Relating to: the possession of a firearm by a person who has committed a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence or by a fugitive from justice and providing a penalty.

By Senators Kooyenga, Feyen, Wanggaard, Carpenter, Jacque, Cowles and Schachtner; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Subeck, Hebl, Dittrich, Allen, Kulp, Petersen and Wittke.

Relating to: requirements for funeral director apprenticeships and licenses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures.

By Senators Kooyenga, Olsen, Craig, Johnson, Kapenga and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives VanderMeer, Sortwell, Macco, Allen, Rodriguez, Tittl, Kulp, Stuck, Born, Petryk, Plumer, Novak, Knodl, Tusler, Wittke, Oldenburg, Ballweg, Dittrich, Fields, Hebl, Felzkowski, James and Horlacher.

hist108279To the committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations.

hist108254Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Subeck added as a coauthor of Assembly Bill 471.

hist108246Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 465.

hist108243Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 489.

hist108245Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 496.

hist108244Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor of Senate Bill 498.

Office of the Governor

Relating to the Creation of the Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change

WHEREAS, climate change is a grace threat to the health, safety, and economic well-being of people and communities throughout the State of Wisconsin;

WHEREAS, according to the fourth National Climate Assessment conducted by the United States Global Change Research Program, “Earth’s climate is now changing faster than at any point in the history of modern civilization, primarily as a result of human activities”;

WHEREAS, research by the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts projects increases in extreme weather in Wisconsin over the next century, including significant changes of temperature at both ends of the spectrum and a 75 percent probability that annual average precipitation will increase;

WHEREAS, the rise and frequency of extreme weather associated with climate change leads to health risks associated with air and water quality, extreme heat, and storm related hazards for all Wisconsinites;

WHEREAS, the changing climate threatens Wisconsin’s multi-billion-dollar agricultural and dairy industries and products grown and produced in Wisconsin such as beer, ginseng, and cranberries;

WHEREAS, farmers in Wisconsin, as innovators and stewards of our land and resources, are an integral part of the solution to addressing climate change through alternative energy opportunities;

WHEREAS, climate change will affect jobs across all industries and occupations, including farming, food processing, construction, manufacturing, insurance, retail, leisure, healthcare, and energy, by changing what goods and services businesses offer and how they produce and transport those goods and services;

WHEREAS, Wisconsin’s tourism industry is also significantly affected by climate change with a shortened winter recreational season for ice fishing, snowmobiling, and cross-country skiing, and risking lake and river temperatures harming recreational fishing;