One-Hundred and Sixth Regular Session
11:05 A.M. TUESDAY, February 13, 2024
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senate President Kapenga.
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Call of Roll
The roll was called, disclosing the presence of a quorum.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 15, the official attendance for session was: Senators Agard, Ballweg, Bradley, Cabral-Guevara, Carpenter, Cowles, Felzkowski, Feyen, Hesselbein, Hutton, Jacque, Jagler, James, L. Johnson, Kapenga, Knodl, Larson, LeMahieu, Marklein, Nass, Pfaff, Quinn, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Stafsholt, Stroebel, Testin, Tomczyk, Wanggaard, Wimberger and Wirch - 32.
Absent with leave - None - 0.
Vacancies - 4th Senate District - 1.
The Senate stood for the prayer which was offered by Daniel Degner of Rosendale.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Larson led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (6), the Chief Clerk made the following entries under the above date. _____________
Chief Clerk's Entries
Amendments Offered
hist187583Senate Substitute Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 488 offered by Senator LeMahieu. hist188102Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 612 offered by Senator Marklein. hist188101Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 741 offered by Senator Knodl. hist188100Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 822 offered by Senator Knodl. hist187533Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 826 offered by Senator Ballweg. hist188098Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 868 offered by Senator Ballweg. hist188221Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 900 offered by Senator Tomczyk. hist188099Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 948 offered by Senator Ballweg. hist188103Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 957 offered by Senator Feyen. hist188096Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 959 offered by Senator Marklein. hist187852Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Bill 971 offered by Senator Stroebel. hist187580Senate Substitute Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 510 offered by Senators Larson, Agard, Carpenter, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Pfaff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer and Wirch. hist188097Senate Amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 574 offered by Senator Stafsholt. _____________
Senate Enrolled Proposals
The Chief Clerk records:
Report correctly enrolled on 2-13-2024.
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Bills Presented to the Governor
The Chief Clerk records:
Presented to the Governor on 2-13-2024.
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Introduction, First Reading, and Reference of Proposals
Read and referred:
Relating to: proclaiming March 2024 as Women's History Month.
By Senators Ballweg, Roys, Larson, Spreitzer, Agard, Carpenter and Pfaff; cosponsored by Representatives Dittrich, Subeck, Donovan, C. Anderson, Bare, Rozar, Drake, Emerson, Joers, Binsfeld, Stubbs, Sinicki, Mursau, Ratcliff, Neubauer, Moore Omokunde, O'Connor, Clancy, Shankland, Palmeri, Conley, Tranel, Schutt and Armstrong.
hist188058To the committee on Senate Organization. Relating to: designating April 2024 as Testicular Cancer Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
By Senators Carpenter, Cabral-Guevara, Roys and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Gustafson, Magnafici, Ratcliff, Mursau, Clancy, C. Anderson, Sinicki, Jacobson, Krug, Dittrich, Shankland, Emerson, Joers, Subeck and Bare.
hist188062To the committee on Senate Organization. Relating to: declaring March 3, 2024, to March 9, 2024, as Women in Construction Week and celebrating the countless contributions of women in construction.
By Senators Feyen, Agard, Ballweg, Larson, Marklein, Roys, Spreitzer and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Gustafson, Emerson, Andraca, Bare, Behnke, Conley, Dittrich, Drake, Jacobson, Joers, Melotik, Mursau, O'Connor, Palmeri, Petryk, Ratcliff, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Stubbs and Subeck.
hist188063To the committee on Senate Organization. Relating to: requesting Governor Tony Evers to send aid and resources to the U.S.-Mexico border to assist with immigration efforts.
By Senators Bradley, Cabral-Guevara, Felzkowski, Jacque, James, Quinn, Stafsholt, Testin and Knodl; cosponsored by Representatives Moses, August, Armstrong, Behnke, Bodden, Callahan, Donovan, Edming, Goeben, Gundrum, Krug, Magnafici, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman, Plumer, Rettinger, Schmidt, Steffen and Wichgers.
hist188091To the committee on Senate Organization. Read first time and referred:
Relating to: the operation of a motorboat causing an amplified wake.
By Senator Jacque; cosponsored by Representative Sinicki.
hist188054To the committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage. Relating to: safety requirements for storm water retention ponds and granting rule-making authority.
By Senators Agard and L. Johnson; cosponsored by Representatives Stubbs, Ratcliff, Baldeh, Moore Omokunde, Joers, Shelton, Sinicki, Bare, Subeck, Madison, J. Anderson, Jacobson, Drake and Palmeri.
hist188055To the committee on Natural Resources and Energy. Relating to: payments to individuals holding over in executive positions.
By Senators Stroebel and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Maxey, Michalski, Behnke, Bodden, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Gustafson, Kitchens, Magnafici, Murphy, O'Connor, Rettinger, Rozar, Schmidt, Schutt and Penterman.
hist188056To the committee on Government Operations. Relating to: creating the Council for Equity and Inclusion and the Office for Equity and Inclusion and making an appropriation.
By Senators L. Johnson, Carpenter, Roys, Larson, Spreitzer and Agard; cosponsored by Representatives Stubbs, Moore Omokunde, Ratcliff, Snodgrass, Bare, C. Anderson, Joers, Conley, Ohnstad, Clancy, Madison, Myers, Haywood, Cabrera, Emerson, Hong, Shelton, Ortiz-Velez, Baldeh, Neubauer, Shankland, Vining, Considine, Palmeri, Subeck, Drake and Sinicki.
hist188057To the committee on Government Operations. Relating to: informed consent for medical research.
By Senator Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Sortwell, Moses, Allen, Armstrong, Behnke, Bodden, Dittrich, Goeben, S. Johnson, Magnafici, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman, Rozar, Schmidt, Schraa and Schutt.
Relating to: interest rates on late, nondelinquent taxes and on overpayments.
By Senator Marklein; cosponsored by Representative Wittke.
hist188060To the committee on Universities and Revenue. Relating to: creating an exemption to certain requirements for rules promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources relating to groundwater protection standards for PFAS.
