The committee on Judiciary and Public Safety reported and recommended:
Senate Bill 211
Relating to: self-defense for victims of sex trafficking.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 363
Relating to: falsely reporting an emergency and providing a penalty.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 4 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling and L. Taylor.
Noes: 1 - Senator Risser.
Senate Bill 427
Relating to: increased penalties for crimes against elder persons; restraining orders for elder persons; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an elder person; sexual assault of an elder person; physical abuse of an elder person; and providing a penalty.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 551
Relating to: a statewide urban search and rescue task force and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 565
Relating to: transport for emergency detention.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 592
Relating to: providing medication and a valid prescription to a prisoner upon release.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
VAN WANGGAARD
Chairperson
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Petitions and Communications
hist115255Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Kooyenga added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 311. hist115256Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Hutton added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 311. hist115254Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Gruszynski added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 376. hist115340Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Hansen added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 493. hist115223Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Edming added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 587. hist115252Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Allen added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 654. hist115331Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 708. hist115332Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 711. hist115253Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Sinicki withdrawn as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 711. hist115333Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 717. hist115334Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 719. hist115335Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 735. hist115336Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 739. hist115337Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 740. hist115338Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 742. hist115250Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Craig added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 747. hist115307Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Sortwell withdrawn as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 752. hist115339Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 759. hist115249Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Craig added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 763. hist115251Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 763. _____________
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
EXECUTIVE ORDER #67
Relating to the Creation of the Governor’s Task Force on Student Debt
WHEREAS, nationally 45 million students owe approximately $1.6 trillion in student loan debt;
WHEREAS, student debt disproportionately affects students of color, low-income students, first-generation college students, women, veterans, and seniors;
WHEREAS, the average amount of student loan debt held by former students increased by nearly 85 percent between 2006 and 2018;
WHEREAS, according to a study by The Institute for College Access & Success for the class of 2018, 64 percent of students in Wisconsin graduated with student loan debt and averaged $31, 705 in student loan debt;
WHEREAS, one in five students in the United States are behind on their student loan payments;