By Senators Darling and Roth; cosponsored by Representatives Wittke, Thiesfeldt, Brandtjen, Gundrum, Knodl, Macco, Magnafici, Murphy, Vorpagel and Kuglitsch.
Relating to: creating a Charter School Authorizing Board and allowing the board to authorize independent charter schools.
By Senators Darling, Roth, Stroebel, Wanggaard and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Wittke, Thiesfeldt, Dittrich, Brandtjen, Gundrum, Knodl, Macco, Magnafici and Rozar.
Relating to: high-performing charter schools authorized by school boards.
By Senators Darling, Roth, Stroebel and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Wittke, Thiesfeldt, Dittrich, Brandtjen, Knodl, Macco, Magnafici, Murphy and Rozar.
Relating to: the components, methods, and formulas the Department of Public Instruction uses to publish school and school district accountability reports and granting rule-making authority.
By Senators Darling, Roth, Stroebel, Wanggaard and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Wittke, Thiesfeldt, Allen, Brandtjen, Gundrum, Knodl, Macco, Magnafici, Murphy and Neylon.
Relating to: increasing the school property tax credit due to virtual instruction during the 2021-22 school year.
By Senators Darling, Roth and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Wittke, Brandtjen, Gundrum, Knodl, Macco, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, Rozar and Steffen.
Relating to: funding for the Fenwood Creek watershed pilot project.
By Senators Bernier and Petrowski; cosponsored by Representatives Rozar, Snyder, Edming and Spiros.
hist150409To the committee on Natural Resources and Energy. Relating to: authorizing Purple Heart Reservation highway signs on the Oneida Reservation.
By Senator Cowles; cosponsored by Representative Steineke.
hist150410To the committee on Transportation and Local Government. Relating to: battery or threat to a health care provider or staff member of a health care facility and providing a penalty.
By Senators LeMahieu, Wanggaard, Feyen, Ballweg and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Vos, Magnafici, Armstrong, Born, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, James, Kuglitsch, Moses, Novak, Steffen, Vorpagel, Wittke, Schraa, Kurtz and Rozar.
hist150411To the committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. Relating to: including with the property tax bill information about state aid reduction to school districts.
By Senators Larson, Smith, Roys, Carpenter, Agard and Bewley; cosponsored by Representatives Emerson, Shelton, Shankland, Pope, Conley, Andraca, Hesselbein, Hebl, Spreitzer, Considine, B. Meyers, Vruwink, Anderson, Sinicki and Stubbs.
hist150412To the committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue. Relating to: prior authorization for coverage of physical therapy and other services under health plans.
By Senator Testin; cosponsored by Representative VanderMeer.
hist150413To the committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry. Relating to: a grant program to fund child care staff to care for children with disabilities, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
By Senators Erpenbach, Carpenter, Johnson, Agard, Smith, Roys and Pfaff; cosponsored by Representatives Pope, Andraca, Spreitzer, Vruwink, Hebl, Emerson, Shelton, Conley, Sinicki, Considine, Hesselbein, Milroy, Bowen, Cabrera, Shankland and Hong.
hist150414To the committee on Human Services, Children and Families. Relating to: eliminating income limits for parental choice programs; eliminating pupil participation limits for the statewide parental choice program; private school tuition charged to a pupil participating in a parental choice program; and creating an education expense reimbursement program for the 2022-23 school year and the summer of 2023.
By Senators Roth, Darling, Nass, Wanggaard, Stroebel and Jagler; cosponsored by Representatives Wittke, Thiesfeldt, Dittrich, Knodl, Murphy, Penterman, Moses, Rozar, Brandtjen, Macco and Magnafici.
Relating to: address confidentiality program.
By Senators Darling, Johnson, Larson, Agard, Bewley, Carpenter, Cowles, Petrowski, Pfaff, Ringhand and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, Subeck, Sinicki, Allen, Andraca, Baldeh, Bowen, Cabrera, Considine, Dittrich, Emerson, Hebl, James, Knodl, B. Meyers, Mursau, Ohnstad, Shelton, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Vruwink and Vining.
hist150416To the committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. Relating to: a levy limit exception for certain shared emergency services expenditures.
By Senators Ringhand, Agard and Bewley; cosponsored by Representatives Andraca, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Hebl, Hintz, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pope, Shelton, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs and Vruwink.
hist150417To the committee on Transportation and Local Government. Relating to: the privacy of consumer data, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By Senators Larson, Carpenter, Roys, Agard and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Brostoff, Hebl, Anderson, Sinicki, Shelton, Stubbs and Cabrera.
hist150418To the committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection. _____________
Report of Committees
The committee on Agriculture and Tourism reported and recommended:
PALMBY, PAUL, of Janesville, as an Agriculture Representative on the Board of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2027.
Ayes: 9 - Senators Ballweg, Marklein, Testin, Petrowski, Bernier, Pfaff, Erpenbach, L. Taylor and Smith.
Noes: 0 - None.
SAYERS, ANNE, of Cross Plains, as Secretary of the Department of Tourism, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.
Ayes: 9 - Senators Ballweg, Marklein, Testin, Petrowski, Bernier, Pfaff, Erpenbach, L. Taylor and Smith.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 677
Relating to: creating a commercial nitrogen optimization pilot program, providing crop insurance rebates for cover crops, creating a hydrogeologist position, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 9 - Senators Ballweg, Marklein, Testin, Petrowski, Bernier, Pfaff, Erpenbach, L. Taylor and Smith.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 9 - Senators Ballweg, Marklein, Testin, Petrowski, Bernier, Pfaff, Erpenbach, L. Taylor and Smith.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 827
Relating to: grants for dairy exports promotion and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 9 - Senators Ballweg, Marklein, Testin, Petrowski, Bernier, Pfaff, Erpenbach, L. Taylor and Smith.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 893
Relating to: nonprobate transfers of farming implements at death.
Ayes: 9 - Senators Ballweg, Marklein, Testin, Petrowski, Bernier, Pfaff, Erpenbach, L. Taylor and Smith.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 9 - Senators Ballweg, Marklein, Testin, Petrowski, Bernier, Pfaff, Erpenbach, L. Taylor and Smith.