Ayes: 4 - Senators Feyen, Stafsholt, Cowles and Knodl.
Noes: 2 - Senators Pfaff and Taylor.
Senate Bill 232
Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law, federal Reemployment Services and Eligibility Assessment grants, and granting rule-making authority.
Ayes: 4 - Senators Feyen, Stafsholt, Cowles and Knodl.
Noes: 2 - Senators Pfaff and Taylor.
Senate Bill 234
Relating to: workforce metrics.
Ayes: 4 - Senators Feyen, Stafsholt, Cowles and Knodl.
Noes: 2 - Senators Pfaff and Taylor.
Senate Bill 235
Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law and authorizing the secretary of administration to transfer employees from any executive branch agency to the Department of Workforce Development for certain purposes.
Ayes: 4 - Senators Feyen, Stafsholt, Cowles and Knodl.
Noes: 2 - Senators Pfaff and Taylor.
Senate Bill 237
Relating to: various changes to the unemployment insurance law and requiring approval by the Joint Committee on Finance of certain federally authorized unemployment benefits.
Ayes: 4 - Senators Feyen, Stafsholt, Cowles and Knodl.
Noes: 2 - Senators Pfaff and Taylor.
DAN FEYEN
Chairperson
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The joint survey committee on Retirement Systems reported and recommended:
Senate Bill 301
Relating to: county and municipal aid; imposing a city sales tax and an additional county sales tax to pay the unfunded actuarial accrued liability of city and county retirement systems; requiring newly hired city and county employees of certain city agencies and counties to be enrolled in the Wisconsin Retirement System; fire and police commissions of first class cities; eliminating the personal property tax; reporting certain crimes and other incidents that occur on school property or school transportation; advisory referenda; local health officers; local public protection services; exceptions to local levy limits; local regulation of certain quarry operations; emergency services; local approval of projects and activities under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson Stewardship 2000 Program; requiring a referendum; and granting rule-making authority.
hist168217Retirement provisions are good public policy. Ayes: 5 - Senator Feyen and Representative August; Senator Cowles; Representative Swearingen; Secretary Voelker.
Noes: 5 – Senator Agard; Representative Neubauer; Commissioner Houdek; Assistant Attorney General Gibson; Chief Information Officer Stanton.
Retirement provisions are not good public policy.
Ayes: 5 - Senator Agard; Representative Neubauer; Commissioner Houdek; Assistant Attorney General Gibson; Chief Information Officer Stanton.
Noes: 5 – Senator Feyen and Representative August; Senator Cowles; Representative Swearingen; Secretary Voelker.
DAN FEYEN
Senate Chairperson
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The committee on Utilities and Technology reported and recommended:
Senate Bill 49
Relating to: restricting local regulation of utility service based on the type or source of energy.
Ayes: 3 - Senators Bradley, Wanggaard and Quinn.
Noes: 2 - Senators Smith and Pfaff.
Ayes: 3 - Senators Bradley, Wanggaard and Quinn.
Noes: 2 - Senators Smith and Pfaff.
Senate Bill 67
Relating to: changing the phase-out of utility aid payments for decommissioned power plants.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Bradley, Wanggaard, Quinn, Smith and Pfaff.
Noes: 0 - None.
JULIAN BRADLEY
Chairperson
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Petitions and Communications
hist168021Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 55.
