Senators Carpenter, Coggs, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Ellis, Erpenbach, S. Fitzgerald, Grothman, Hansen, Harsdorf, Holperin, Hopper, Jauch, Kanavas, Kapanke, Kedzie, Kreitlow, A. Lasee, Lassa, Lazich, Lehman, Leibham, Miller, Olsen, Plale, Risser, Robson, Schultz, Sullivan, Vinehout and Wirch - 32.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - Senator Taylor - 1.
The Senate stood for the prayer which was offered by Wilfrid Cleveland, President of the Ho-Chunk Nation, from Black River Falls.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Plale led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that Senator Taylor be granted a leave of absence for today's session.
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Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 291 offered by Senator Erpenbach.
Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 399 offered by Senator Kreitlow.
Senate amendment 1 to Senate Bill 431 offered by Senator Risser.
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The committee on Senate Organization reports:
Referred to the joint committee on
Finance, pursuant to Senate Rule
41 (1)(e):
Senate Bill 406
Senate Bill 412
Senate Bill 447
Senate Bill 461
Senate Bill 514
Referred to, and withdrawn from, the joint committee on
Finance and made available for scheduling, pursuant to Senate Rule
41 (1)(e):
Senate Bill 463
Senate Bill 478
Made
Senate Bill
484
a special order at 12:05 P.M. on the Senate Calendar of Thursday, February 25, 2010.
Placed the following proposals on the Senate Calendar of Thursday
, February 25
, 2010:
Senate Bill 96
Senate Bill 374
Senate Bill 457
Senate Bill 463
Senate Bill 467
Senate Bill 471
Senate Bill 473
Senate Bill 478
Senate Bill 485
Senate Bill 486
Senate Bill 487
Senate Bill 488
Senate Bill 489
Senate Bill 490
Senate Bill 492
Senate Bill 507
Assembly Bill 261
Assembly Bill 375
Assembly Bill 471
Assembly Bill 562
Assembly Bill 568
Assembly Bill 569
Ayes: 5 - Senators Decker, Risser, Hansen, Fitzgerald and Grothman.
Noes: 0 - None.
RUSS DECKER
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Senate President
February 23
, 2010
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The Honorable, the Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
46 (2)(c), I am writing to inform you that I have directed the following proposal(s) to be withdrawn from committee and rereferred. I have obtained the consent of the appropriate standing committee chairperson and the chairperson of the committee on Senate Organization.
Senate Bill
477
, relating to
treatment of abandoned employee retirement accounts under a retirement system of a 1st class city, withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and referred to committee on Retirement Systems.
Sincerely,
FRED A. RISSER
Senate President
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Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Leibham added as a coauthor of
Senate Bill
463
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Senator Leibham added as a cosponsor of
Assembly Bill
519
.
Pursuant to Senate Rule 17 (5), Representative Nerison added as a cosponsor of
Senate Bill
536
.
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The committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue reports and recommends:
Relating to remote dispensing sites.
No action taken.
Jon Erpenbach
Chairperson
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Senator Decker, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate recess to attend the State of the Tribes Address in Joint Convention in the Assembly Chamber.
11:08 A.M.
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The Senate proceeded in a body to the Assembly Chamber to meet in Joint Convention to receive the State of the Tribes Address.
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The State of the Tribes Address was given by Lewis Taylor, the St. Croix Chippewa Tribal Chairman.
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2:30 P.M.
The Senate reconvened.
President Risser in the chair.
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