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Chief Clerk's Entries
Amendments Offered
hist179526Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 619 offered by Senator James. hist179628Senate Substitute Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 685 offered by Senator Cabral-Guevara. _____________
Senate Enrolled Proposals
The Chief Clerk records:
Report correctly enrolled on 11-15-2023.
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Bills Presented to the Governor
The Chief Clerk records:
Presented to the Governor on 11-15-2023.
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Introduction, First Reading, and Reference of Proposals
Read and referred:
Relating to: recognizing November as Native American Heritage Month.
By Senators Smith, Agard, Cabral-Guevara, Carpenter, Felzkowski, Hesselbein, Larson, Roys and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Conley, Vining, Mursau, C. Anderson, J. Anderson, Andraca, Bare, Billings, Clancy, Considine, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Gustafson, Hong, Jacobson, Joers, S. Johnson, Madison, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, O'Connor, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Ratcliff, Riemer, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Stubbs and Tittl.
hist179608To the committee on Senate Organization. Relating to: supporting Wisconsin agricultural autonomy and food security.
By Senators James, Marklein and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Tranel, Armstrong, Dittrich, Hurd, Magnafici, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, Oldenburg, Penterman, Schmidt and Schutt.
hist179614To the committee on Senate Organization. Read first time and referred:
Relating to: the regulation of wakesurfing and wakeboarding.
By Senators Felzkowski, Nass and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Swearingen, Dallman, Plumer, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spiros and Wittke.
hist179603To the committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage. Relating to: public contracts with persons engaged in certain boycotts.
By Senators Jacque and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Bodden, Behnke, Brandtjen, Dittrich and O'Connor.
hist179604To the committee on Transportation and Local Government. Relating to: surrogate decision-making.
By Senators Knodl and Bradley; cosponsored by Representatives Wichgers, Ortiz-Velez, Armstrong, Behnke, Bodden, Brandtjen, Donovan, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Rettinger and Rozar.
Relating to: the distribution of certain materials to minors.
By Senators Wanggaard and Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Gustafson, Allen, Behnke, Bodden, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Gundrum, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Rettinger, Rozar, Spiros and Wichgers.
hist179606To the committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families. Relating to: local authority to modify highway speed restrictions.
By Senators Cowles and Feyen; cosponsored by Representatives Penterman, Behnke, Armstrong, Bodden, Callahan, Donovan, Edming, Kitchens, Maxey, Mursau, Novak, Rozar, Schmidt, Spiros, Tittl and Schraa.
hist179607To the committee on Transportation and Local Government. 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 Senator Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, Maxey, Armstrong, Dittrich, Donovan, Kitchens, Michalski, Murphy, O'Connor, Rettinger, Rozar, Schraa and Steffen.
hist179609To the committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection. Relating to: prohibited considerations in awarding state or local financial assistance.
By Senators Jacque and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Bodden, Behnke, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Murphy, O'Connor and Rettinger.
hist179610To the committee on Transportation and Local Government. Relating to: specifying Crossroads College as the entity in which the Church of Christ's property vests if the Church of Christ becomes defunct or is dissolved.
By Senator Ballweg; cosponsored by Representative Oldenburg.
hist179611To the committee on Government Operations. Relating to: local government competitive bidding thresholds and requiring school districts to utilize competitive bidding.
By Senators Stroebel, Felzkowski and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Brooks, Behnke, Bodden, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Moses, O'Connor, Rozar, Sortwell and Zimmerman.
hist179612To the committee on Transportation and Local Government. Relating to: licensure of dental therapists; extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; and granting rule-making authority.
By Senators Felzkowski, Hutton, James, Marklein, Roys, Spreitzer, Testin and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Plumer, Behnke, Binsfeld, Callahan, Dittrich, Emerson, Goeben, Jacobson, Joers, Mursau, Ohnstad, Oldenburg, Ortiz-Velez, Rozar, Snyder and Tusler.
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Report of Committees
The committee on Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry reported and recommended:
BERRY, JEFFERY, of Milwaukee, as a Public Member on the Real Estate Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2026.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Quinn, Jagler, Stafsholt, Wirch and Spreitzer.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 258
Relating to: creating a rural pharmacy practice grant program administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board, exempting from taxation amounts received from such a grant program, and granting rule-making authority.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Quinn, Jagler, Stafsholt, Wirch and Spreitzer.
Noes: 0 - None.
