Tuesday, January 15, 2008
11:00 A.M.
Ninety-Eighth Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by President Risser.
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The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Breske, Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Roessler, Schultz, Sullivan, Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch - 32.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - Robson - 1.
The Senate stood for the prayer which was offered by Rev. Dr. David J. Berggren from our Saviors's Lutheran Church in Sun Prairie.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Kedzie led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 165 offered by Senator Hansen.
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Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator Robson be granted a leave of absence for today's session.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 80
Relating to: providing property tax relief to persons who have their principal dwelling in this state (first consideration).
By
Senators
Hansen, Breske, Wirch, Decker, Kreitlow, Jauch, Miller, Carpenter, Robson, Lassa, Erpenbach, Lehman and Coggs; cosponsored by Representatives Soletski, Hilgenberg, Sheridan, Pocan, Turner, Black, Berceau, Pope-Roberts, Seidel, Hebl, Boyle, Toles, Staskunas and Fields.
To committee on Tax Fairness and Family Prosperity.
Senate Bill 389
Relating to: replacing the term hearing aid with hearing instrument, creating new grounds for discipline of hearing instrument specialists, audiologists, and speech-language pathologists, changing the definition of audiology, and changing licensing requirements for audiologists, and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Vinehout, Kedzie, Coggs, Lehman, Taylor, Kapanke and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Newcomer, A. Ott, Zepnick, Sheridan, Townsend, Wasserman, Jorgensen, Bies, Kaufert and Mason.
To committee on Health, Human Services, Insurance, and Job Creation.
Senate Bill 390
Relating to: increasing the size of the city of Milwaukee Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, authorizing a panel of the board to decide certain cases, and the adjournment of a trial or investigation relating to charges brought against an officer.
By
Senators
Taylor, Plale and Grothman.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections, and Housing.
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The committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Biotechnology and Financial Institutions reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 298
Relating to: regulating foreclosure reconveyances and foreclosure consultants, staying certain eviction actions, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures, and providing a penalty.
Adoption of Senate Amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Sullivan, Coggs, Carpenter, Leibham and Kanavas.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Sullivan, Coggs, Carpenter, Leibham and Kanavas.
Noes, 0 - None.
Jim Sullivan
Chairperson
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Hahn added as a cosponsor of
Senate Bill
388
.
S503
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Sullivan added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
211
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Roessler added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
244
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Roessler added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
156
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Wirch added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
130
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Kanavas added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
116
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
116
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Vinehout added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
197
.
