One-Hundred and Fifth Regular Session
WEDNESDAY, July 7, 2021
The Chief Clerk made the following entries under the above date.
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Introduction, First Reading, and Reference of Proposals
Read and referred:
Relating to: proclaiming July 2021 as Drowning Prevention Month in the state of Wisconsin.
By Senators Johnson, L. Taylor, Larson, Agard, Carpenter and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Shankland, Shelton, Subeck, Spreitzer, Bowen, S. Rodriguez, Neubauer, Hesselbein, Baldeh, Spiros, Sinicki, Conley, Milroy, Cabrera, Drake, Emerson, Ohnstad, Murphy, Brostoff and Stubbs.
hist137790To the committee on Senate Organization. Relating to: renaming Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to commemorate U.S. General Edward Stuyvesant Bragg.
By Senators Kooyenga, Wanggaard, Marklein, Felzkowski, Ballweg and Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Tauchen, Armstrong, Schraa, Sinicki, Allen, Thiesfeldt, Edming, Mursau, L. Myers and Spiros.
hist137796To the committee on Senate Organization. Read first time and referred:
Relating to: violence prevention grants and making an appropriation.
By Senators Larson, L. Taylor, Agard and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Bowen, Hong, Anderson, Baldeh, Brostoff, Conley, Emerson, Goyke, Hebl, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Vining and Subeck.
hist137784To the committee on Human Services, Children and Families. Relating to: establishing a task force to study the legal and societal barriers to equality for transgender, intersex, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming individuals.
By Senators Agard, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Johnson, Larson, Roys, Smith and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Cabrera, Neubauer, Spreitzer, Anderson, Brostoff, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Stubbs and Vining.
hist137785To the committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection. Relating to: preference in state and local government contracts and procurement for materials manufactured in the United States.
By Senators Pfaff, Wirch, Agard, Carpenter, Larson, Ringhand, Roys and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives McGuire, Doyle, Snodgrass, Andraca, Billings, Bowen, Considine, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Pope, Riemer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck and Vruwink.
hist137786To the committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection. Relating to: voter preregistration of 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds.
By Senators Smith, Agard, Carpenter, Larson and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Shelton, Snodgrass, Hintz, Anderson, Baldeh, Brostoff, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Hebl, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs and Vruwink.
hist137787To the committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics. Relating to: voter registration at high schools.
By Senators Smith, Roys, Agard, Carpenter and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Shelton, Hintz, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Drake, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein, Neubauer, Pope, Shankland, Sinicki, Stubbs, Subeck and Vruwink.
hist137788To the committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics. Relating to: voter registration forms and information provided to certain high school students.
By Senators Smith, Agard, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Larson, Roys, L. Taylor and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Shelton, Snodgrass, Hintz, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Drake, Hebl, Hesselbein, B. Meyers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck and Vruwink.
hist137789To the committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics. Relating to: including with a referendum question for issuing bonds a statement of the estimated interest accruing on the amount of the bonds.
By Senators Jacque, Stroebel and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Cabral-Guevara, Macco, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Edming, Horlacher, Moses, Murphy, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Thiesfeldt and Wichgers.
hist137791To the committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection. Relating to: grants to schools to provide critical incident mapping data to law enforcement agencies.
By Senators Wanggaard, L. Taylor, Kooyenga, Bernier, Ballweg, Cowles, Felzkowski and Feyen; cosponsored by Representatives James, Loudenbeck, Vruwink, Armstrong, Born, Brandtjen, Cabral-Guevara, Dallman, Dittrich, Doyle, Drake, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Kuglitsch, Kurtz, Macco, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, L. Myers, Novak, J. Rodriguez, Skowronski, Snyder, Spiros, Tittl and Billings.
hist137792To the committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. Relating to: eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim's gender identity or sexual orientation.
By Senators Carpenter, Agard, Johnson, Larson, Roys and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Neubauer, Cabrera, Novak, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, McGuire, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Stubbs, Subeck and Vining.
hist137793To the committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection. Relating to: authorized activities and operations of credit unions, automated teller machines of financial institutions, repealing rules promulgated by the Department of Financial Institutions, and providing an exemption from rule-making procedures.
By Senators Stafsholt, Bewley, Carpenter, Jacque, Ringhand and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Murphy, Baldeh, Callahan, Edming, Goyke, Krug, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Rozar, Subeck, Tittl, Tusler and Wittke.
hist137794To the committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue. Relating to: a state minimum wage, allowing the enactment of local minimum wage ordinances, and granting rule-making authority.
By Senators Agard, Wirch, Carpenter, Roys, Johnson, Ringhand, Erpenbach, Larson and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Subeck, Hong, S. Rodriguez, Brostoff, Pope, Neubauer, Cabrera, Shelton, L. Myers, Goyke, Stubbs, Ohnstad, Riemer, Emerson, Conley, Baldeh, Snodgrass, Anderson, Hebl, Bowen, Spreitzer, Vining, Sinicki, Drake, Billings, Moore Omokunde and Hesselbein.
hist137795To the committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform. _____________
Petitions and Communications
State of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Ethics Commission
July 6, 2021
The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Wis. Stats. §13.685 (7), we are providing the enclosed information. Please visit the Wisconsin Ethics Commission’s Eye on Lobbying website, https://lobbying.wi.gov, for more detailed information about lobbyists, lobbying principals (organizations), and state agency liaisons. Abellera, Laura Leaders Igniting Transformation Action Fund, Inc.
Beloungy, Jason Access to Independence
Hall, Dakota Leaders Igniting Transformation Action Fund, Inc.
McCracken, Heidi Hikma Pharmaceuticals c/o Velocity BioGroup
Neal, Maya Leaders Igniting Transformation Action Fund, Inc.
Niehaus, Benjamin Wisconsin Association of School Boards Inc
Sincerely,
DANIEL A. CARLTON, JR.
Administrator
