STATE OF

One-Hundred and Fourth Regular Session

WEDNESDAY, January 9, 2019

The Chief Clerk made the following entries under the Ayes: 5 − Senators Fitzgerald, Roth, Feyen, Shilling, and above date. Bewley. Noes: 0 – None. ______Sincerely, REPORT OF COMMITTEES SCOTT FITZGERALD Chairperson The committee on Senate Organization reported: ______Pursuant to Senate Rule 20 (1)(c), the attached list shall be the standing committees of the Senate for the 2019-20 The committee on Senate Organization reported: Legislative Session: Pursuant to Senate Rule 97, the attached lists shall be the seating chart and room assignments of the Senate for the Number of members on each committee are listed in 2019-2020 Legislative Session. parenthesis. 9 member committees will have 5 majority party members and 4 minority party members. 7 member Senator Room Number committees will have 4 majority party members and 3 minority party members. 5 member committees will have 3 319 South majority party members and 2 minority party members. Janet Bewley 126 South 109 South Committee on: 118 South Agriculture, Revenue and Financial Institutions (9) David Craig 104 South 317 East Economic Development, Commerce and Trade (5) Jon B. Erpenbach 415 South Education (9) Daniel Feyen 306 South Scott L. Fitzgerald 211 South Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues (5) Dave Hansen 323 South Government Operations, Technology and Consumer André Jacque 7 South Protection (5) LaTonya Johnson 19 South 15 South Health and Human Services (5) Dale Kooyenga 310 South Insurance, Financial Services, Government Oversight 20 South and Courts (5) Devin LeMahieu 409 South 8 South Judiciary and Public Safety (5) Mark Miller 106 South Labor and Regulatory Reform (5) 10 South Luther Olsen 122 South Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and 123 South Workforce Development (5) 108 South Natural Resources and Energy (5) Fred A. Risser 130 South 220 South Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations Patty Schachtner 3 South (5) Jennifer Shilling 206 South Sporting Heritage, Mining and Forestry (5) Jeff Smith 22 South 18 South Transportation, Veterans, and Military Affairs (5) Lena C. Taylor 5 South Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families 131 South (7) Tom Tiffany 316 South Van H. Wanggaard 313 South Utilities and Housing (5) 127 South

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The Senate Session Chamber seating arrangement is listed To the committee on Judiciary and Public Safety: from facing out from the President’s chair, going left to right, Senators Wanggaard (Chair), Jacque (Vice-Chair), Darling, starting with the inner ring: Risser and Taylor Senators Smith, Schachtner, Hansen, Wirch, Carpenter, To the committee on Labor and Regulatory Reform: Ringhand, Taylor, Erpenbach, Risser, Miller, Larson and Senators Nass (Chair), Wanggaard (Vice-Chair), Kapenga, Johnson. Wirch and Ringhand Outer Ring: To the committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development: Senators Senators Roth, Kooyenga, Jacque, Craig, Bernier, Testin, Jacque (Chair), Bernier (Vice-Chair), Tiffany, Schachtner Nass, Olsen, Wanggaard, Cowles, LeMahieu, Darling, and Miller Feyen, Fitzgerald, Shilling, Bewley, Marklein, Stroebel, Tiffany, Kapenga and Petrowski. To the committee on Natural Resources and Energy: Senators Cowles (Chair), Olsen (Vice-Chair), Marklein, Ayes: 5 − Senators Fitzgerald, Roth, Feyen, Shilling and Miller and Hansen Bewley. Noes: 0 – None. To the committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations: Senators Kapenga (Chair), Craig Sincerely, (Vice-Chair), LeMahieu, Johnson and Hansen SCOTT FITZGERALD To the committee on Sporting Heritage, Mining and Chairperson Forestry: Senators Tiffany (Chair), LeMahieu (Vice-Chair), ______Stroebel, Wirch and Smith PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS To the committee on Transportation, Veterans and Military Affairs: Senators Petrowski (Chair), Marklein State of Wisconsin (Vice-Chair), Cowles, Carpenter and Hansen Office of the Senate Majority Leader To the committee on Universities Technical Colleges, January 8, 2019 Children and Families: Senators Kooyenga (Chair), Nass (Vice-Chair), Darling, Olsen, Bewley, Larson and The Honorable the Senate: Schachtner Pursuant to Senate Rule 20 (2)(a), I am making the To the committee on Utilities and Housing: Senators following appointments: LeMahieu (Chair), Feyen (Vice-Chair), Wanggaard, Taylor Senate Standing Committees: and Bewley To the committee on Agriculture, Revenue and Joint Committees: Financial Institutions: Senators Marklein (Chair), To the joint committee for review of Administrative Petrowski (Vice-Chair), Testin, Jacque, Bernier, Smith, Rules: Senators Nass (Co-Chair), Stroebel, Craig, Larson and Ringhand, Risser and Larson Wirch To the committee on Economic Developmen t, To the joint legislative Audit committee: Senators Commerce and Trade: Senators Feyen (Chair), Testin Cowles (Co-Chair), Darling (ex-officio), Kapenga, Bewley (Vice-Chair), Petrowski, Ringhand and Carpenter and Carpenter To the committee on Education: Senator Olsen (Chair), To the joint review committee on Criminal Penalties: Darling (Vice-Chair), Nass, Kooyenga, Bernier, Larson, Senators Wanggaard (Co-Chair) and Taylor Bewley, Johnson and Schachtner To the joint committee on Employment Relations (all To the committee on Elections, Ethics and Rural Issues: ex-officio): Senators Roth, Fitzgerald, Darling and Shilling Senators Bernier (Chair), Tiffany (Vice-Chair), Kooyenga, Miller and Smith To the joint committee on Finance: Senators Darling (Co-Chair), Olsen (Vice-Chair), Tiffany, Marklein, Stroebel, To the committee on Government Operations , LeMahieu, Erpenbach and Johnson Technology and Consumer Protection: Senators Stroebel (Chair), Kapenga (Vice-Chair), Craig, Wirch and Smith To the joint committee on Information Policy and Technology: Senators Jacque (Co-Chair), Testin, Kooyenga, To the committee on Health and Human Services: Carpenter and Erpenbach Senators Testin (Chair), Kooyenga (Vice-Chair), Jacque, To the joint committee on Legislative Organization (all Erpenbach and Carpenter ex-officio): Senators Roth (Co-Chair), Fitzgerald, Feyen, To the committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Shilling and Bewley Government Oversight and Courts: Senators Craig To the Joint Legislative Council: Senators Roth (Co - (Chair), Stroebel (Vice-Chair), Feyen, Risser and Taylor Chair, ex-officio), Fitzgerald (ex-officio), Darling (ex-officio),

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Marklein (ex-officio), Petrowski, Olsen, Jacque, Shilling (ex- With regard to members of the minority party, officio), Erpenbach (ex-officio), Risser and Miller appointments are based on nominations by the minority leader. The minority party Senator listed first for each To the joint survey committee on Retirement Systems: committee shall be the ranking minority member. Senators Bernier (Co-Chair), LeMahieu and Erpenbach Sincerely, To the joint survey committee on Tax Exempti ons : SCOTT FITZGERALD Senators Kooyenga (Co-Chair), Tiffany and Larson Majority Leader

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