One-Hundred and Fifth Regular Session
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
11:30 A.M.
First Order. Call of roll.
Second Order. Chief clerk's entries.
Third Order. Introduction, first reading and reference of proposals.
Fourth Order. Report of committees.
Fifth Order. Petitions and communications.
Sixth Order. Referrals and receipt of committee reports concerning proposed administrative rules.
Seventh Order. Advice and consent of the Senate.
Eighth Order. Messages from the Assembly.
Ninth Order. Special Orders.
Tenth Order. Second reading and amendments of senate joint resolutions and senate bills.
QUESTION: Shall the bill be ordered to a third reading?
Senate Bill 9. Relating to: adopting federal law changes to extend the time for filing individual income tax returns. By Senators Kooyenga, L. Taylor, Ballweg, Carpenter, Cowles, Felzkowski, Feyen, Marklein, Nass and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Macco, Callahan, Dittrich, Drake, Duchow, Gundrum, Haywood, Horlacher, Katsma, Kitchens, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Moses, Mursau, Oldenburg, Ramthun, Skowronski, Snyder, Steffen, Wittke and Zimmerman. (Report Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 51. Relating to: qualification of newspapers to receive compensation for publication of legal notices and requirements relating to publication. By Senators Cowles, Bewley, Pfaff and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Armstrong, Billings, Doyle, Duchow, James, Knodl, Loudenbeck, Milroy, Moses, Mursau, Novak, Rozar, Skowronski, Steffen, Subeck and Vruwink. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 65. Relating to: the distribution of the Wisconsin Blue Book and highway maps. (FE) By Senators Feyen, Bradley, Cowles, Felzkowski, Smith and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Vruwink, Anderson, Andraca, Brooks, Cabrera, Conley, Drake, Emerson, Haywood, Hong, Horlacher, Kitchens, Kuglitsch, Macco, Magnafici, Mursau, Ramthun, J. Rodriguez, S. Rodriguez, Rozar, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Skowronski, Snodgrass, Sortwell, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, Wichgers and Zimmerman. (Report passage recommended by committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 70. Relating to: disclosure of information regarding state revenue. (FE) By Senators Cowles, Felzkowski and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Kerkman, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Edming, Gundrum, Knodl, Moses, Murphy, Rozar, Steffen, Tauchen, Tusler and Wichgers. (Report passage recommended by committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 82. Relating to: labeling a food product as meat and granting rule-making authority. (FE) By Senators Marklein, Bernier, Cowles, Feyen, Pfaff, Testin and Wimberger; cosponsored by Representatives Moses, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Cabrera, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kurtz, Murphy, Novak, Oldenburg, Petryk, Pronschinske, Rozar, Skowronski, Sortwell, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tranel, Tusler, Vruwink, Kerkman and Tittl. (Report passage recommended by committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 7, Noes 1)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 84. Relating to: the private on-site wastewater treatment system replacement or rehabilitation grant program and a septage characterization study. (FE) By Senators Jacque, Testin, Ballweg, Cowles, Marklein and Smith; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Kurtz, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Doyle, Moses, Mursau, Novak, Oldenburg, Petryk, Rozar, Summerfield and Cabrera. (Report passage recommended by committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 91. Relating to: a general permit for hydrologic restoration projects and creating a hydrologic restoration and management advisory council. By Senators Cowles, Bewley, Feyen, Petrowski, Ringhand, Testin and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Oldenburg, Steineke, Billings, Cabrera, Doyle, Edming, Kitchens, Krug, Loudenbeck, B. Meyers, Milroy, Moses, Mursau, Novak, Rozar, Skowronski, Subeck, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tusler and Spreitzer. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 3, Noes 2, passage as amended recommended by committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 100. Relating to: battery or threat to a probation, extended supervision, and parole agent; a community supervision agent; or an aftercare agent or a family member of the agent and providing a penalty. By Senators Jacque, Ballweg and Feyen; cosponsored by Representatives Schraa, Brandtjen, Edming, Gundrum, Kuglitsch, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Ramthun, Thiesfeldt, Tittl and Wichgers. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 2, passage as amended recommended by committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 117. Relating to: boards of police and fire commissioners and protective services departments in populous cities. (FE) By Senators Wanggaard, L. Taylor, Darling, Cowles, Feyen and Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Brandtjen, Armstrong, Knodl, Moses, Spiros and Wichgers. (Report Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 6, Noes 1, passage as amended recommended by committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1)
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 122. Relating to: public access to policies regarding the use of force by law enforcement. By Senators Wanggaard, L. Taylor, Darling, Cowles, Feyen, Jacque and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Moses and Rozar. (Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 123. Relating to: reporting of law enforcement use of force incidents. (FE) By Senators Wanggaard, L. Taylor, Darling, Cowles, Feyen, Jacque and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Brooks, Cabrera, Moses, Rozar, Thiesfeldt and Wichgers. (Report Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 7, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0)
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 124. Relating to: community-oriented policing-house grant program and making an appropriation. (FE) By Senators Wanggaard, L. Taylor, Darling and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Armstrong, Brandtjen and Ortiz-Velez. (Report Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 6, Noes 1, passage as amended recommended by committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1)
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 161. Relating to: qualified residential treatment programs and granting rule-making authority. (FE) By Senators Darling, Johnson, Ballweg, Felzkowski and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Rozar, Billings, Snyder, Armstrong, Cabrera, Considine, Dittrich, Emerson, Hebl, Ramthun, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Sinicki, Spiros, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck and Edming. (Report passage recommended by committee on Human Services, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 162. Relating to: immunity from liability resulting from good faith actions under the child abuse and neglect reporting law. By Senators Darling, Johnson, Ballweg, Carpenter, Felzkowski, Jacque, Larson, L. Taylor and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Rozar, Billings, Snyder, Armstrong, Baldeh, Dittrich, Emerson, Gundrum, Hebl, Moses, Ortiz-Velez, Ramthun, S. Rodriguez, Spiros, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Tauchen and Vruwink. (Report passage recommended by committee on Human Services, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 165. Relating to: the responsibilities of the Law Enforcement Standards Board and disclosure of employment files when recruiting former or current officers. By Senators Testin, L. Taylor, Ballweg, Bernier, Cowles, Darling, Feyen, Jacque, Marklein, Nass and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, Cabral-Guevara, Sortwell, Bowen, Gundrum, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Magnafici, Moses, Mursau, Plumer, Rozar, Snyder, Subeck and Thiesfeldt. (Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 169. Relating to: temporary practice by registered nurses at camps, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. By Senators Felzkowski, Ballweg, Bewley, Cowles, Jacque, Marklein and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Magnafici, Armstrong, Brooks, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Dittrich, Doyle, Edming, James, Knodl, Milroy, Moses, Murphy, Neylon, Novak, Oldenburg, Petryk, Plumer, Ramthun, Rozar, Skowronski, Spiros, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt and Wichgers. (Report passage recommended by committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry, Ayes 4, Noes 0)
Senate Amendments 1 and 2 pending
Senate Bill 174. Relating to: increasing the expenditure period for a tax incremental district in an electronics and information technology manufacturing zone. (FE) By Senators Wanggaard and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Wittke, Vos and McGuire. (Report passage recommended by committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1)
Senate Bill 186. Relating to: creating Hmong-Lao Veterans Day. By Senators Petrowski, Wimberger, Carpenter, Roth, Wirch, Cowles, Jacque, Larson, Roys, Marklein, Bradley, Ringhand and Pfaff; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, Tusler, Spiros, Sinicki, Kitchens, Vorpagel, Cabrera, Petryk, Vruwink, Krug, Moses, Ortiz-Velez, Billings, Bowen, Shankland, Thiesfeldt, Cabral-Guevara, Hong, Wichgers, Edming, Murphy and Tittl. (Report passage recommended by committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 197. Relating to: legal custody and physical placement factors for a child of a service member. By Senator Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Wichgers, Armstrong, Brandtjen, James, Knodl, Krug, Rozar and Tusler. (Report passage recommended by committee on Veterans and Military Affairs and Constitution and Federalism, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 203. Relating to: the secure delivery of absentee ballots and providing a penalty. (FE) By Senators Stroebel, Darling, Roth, Marklein, Wanggaard, Bradley, Nass, Ballweg and Felzkowski; cosponsored by Representatives August, Brooks, Gundrum, Magnafici, Edming, Spiros, Krug, Neylon, Loudenbeck, Kuglitsch, Murphy, Jagler, VanderMeer, Knodl and Wichgers. (Report passage recommended by committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
Senate Bill 212. Relating to: defects on absentee ballot certificates, certain kinds of election fraud, and providing a penalty. (FE) By Senators Darling, Stroebel, Wimberger, Ballweg, Bradley, Felzkowski, Feyen, Jacque, Marklein, Nass and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Sanfelippo, Edming, Gundrum, Knodl, Krug, Murphy, Neylon, Skowronski, Steffen, VanderMeer and Wichgers. (Report passage recommended by committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 228. Relating to: the use of alkaline hydrolysis to cremate human remains and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. (FE) By Senators Testin, L. Taylor, Carpenter, Kooyenga and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Swearingen, Armstrong, Bowen, Callahan, Kitchens, Krug, Moses, L. Myers, J. Rodriguez, Rozar, Skowronski and Stubbs. (Report passage recommended by committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 229. Relating to: refusing or tampering with a global positioning system tracking device and providing a penalty. By Senators Testin, Felzkowski, Ballweg, Marklein, Nass and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Callahan, Schraa, Bowen, Brandtjen, Brooks, Edming, Kitchens, Rozar, Snyder, Spiros and VanderMeer. (Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 235. Relating to: measuring a school district's improvement for the school and school district accountability report. (FE) By Senators Bradley and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Skowronski, Brandtjen, Edming, Horlacher, James, Moses, Ramthun, Sanfelippo, Schraa and Wichgers. (Report passage recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 237. Relating to: operation of drones over correctional institutions. By Senators Feyen, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Marklein, Nass, Ringhand, L. Taylor and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Callahan, Bowen, Brandtjen, Brooks, Goyke, Kitchens, Knodl, Murphy, Neylon, Rozar, Schraa, Snyder, Spiros and Thiesfeldt. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 7, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 238. Relating to: posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings. (FE) By Senators Jacque, Ballweg and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Mursau, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Horlacher, Knodl, Ramthun, Rozar, Snyder, Spreitzer and Subeck. (Report passage recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 6, Noes 1)
Senate Bill 248. Relating to: changes to the electronic waste recycling program and granting rule-making authority. (FE) By Senators Cowles, Smith, Agard and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Gundrum, Novak, Oldenburg, Skowronski, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Hebl and Spreitzer. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 254. Relating to: extension of certain approvals and occupancy permits under the uniform dwelling code, extension of certain approvals that are subject to administrative, judicial, or appellate proceedings, waiver of interest and penalties on late 2021 property tax payments, and waiver of the timely payment requirement for filing certain property tax claims. (FE) By Senators Feyen, Felzkowski, Marklein and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Vorpagel, Katsma, Doyle, Horlacher, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Kurtz, Moses, Ramthun, Skowronski, Tittl, Vruwink and Zimmerman. (Report passage recommended by committee on Economic and Workforce Development, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
Senate Bill 255. Relating to: reimbursement of pharmacist services under the Medical Assistance program. (FE) By Senators Bradley, Ballweg, Bernier, Marklein, Nass, Stroebel and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Murphy, Armstrong, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Drake, Gundrum, Horlacher, Kuglitsch, Kurtz, Magnafici, Moses, Ramthun, S. Rodriguez, Rozar, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, VanderMeer and Zimmerman. (Report passage recommended by committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 256. Relating to: providing permanency plan and comments to out-of-home care providers in advance of a permanency plan review or hearing. (FE) By Senators Jacque, L. Taylor and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Murphy, Armstrong, Baldeh, Bowen, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Horlacher, Knodl, Moses, Rozar, Thiesfeldt and Wichgers. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Human Services, Children and Families, Ayes 4, Noes 1)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 269. Relating to: the weight limit for utility terrain vehicles. By Senators Felzkowski, Ringhand, Cowles, Marklein and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Tranel, Spreitzer, Kurtz, Tittl, Cabral-Guevara, Brooks, Magnafici, Sinicki, Oldenburg, VanderMeer, Callahan, Bowen, Sortwell, Murphy, Pronschinske, Edming, Subeck, Swearingen and Shelton. (Report passage recommended by committee on Natural Resources and Energy, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 282. Relating to: sales of alcohol beverages at the state fair park. By Senators Darling, Ballweg, Carpenter, Felzkowski, Ringhand and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Loudenbeck, Vorpagel, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Duchow, Moses, Bowen, Callahan, Kitchens and Mursau. (Report Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 292. Relating to: broadcasting election night proceedings. (FE) By Senators Wimberger, Wanggaard, Ballweg and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Sortwell, Steffen, Bowen, Brandtjen, Cabral-Guevara, Gundrum, Macco, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, Ramthun, Skowronski, Tusler, Wichgers, Knodl and Neylon. (Report passage recommended by committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
Senate Bill 297. Relating to: terms of office for local government officers. By Senators Bernier, Marklein, Ballweg and Pfaff; cosponsored by Representatives Rozar, Callahan, Gundrum, Armstrong, Moses, Skowronski, Billings, Knodl, Bowen, Cabral-Guevara, Kuglitsch, Brooks, Tusler, Tittl, Plumer and B. Meyers. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 299. Relating to: submission of human biological specimens to the state crime laboratories. By Senators Darling, Cowles, Jacque, Marklein and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Tittl, Brandtjen, Gundrum, Knodl, Moses, Mursau, Rozar, J. Rodriguez and Bowen. (Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 302. Relating to: the department of public instruction's waiver authority related to parental choice programs, the Special Needs Scholarship Program, and independent charter schools. By Senator Stroebel; cosponsored by Representative Wittke. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 7, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Eleventh Order. Second reading and amendments of assembly joint resolutions and assembly bills.
QUESTION: Shall the bill be ordered to a third reading?
Assembly Bill 18. Relating to: adopting federal law changes to extend the time for filing individual income tax returns. By Representatives Macco, Callahan, Dittrich, Drake, Duchow, Gundrum, Haywood, Horlacher, Katsma, Kitchens, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Moses, Mursau, Oldenburg, Ramthun, Skowronski, Snyder, Steffen, Wittke, Zimmerman and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga, Ballweg, Carpenter, Cowles, Felzkowski, Feyen, Marklein, Nass, L. Taylor and Wanggaard. (Companion Senate Bill 9 report Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Financial Institutions and Revenue, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Twelfth Order. Third reading of joint resolutions and bills.
Thirteenth Order. Motions may be offered.
Fourteenth Order. Consideration of resolutions and joint resolutions not requiring a third reading.
QUESTION: Shall the joint resolution be adopted?
Senate Joint Resolution 29. Relating to: recognizing Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month as a time to honor the important contributions of Asians, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Desi Americans to the history of the United States. By Senators Kooyenga, Agard, Bernier, Bewley, Carpenter, Cowles, Darling, Johnson, Larson, Petrowski, Pfaff, Ringhand, Roys, Smith, L. Taylor and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Bowen, Cabral-Guevara, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Drake, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, Kitchens, Macco, B. Meyers, Milroy, Murphy, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Snyder, Spreitzer, Steffen, Stubbs, Subeck, Tittl, Vining and Vruwink. ()
Fifteenth Order. Announcements, adjournment honors, and remarks under special privilege.
Sixteenth Order. Adjournment.
