Senate Bill 103
Relating to: criminal background investigations by the Department of Regulation and Licensing of applicants for certain professional credentials.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 103
Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 204
Relating to: authorizing a health benefit purchasing cooperative pilot project and granting rule-making authority.
Read a second time.
Senator Darling, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 204 be referred to the Joint Committee on Finance.
Senator Darling, with unanimous consent, asked that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill
204 be withdrawn from the Joint Committee on Finance and taken up at this time.
Read a second time.
The question was: Adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 204?
Adopted.
Senator Schultz, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 204.
Senator Kanavas, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 204.
Senator Leibham, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 204.
Senator Lassa, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 204.
Senator Welch, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 204.
Senator Welch, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a cosponsor of Assembly Bill 375.
Senator Darling, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 204.
Senator Wirch, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 204.
Senator Carpenter, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 204.
Senator Carpenter, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a cosponsor of Assembly Bill
375.
Senator Zien, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 204.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Zien, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 204
Read a third time.
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 32; noes, 0; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Brown, Carpenter, Chvala, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, M. Meyer, Moore, Panzer, Plale, Reynolds, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Welch, Wirch and Zien - 32.
Noes - None.
Absent or not voting - Senator George - 1.
Passed.
Senate Bill 250
Relating to: construction and operation of a Hmong cultural center, granting bonding authority, and making appropriations.
Read a second time.
Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 250 offered by Senator Decker.
Senator Zien, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
Senator Zien, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 250 be placed at the foot of the calendar of November 5, 2003.
Senate Bill 252
Relating to: Joint Committee on Finance review of stewardship acquisitions.
Read a second time.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 252?
Adopted.
Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 252 offered by Senator Cowles.
The question was: Adoption of Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 252?
Adopted.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Zien, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 252
Read a third time.
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 18; noes, 14; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Brown, Cowles, Darling, Ellis, S. Fitzgerald, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Panzer, Reynolds, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Welch and Zien - 18.
Noes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Chvala, Decker, Erpenbach, Hansen, Jauch, Lassa, M. Meyer, Moore, Plale, Risser, Robson and Wirch - 14.
Absent or not voting - Senator George - 1.
Passed.
Assembly Bill 375
Relating to: leaving the scene of an accident and providing a penalty.
Read a second time.
Senator Carpenter, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 375 be withdrawn and returned to author.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Zien, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 375
Read a third time and concurred in.
Assembly Bill 475
Relating to: marriage between one man and one woman.
Read a second time.
Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 475 offered by Senator Carpenter.
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4:30 P.M.
Senator Welch in the chair.
Senataor Carpenter moved that the Senate adjourn.
The question was: Shall the Senate adjourn?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 12; noes, 20; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Carpenter, Chvala, Erpenbach, Hansen, Jauch, Lassa, M. Meyer, Moore, Plale, Risser and Robson - 12.
Noes - Senators Brown, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, S. Fitzgerald, Harsdorf, Kanavas, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lazich, Leibham, Panzer, Reynolds, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Welch, Wirch and Zien - 20.
Absent or not voting - Senator George - 1.
Refused adjournment.
POINT OF ORDER
Senator S. Fitzgerald raised the point of order that Senate amendment 1 was not germane.
The Chair rules the point of order well taken.
Senator Carpenter appealed the ruling of the Chair.
The question was: Shall the Decision of the chair stand as the judgement of the Senate?
The ayes and noes were required and the vote was: ayes, 18; noes, 14; absent or not voting, 1; as follows:
