Ayes - Senators Bernier, Cowles, Craig, Darling, Feyen, Fitzgerald, Jacque, Kapenga, Kooyenga, LeMahieu, Marklein, Nass, Olsen, Petrowski, Roth, Stroebel, Testin, Tiffany and Wanggaard - 19.
Noes - Senators Bewley, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Hansen, Johnson, Larson, Miller, Ringhand, Risser, Schachtner, Shilling, Smith, L. Taylor and Wirch - 14.
Absent or not voting – None - 0.
Rejected.
hist109732Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the rules be suspended and the bill be given its third reading. Read a third time and concurred in.
Senators Hansen, Larson, Miller and Risser asked to be recorded as voting “No” on the question of concurrence in Assembly Bill 426.
Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly:
Messaged.
Assembly Bill 427
Relating to: emergency medical services programs.
hist109736Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the rules be suspended and the bill be given its third reading. Read a third time and concurred in.
Assembly Bill 471
Relating to: grants for Next Generation 911 and granting rule-making authority.
hist109740Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that the rules be suspended and the bill be given its third reading. Read a third time and concurred in.
Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly:
Messaged.
Senate Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: prohibiting the governor from using the partial veto to increase state expenditures (first consideration).
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In the Chair
President Pro Tempore Marklein in the chair.
5:46 P.M.
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In the Chair
Senate President Roth in the chair.
6:07 P.M.
hist109750Senator Feyen, with unanimous consent, asked that the rules be suspended and the bill be given its third reading. Read a third time.
The question was: Adoption of Senate Joint Resolution 59?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 19; noes, 14; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Bernier, Cowles, Craig, Darling, Feyen, Fitzgerald, Jacque, Kapenga, Kooyenga, LeMahieu, Marklein, Nass, Olsen, Petrowski, Roth, Stroebel, Testin, Tiffany and Wanggaard - 19.
Noes - Senators Bewley, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Hansen, Johnson, Larson, Miller, Ringhand, Risser, Schachtner, Shilling, Smith, L. Taylor and Wirch - 14.
Absent or not voting – None - 0.
Adopted.
Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly:
Messaged.
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Motions may be offered
Senator Smith moved that Senate Bill 474 be withdrawn from the committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry and be taken up at this time.
Senate Bill 474
Relating to: chronic wasting disease testing and making an appropriation.
hist109867The question was: Shall Senate Bill 474 be withdrawn from the committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry and take up at this time? The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 14; noes, 19; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Bewley, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Hansen, Johnson, Larson, Miller, Ringhand, Risser, Schachtner, Shilling, Smith, L. Taylor and Wirch - 14.
Noes - Senators Bernier, Cowles, Craig, Darling, Feyen, Fitzgerald, Jacque, Kapenga, Kooyenga, LeMahieu, Marklein, Nass, Olsen, Petrowski, Roth, Stroebel, Testin, Tiffany and Wanggaard - 19.
Absent or not voting – None - 0.
Refused to withdraw.
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Consideration of resolutions and joint resolutions not requiring a third reading
Senate Joint Resolution 55
Relating to: celebrating Wisconsin's history of sports excellence through recognizing the three most recent MVPs and proclaiming December 1 to December 7, 2019, as MVP Week in Wisconsin.
hist109755The question was: Adoption of Senate Joint Resolution 55? Adopted.
Senate Joint Resolution 65
Relating to: honoring Bishop Donald J. Hying.
hist109759The question was: Adoption of Senate Joint Resolution 65? Adopted.
Assembly Joint Resolution 59
Relating to: commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2019.
hist109760The question was: Concurrence of Assembly Joint Resolution 59? Concurred in.
Senator Fitzgerald, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly:
Messaged.
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Announcements, Adjournment Honors, and Remarks Under Special Privilege
Senator Shilling, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate adjourn in honor and memory of her dad’s birthday—November 10th. He would have been 77. He would have been 77, except at the age of 50, on his death certificate his cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds—multiple gunshot wounds. We have the opportunity to take up two bills the Governor has called us to do in the special session. This takes courage. It takes courage to talk about this. Senator Shilling has the courage to do it. She has had the courage to do it since 1993. She asks you to have the courage to have this discussion not just for her family, but for the families that you all represent that have to deal with the tragedy of gun violence in their lives. The families that have to understand what a new normal looks like when their loved one is not at the Thanksgiving table, when their loved one is not at the birthday party, when their loved one is not at the birth of their grandchild. Senator Shilling will continue to adjourn in memory of those victims, some may be from her district and some may be from yours. We pray that we do not have another mass shooting in this state or in this country. It takes courage to talk about these issues. These are issues that 80% of the public is asking us to do something about—80%. So she adjourns in memory of her dad’s 77th birthday. A man who worked in this building in the ‘70s and was proud. He worked for Vel Philips. He worked for Marty Schreiber. He worked for President Jimmy Carter. He worked for Senator Ted Kennedy. That’s where Senator Shilling got the political bug. He taught her sisters and her about public service and how to pack the car super efficiently with lots of suitcases when we went on vacation—it was like Tetris. He taught them the importance of journaling when we go on vacation, to ask interesting questions, and learn things. She passed that onto her kids. They write a journal about where we go and what we see in South Dakota. He had a great sense of humor and loved a great practical joke. So Senator Shilling adjourns in celebration and memory of her father who would have turned 77, but yet she adjourns in the hopes that we have the courage to do the right thing and have a discussion on an issue that is permeating this country.
