One-Hundred and Seventh Regular Session
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
12:30 P.M.
First Order. Call of roll.
Second Order. Chief clerk's entries.
Third Order. Introduction, first reading and reference of proposals.
Fourth Order. Report of committees.
Fifth Order. Petitions and communications.
Sixth Order. Referrals and receipt of committee reports concerning proposed administrative rules.
Seventh Order. Advice and consent of the Senate.
Eighth Order. Messages from the Assembly.
Ninth Order. Special Orders.
Tenth Order. Second reading and amendments of senate joint resolutions and senate bills.
QUESTION: Shall the bill be ordered to a third reading?
Senate Bill 4. Relating to: agreements for direct primary care. By Senators Cabral-Guevara, Kapenga, Nass and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Duchow, Brooks, Armstrong, Dittrich, Hurd, Murphy, O'Connor, Rodriguez and Wichgers. (Report passage recommended by committee on Health, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
Senate Bill 5. Relating to: battery or threat to jurors and providing a penalty. By Senators Wanggaard, Nass and Wimberger; cosponsored by Representatives Sortwell, Behnke, Dittrich, Donovan, Franklin, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, Novak, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Wichgers, Zimmerman and Subeck. (Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3)
Senate Bill 14. Relating to: pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients. By Senators Jacque, Carpenter, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Goeben, Subeck, Allen, Anderson, Behnke, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Kirsch, Knodl, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, Rodriguez, Tusler and Wichgers. (Report Senate Amendment 1 adoption, Ayes 5, Noes 0, passage as amended recommended by committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Amendment 1 pending
Senate Bill 25. Relating to: court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths. By Senators Hutton, Bradley, Wanggaard, Feyen, Nass, Tomczyk and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Moses, Duchow, Dittrich, Piwowarczyk, Armstrong, Brooks, Donovan, B. Jacobson, Penterman, Murphy, Tucker, Wichgers and Behnke. (Report without recommendation by committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 4, Noes 4)
Senate Bill 31. Relating to: state agency status for certain physician assistants and advanced practice nurses who provide services without compensation for local health departments or school districts. (FE) By Senator Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Gundrum, Armstrong, Brill, Callahan, Goeben, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, Sinicki, Subeck, Wichgers and Stubbs. (Report passage recommended by committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 43. Relating to: allowing advanced practice nurse prescribers to pronounce the date, time, and place of a patient’s death for purposes of the preparation of death records. By Senators Cabral-Guevara and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Summerfield, Dittrich, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman and Steffen. (Report passage recommended by committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 68. Relating to: the prescription drug monitoring program. (FE) By Senator Testin; cosponsored by Representative Dittrich. (Report passage recommended by committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0)
Senate Bill 86. Relating to: authorization for tribal governments to copy certified copies of vital records for administrative use. By Joint Legislative Council. (Report passage recommended by committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1)
Senate Bill 101. Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the State of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2024-25 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE) By joint committee on Employment Relations.
Note: If it is in the Senate, the Senate may take up its companion bill, Assembly Bill 94, in lieu of Senate Bill 101.
Senate Bill 102. Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2024-25 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE) By joint committee on Employment Relations.
Note: If it is in the Senate, the Senate may take up its companion bill, Assembly Bill 95, in lieu of Senate Bill 102.
Senate Bill 103. Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2024-25 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE) By joint committee on Employment Relations.
Note: If it is in the Senate, the Senate may take up its companion bill, Assembly Bill 96, in lieu of Senate Bill 103.
Eleventh Order. Second reading and amendments of assembly joint resolutions and assembly bills.
QUESTION: Shall the bill be ordered to a third reading?
Assembly Bill 1. Relating to: changes to the educational assessment program and the school and school district accountability report. (FE) By Representatives Wittke, Novak, O'Connor, Kreibich, Tusler, Gundrum, Duchow, Penterman, Murphy, Sortwell, Born, Maxey, Behnke, Melotik, Mursau, Piwowarczyk, Nedweski, Gustafson, Donovan, Green, Dittrich, Dallman, Brill, B. Jacobson, Rodriguez, Spiros, Allen, Knodl, Kaufert and Moses; cosponsored by Senators Jagler, Quinn, Feyen, Wanggaard, Tomczyk, Nass, Bradley, Wimberger, Kapenga, Marklein, James, Jacque, Testin and Cabral-Guevara. (Report concurrence recommended by committee on Education, Ayes 3, Noes 2)
Assembly Bill 94. Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the State of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2024-25 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE) By joint committee on Employment Relations.
Note: If it is in the Senate, the Senate may take up Assembly Bill 94 in lieu of its companion bill, Senate Bill 101.
Assembly Bill 95. Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2024-25 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE) By joint committee on Employment Relations.
Note: If it is in the Senate, the Senate may take up Assembly Bill 95 in lieu of its companion bill, Senate Bill 102.
Assembly Bill 96. Relating to: ratification of the agreement negotiated between the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and the Wisconsin State Building Trades Negotiating Committee, for the 2024-25 fiscal year, covering employees in the building trades crafts collective bargaining unit, and authorizing an expenditure of funds. (FE) By joint committee on Employment Relations.
Note: If it is in the Senate, the Senate may take up Assembly Bill 96 in lieu of its companion bill, Senate Bill 103.
Assembly Bill 99. Relating to: authorization for tribal governments to copy certified copies of vital records for administrative use. By Joint Legislative Council. (Companion Senate Bill 86 report passage recommended by committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1)
Note: If it is in the Senate, the Senate may take up Assembly Bill 99 in lieu of its companion bill, Senate Bill 86.
Twelfth Order. Third reading of joint resolutions and bills.
Thirteenth Order. Motions may be offered.
Fourteenth Order. Consideration of resolutions and joint resolutions not requiring a third reading.
QUESTION: Shall the joint resolution be adopted?
Senate Joint Resolution 6. Relating to: honoring the life and enduring legacy of Robert George Uecker. By Senators Carpenter, Habush Sinykin, Bradley, Cabral-Guevara, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Feyen, Hesselbein, Hutton, Jacque, Jagler, Larson, Marklein, Nass, Pfaff, Quinn, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Knodl, Moore Omokunde, Allen, Armstrong, Arney, Bare, Behnke, Brown, Clancy, Cruz, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Donovan, Doyle, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Green, Gundrum, Hong, J. Jacobson, Joers, Kaufert, Kirsch, Kreibich, Krug, Madison, Mayadev, Melotik, Miresse, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, Neylon, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Petersen, Phelps, Piwowarczyk, Pronschinske, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Snyder, Stroud, Subeck, Swearingen, Taylor, Tenorio, Tusler, Udell, Vining and Wichgers.
Senate Joint Resolution 7. Relating to: recognizing that the Wisconsin State Legislature supports nuclear power and fusion energy as clean energy sources that are critical to safely meeting Wisconsin’s growing energy demands and declaring the legislature’s commitment to the continuation and expansion of nuclear power and nuclear technologies, the development of nuclear technologies and fusion energy, and employing the leadership and resources necessary to support the development of and investment in nuclear power, fusion energy, and related technologies in the state. By Senators Bradley, Feyen, Jacque, James, Nass, Quinn, Ratcliff and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Sortwell, Armstrong, Brill, Callahan, Dittrich, Gundrum, Gustafson, Hurd, Knodl, Maxey, Melotik, Moore Omokunde, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, Neylon, O'Connor, Penterman, Rodriguez, Snyder, Spiros, Stubbs, Subeck, Tusler and VanderMeer.
Senate Joint Resolution 12. Relating to: designating the month of March as Endosalpingiosis Awareness Month. By Senators Spreitzer, Drake, Hesselbein, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Roe, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Brown, Clancy, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, J. Jacobson, Joers, Kirsch, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Phelps, Sinicki, Subeck, Udell and Tenorio.
Senate Joint Resolution 14. Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative David O. Martin. By Senators Marklein, Dassler-Alfheim, Cabral-Guevara, Carpenter, Nass, Ratcliff, Roys and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Kaufert, Tranel, Kurtz, Gustafson, Novak, O'Connor, Tittl, Murphy, Penterman, Tusler, Sinicki, Kreibich, Knodl, Subeck and Goodwin.
Senate Joint Resolution 19. Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Jonathan Brostoff. By Senators Larson, Carpenter, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Smith, L. Johnson, Drake, Ratcliff, Wirch, Cabral-Guevara, Roys, Dassler-Alfheim, Jacque, Spreitzer, Quinn, Pfaff, Keyeski, Wall and Felzkowski; cosponsored by Representatives Neubauer, Andraca, Kirsch, Doyle, Sinicki, Madison, Emerson, Tusler, Moore Omokunde, Haywood, Hong, DeSmidt, Tenorio, Kitchens, Bare, Miresse, Cruz, Vining, Roe, Dittrich, Stubbs, Snodgrass, Snyder, Taylor, Clancy, Arney, Rivera-Wagner, Ortiz-Velez, Brown, Goodwin, Fitzgerald, McCarville, Subeck, Tittl, Mursau, Joers, Anderson, Krug, J. Jacobson, Prado, Mayadev, Rodriguez, Hysell, McGuire, Sheehan, Palmeri, Udell and Johnson.
Note: If it is in the Senate, the Senate may take up its companion joint resolution, Assembly Joint Resolution 18, in lieu of Senate Joint Resolution 19.
QUESTION: Shall the joint resolution be concurred in?
Assembly Joint Resolution 2. Relating to: celebrating the 51st anniversary of the American Birkebeiner and proclaiming February 17 to 23, 2025, as American Birkebeiner Week in Wisconsin. By Representative Green; cosponsored by Senator Quinn.
Assembly Joint Resolution 4. Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Justice David T. Prosser Jr. By Representatives Vos, Murphy, Kaufert, Gustafson, Tusler, Allen, Armstrong, Behnke, Born, Brill, Dittrich, Duchow, Franklin, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Hurd, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Krug, Melotik, Moses, Mursau, Nedweski, Neylon, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Petersen, Piwowarczyk, Pronschinske, Rodriguez, Sinicki, Sheehan, Spiros, Subeck, Swearingen, Tittl, Tranel, VanderMeer, Wichgers, Wittke and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Carpenter, Feyen, Marklein, Nass, Quinn, Testin, Wanggaard and Wimberger.
Assembly Joint Resolution 5. Relating to: proclaiming February 2025 as Black History Month. By Representatives Taylor, Arney, Haywood, Stubbs, Moore Omokunde, Madison, Goodwin, Rivera-Wagner, Allen, Anderson, Andraca, Bare, Billings, Brown, Clancy, Cruz, DeSmidt, DeSanto, Doyle, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Gundrum, Hong, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Joers, Johnson, Kirsch, Mayadev, McCarville, McGuire, Miresse, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Stroud, Subeck, Tenorio, Udell and Vining; cosponsored by Senators Drake, L. Johnson, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch.
Assembly Joint Resolution 18. Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Jonathan Brostoff. By Representatives Neubauer, Andraca, Kirsch, Doyle, Sinicki, Madison, Emerson, Tusler, Moore Omokunde, Haywood, Hong, DeSmidt, Tenorio, Kitchens, Bare, Miresse, Cruz, Vining, Roe, Dittrich, Stubbs, Snodgrass, Snyder, Taylor, Clancy, Arney, Rivera-Wagner, Ortiz-Velez, Brown, Goodwin, Fitzgerald, McCarville, Subeck, Tittl, Mursau, Joers, Anderson, Krug, J. Jacobson, Prado, Mayadev, Rodriguez, Hysell, McGuire, Sheehan, Palmeri, Udell and Johnson; cosponsored by Senators Larson, Carpenter, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Smith, L. Johnson, Drake, Ratcliff, Wirch, Cabral-Guevara, Roys, Dassler-Alfheim, Jacque, Spreitzer, Quinn, Pfaff, Keyeski, Wall and Hutton.
Note: If it is in the Senate, the Senate may take up Assembly Joint Resolution 18 in lieu of its companion bill, Senate Joint Resolution 19.
Fifteenth Order. Announcements, adjournment honors, and remarks under special privilege.
Sixteenth Order. Adjournment.
