One-Hundred and Fourth Regular Session
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
11:00 A.M.
First Order. Call of roll.
Second Order. Chief clerk's entries.
Third Order. Introduction, first reading and reference of proposals.
Fourth Order. Report of committees.
Fifth Order. Petitions and communications.
Sixth Order. Referrals and receipt of committee reports concerning proposed administrative rules.
Seventh Order. Advice and consent of the Senate.
QUESTION: Shall the appointment be confirmed?
Wolfe, Meagan, of Madison, as Administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2019. (Report confirmation recommended by Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Wolfe, Meagan, of Madison, as Administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2023. (Report confirmation recommended by Committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Eighth Order. Messages from the Assembly.
Ninth Order. Special Orders.
Tenth Order. Consideration of motions, resolutions, and joint resolutions not requiring a third reading.
QUESTION: Shall the resolution be adopted?
Senate Resolution 4. Relating to: changing the orders of business on the daily calendar. By Senators Fitzgerald and Roth.
QUESTION: Shall the joint resolution be adopted?
Senate Joint Resolution 11. Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Joe Polasek. By Senators Miller, Carpenter, Hansen, Ringhand, Cowles, Wirch, L. Taylor, Erpenbach, Risser and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Anderson, Hebl, Crowley, Vruwink, Milroy, Mursau, Subeck, Sinicki, Hesselbein and Bowen.
Senate Joint Resolution 25. Relating to: recognizing September 1 to 7, 2019, as Resiliency Week. By Senators Feyen, Hansen, Carpenter, Cowles and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Vorpagel, Riemer, Anderson, Bowen, Duchow, Dittrich, Ohnstad, Sargent, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Steffen, Stubbs, Subeck, Thiesfeldt and Tusler.
Senate Joint Resolution 26. Relating to: proclaiming May as Lupus Awareness Month in Wisconsin. By Senators Darling, L. Taylor, Bewley, Cowles, Marklein, Nass, Ringhand, Risser and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Schraa, Bowen, Crowley, Duchow, Emerson, Fields, Hebl, Kerkman, Kitchens, Kolste, Kulp, Macco, Magnafici, Milroy, L. Myers, Ohnstad, Petryk, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spiros, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Vining, Vruwink, Zamarripa and Tusler.
Senate Joint Resolution 28. Relating to: proclaiming May 2019 as Lyme Disease Awareness Month. By Senators Tiffany, Bewley, Cowles, Darling, Larson, Marklein, Olsen, Ringhand, Risser, Schachtner and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Ott, Anderson, Ballweg, Duchow, Edming, Felzkowski, Hebl, Horlacher, Kulp, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Magnafici, Murphy, Mursau, L. Myers, Plumer, Pronschinske, Rohrkaste, Sargent, Sinicki, Shankland, Spiros, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tusler and Vruwink.
Senate Joint Resolution 30. Relating to: proclaiming May 2019 as Wisconsin Motherhood Month. By Senators Johnson, L. Taylor, Schachtner, Carpenter, Risser and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Vining, Crowley, Kolste, Stubbs, Ramthun, Goyke, Duchow, C. Taylor, Neubauer, Spiros, Hebl, Kurtz, Sinicki, Sargent, Kulp, Anderson, Milroy, Spreitzer, Bowen, Considine, Dittrich, Shankland, Zamarripa, Vruwink, Hesselbein, Fields, Haywood, Ohnstad and Tusler.
Senate Joint Resolution 32. Relating to: proclaiming May 2019 as Paper and Forestry Products Month in Wisconsin. By Senators Tiffany, Bewley, Cowles, Hansen, Jacque, Larson, LeMahieu, Roth, Testin, Petrowski, Schachtner and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Shankland, Ballweg, Edming, Felzkowski, B. Meyers, Murphy, Mursau, Petryk, Spiros, Snyder, Stafsholt, Steineke, Stuck, Tusler, Considine, Duchow, Fields, Rohrkaste, Spreitzer, Thiesfeldt, Tranel, VanderMeer, Vining and Vorpagel.
Senate Joint Resolution 33. Relating to: the Mississippi River System. By Senators Marklein, Carpenter, Nass, Ringhand and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Oldenburg, Edming, Horlacher, Kulp, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Petryk, Schraa, Spreitzer, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tranel and VanderMeer.
Senate Joint Resolution 34. Relating to: honoring the Marshall High School Girls Basketball team in their consecutive WIAA State Championship victories. By Senator Fitzgerald; cosponsored by Representative Dittrich.
Senate Joint Resolution 36. Relating to: proclaiming May 17, 18, and 19, 2019, Syttende Mai Weekend. By Senators Miller, Shilling, Bewley, Cowles, Hansen, Olsen, Ringhand, Risser and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Hebl, Oldenburg, Crowley, Doyle, Hesselbein, Kulp, Milroy, Petryk, Pope, Sargent, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, C. Taylor, Tusler and Vruwink.
Eleventh Order. Second reading and amendments of senate joint resolutions and senate bills.
QUESTION: Shall the joint resolution be ordered to a third reading?
Senate Joint Resolution 2. Relating to: the rights of crime victims (second consideration). By Senators Wanggaard, Carpenter, Bernier, Feyen, Hansen, Jacque, Marklein, Nass, Olsen, Petrowski and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Crowley, Duchow, Edming, Felzkowski, Fields, Gundrum, Horlacher, Jagler, James, Kitchens, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Macco, Murphy, Mursau, Oldenburg, Ott, Petryk, Plumer, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Sinicki, Skowronski, Snyder, Sortwell, Spiros, Steffen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, Vorpagel, Vruwink and Wichgers. (Report adoption recommended by committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
QUESTION: Shall the bill be ordered to a third reading?
Senate Bill 38. Relating to: dispensing, distributing, or selling dialysate, drugs, or devices necessary for providing home peritoneal kidney dialysis. By Senators Darling, L. Taylor, Nass and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Rohrkaste, Kolste, Considine, Felzkowski, Brooks, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Milroy, L. Myers, Ramthun, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spiros, Tusler, Zimmerman, B. Meyers and Murphy. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 54. Relating to: the disclosure of a retailer's sales tax liability to a successor. By Senators Kooyenga, Cowles, Jacque, Marklein, Stroebel, Wanggaard and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Loudenbeck, Steffen, Ballweg, Brooks, Doyle, Edming, Felzkowski, Fields, Gundrum, Horlacher, Katsma, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Macco, Murphy, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Spiros, Thiesfeldt, Tittl and Tusler. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 9, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 9, Noes 0)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 70. Relating to: bringing contraband into a jail or prison and providing a penalty. By Senators Jacque, Marklein and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, Edming, Gundrum, Horlacher, Murphy, Skowronski, Sortwell, Spiros, Thiesfeldt and Wichgers. (Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 83. Relating to: retail sales of intoxicating liquor for consumption off the licensed premises. By Senators Kooyenga, Craig, Erpenbach, Stroebel, L. Taylor and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Vorpagel, Subeck, Duchow, Gundrum, Hutton, Jagler, Kitchens, Macco, Ramthun, Tusler, Vruwink, Wichgers and Brandtjen. (Report passage recommended by committee on Economic Development, Commerce and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 91. Relating to: buying and selling water pollution credits through a central clearinghouse. (FE) By Senators Cowles, Petrowski, Bernier, Darling, Feyen, Jacque, Johnson, Larson, Marklein, Miller, Olsen, Ringhand, Schachtner, Stroebel and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Oldenburg, Gruszynski, Tauchen, Krug, Brooks, Considine, Duchow, Edming, Emerson, Felzkowski, Fields, Hebl, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Macco, Mursau, Nygren, Ott, Pronschinske, Quinn, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Sinicki, Skowronski, Snyder, Spreitzer, Spiros, Steffen, Stuck, Summerfield, Tittl, Tusler and Vruwink. (Report Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 1, and Senate Amendment 1 pending
Twelfth Order. Second reading and amendments of assembly joint resolutions and assembly bills.
QUESTION: Shall the bill be ordered to a third reading?
Assembly Bill 10. Relating to: eliminating deductions for moving expenses for businesses that move out of the state or out of the United States. (FE) By Representatives Neylon, C. Taylor, Steffen, Zamarripa, Anderson, Brooks, Doyle, Fields, Gundrum, Hebl, Horlacher, Kolste, Kuglitsch, Ohnstad, Quinn, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spreitzer, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Vruwink, Zimmerman, Subeck and Neubauer; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Bewley, Carpenter, Cowles, Darling, Erpenbach, Jacque, Johnson, Larson, Marklein, Olsen, Ringhand, Risser, Schachtner, Smith, Wanggaard and Wirch. (Report concurrence recommended by committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions, Ayes 9, Noes 0)
Thirteenth Order. Third reading of joint resolutions and bills.
Fourteenth Order. Motions may be offered.
Fifteenth Order. Announcements, adjournment honors, and remarks under special privilege.
Sixteenth Order. Adjournment.