kooyenga, Marklein and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Zimmerman, Dittrich, Edming, James, Kurtz, Plumer, J. Rodriguez, Spiros, Steffen, Tusler, Schraa, VanderMeer and Murphy.
hist137231To the committee on Transportation and Local Government. Relating to: sale of surplus real property owned by the Department of Transportation.
By Senators Felzkowski, Marklein, Ballweg, Feyen, Nass, L. Taylor and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Brooks, Brandtjen, Callahan, Dittrich, Gundrum, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Moses, Mursau, Rozar, Schraa, Skowronski, Steffen, Thiesfeldt, Tranel and Tusler.
hist137232To the committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection. Relating to: incorporating cursive writing into the state model English language arts standards and requiring cursive writing in elementary grades.
By Senators Ballweg, Darling, Nass, Marklein, L. Taylor and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Armstrong, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Edming, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Rozar, Tusler, Schraa and Knodl.
Relating to: submitting copies of complaints filed with the Elections Commission to the legislature.
By Senators Wimberger and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Behnke, Brooks, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Edming, Gundrum, Horlacher, James, Kuglitsch, Murphy, Mursau, Ramthun, Schraa, Tusler and Knodl.
hist137234To the committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics. Relating to: loan to the Greater Green Bay Convention and Visitor Bureau for the construction of a visitor information and education center.
By Senators Wimberger and Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Tauchen, Steffen, Mursau and Shelton.
hist137235To the committee on Agriculture and Tourism. Relating to: municipal raze orders for certain insured dwellings.
By Senators Stafsholt, L. Taylor, Ballweg, Bewley, Jagler, Nass and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Magnafici, Doyle, Drake, Duchow, B. Meyers, Murphy, Novak, Petersen, Schraa, Steffen, Stubbs, Tauchen, Tittl, Vruwink and Loudenbeck.
hist137236To the committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry. Relating to: returning absentee ballots.
By Senators Jacque and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Horlacher, Wichgers, Brandtjen, Allen, Armstrong, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Dittrich, Edming, Gundrum, Kuglitsch, Ramthun, Rozar, Skowronski, Tittl, Tusler and Schraa.
hist137237To the committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics. Relating to: counting summer school enrollment for purposes of school district revenue limits.
By Senators Larson, Erpenbach, Ringhand, Roys, L. Taylor and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Vining, Pope, S. Rodriguez, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Doyle, Emerson, Haywood, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, Moore Omokunde, L. Myers, Neubauer, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Vruwink and Drake.
Relating to: operation of unregistered vehicles.
By Senators Marklein and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Dittrich, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Moses, Spiros, Brandtjen and Murphy.
hist137239To the committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. Relating to: hunting and fishing approvals for persons with disabilities.
By Senators Petrowski, Larson and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Billings, Mursau, Anderson, Cabrera, Considine, Edming, Horlacher, L. Myers, Rozar, Shankland, Sinicki, Spiros, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Tranel and Wichgers.
hist137240To the committee on Sporting Heritage, Small Business and Rural Issues. Relating to: expanding eligibility under the Medical Assistance program; funding infrastructure, land acquisition, and building projects; providing assistance and local government grants; maintaining an opioid and methamphetamine data system; transferring moneys to the budget stabilization fund; creating a University of Wisconsin System partnership program and admissions application fees; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; and making an appropriation.
By Senators Erpenbach, Smith, Bewley, Carpenter, Agard, Larson, Pfaff, Johnson, Ringhand, Roys, L. Taylor and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Riemer, S. Rodriguez, Hintz, Vining, Goyke, Neubauer, Sinicki, Drake, Billings, Vruwink, Conley, Doyle, Hebl, Spreitzer, Shelton, Hesselbein, Shankland, Hong, Andraca, Subeck, Cabrera, Stubbs, Pope, Considine, Baldeh, Bowen, Emerson, B. Meyers, Milroy, Ohnstad, Snodgrass, Brostoff, McGuire, Moore Omokunde, Anderson and Ortiz-Velez.
hist137241To the committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection. Relating to: butane extraction of resin from marijuana plants and providing a penalty.
By Senators Stroebel, Jacque and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives James, Allen, Brandtjen, Callahan, Dittrich, Gundrum, Horlacher, Magnafici, Ramthun, Wichgers and Murphy.
hist137242To the committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. Relating to: the penalty for operating a motor vehicle while operating privileges have been suspended and providing a penalty.
By Senator Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Dittrich, Horlacher, Knodl, Moses, Plumer, Rozar, Thiesfeldt, Wichgers and Murphy.
