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STATE OF WISCONSIN
Senate Journal
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
Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 34 offered by Senator Wanggaard.
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Introduction, First Reading, and Reference of Proposals
Read and referred:
Senate Resolution 3
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.
To the committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Joint Resolution 26
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.
To the committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Joint Resolution 27
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.
To the committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Joint Resolution 28
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.
To the committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Joint Resolution 29
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.
To the committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Joint Resolution 30
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.
To the committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Joint Resolution 31
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.
To the committee on Senate Organization.
Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 203
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.
To the committee on Health.
Senate Bill 204
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.
To the committee on Agriculture and Revenue.
Senate Bill 205
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.
To the committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs.
Senate Bill 206
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.
To the committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry.
Senate Bill 207
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.
To the committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs.
Senate Bill 208
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.
To the committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry.
Senate Bill 209
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.
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