One-Hundred and Seventh Regular Session
WEDNESDAY, April 16, 2025
The Chief Clerk made the following entries under the above date.
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Chief Clerk's Entries
Amendments Offered
hist202162Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 34 offered by Senator Wanggaard. _____________
Introduction, First Reading, and Reference of Proposals
Read and referred:
Relating to: notifying the assembly and the governor that Cyrus Anderson is elected senate chief clerk of the 2025-2026 senate.
By Senators LeMahieu and Felzkowski.
hist202214To the committee on Senate Organization. Relating to: celebrating May 7, 2025, as Skilled Trades Day in Wisconsin.
By Senators Feyen, Cabral-Guevara, Drake, Hesselbein, Jacque, Ratcliff, Roys, Tomczyk and Wall; cosponsored by Representatives Moses, Kitchens, Allen, Armstrong, Behnke, Callahan, Clancy, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Goeben, Goodwin, Gundrum, Johnson, Kaufert, Knodl, Kreibich, Madison, Miresse, Murphy, O'Connor, Palmeri, Penterman, Petersen, Prado, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Subeck, Tittl, Tranel, Wichgers and Wittke.
hist202179To the committee on Senate Organization. Relating to: proclaiming April 24, 2025, to be Holocaust Remembrance Day and April 27, 2025, to May 4, 2025, as Holocaust Days of Remembrance in Wisconsin.
By Senators Cabral-Guevara, Dassler-Alfheim, Jacque, Jagler, Marklein, Nass, Ratcliff, Roys and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Penterman, Tusler, Subeck, Bare, Callahan, Clancy, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Emerson, Franklin, Gundrum, Hong, Kaufert, Knodl, Kreibich, Madison, Miresse, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Phelps, Rodriguez, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Steffen, Stubbs and Udell.
hist202180To the committee on Senate Organization. Relating to: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan; reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act; supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States; and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile.
By Senators Testin, Tomczyk, Roys, Cabral-Guevara, Jacque, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Franklin, Tranel, Billings, Anderson, Armstrong, Behnke, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Emerson, Goodwin, Kaufert, Krug, Miresse, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Sheehan, Stubbs, Swearingen, Wittke and Sinicki.
hist202181To the committee on Senate Organization. Relating to: designating April 2025 and April 2026 as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Months.
By Senators Cabral-Guevara, Carpenter, Drake, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wanggaard and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Subeck, Kaufert, Bare, Brown, Clancy, DeSmidt, Emerson, Joers, Kitchens, Knodl, Madison, McCarville, Melotik, Miresse, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, Ortiz-Velez, Piwowarczyk, Roe, Stubbs, Tranel, Udell, Vining and Wittke.
hist202187To the committee on Senate Organization. Relating to: congratulating the University of Wisconsin–Madison women’s hockey team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Hockey National Championship.
By Senators Roys, Dassler-Alfheim, Pfaff, Cabral-Guevara, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Jacque, Keyeski, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Mayadev, Hong, J. Jacobson, Stubbs, Snodgrass, Arney, Bare, Behnke, Clancy, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Hysell, Joers, Johnson, Kaufert, Kirsch, Knodl, Madison, McCarville, Miresse, Murphy, O'Connor, Phelps, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snyder, Subeck, Tenorio, Wittke, Anderson and Palmeri.
hist202188To the committee on Senate Organization. Relating to: proclaiming March 31, 2025, as Wisconsin’s Transgender Day of Visibility.
By Senators Ratcliff, Carpenter, Spreitzer, Dassler-Alfheim, Roys, Larson, Keyeski, Hesselbein, Drake and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Snodgrass, Neubauer, Clancy, Arney, Cruz, Phelps, Rivera-Wagner, Stroud, Udell, Miresse, DeSmidt, Tenorio, Hong, Roe, Fitzgerald, Joers, Madison, Kirsch, Moore Omokunde, DeSanto, Anderson, Vining, Subeck, Emerson, Bare, Palmeri, Sinicki, Johnson and Mayadev.
hist202189To the committee on Senate Organization. Read first time and referred:
Relating to: regulation of pharmacy benefit managers, fiduciary and disclosure requirements on pharmacy benefit managers, and application of prescription drug payments to health insurance cost-sharing requirements.
By Senators Felzkowski, Marklein, Cabral-Guevara, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Nass, Pfaff, Quinn, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wanggaard, Wimberger and James; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Tranel, Allen, Armstrong, Brooks, Callahan, Fitzgerald, B. Jacobson, Joers, Kirsch, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, McCarville, Miresse, Mursau, O'Connor, Rodriguez, Sortwell, Tittl, Wichgers and Tucker.
Relating to: creating a video game production tax credit and making an appropriation.
By Senators Testin and Feyen; cosponsored by Representatives Moses, Zimmerman, Behnke, Callahan, Goodwin, Gundrum and Swearingen.
hist202170To the committee on Agriculture and Revenue. Relating to: information provided to voters concerning proposed constitutional amendments and other statewide referenda.
By Senators Tomczyk, Feyen, Cabral-Guevara and James; cosponsored by Representatives O'Connor, Knodl, Brooks, Murphy, Armstrong, Behnke, Dittrich, Donovan, Franklin, Gundrum, Gustafson, Kreibich, Melotik, Mursau, Neylon, Novak, Piwowarczyk, Tucker and Zimmerman.
hist202171To the committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs. Relating to: voidable provisions in residential rental agreements and the application of the Wisconsin Consumer Act to leases.
By Senators Feyen, Jacque, Jagler, Nass, Quinn, Wanggaard and Stafsholt; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Brooks, Allen, Armstrong, Franklin, Goeben, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Kitchens, Moses, Murphy, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Sortwell, Spiros, Tusler and Wittke.
hist202172To the committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry. Relating to: creating a hazard mitigation revolving loan program, creating a Great Lakes erosion control revolving loan program, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
By Senator Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Zimmerman, Knodl, Mursau, Penterman and Piwowarczyk.
hist202173To the committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs. Relating to: prohibiting hedge funds from acquiring single-family homes in this state.
By Senators Keyeski, Pfaff, Wall, Larson, Carpenter, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Drake, Hesselbein, Smith, Wirch and L. Johnson; cosponsored by Representatives Haywood, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Palmeri, Neubauer, Snodgrass, Brown, Joers, Sheehan, Stroud, Hong, Tenorio, Stubbs, Goodwin, Rivera-Wagner, Clancy, Fitzgerald, Bare, Anderson, Moore Omokunde, Behnke, Madison, Sinicki, Mayadev, Emerson, Johnson and Miresse.
hist202174To the committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry. Relating to: limiting liability relating to traffic control devices for manufacturers and others.
By Senators Wanggaard, Feyen and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Knodl, O'Connor, Franklin, Spiros and Donovan.
hist202175To the committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. Relating to: changes to amount of, and criteria for designating recipients of, academic excellence higher education scholarships.
By Senators Tomczyk, James, Quinn and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Green, Brill, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, O'Connor, Snyder, Spiros, Swearingen and Wittke.
Relating to: exempting tobacco bars from the public smoking ban.
By Senators Tomczyk, Feyen, Nass, Testin and Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Gustafson, Ortiz-Velez, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Callahan, Dallman, Donovan, Green, Goeben, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Kitchens, Knodl, Krug, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Pronschinske, Rodriguez, Tittl, Tucker, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman, Sinicki and Miresse.
hist202177To the committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development. Relating to: the form of referendum questions.
By Senators Habush Sinykin, Wall, Roys, Ratcliff, Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Drake and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Andraca, Snodgrass, Joers, DeSmidt, Rivera-Wagner, Brown, Sheehan, Roe, Fitzgerald, Clancy, Prado, Subeck, Sinicki, Madison, Tenorio, Vining, Ortiz-Velez, Mayadev, Johnson and Miresse.
hist202178To the committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs. Relating to: a tax credit for rail infrastructure modernization.
By Senators Quinn, Feyen and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Tranel, Armstrong, Donovan, Franklin, Gundrum, Melotik, Mursau, Pronschinske and Swearingen.
hist202182To the committee on Agriculture and Revenue. Relating to: registration of out-of-state health care providers to provide telehealth services.
By Senators Stafsholt and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Gustafson, Franklin, Green, Gundrum, Knodl, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Piwowarczyk and Wichgers.
