One-Hundred and Sixth Regular Session
9:49 A.M. THURSDAY, March 16, 2023
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
hist163609Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 40 offered by Senator Feyen. _____________
Introduction, First Reading, and Reference of Proposals
Read and referred:
Relating to: designating June 2023 as Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month.
By Senators Cowles, Hesselbein, Jacque, Larson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Cabrera, Baldeh, Conley, Drake, Edming, Emerson, Jacobson, Joers, Moore Omokunde, Murphy, Ortiz-Velez, Ohnstad, Palmeri, Shankland, Shelton and Subeck.
hist163631To the committee on Senate Organization. _____________
Report of Committees
The committee on Judiciary and Public Safety reported and recommended:
Senate Bill 101
Relating to: first-degree reckless homicide and providing a penalty.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Wimberger, Hutton and James.
Noes: 3 - Senators Taylor, Roys and Larson.
Senate Bill 21
Relating to: the value of tangible personal property allowed in state correctional facilities.
Ayes: 8 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Wimberger, Hutton, James, Taylor, Roys and Larson.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 28
Relating to: classifying county jailers as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System and the treatment of county jailers under the Municipal Employment Relations Act.
Ayes: 8 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Wimberger, Hutton, James, Taylor, Roys and Larson.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 8 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Wimberger, Hutton, James, Taylor, Roys and Larson.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 29
Relating to: the Uniform Unsworn Declarations Act.
Ayes: 8 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Wimberger, Hutton, James, Taylor, Roys and Larson.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 75
Relating to: statutory changes to implement the constitutional amendment relating to conditions of release.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Wimberger, Hutton and James.
Noes: 3 - Senators Taylor, Roys and Larson.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Wimberger, Hutton and James.
Noes: 3 - Senators Taylor, Roys and Larson.
Senate Bill 76
Relating to: reorganizing the crimes commonly known as “carjacking” and providing a penalty.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Wimberger, Hutton and James.
Noes: 3 - Senators Taylor, Roys and Larson.
Senate Bill 92
Relating to: impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses.
Ayes: 7 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Wimberger, Hutton, James, Taylor and Larson.
Noes: 1 - Senator Roys.
Ayes: 7 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Wimberger, Hutton, James, Taylor and Larson.
Noes: 1 - Senator Roys.
VAN WANGGAARD
Chairperson
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The committee on Natural Resources and Energy reported and recommended:
MCGRAW, BRIAN C., of Muscoda, as a Public Member on the Land and Water Conservation Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2023.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Cowles, Tomczyk, Wimberger, Hesselbein and Wirch.
Noes: 0 - None.
PAULSON, MARK, of Madison, as the Governor's Designee on the Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Cowles, Tomczyk, Wimberger, Hesselbein and Wirch.
Noes: 0 - None.
POELMA, RANDALL, of La Crosse, as a Recreational User Group Representative on the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2025.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Cowles, Tomczyk, Wimberger, Hesselbein and Wirch.
Noes: 0 - None.
SMALL, JOHN, of Fox Lake, as a Hydrologist Section Public Member on the Examining Board of Professional Geologists, Hydrologists and Soil Scientists, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2026.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Cowles, Tomczyk, Wimberger, Hesselbein and Wirch.
Noes: 0 - None.
VAN AMAN HOEL, JULIE, of Ontario, as a Non-Resident on the Watershed Representing Education Interests of the Kickapoo Reserve Management Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2025.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Cowles, Tomczyk, Wimberger, Hesselbein and Wirch.
