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By Senators Jacque, Ballweg and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Murphy, Allen, C. Anderson, Baldeh, Behnke, Bodden, Brandtjen, Edming, Gustafson, Mursau, Rettinger, Tittl and Tusler.

To the committee on Utilities and Technology.

Senate Bill 23

Relating to: posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings.

By Senators Jacque and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Allen, Cabrera, Gundrum, Mursau, Myers, Ortiz-Velez, Rettinger, Schraa, Subeck, Wichgers and Sinicki.

To the committee on Education.

Senate Bill 24

Relating to: the distribution and labeling of fertilizers and soil or plant additives produced from manure.

By Senators Jacque, Ballweg, Cowles and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Krug, Armstrong, Kitchens, Murphy, Mursau and Wichgers.

To the committee on Agriculture and Tourism.

Senate Bill 25

Relating to: felony theft of property and providing a penalty.

By Senators Jacque and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Binsfeld, Behnke, Brooks, Brandtjen, Donovan, Kitchens, Murphy, Mursau, Rettinger, Sapik and Wichgers.

To the committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.

Senate Bill 26

Relating to: removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list.

By Senators Jacque, Cabral-Guevara, Felzkowski, Feyen, Marklein, Nass, Quinn, Stafsholt and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Bodden, Armstrong, Behnke, Binsfeld, Brandtjen, Brooks, Donovan, Edming, Gundrum, Gustafson, Kitchens, Murphy, Mursau, Penterman, Plumer, Rettinger, Schraa, Schutt, Tittl, Tusler and Wichgers.

To the committee on Government Operations, Elections and Consumer Protection.

Senate Bill 27

Relating to: spinal cord injury research grants and symposia and making an appropriation.

By Senators Wanggaard, Carpenter, Cabral-Guevara, Hesselbein, James, Spreitzer, Taylor and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Tittl, Wittke, J. Anderson, Bare, Baldeh, Cabrera, Clancy, Conley, Duchow, Gundrum, Haywood, Madison, Magnafici, Mursau, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Riemer, Rozar, Sinicki, Spiros, Subeck, Summerfield, Tusler and Vining.

To the committee on Health.

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Petitions and Communications

State of Wisconsin

Office of the Governor

January 27, 2023

The Honorable, the Senate:

This letter is to remove the following appointments from consideration for confirmation by the Wisconsin Senate:

BANKER, SHERMAN of Madison, as a Public Member on the Wisconsin Historical Society Board of Curators, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2025.

HANCOCK, JERRY of Madison, as a Non-Lawyer Member on the Wisconsin Judicial Commission, to serve for the term ending August 1, 2023.

HINKFUSS, PAUL of Milwaukee, as a Public Member on the Board of Nursing, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2025.

PIRRELLO, MARY R. of Racine, as a Public Member on the Hearing and Speech Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2024.

SCHLICHT, ADAM of Milwaukee, as a Public Member on the Great Lakes Protection Fund, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.

STERLING, DR. JOHN of La Crosse, as an Optometrist Representative on the Optometry Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2025.

Respectfully Submitted,

TONY EVERS

Governor

State of Wisconsin

Department of Public Instruction

January 27, 2023

The Honorable, the Senate:

The following individuals should be removed from confirmation to serve on the Professional Standards Council for Teachers:

Jennifer Collins, effective 11/1/2020, to serve until 6/30/2021.

Tracy Dobkoski, effective 7/1/2019, to serve until 6/30/2022.

Mitra Fallahi, effective 7/1/2019, to serve until 6/30/2022.

Sharon Hahn, effective 7/1/2019, to serve until 6/30/2022.

Jake Krueger, effective 11/1/2020, to serve until 6/30/2023.

Dana Ryan, effective 7/1/2019, to serve until 6/30/2022.

Lori St. Germaine, effective 7/1/2019, to serve until 6/30/2022.

Matthew Wigdahl, effective 7/1/2019, to serve until 6/30/2022.

Michael Wilson, effective 11/1/2020, to serve until 6/30/2023.

Brent Zinkel, effective 11/1/2020, to serve until 6/30/2023.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

DR. JILL UNDERLY

State Superintendent

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Messages from the Assembly Considered

Assembly Joint Resolution 4

Relating to: reaffirming Wisconsin's commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan; supporting Taiwan's signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) with the United States; and continuing support for increasing Taiwan's international profile.

By Representatives Plumer, Tranel, Kitchens, Krug, Callahan, Tittl, Spiros, Penterman, Dittrich, Wittke, Armstrong, Ortiz-Velez, Gundrum, Snyder, Novak, Billings, Rozar, Murphy, Considine, Green, Mursau, Knodl, Rettinger and O'Connor; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Quinn, Marklein and Larson.

Read and referred to the committee on Senate Organization.