Relating to: authorizing certain full-time positions within the Department of Safety and Professional Services and making an appropriation.
By Representatives Doyle, Billings, Subeck, Shankland, Conley, Ratcliff, Palmeri, Ortiz-Velez, Joers, Ohnstad, Considine, C. Anderson, Andraca, Clancy, Haywood and Jacobson; cosponsored by Senators Pfaff, Carpenter, Wirch, Roys, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Agard and Larson.
Relating to: grants for suicide prevention programming.
By Representatives VanderMeer, Magnafici, Allen, Armstrong, Baldeh, Behnke, Brandtjen, Cabrera, Callahan, Dittrich, Edming, Emerson, Green, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Subeck and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Ballweg, James and L. Johnson.
hist176263To committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care. Relating to: transmitting and canvassing absentee ballots, use of central counting locations, election night reporting, whistleblower protection for municipal clerks, notifications and verifications concerning citizenship status, court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote, and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Tusler, Maxey, Armstrong, Dittrich, Donovan, Kitchens, Michalski, Murphy, O'Connor, Rettinger, Rozar, Schraa and Steffen; cosponsored by Senator Cabral-Guevara.
hist176264To committee on Campaigns and Elections. Relating to: software security measures for text messages, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Dallman, Summerfield, Dittrich, Michalski, Mursau, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Plumer, Rettinger, Schmidt, Swearingen, Tittl and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators James and Tomczyk.
Relating to: the location and operation of driver schools.
By Representative VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senator Testin.
hist176266To committee on Jobs, Economy and Small Business Development. Relating to: certain kinds of election fraud, defects on absentee ballot certificates, returning absentee ballots to the office of the municipal clerk, appointment of election officials, allowing an employee of a residential care facility or qualified retirement home to serve as a personal care voting assistant during a public health emergency or an incident of infectious disease, and providing a penalty.
By Representatives Maxey, Macco, Armstrong, Edming, Michalski, Murphy, Rettinger, Steffen and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senator Jacque.
hist176267To committee on Campaigns and Elections. Relating to: maintenance of the voter registration list, training of municipal clerks, data sharing agreements, pre-election procedures, lines at the polls on election day, and granting rule-making authority.
By Representatives Dittrich, Maxey, Michalski, S. Johnson, Edming, O'Connor, Murphy, Callahan, Rettinger, Armstrong, Moses and Rozar.
hist176268To committee on Campaigns and Elections. Relating to: absentee voting in certain residential care facilities and retirement homes and court determinations of incompetency and ineligibility to vote.
By Representatives Kitchens, Allen, Binsfeld, Dittrich, Donovan, Edming, Goeben, Gundrum, Krug, Magnafici, Maxey, Michalski, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Penterman and Rozar; cosponsored by Senators Quinn, Ballweg, Marklein and Nass.
hist176269To committee on Campaigns and Elections. _____________
Committee Reports
The committee on Agriculture reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 133
Relating to: farmland preservation agreements and tax credits.
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Tranel, Oldenburg, Kitchens, Moses, Mursau and Schmidt.
Noes: 4 - Representatives Considine, Shankland, Jacobson and C. Anderson.
Ayes: 12 - Representatives Tranel, Oldenburg, Hurd, Kitchens, Moses, Mursau, Schmidt, VanderMeer, Considine, Shankland, Jacobson and C. Anderson.
Noes: 0.
TRAVIS TRANEL
Chairperson
Committee on Agriculture
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The committee on Family Law reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 291
Relating to: waiting period for marriage after divorce judgment.
Ayes: 5 - Representatives Rozar, Nedweski, Snyder, Conley and Vining.
Noes: 1 - Representative Hurd.
Assembly Bill 383
Relating to: preadoption training formats.
Ayes: 6 - Representatives Rozar, Hurd, Nedweski, Snyder, Conley and Vining.
Noes: 0.
DONNA ROZAR
Chairperson
Committee on Family Law
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Action on the Senate Message
Assembly Bill 141
Relating to: restriction on the sale or use of a device based on its energy source.
By Representatives Schutt, Green, Armstrong, Behnke, Binsfeld, Bodden, Brandtjen, Duchow, Edming, Gustafson, Maxey, Murphy, O'Connor, Rozar, Sapik, Sortwell, Spiros, Tittl, Tranel, VanderMeer and Rettinger; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, Bradley, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, Marklein, Quinn, Testin and Wanggaard.
Assembly Bill 142
Relating to: restrictions on use or sale of motor vehicles based on power source.
By Representatives Schutt, Green, Armstrong, Behnke, Bodden, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Edming, Gustafson, Maxey, Michalski, Murphy, O'Connor, Rozar, Sapik, Schmidt, Sortwell, Spiros, Tranel, VanderMeer, Plumer, Rettinger and S. Johnson; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, Bradley, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, Marklein, Quinn, Testin and Wanggaard.
Assembly Bill 200
Relating to: biennial report on various metrics related to the issuance of occupational credentials.
By Joint Legislative Council
Assembly Bill 201
Relating to: publication of credential metrics.
By Joint Legislative Council
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Executive Communications
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
Madison
October 26, 2023
To the Honorable Members of the Assembly:
The following bills, originating in the Assembly, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
