Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 551
Relating to: a statewide urban search and rescue task force and making an appropriation.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 565
Relating to: transport for emergency detention.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Senate Bill 592
Relating to: providing medication and a valid prescription to a prisoner upon release.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
Ayes: 5 - Senators Wanggaard, Jacque, Darling, Risser and L. Taylor.
Noes: 0 - None.
VAN WANGGAARD
Chairperson
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Petitions and Communications
hist115255Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Kooyenga added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 311. hist115256Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Hutton added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 311. hist115254Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Gruszynski added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 376. hist115340Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Hansen added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 493. hist115223Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Edming added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 587. hist115252Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Allen added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 654. hist115331Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 708. hist115332Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 711. hist115253Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Sinicki withdrawn as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 711. hist115333Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 717. hist115334Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 719. hist115335Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 735. hist115336Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 739. hist115337Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 740. hist115338Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 742. hist115250Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Craig added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 747. hist115307Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Sortwell withdrawn as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 752. hist115339Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 759. hist115249Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Craig added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 763. hist115251Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 763. _____________
State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
EXECUTIVE ORDER #67
Relating to the Creation of the Governor’s Task Force on Student Debt
WHEREAS, nationally 45 million students owe approximately $1.6 trillion in student loan debt;
WHEREAS, student debt disproportionately affects students of color, low-income students, first-generation college students, women, veterans, and seniors;
WHEREAS, the average amount of student loan debt held by former students increased by nearly 85 percent between 2006 and 2018;
WHEREAS, according to a study by The Institute for College Access & Success for the class of 2018, 64 percent of students in Wisconsin graduated with student loan debt and averaged $31, 705 in student loan debt;
WHEREAS, one in five students in the United States are behind on their student loan payments;
WHEREAS, increasing tuition costs for students contributes not only to growing student loan debt, but personal debt more broadly as students rely on credit cards or other means to pay for tuition, housing, and other necessitates while in school;
WHEREAS, 36 percent of college students in the United States say they have more than $1,000 in credit card debt, and in 2019, credit card delinquency hit an eight-year high with more than eight percent of balances held by people ages 18 to 29 hitting serious delinquency after going more than 90 days overdue without payment;
WHEREAS, the consequences of student debt are not isolated to students as more families are taking on more debt to help their kids pay for school;
WHEREAS, in 2019, Parent PLUS Loan debt averaged $25,600 with more than three million parents owing approximately $88.9 billion in Parent PLUS Loans; and
WHEREAS, the financial burden of student debt has broad, adverse consequences for our state and our country’s economies, including weakened spending and wealth accumulation, decreased home ownership, further entrenched income disparities, stifled entrepreneurship, and limitations on the ability of individuals to retire securely, among other negative effects.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, TONY EVERS, Governor of the State of Wisconsin, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the Laws of the State, including Section 14.019 of the Wisconsin Statutes, do hereby create the Governor’s Task Force on Student Debt (“Task Force”), and order the following: 11.
The Task Force shall be chaired by the Secretary of the Department of Financial Institutions or a designee. The Task Force membership shall be appointed by the Governor to serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Task Force membership shall consist of: aa.
The Governor or a designee; bb.
The Executive Director of the State of Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board or a designee; cc.
The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection or a designee; dd.
The State Superintendent of the Department of Public Instruction or a designee; ee.
The Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs or a designee; ff.
The President of the University of Wisconsin System or a designee; gg.
The President of the Wisconsin Technical College System or a designee; hh.
The President of the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities or a designee; ii.
Two members of the Wisconsin State Assembly, one representing each caucus; jj.
Two members of the Wisconsin State Senate, one representing each caucus; kk.
One representative from a Wisconsin Tribal Nation; and ll.
Other individuals appointed by the Governor in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Financial Institutions to serve at the pleasure of the Governor, who may include individuals representing the business community, the academic community, the financial services industry, student loans borrowers, and parents of student loan borrowers. 22.
The Task Force shall do the following:
