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File #: 201479    Version:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/23/2021 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 5/4/2021
Effective date:    
Title: Substitute resolution relative to legislative bills.
Sponsors: THE CHAIR
Indexes: STATE LEGISLATION
Attachments: 1. Agenda, 2. AB-186, 3. Agenda 4-26-21, 4. LRB-2843/1, 5. AB-170/SB-210, 6. AB-173/SB-207, 7. AB-179/SB-205, 8. AB-198/212, 9. AB-201/SB-204, 10. SB-214
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultTallyAction DetailsMeeting DetailsVideo
5/12/20211 MAYOR SIGNED   Action details Meeting details Not available
5/4/20211 COMMON COUNCIL ADOPTEDPass15:0 Action details Meeting details Not available
4/26/20210 JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTED

Minutes note: Appearance: Jordan Primakow - IRD Brenda Wood - IRD CC -- AB-186/SB-295 Relating to: eliminating public official immunity as a defense to civil liability claims against law enforcement officers and prohibiting indemnification for judgments against law enforcement officers. Item Held to the Call of the Chair. -- LRB-2843 Relating to: traffic violations when emergency or roadside response vehicles are present and providing a penalty. Murphy - moved support -- AB-173/SB-207 Relating to: private resources used for election administration, appointment of election officials, and providing a penalty. Murphy moved Oppose -- AB-170/SB-210 Relating to: election observers and providing a penalty. -- AB-198/SB-212 Relating to: defects on absentee ballot certificates, certain kinds of election fraud, and providing a penalty. NO POSITION -- AB-201/SB-204 Relating to: absentee ballot applications, unsolicited mailing or transmission of absentee ballot applications and absentee ballots, canvassing absentee ballots, electronic voter registration, and providing a penalty. Murphy moved Oppose -- AB-179/SB-205 Relating to: absentee voting in certain residential care facilities and retirement homes and providing a penalty. Murphy moved Oppose -- SB-214 Relating to: early canvassing of absentee ballots, issuance of presidential ballots, combined polling places, timeline for sending or transmitting absentee ballots, nomination papers for certain independent candidates, and providing a penalty. per Ms. wood this item is already included in the legislative package; there was no need for discussion at this time.
Pass4:0 Action details Meeting details Video Video
4/26/20211 JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTIONPass4:0 Action details Meeting details Not available
4/5/20210 JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR

Minutes note: Jordan Primakow - Intergov. Relations Ald. Nik Kovac Scott Brown - City Attorney's Office - feels this is too broad Rep. Jonathan Brostoff Held until they can get further clarification if officers will get personal liability insurance (if available) or what compensation a victim would be able to obtain from individual officers as well as what lawyers will be willing to take these cases.
Pass5:0 Action details Meeting details Video Video
3/2/20210 COMMON COUNCIL ASSIGNED TO   Action details Meeting details Not available

Number

201479

 

Version

SUBTITUTE 1

 

Sponsor

THE CHAIR

 

Title

Substitute resolution relative to legislative bills.

Body

Whereas, The Judiciary and Legislation Committee of the Common Council has recommended the following positions on the bills hereinafter listed and the Common Council being advised of said matters; now, therefore, be it

 

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that it hereby approves the following legislative bills and instructs the Division of Intergovernmental Relations to appear before the proper committees to support such bills and use its best endeavors to have the same enacted into law, viz:

 

LRB-2843                                          

Relating to: traffic violations when emergency or roadside response vehicles are present and providing a penalty.

 

; and, be it

 

Further Resolved, That the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee is opposed to the following legislative bills and hereby instructs the Division of Intergovernmental Relations to appear before the proper committees in opposition to said bills and use its best endeavors in opposition to the same viz:

 

AB-173/SB-207                                          

Relating to: private resources used for election administration, appointment of election officials, and providing a penalty.

 

 

AB-198/SB-212                                          

Relating to: defects on absentee ballot certificates, certain kinds of election fraud, and providing a penalty.

 

AB-201/SB-204                                          

Relating to: absentee ballot applications, unsolicited mailing or transmission of absentee ballot applications and absentee ballots, canvassing absentee ballots, electronic vote registration, and providing a penalty.

 

AB-179/SB-205                                          

Relating to: absentee voting in certain residential care facilities and retirement homes and providing a penalty.

 

Drafter

CC CC

Joanna Polanco

4/26/21