One-Hundred and Fifth Regular Session
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
11:00 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 365. Relating to: the broadband expansion grant program. (FE) By Senators Marklein, Ballweg, Bernier, Cowles, Darling, Feyen, Nass, Wimberger and Felzkowski; cosponsored by Representatives Summerfield, Oldenburg, Armstrong, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Dallman, James, Magnafici, Moses, Petryk, Plumer, Pronschinske, Ramthun, Rozar, Schraa, Spiros, Swearingen, Tauchen, Tranel, Tusler, VanderMeer and Horlacher. (Report Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 3, Noes 2, passage as amended recommended by committee on Utilities, Technology and Telecommunications, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 429. Relating to: construction and issuance of motor vehicle registration plates. (FE) By Senators Wanggaard, L. Taylor, Felzkowski, Jagler, Kooyenga, Marklein and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Zimmerman, Dittrich, Edming, James, Kurtz, Plumer, J. Rodriguez, Spiros, Steffen, Tusler, Schraa, VanderMeer and Murphy. (Report Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 15, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0)
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 448. Relating to: including with a referendum question for issuing bonds a statement of the estimated interest accruing on the amount of the bonds. By Senators Jacque, Stroebel and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Cabral-Guevara, Macco, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Edming, Horlacher, Moses, Murphy, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Thiesfeldt and Wichgers. (Report passage recommended by committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
Senate Bill 533. Relating to: housing authorities. (FE) By Senators Darling, Cowles, Felzkowski and Feyen; cosponsored by Representatives Kuglitsch, Allen, Drake, Haywood, Andraca, Armstrong, Conley, Kerkman, Oldenburg and Stubbs. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 535. Relating to: liability exemption for the provision of previously owned eyeglasses. By Senators Jacque and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Tittl, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Edming, Gundrum, Horlacher, Mursau, Rozar, Subeck and Thiesfeldt. (Report passage recommended by committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1)
Senate Bill 536. Relating to: possession of dogs by certain felony offenders and providing a penalty. (FE) By Senator Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Brandtjen, Callahan, Kuglitsch, Subeck and Tusler. (Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2)
Senate Bill 547. Relating to: eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits in the case of an unwillingness to receive a vaccine. (FE) By Senators Stroebel, Felzkowski and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Brooks, Gundrum, Knodl, Allen, Armstrong, Callahan, Edming, Horlacher, Magnafici, Moses, Plumer, Rozar, Schraa, Sortwell and Wichgers. (Report passage recommended by committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
Senate Bill 561. Relating to: a condominium association's obligation to maintain records and allow a unit owner to inspect and copy those records; financial audits of condominium association records; access by condominium unit owners to records of an entity controlled by an association; and organizing a condominium association as a for-profit corporation. By Senators Cowles, Darling and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Knodl and Callahan. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 569. Relating to: the sales tax exemption for entertainment admission sales by nonprofit organizations. (FE) By Senators Ballweg and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Petersen, Edming, Horlacher, Sinicki and Cabrera. (Report passage recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 573. Relating to: allowing persons to charge fees for the use of electric vehicle charging stations and the installation and operation of electric vehicle charging stations by the Department of Transportation or a political subdivision. By Senators Cowles, Roth, Kooyenga, Bernier and Pfaff; cosponsored by Representatives VanderMeer, Neylon, Born, Kuglitsch, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Duchow, Gundrum, Moses, Mursau, Oldenburg, Spiros, Doyle, Knodl, Loudenbeck, Edming, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt and Petryk. (Report Senate Substitute Amendment 3 adoption, Ayes 3, Noes 2, passage as amended recommended by committee on Utilities, Technology and Telecommunications, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
Senate Substitute Amendment 3 pending
Senate Bill 590. Relating to: requirements related to condominium documents and technical changes to condominium law. By Senators Ballweg, Cowles and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Horlacher, Allen, Armstrong, Billings, Brooks, Doyle, Spreitzer and Subeck. (Report passage recommended by committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 682. Relating to: creating an exception to the 40-year recording requirement for recorded access easements. By Senators Jacque, Stroebel and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Murphy, Allen, Horlacher, Moses and Ramthun. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 692. Relating to: loans and repayment assistance by a political subdivision for certain improvements to properties and collection of the debt by special charge. By Senator Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt and Ramthun. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 4, Noes 1, Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Amendment 2 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, Senate Amendment 2 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 to Senate Amendment 2 and Senate Amendments 1 and 2 pending
Senate Bill 703. Relating to: classification of motor vehicle operators as independent contractors or employees. By Senators Cowles, Ballweg and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Armstrong, August, Macco, Steffen and Knodl. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 707. Relating to: defining veteran in state employment relations. By Senators Nass and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives VanderMeer, Magnafici, Allen, Brandtjen, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Knodl, Moses, Mursau, Sortwell, Thiesfeldt and Wichgers. (Report passage recommended by committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
Senate Bill 708. Relating to: restrictive covenants applicability. By Senators Nass, Marklein, Stroebel, Bernier and Felzkowski; cosponsored by Representatives VanderMeer, Neylon, Magnafici, Allen, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Horlacher, Knodl, Moses, Plumer, Sortwell, Thiesfeldt and Wichgers. (Report passage recommended by committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
Senate Bill 718. Relating to: campaign finance changes recommended by the Ethics Commission. By Senator Bernier; cosponsored by Representatives Wichgers, Cabral-Guevara, Murphy and Spiros. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 719. Relating to: changes to the lobbying laws, including changes recommended by the Ethics Commission. By Senator Bernier; cosponsored by Representatives Wichgers, Cabral-Guevara, Murphy and Spiros. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 720. Relating to: changes to the administration of the code of ethics, as recommended by the Ethics Commission. By Senator Bernier; cosponsored by Representatives Wichgers, Cabral-Guevara, Murphy and Spiros. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Elections, Election Process Reform and Ethics, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 721. Relating to: employer liability under worker's compensation for mandatory or coerced COVID-19 vaccines. By Senators Nass, Bernier and Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Sortwell, Moses, Cabral-Guevara, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Plumer, Rozar, Schraa, Tusler, Brandtjen, Wichgers, Thiesfeldt and Allen. (Report passage recommended by committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
Senate Bill 742. Relating to: prohibiting the admission or employment of Chinese People's Liberation Army members by the University of Wisconsin System. (FE) By Senators Roth and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Murphy, Armstrong, Gundrum and Allen. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 4, passage as amended recommended by committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 4)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 744. Relating to: prohibiting foreign missions of China at University of Wisconsin institutions and University of Wisconsin System involvement with Communist Chinese recruitment or propaganda programs and requiring the University of Wisconsin System to report funding received from foreign missions of China. (FE) By Senators Roth and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Murphy, Armstrong, Gundrum and Allen. (Report passage recommended by committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 4)
Senate Bill 745. Relating to: research at University of Wisconsin System institutions, disclosure requirements relating to contracts with and gifts from foreign sources, and providing a penalty. (FE) By Senators Roth and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Murphy, Armstrong, Gundrum and Allen. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 4, passage as amended recommended by committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 4)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 787. Relating to: statute of limitations for second-degree sexual assault. By Senator Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Wichgers, Brandtjen, Murphy, Snodgrass, Spreitzer and Milroy. (Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1)
Senate Bill 791. Relating to: expanding the treatment alternatives and diversion programs. (FE) By Senators Jacque, Ringhand, Carpenter, Johnson, Larson, Marklein, Roys, Wirch and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Tittl, Goyke, Andraca, Armstrong, Bowen, Brostoff, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Hebl, Krug, Kurtz, Milroy, Murphy, Mursau, Neubauer, Novak, Pope, Riemer, J. Rodriguez, Schraa, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snyder, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, Stubbs, Vining, Vruwink and Wichgers. (Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 812. Relating to: regulation of certain electric fences. By Senators Wanggaard, Feyen and Jagler; cosponsored by Representatives James and Cabral-Guevara. (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 827. Relating to: grants for dairy exports promotion and making an appropriation. (FE) By Senators Ballweg, Marklein, Pfaff and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Brooks, Duchow, Edming, James, Kuglitsch, Macco, Moses, Murphy, Novak, Oldenburg, Penterman, Rozar, Shankland, VanderMeer, Vruwink and Wichgers. (Report passage recommended by committee on Agriculture and Tourism, Ayes 9, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 836. Relating to: requirements for adult-entertainment establishments and providing for a penalty. By Senators Jacque, Wanggaard and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Wichgers, Penterman, Allen, Brandtjen, Emerson, Gundrum, Milroy, J. Rodriguez, Skowronski, Subeck, Thiesfeldt and Schraa. (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 863. Relating to: investment board operations. By Senators Darling and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Wittke, Born, Macco, Cabral-Guevara, Drake, Gundrum, Katsma, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Murphy, Sinicki, Steffen and Kerkman. (Report passage recommended by committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 865. Relating to: regulating homeowners' associations and requiring the Department of Financial Institutions to create a filing system for notices filed by homeowners' associations. (FE) By Senator Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Brooks, Allen, Kuglitsch, Krug and Subeck. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Housing, Commerce and Trade, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 884. Relating to: expanding the Court-Appointed Special Advocate program. (FE) By Senator Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder and Wichgers. (Report passage recommended by committee on Human Services, Children and Families, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
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 299. Relating to: prohibiting proof of vaccination for COVID-19 as a condition of receiving business and government services. By Representatives August, Pronschinske, Moses, Sortwell, Vorpagel, Macco, Plumer, Rozar, Murphy, Wittke, Tusler, Wichgers, Callahan, Dallman, Horlacher, Armstrong, VanderMeer, Cabral-Guevara, Spiros, Schraa, Brandtjen, Kurtz, Swearingen, Loudenbeck, Ramthun, Kuglitsch, Born, Vos and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators Felzkowski, Nass, Jacque, Bernier, Stroebel and Roth. (Report concurrence without recommendation, pursuant to Senate Rule 27 (4)(a), by committee on Health, Ayes 2, Noes 2)
Assembly Bill 317. Relating to: modifying administrative rules relating to driver safety plans and medication-assisted treatments. (FE) By Representatives Zimmerman, Horlacher, James, Krug, Steffen and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senator Darling. (Report concurrence recommended by committee on Health, Ayes 4, Noes 0)
Assembly Bill 481. Relating to: motor vehicle fleet registration and making an appropriation. (FE) By Representatives August, Loudenbeck, Horlacher, Spiros, Wichgers, Brooks, Rozar, Steffen, Kuglitsch, Gundrum, Murphy, Subeck, Dittrich, Brandtjen, Mursau, Kurtz, Moses and Born; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Nass and Cowles. (Companion Senate Bill 492 report Senate Amendment 1 introduction, Ayes 15, Noes 0, Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 11, Noes 4, passage as amended recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0)
Assembly Bill 495. Relating to: possession of a firearm in a vehicle on school grounds by a person with a license to carry a concealed weapon. By Representatives Brooks, Armstrong, Behnke, Brandtjen, Callahan, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Gundrum, Horlacher, Knodl, Moses, Murphy, Schraa, Tittl and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Nass and Wanggaard. (Companion Senate Bill 484 report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1)
Assembly Bill 518. Relating to: reciprocity for out-of-state licenses to carry a concealed weapon. By Representatives Gundrum, Tittl, Allen, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Dittrich, Edming, Horlacher, Knodl, Magnafici, Macco, Moses, Mursau, Neylon, Penterman, Rozar, Skowronski, Sortwell, Steffen, Tauchen, Tusler, VanderMeer, Wichgers and Schraa; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel, Felzkowski, Ballweg and Roth. (Companion Senate Bill 516 report passage recommended by committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
Assembly Bill 675. Relating to: natural immunity to COVID-19 in lieu of proof of vaccination or test. By Representatives Horlacher, Cabral-Guevara, Allen, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Brooks, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, James, Kuglitsch, Macco, Magnafici, Moses, Penterman, Schraa, Skowronski, Sortwell, Spiros, Summerfield, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Wichgers and Ramthun; cosponsored by Senators Felzkowski, Ballweg, Bernier, Jagler, Marklein, Stafsholt and Stroebel. (Companion Senate Bill 662 report Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 3, Noes 2, passage as amended recommended by committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
Assembly Bill 717. Relating to: an income and franchise tax exemption for restaurant revitalization grants. (FE) By Representatives Wittke, Katsma, Kuglitsch, Macco, Zimmerman, Allen, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Doyle, Duchow, Edming, Horlacher, Kurtz, Moses, Mursau, Novak, Oldenburg, Penterman, Rozar, Schraa, Snodgrass, Swearingen, Thiesfeldt, Vruwink, Wichgers, Knodl, Spreitzer and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Roth, Wanggaard, Ballweg, Bernier, Darling and Jacque. (Report concurrence recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 14, Noes 1)
Assembly Bill 776. Relating to: damage or graffiti to certain historical property and providing a penalty. By Representatives Penterman, Brandtjen, Cabral-Guevara, Gundrum, Knodl, Murphy, Rozar and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Wanggaard, Ballweg and Darling. (Companion Senate Bill 751 report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 2)
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 95. Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative William Vander Loop. By Senators Cowles, Carpenter, Darling and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Steineke, Cabral-Guevara, Drake, Hesselbein, Hintz, Magnafici, Milroy, Moses, Ohnstad, Penterman, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spiros, Steffen, Subeck and Vruwink.
Senate Joint Resolution 99. Relating to: proclaiming January 2022 as human trafficking awareness and prevention month. By Senators Johnson, Darling, Agard, Bewley, Carpenter, Cowles, Erpenbach, Felzkowski, Jacque, Larson, Pfaff, Ringhand, Roys, Wanggaard and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Billings, Loudenbeck, Allen, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Horlacher, James, Kurtz, B. Meyers, Milroy, L. Myers, Novak, Ohnstad, Oldenburg, Penterman, Petryk, Pope, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining, Vruwink and Murphy.
Senate Joint Resolution 100. Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Dr. Jacob Albert “Doc” Hines, D.V.M. By Senators Ballweg, Agard, Carpenter, Cowles and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Dallman, Krug, Cabral-Guevara, Considine, Kerkman, Kitchens, Mursau, Spiros, Tauchen, Tranel and Vruwink.
Senate Joint Resolution 107. Relating to: proclaiming February 2022 to be American Heart Month in Wisconsin. By Senators Ballweg, Darling, Agard, Carpenter, Cowles, Larson, Marklein, Ringhand and Felzkowski; cosponsored by Representatives Rozar, J. Rodriguez, Andraca, Armstrong, Cabral-Guevara, Cabrera, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Emerson, Magnafici, Moses, Mursau, Novak, Penterman, Petryk, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spiros, Spreitzer, Thiesfeldt, VanderMeer and Shankland.
Senate Joint Resolution 108. Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Senator Joseph Leean. By Senators Ballweg, Carpenter, Marklein and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Petersen, Dittrich, Drake, Hintz, Krug, Macco, Murphy, Mursau, Sinicki, Thiesfeldt, Vos and Vruwink.
QUESTION: Shall the joint resolution be concurred in?
Assembly Joint Resolution 108. Relating to: proclaiming February 21 to 27, 2022, as American Birkebeiner Week in Wisconsin. By Representatives Edming and B. Meyers; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski and Bewley.
Fifteenth Order. Announcements, adjournment honors, and remarks under special privilege.
Sixteenth Order. Adjournment.
