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Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 619 offered by Senator James.

Senate Substitute Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 685 offered by Senator Cabral-Guevara.

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Senate Enrolled Proposals

The Chief Clerk records:

Senate Bill 166

Senate Bill 259

Senate Bill 283

Senate Bill 324

Senate Bill 362

Senate Bill 434

Senate Joint Resolution 71

Senate Joint Resolution 73

Senate Joint Resolution 78

Report correctly enrolled on 11-15-2023.

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Bills Presented to the Governor

The Chief Clerk records:

Senate Bill 259

Senate Bill 554

Senate Bill 555

Presented to the Governor on 11-15-2023.

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Introduction, First Reading, and Reference of Proposals

Read and referred:

Senate Joint Resolution 90

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.

To the committee on Senate Organization.

Senate Joint Resolution 91

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.

To the committee on Senate Organization.

Read first time and referred:

Senate Bill 680

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.

To the committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage.

Senate Bill 681

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.

To the committee on Transportation and Local Government.

Senate Bill 682

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.

To the committee on Health.

Senate Bill 683

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.

To the committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families.

Senate Bill 684

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.

To the committee on Transportation and Local Government.

Senate Bill 685

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.

To the committee on Shared Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection.

Senate Bill 686

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.

To the committee on Transportation and Local Government.

Senate Bill 687

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.

To the committee on Government Operations.

Senate Bill 688

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.

To the committee on Transportation and Local Government.

Senate Bill 689

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.

To the committee on Health.

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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.

Confirmation.

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.

Passage.

Ayes: 5 - Senators Quinn, Jagler, Stafsholt, Wirch and Spreitzer.

Noes: 0 - None.

Senate Bill 274

Relating to: the amount and distribution of the real estate transfer fee.

Senate Amendment 1 adoption.