Relating to: waiting period for marriage after divorce judgment.
By Senators Darling, Kooyenga and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Duchow, Krug, Loudenbeck, Novak, Kulp, Kitchens, Subeck, James, Tranel, Felzkowski, Sinicki and Skowronski.
hist105644To the committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families. Relating to: temporary practice by physicians at camps, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
By Senators Petrowski, Bewley, Tiffany, Jacque, Kapenga, Kooyenga, Marklein, Olsen and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Edming, Felzkowski, James, Magnafici, Oldenburg, Ballweg, Dittrich, Horlacher, Knodl, Kulp, Milroy, Mursau, Neylon, Petryk, Plumer, Quinn, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Skowronski, Spiros, Stafsholt, Tusler and Wichgers.
hist105645To the committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues. Relating to: an exception to commercial building code requirements for the installation or operation of a stairway chair lift in a church constructed before 1919.
By Senators Marklein, Kooyenga and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Horlacher, Kulp, Plumer, Thiesfeldt, Tusler and Wichgers.
hist105646To the committee on Utilities and Housing. Relating to: limiting the cooperation of state and local law enforcement officers with certain federal immigration enforcement activities.
By Senators Larson, L. Taylor, Smith and Johnson; cosponsored by Representatives Cabrera, Brostoff, Haywood and Bowen.
hist105647To the committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts. Relating to: local contracts with the federal government related to housing or detaining persons in locked detention facilities and a limitation on establishing county secured facilities.
By Senators Larson, L. Taylor, Smith and Johnson; cosponsored by Representatives Cabrera, Brostoff, C. Taylor, Haywood, Bowen and Anderson.
hist105648To the committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts. Relating to: free expression within the University of Wisconsin System, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
By Senators Kapenga, Stroebel, Bernier, Craig and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Horlacher, Vos, Murphy, Allen, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Felzkowski, Gundrum, James, Katsma, Kitchens, Knodl, Krug, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Macco, Magnafici, Quinn, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Skowronski, Sortwell, Steffen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt and Tusler.
hist105649To the committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families. Relating to: overweight permits for vehicles or vehicle combinations with six or more axles.
By Senators Tiffany, Bernier, Craig, Feyen, LeMahieu, Olsen, Stroebel and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Brandtjen, Felzkowski, Gundrum, Hutton, Katsma, Mursau, Nygren, Plumer, Quinn, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Sortwell, Tusler, Wittke, Zimmerman, Dittrich and Skowronski.
hist105650To the committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs. Relating to: grant to a hospital for expanding psychiatric bed capacity.
By Senators Bernier, Tiffany, Schachtner, Smith, Stroebel and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives James, Summerfield, Dittrich, Edming, Kulp, Kurtz, Magnafici, Oldenburg, Petryk, Pronschinske, Quinn, Rohrkaste, Skowronski, Spiros, Tittl, Tusler and VanderMeer.
hist105651To the committee on Health and Human Services. Relating to: prohibiting a judge from holding a nonjudicial office of public trust while serving in the office to which the judge was appointed or elected.
By Senators Darling, L. Taylor and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Hutton, Felzkowski, Sanfelippo, Tusler, Ramthun, Knodl, Brandtjen, Thiesfeldt and Skowronski.
hist105652To the committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues. Relating to: the age at which a child may attend four-year-old kindergarten.
By Senators Olsen, Cowles, Jacque, Petrowski and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Bowen, Allen, Kulp, L. Myers, Spiros, Tusler and Skowronski.
Relating to: counting pupils enrolled in four-year-old kindergarten.
By Senators Olsen, Cowles, Jacque, Petrowski, L. Taylor and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Bowen, Duchow, Kulp, L. Myers, Novak, Snyder, Spiros, Tusler and Skowronski.
Relating to: grants for feasibility studies of school district consolidation or whole grade sharing and making an appropriation.
By Senators Olsen, Bernier and Feyen; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Allen, Duchow, Macco, Krug, Kulp, Spiros, Tusler and Dittrich.
Relating to: temporary practice by registered nurses at camps, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
By Senators Petrowski, Bewley, Jacque, Kapenga, Kooyenga, Marklein, Nass, Olsen, Stroebel and Tiffany; cosponsored by Representatives Magnafici, Edming, James, Oldenburg, Felzkowski, Ballweg, Dittrich, Horlacher, Knodl, Kulp, Mursau, Petryk, Quinn, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Skowronski, Spiros, Tusler and Wichgers.
hist105656To the committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues. Relating to: designating the Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge.
By Senators Bewley and Petrowski; cosponsored by Representatives Milroy and Skowronski.
hist105657To the committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs. _____________
Petitions and Communications
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
EXECUTIVE ORDER #45
Relating to the Creation of the Governor’s Task Force on Retirement Security
WHEREAS, in the United States, the typical working-age household has less than $3,000 in retirement savings and the average retirement-age household has only $12,000;
WHEREAS, one in seven registered voters in Wisconsin have no way to save for retirement at work, and 82 percent of Wisconsinites would be interested in joining an available state savings program; and
WHEREAS, Americans are 15 times more likely to save for retirement when they have a tool available through their workplace.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, TONY EVERS, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the Laws of the State, including Section 14.019 of the Wisconsin Statutes, do hereby create the Governor’s Task Force on Retirement Security (“Task Force”), and order the following: 11.
The Task Force shall be chaired by the Treasurer of the State of Wisconsin of a designee. The Task Force membership shall consist of: aa.
the Governor or a designee; bb.
the Secretary of the Department of Workforce Development or a designee; cc.
the Secretary of the Department of Health Services or a designee; dd.
the Executive Director of the State of Wisconsin investment Board or a designee; ee.
Two members of the Wisconsin State Assembly, one representing each caucus; ff.
Two members of the Wisconsin State Senate, one representing each caucus; gg.
Other individuals appointed by the Governor to serve at the pleasure of the Governor, who may include individuals representing the business community, the financial services industry, organized labor, and retirees. 22.
The Task Force shall do the following: aa.
Assess the overall preparedness of the state in supporting Wisconsinites’ ability to retire in a financially secure manner; bb.
Evaluate Wisconsin’s current retirement system as well as employer-sponsored and individual retirement plans’ financial impact to the state and overall economy; cc.
Identify challenges and obstacles facing Wisconsinites seeking to retire in a financially secure manner; dd.
Identify barriers to accessing existing employer-sponsored and individual retirement plans commonly available to Wisconsinites; ee.
Identify barriers to participation in public and private retirement options; ff.
Research best practices from industry, academia, and other states on retirement security; gg.
Provide guidance on the average amount a Wisconsinite should save to achieve a secure retirement; and hh.
Provide recommendations regarding: ii.
How the state can best address the retirement crisis for Wisconsinites who do not have a way to save for retirement; iiii.
Reducing the regulatory and operational burden on small businesses who want to offer payroll deduction retirement savings options to employees; iiiiii.
Encouraging younger Wisconsinites to save early in life; iviv.
Other innovative reforms to help Wisconsinites retire in a financially secure manner. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Wisconsin to be affixed. Done at the Executive Residence in the City of Madison this sixteenth day of September, in the year two thousand nineteen.
TONY EVERS
