Ayes: 11 - Senator Marklein and Representative Born; Senators Stroebel, Felzkowski, Ballweg, Testin and Wimberger; Representatives Katsma, Rodriguez, Kurtz and Dallman.
Noes: 4 - Senators L. Johnson and Roys; Representatives McGuire and Andraca.
Assembly Bill 371
Relating to: exempting personal property from the tax imposed on telephone companies.
Ayes: 11 - Senator Marklein and Representative Born; Senators Stroebel, Felzkowski, Ballweg, Testin and Wimberger; Representatives Katsma, Rodriguez, Kurtz and Dallman.
Noes: 4 - Senators L. Johnson and Roys; Representatives McGuire and Andraca.
Ayes: 11 - Senator Marklein and Representative Born; Senators Stroebel, Felzkowski, Ballweg, Testin and Wimberger; Representatives Katsma, Rodriguez, Kurtz and Dallman.
Noes: 4 - Senators L. Johnson and Roys; Representatives McGuire and Andraca.
Assembly Bill 916
Relating to: a technology and innovation hub grant to BioForward, Inc., and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 15 - Senator Marklein and Representative Born; Senators Stroebel, Felzkowski, Ballweg, Testin, Wimberger, L. Johnson and Roys; Representatives Katsma, Rodriguez, Kurtz, Dallman, McGuire and Andraca.
Noes: 0.
Senate Bill 186
Relating to: procedures for reviewing commercial building plans.
Ayes: 11 - Senator Marklein and Representative Born; Senators Stroebel, Felzkowski, Ballweg, Testin and Wimberger; Representatives Katsma, Rodriguez, Kurtz and Dallman.
Noes: 4 - Senators L. Johnson and Roys; Representatives McGuire and Andraca.
Senate Bill 187
Relating to: local government review of commercial building plans.
Ayes: 11 - Senator Marklein and Representative Born; Senators Stroebel, Felzkowski, Ballweg, Testin and Wimberger; Representatives Katsma, Rodriguez, Kurtz and Dallman.
Noes: 4 - Senators L. Johnson and Roys; Representatives McGuire and Andraca.
MARK BORN
Assembly Co-Chairperson
Joint Committee on Finance
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The committee on Ways and Means reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 461
Relating to: allowing certain municipalities to increase the rate of the premier resort area tax.
hist186490Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption: Ayes: 10 - Representatives Macco, Armstrong, Binsfeld, Dittrich, Gustafson, Snyder, Conley, Ohnstad, Riemer and Baldeh.
Noes: 1 - Representative Callahan.
Ayes: 10 - Representatives Macco, Armstrong, Binsfeld, Dittrich, Gustafson, Snyder, Conley, Ohnstad, Riemer and Baldeh.
Noes: 1 - Representative Callahan.
JOHN MACCO
Chairperson
Committee on Ways and Means
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Action on the Senate Message
Senate Bill 398
Relating to: a tax credit for transportation services for blind workers.
By Senators Hutton, Nass, Hesselbein and Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Armstrong, Andraca, Baldeh, Cabrera, Donovan, Goeben, S. Johnson, Magnafici, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, Nedweski, O'Connor, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Schmidt, Sinicki, Subeck, Wichgers and Wittke.
Relating to: allowing certain municipalities to increase the rate of the premier resort area tax.
By Senators Ballweg, Marklein and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Dallman, Kurtz, Donovan, Novak, O'Connor and Melotik.
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Speaker's Communications
February 6, 2024
Representative Tyler August
Room 115 West, State Capitol
Madison, WI 53708
Dear Representative August:
hist186487Pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c), with your permission as Chair of the Rules committee, I will remove Assembly Bill 627 and Assembly Bill 658 from the committee and refer the bills to the Finance committee. Please contact my office with any questions.
Sincerely,
ROBIN J. VOS
Assembly Speaker
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Communications
February 6, 2024
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
Dear Chief Clerk Blazel:
hist186418Please add my name as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 1037, relating to witness address requirements on absentee ballot certificates, curing defects on absentee ballot certificates, and providing a penalty. Sincerely,
DAVID STEFFEN
State Representative
4th Assembly District
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February 6, 2024
Edward A. Blazel
Assembly Chief Clerk
17 West Main Street, Suite 401
Madison, WI 53703
