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Report of Committees
The committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues reported and recommended:
Senate Bill 515
Relating to: regulation of physician assistants, creating a Physician Assistant Examining Board, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Ayes: 4 - Senators Bernier, Tiffany, Miller and Smith.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 3 - Senators Bernier, Tiffany and Smith.
Noes: 1 - Senator Miller.
KATHLEEN BERNIER
Chairperson
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The joint committee on Finance reported and recommended:
Senate Bill 458
Relating to: adding 12 circuit court branches to be allocated by the director of state courts.
Ayes: 16 - Senator Darling and Representative Nygren; Senators Olsen, Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Born, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Zimmerman, C. Taylor and Goyke.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 16 - Senator Darling and Representative Nygren; Senators Olsen, Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Born, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Zimmerman, C. Taylor and Goyke.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 537
Relating to: veteran-related tuition grants for certain veterans and dependents enrolled in private nonprofit institutions of higher education and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 16 - Senator Darling and Representative Nygren; Senators Olsen, Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Born, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Zimmerman, C. Taylor and Goyke.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 16 - Senator Darling and Representative Nygren; Senators Olsen, Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Born, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Zimmerman, C. Taylor and Goyke.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 551
Relating to: a statewide urban search and rescue task force and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 16 - Senator Darling and Representative Nygren; Senators Olsen, Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Born, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Zimmerman, C. Taylor and Goyke.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 16 - Senator Darling and Representative Nygren; Senators Olsen, Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Born, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Zimmerman, C. Taylor and Goyke.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 556
Relating to: funding for service award payments and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 16 - Senator Darling and Representative Nygren; Senators Olsen, Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Born, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Zimmerman, C. Taylor and Goyke.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 595
Relating to: an online early learning pilot program and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 16 - Senator Darling and Representative Nygren; Senators Olsen, Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Born, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Zimmerman, C. Taylor and Goyke.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 16 - Senator Darling and Representative Nygren; Senators Olsen, Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Born, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Zimmerman, C. Taylor and Goyke.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 709
Relating to: creating an office of water policy and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 16 - Senator Darling and Representative Nygren; Senators Olsen, Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Born, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Zimmerman, C. Taylor and Goyke.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 16 - Senator Darling and Representative Nygren; Senators Olsen, Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Born, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Zimmerman, C. Taylor and Goyke.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 712
Relating to: funding a University of Wisconsin System freshwater collaborative and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 16 - Senator Darling and Representative Nygren; Senators Olsen, Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Born, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Zimmerman, C. Taylor and Goyke.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 715
Relating to: grants and funding for water stewardship certification, a grazing coordinator position, producer-led watershed protection grants, lake protection, soil and water conservation, and crop insurance premium rebates for cover crops; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 16 - Senator Darling and Representative Nygren; Senators Olsen, Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Born, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Zimmerman, C. Taylor and Goyke.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 717
Relating to: expanding the clean sweep program to include collection of certain fire fighting foams and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 16 - Senator Darling and Representative Nygren; Senators Olsen, Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Born, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Zimmerman, C. Taylor and Goyke.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 718
Relating to: creating a pilot grant program for farmers to reduce nitrate loading, funding research for nitrate loading reduction methods, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 16 - Senator Darling and Representative Nygren; Senators Olsen, Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Born, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Zimmerman, C. Taylor and Goyke.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 16 - Senator Darling and Representative Nygren; Senators Olsen, Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Born, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Zimmerman, C. Taylor and Goyke.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 722
Relating to: supporting the Center for Watershed Science and Education, creating a hydrogeologist position, funding research on phosphorus recovery and reuse, creating grant programs for counties to test wells and provide public education, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 16 - Senator Darling and Representative Nygren; Senators Olsen, Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson; Representatives Loudenbeck, Born, Rohrkaste, Katsma, Zimmerman, C. Taylor and Goyke.
Noes: 0 - None.
