Relating to: restrictions on baiting deer in counties based on chronic wasting disease or bovine tuberculosis.
Ayes: 3 - Senators Stafsholt, Felzkowski and Tomczyk.
Noes: 2 - Senators Spreitzer and Agard.
Senate Bill 579
Relating to: regulating earned wage access services, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Stafsholt, Felzkowski, Tomczyk, Spreitzer and Agard.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Stafsholt, Felzkowski, Tomczyk, Spreitzer and Agard.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 628
Relating to: financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Stafsholt, Felzkowski, Tomczyk, Spreitzer and Agard.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Stafsholt, Felzkowski, Tomczyk, Spreitzer and Agard.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 693
Relating to: free state park admission for veterans and gold star families.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Stafsholt, Felzkowski, Tomczyk, Spreitzer and Agard.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Stafsholt, Felzkowski, Tomczyk, Spreitzer and Agard.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 965
Relating to: the regulation of deer hunting in the northern forest zone.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Stafsholt, Felzkowski, Tomczyk, Spreitzer and Agard.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 3 - Senators Stafsholt, Felzkowski and Tomczyk.
Noes: 2 - Senators Spreitzer and Agard.
The committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage reported:
AMBS, TODD, of Port Washington, as a Southern Area Representative on the Natural Resources Board, to serve for the term ending May 1, 2029.
Ayes: 2 - Senators Spreitzer and Agard.
Noes: 3 - Senators Stafsholt, Felzkowski and Tomczyk.
ROB STAFSHOLT
Chairperson
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The committee on Health reported and recommended:
MCNALLY, PATRICK J., of Elm Grove, as a Registered Nurse on the Board of Nursing, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2026.
Ayes: 6 - Senators Cabral-Guevara, Testin, Felzkowski, Jacque, Carpenter and L. Johnson.
Noes: 0 - None.
MORTARA, DR. JUSTIN, of Milwaukee, as a Public Member on the Board of Trustees of the Medical College of Wisconsin, to serve for the term ending June 30, 2029.
Ayes: 6 - Senators Cabral-Guevara, Testin, Felzkowski, Jacque, Carpenter and L. Johnson.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 1014
Relating to: funding for hospital emergency department services.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Cabral-Guevara, Testin, Felzkowski, Jacque and L. Johnson.
Noes: 1 - Senator Carpenter.
Senate Bill 1015
Relating to: transfer from the state building trust fund to the general fund, funding for grants to support hospital emergency department services, and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Cabral-Guevara, Testin, Felzkowski, Jacque and L. Johnson.
Noes: 1 - Senator Carpenter.
Senate Bill 868
Relating to: electing to be a donor of an anatomical gift when filing income tax returns.
Ayes: 6 - Senators Cabral-Guevara, Testin, Felzkowski, Jacque, Carpenter and L. Johnson.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 6 - Senators Cabral-Guevara, Testin, Felzkowski, Jacque, Carpenter and L. Johnson.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 948
Relating to: healthy food incentive program.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Cabral-Guevara, Felzkowski, Jacque, Carpenter and L. Johnson.
Noes: 1 - Senator Testin.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Cabral-Guevara, Felzkowski, Jacque, Carpenter and L. Johnson.
Noes: 1 - Senator Testin.
RACHAEL CABRAL-GUEVARA
Chairperson
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Minority Report
On February 15, 2024, Senator Carpenter offered the following minority report, pursuant to Senate Rule 28, to the Senate Committee on Health: Concerning committee action on 2023 Wisconsin Senate Bills 1014 and 1015
Senate Bills 1014 and 1015 were introduced without circulation seeking cosponsorship, and brought up for a hearing and executive action within less than a week.
The situation that these bills attempt to address is of grave concern to residents of the Chippewa Valley region, and to residents all across the state. That is why I believe it is important to bring all parties together in order to seek solutions that will support hospitals in this region and throughout Wisconsin.
Discussions to address this issue through legislation should include Senator Smith who represents the impacted area. Senator Smith has proposed amendments to these bills that he believes will make these bills stronger and better able to address the situation at hand by incorporating the Department of Health Services’ recommendations.
I am disappointed that the committee was not able to accommodate his request to have those amendments considered in committee today. If the Senate Committee on Health and the legislation’s authors are interested in removing politics from this unfortunate situation in order to create effective solutions, they will make sure to engage Senator Smith and seek his input regarding this legislation.
