Tuesday, September 20, 2005
11:00 A.M.
Ninety-Seventh Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Alan Lasee.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Breske, Brown, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Reynolds, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Schultz, Stepp, Taylor, Wirch and Zien - 33.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - None.
The Senate stood for the prayer which was offered by Pastor Alex Lindsay of Northland Woods Baptist Church.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Kapanke led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Thursday, September 15, 2005.
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The committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 211
Relating to: collection of fees, fines, forfeitures, and surcharges by credit or debit card; setoffs against tax refunds; disclosing information obtained by the Department of Transportation to the Department of Revenue; and creation of a fine or forfeiture service fee and a payment plan fee.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Grothman, Taylor and Risser.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 214
Relating to: abuse of hazardous substances and providing penalties.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Grothman, Taylor and Risser.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 132
Relating to: payment of litigation expenses of emergency medical services personnel, fire fighters, first responders, and law enforcement or correctional officers.
Adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 2.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Grothman, Taylor and Risser.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Grothman, Taylor and Risser.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 294
Relating to: defining certain uses of gamma-butyrolactone and 1,4-butanediol as controlled substances.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Grothman, Taylor and Risser.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 315
Relating to: retention and testing of evidence that includes biological material, time limits for prosecuting a crime that is related to a sexual assault, law enforcement procedures for using an eyewitness to identify a person suspected of committing a crime, making audio or audio and visual recordings of custodial interrogations, limitations on admitting unrecorded statements into evidence in juvenile delinquency and criminal proceedings, and creating a grant program for digital recording equipment and training for digital recording of custodial interrogations.
Introduction and adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Grothman, Taylor and Risser.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Zien, Roessler, Grothman, Taylor and Risser.
Noes, 0 - None.
David Zien
Chairperson
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Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Representative J. Fitzgerald added as a cosponsor of
Senate Bill 293.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill 312.
Pursuant to Senate Rule
17 (5), Representative Kreibich added as a cosponsor of
Senate Bill 331.
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Relating to debt cancellation contracts and debt suspension agreements.
Submitted by Department of Financial Institutions.
Report received from Agency, September 14, 2005.
Referred to committee on Housing and Financial Institutions, September 15, 2005.
Relating to incidental powers activity authority parity with federal credit unions.
Submitted by Department of Financial Institutions.
Report received from Agency, September 14, 2005.
Referred to committee on Housing and Financial Institutions, September 15, 2005.
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Senate amendment 1 to Senate Joint Resolution 21 offered by Senator Breske.
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The Chief Clerk makes the following entries dated Friday, September 16, 2005.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 334
Relating to: driver licenses and identification cards for aliens.
By
Senators
Leibham, A. Lasee, Cowles, Lassa, Grothman, Olsen, Reynolds, Roessler, Kanavas and Lazich; cosponsored by Representatives Pettis, Vos, Kerkman, Suder, Hines, Vukmir, Nass, Kestell, Jeskewitz, Bies, Albers, Ott, Kreibich, Van Roy, Musser, Gunderson, Gard, Honadel, Vrakas, Hahn, McCormick, Freese, Gielow, Stone, F. Lasee, Lothian, Strachota, Ainsworth and Owens.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
Senate Bill 335
Relating to: the sale and distribution of elastic yo-yos and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Lassa and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Vruwink, Berceau, Seidel and Hahn.
To committee on Job Creation, Economic Development and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 336
Relating to: creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for amounts contributed to any section 529 college tuition program account.
By
Senators
S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Harsdorf, A. Lasee, Reynolds, Stepp, Lassa and Lazich; cosponsored by Representatives Jensen, Gunderson, Bies, Ballweg, Albers, Hines, Gundrum, Gronemus, Krawczyk, Lothian, LeMahieu, McCormick, Petrowski, Rhoades, Townsend, Wood and Kreibich.
To joint committee on Finance.
Senate Bill 337
Relating to: extending the sales and use tax exemption for natural gas and electricity sold for residential use.
By
Senators
Carpenter, A. Lasee, Lassa, Hansen and Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Musser, Zepnick, F. Lasee, Molepske, Black and Seidel.
