Relating to: the way town board vacancies are filled; public notice requirements for governmental meetings; appointment and removal procedures for certain town officeholders; a process for an applicant to appeal a permit denial to the governing body of a city, village, or town; wages paid to an elected town officer who also serves as a town employee; and the term of appointed town assessors.
By Senators Jacque, Tiffany, Bernier, Bewley, LeMahieu, Marklein, Ringhand and Schachtner; cosponsored by Representatives Quinn, Summerfield, Ballweg, Brooks, Doyle, Duchow, Edming, Felzkowski, James, Kitchens, Krug, Kulp, Kurtz, Magnafici, B. Meyers, Milroy, Mursau, Novak, Oldenburg, Petersen, Petryk, Schraa, Swearingen, Tittl, Tusler, VanderMeer, Wichgers, Wittke and Vruwink.
hist111118To the committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development. Relating to: license fee waivers for veterans' spouses.
By Senators Jacque and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Ballweg, Anderson, Bowen, Horlacher, Magnafici, Spiros, Tusler and Ramthun.
hist111119To the committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations. Relating to: legal custody and physical placement factors for a child of a service member.
By Senators Jacque and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Ballweg, Anderson, Bowen, Quinn, Sortwell, Spiros, Wichgers and Ramthun.
hist111120To the committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families. Relating to: the disability rating at which veterans qualify for certain hunting and fishing authorizations and exemptions from state park and trail admission fees.
By Senators Jacque, Schachtner and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Spiros, Anderson, Sinicki, Tusler and Ramthun.
hist111121To the committee on Natural Resources and Energy. Relating to: exempting veterans and members of the armed forces from admissions application fees at University of Wisconsin System schools and technical colleges.
By Senators Jacque and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Edming, Wichgers, Anderson, Cabrera, Tusler, Thiesfeldt, Kurtz, Sinicki, Bowen, Spiros, Magnafici, Tranel and Ramthun.
hist111122To the committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families. Relating to: a school district revenue limit adjustment for the cost of employing school nurses.
By Senators Larson, Carpenter, Smith and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Pope, Hebl, Billings, Anderson, Hesselbein, Dittrich, Subeck, C. Taylor, Considine, Milroy, Sargent, Spreitzer, Shankland, Brostoff, Ohnstad, Crowley, Bowen, Sinicki, Neubauer and Vruwink.
Relating to: immunity from revocation of probation, parole, or extended supervision for certain controlled substance offenses.
By Senators Olsen, Wanggaard and Schachtner; cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, Bowen, Novak, Snyder, Petersen, Kitchens, Quinn, Felzkowski, Edming, Kulp, Magnafici, Plumer, Rohrkaste, Knodl, Tusler, Petryk, Dittrich, Tranel, Thiesfeldt, Spiros, Mursau, Ramthun, Spreitzer and Doyle.
hist111124To the committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. Relating to: registration of recovery residences and disciplinary action against a state employee who is receiving medication-assisted treatment.
By Senators Darling, Kooyenga, Olsen, Wanggaard and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, Plumer, Allen, Novak, Snyder, Petersen, Kitchens, Felzkowski, Edming, Kulp, Magnafici, Rohrkaste, Tusler, Petryk, Dittrich, Tranel, Thiesfeldt, Jagler, Zimmerman, Spiros, Mursau, Ramthun, Born and Billings.
hist111125To the committee on Health and Human Services. Relating to: providing medication and a valid prescription to a prisoner upon release.
By Senators Darling, Feyen, Olsen and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Brooks, Schraa, Ballweg, Born, Bowen, Emerson, Krug, Kulp, Magnafici, L. Myers, Nygren, Plumer, Quinn, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Spiros, Tusler and Zimmerman.
hist111126To the committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. Relating to: expanding telehealth mental health treatment to offenders under community supervision.
By Senators Darling, Feyen, Olsen and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Brooks, Schraa, Bowen, Ballweg, Born, Dittrich, Emerson, Horlacher, Knodl, Kulp, Nygren, Plumer, Quinn, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Spiros and Tusler.
hist111127To the committee on Health and Human Services. Relating to: opioid antagonist administration in jails and medication-assisted treatment availability in prisons and jails.
By Senators Darling, Cowles, Olsen and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Born, Nygren, Billings, Bowen, Dittrich, Edming, Felzkowski, Jagler, Kitchens, Knodl, Kulp, Magnafici, Mursau, Novak, Petersen, Petryk, Plumer, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Snyder, Spiros, Thiesfeldt, Tranel and Tusler.
hist111128To the committee on Health and Human Services. Relating to: an online early learning pilot program and making an appropriation.
By Senators Darling and Bernier; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Fields, Nygren, Allen, Krug, Macco, Novak, Ramthun, Rodriguez, Steffen, Tusler, VanderMeer and Wittke.
Relating to: the establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a grandparent, grandchild, or sibling and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that are required to allow an employee to take family or medical leave; creating an individual income tax deduction for certain family or medical leave insurance benefits; allowing a local government to adopt ordinances requiring employers to provide leave benefits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.
By Senators Ringhand, Carpenter, Hansen, Larson, Shilling, Schachtner, Miller, Smith, Bewley, Johnson, Erpenbach, Wirch and Risser; cosponsored by Representatives Pope, Crowley, Sargent, Shankland, Stuck, Zamarripa, Gruszynski, Neubauer, C. Taylor, Billings, Hesselbein, Vining, Spreitzer, Kolste, Emerson, Considine, Anderson, Sinicki, Riemer, Fields, Milroy, Subeck, Doyle, Hebl, Goyke and Hintz.
hist111130To the committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight and Courts. Relating to: tuition and fee remission for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or a technical college.
By Senators Jacque and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Murphy, Magnafici, Anderson, Horlacher, Ramthun, Spiros and Tusler.
hist111131To the committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families. Relating to: grants to counties and tribes for veterans services and making an appropriation.
By Senators Jacque and Schachtner; cosponsored by Representatives Edming, Krug, Kulp, Kurtz, Magnafici, Mursau, Quinn, Sinicki, Thiesfeldt, Tranel, Tusler and VanderMeer.
hist111132To the committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs. Relating to: regulation of home inspectors, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
By Senators Bernier and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Brooks, Magnafici, Subeck, C. Taylor, Skowronski, Spiros, Allen, Brostoff, Novak and Sinicki.
hist111133To the committee on Utilities and Housing. Relating to: physical health services and acupuncture under Medical Assistance program and making an appropriation.
By Senators Bernier and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, Novak, Snyder, Petersen, Quinn, Felzkowski, Edming, Kulp, Magnafici, Plumer, Horlacher, Rohrkaste, Knodl, Tusler, Petryk, Tranel, Thiesfeldt, Jagler, Mursau, Ramthun, Born and Billings.
hist111134To the committee on Health and Human Services. Relating to: installation of hearing loop technology in certain new and renovated state buildings and granting rule-making authority.
By Senator Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Brostoff, Skowronski, Spreitzer, Emerson, Sinicki, Vruwink, Anderson, Bowen and C. Taylor.
hist111135To the committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection. Relating to: coordinating a response to Alzheimer's disease and dementia, authorizing a coordinator position, and making an appropriation.
By Senators Larson and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Brostoff, Emerson, Sinicki, Vruwink, Bowen, Spreitzer, Subeck and C. Taylor.
hist111136To the committee on Health and Human Services. Relating to: Alzheimer's and dementia training for direct care and support services workers.
By Senators Larson and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Brostoff, Emerson, Sinicki, Vruwink, Bowen, Subeck and C. Taylor.
hist111137To the committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations. Relating to: information and demonstration requirements for hearing instrument specialists and audiologists.
By Senator Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Brostoff, Skowronski, Spreitzer, Emerson, Sinicki, Vruwink, Anderson, Bowen and C. Taylor.
hist111138To the committee on Health and Human Services. _____________
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hist111142Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative McGuire added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 456. _____________
Advice and Consent of the Senate