Senate
Bill 264
Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 294
Relating to: supplemental funding for elderly nutrition programs and making appropriations.
Read a second time.
Senator Rude, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 294.
Senator Burke, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 294 be referred to the Joint Committee on Finance.
Senate Bill 300
Relating to: low-speed vehicles, granting rule-making authority and providing a penalty.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Senate
Bill 300
Read a third time and passed.
Senate Bill 335
Relating to: prescription drug assistance for elderly persons and making appropriations.
Read a second time.
Senator Burke, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 335 be referred to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Assembly Bill 448
Relating to: Vietnam veteran eligibility for veterans benefits.
Read a second time.
Senator Baumgart, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 322.
Senator Moore, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a cosponsor of Assembly Bill 448.
Senator Moore, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 335.
Senator Moore, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a coauthor of Senate Bill 264.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Moen, with unanimous consent, asked to be added as a cosponsor of Assembly Bill 448.
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Senator Moen, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 448
Read a third time and concurred in.
Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
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On Tuesday, January 25, 2000, the Senator from the 14th, Senator Welch, moved that the rules be suspended and that Senate Bill 273 be withdrawn from the Committee on Agriculture, Environmental Resources and Campaign Finance Reform and taken up at this time.
The Senator from the 16th raised a point of order that the motion was out of order at this time.
The Chair took the point of order under advisement.
Mason's Manual, Section 282(2) speaks to this circumstance. It reads in part:
"A motion to suspend the rule may be made either under the order of business of motions and resolutions or under the order of business which relates to the matter proposed to be considered under suspension of the rules".
The Senate has established a clear precedent over the past 20 years or more that motions to withdraw a proposal from committee are to be made under the 14th Order of Business, Motions may be offered. One of the most recent written rulings on this was in the 1982 session, when the Senator from the 14th, at that time, Senator Lorge, moved that Senate Bill 493 be withdrawn from committee and taken up immediately. A point of order was raised that the motion was not properly before the Senate. The Chair ruled the point well taken, based on previous rulings the precedent of the Senate was well established that motions to withdraw bills is restricted to the 14th order of business.
It is clear to the Chair, that although the general belief is that a motion to suspend the rules may be made at anytime, that is true only under the order of business which relates to the matter proposed to be considered. Mason's Manual, section 282(1) also states that a motion to suspend the rules may be made at anytime when no question is pending. The motion by the Senator from the 14th, was made while a question relating to Assembly Joint Resolution 48 was pending. Also, the motion related to a Senate Bill. Senate bills are considered under the 11th Order of Business, the Senate was on the 12th Order of Business when the motion was entered.
The precedent of the Senate is very clear, motions related to the withdrawal of proposals from committee are to be made on the 14th Order of Business. The motion offered by the Senator from the 14th was not in compliance with Section 282 of Mason's Manual, now therefore, it is the opinion of the Chair that the point of order raised by the Senator from the 16th, Senator Chvala, is well taken.
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Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor and memory of Joseph Francis Chvala who passed away on January 1, 2000 at Rest Haven Health Care Center with his wife Eileen at his side. Joseph was born on December 20, 1920 in Prentice, Wisconsin to Joseph and Anna Chvala. His parents were of Bohemian and German descent. Joe was the second youngest of six children; Frank, Ted, Beatrice, Clarabelle and John. Growing up in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, he attended St. Mary's grade school and went on to graduate from Tomahawk High School. He was an athlete - a part of the championship basketball team and he was well liked by his peers - they elected him class president. After graduating from high school, Joe went on to the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh for 2 years. He was a good student there and was elected Student Body President and was a member of the football team. In 1942 he joined the United States Navy Air Force in World War II. He was stationed in England. From the bases he would fly B-24 bombers doing submarine patrol over the Bay of Biscay. He flew 33 missions including flying with Joseph Kennedy, brother of President John F. Kennedy, and once landing a badly damaged plane. For his service there he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross. Coming back to the United States he returned to college, this time attending the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He completed his Bachelor of Arts and went on to attend the Law School which he graduated from in 1949. It was there that he met his wife. Always a family man, Joe started his own family by marrying Eileen Drunasky on October 20, 1951 at the Sacred Hearts Church in Sun Prairie. Eileen was then a teacher and the happy couple went to New Orleans for their honeymoon. When they returned, Joe began work at American Family Insurance. He worked his way up to and served as Vice President of Operations until 1987. During these years, the Chvala family grew. Eileen and Joe have six children, John, JoAnna, Kathleen, Robert, Ellen and Carol. Kathy passed in May of 1999. Joe and his family went on vacations in Tomahawk where he and Jack built a cottage upon returning from World War II. He and Eileen later built a cottage next door in 1989. Joe traveled all over the world; he visited all 50 states. he especially enjoyed Alaska, Gulf Shores, Alabama, and Bonita Beach, Florida. Outside of the United States, he went back to England to tour the country, Scotland, Ireland and Czechoslovakia. Other travels include Egypt, Japan, Mexico and Spain. People often speak about how active Joe has always been; he golfed, bowled, played bridge, went cross-country skiing and swimming. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus. Even when Joe retired from American Family Insurance, he practiced law with the firm of Boushea, Johnson and Chvala.
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Senator Panzer, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in memory and honor of Wanda A. Roever a long time family friend. Wanda A. Roever, nee Taggart, 63, of Slinger died Thursday, Jan. 27, 2000 at St. Joseph's Community Hospital of West Bend. She was born June 21, 1936, in Manawa to Robert and Evelyn (nee Kostrzak) Taggart, and married John T. "Jack" Roever on August 31, 1957 in Manawa, she attended Little Wolf High School and was a graduate of the Class of 1954. She then attended UW-Oshkosh for four years, graduating in 1958 with a BS Degree in Education. She did post-graduate work at the University of Toronto Canada, UW-Milwaukee and Carroll College of Waukesha, completing her Master's Degree. Her Master's Degree was awarded in Carl Orff Method of Music Education. After marriage, the couple lived in Wauwatosa, where she taught in the Elmbrook School District. The couple finally settled in Washington County in 1965. She was a newspaper reporter for the West Bend Daily News. In 1972, she became treasurer for the town of Polk for 10 years. She then became the State Director for the U.S. Senate for Sen. Robert W. Kasten for 12 years, retiring in 1993. Afterward, she devoted herself to volunteer activities as the Washington County Representative for the Southeast Regional Health Planning Commission and the Washington County Humane Society. She was presently active with the Republican Party of Washington County, the Wisconsin Sesquicentennial Committee of Washington County, the vice-chair of the Washington County Civil Service Commission and chairperson for the Wisconsin Medical Examining Board. A member of St. Peter's Catholic Church of Slinger, she was a devoted wife, mother and daughter who loved plants and flowers.
Senator Clausing, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the Chippewa Valley Rally 2000 and the 78 representatives that will be in Madison for the rally February 2.
Senator Drzewiecki, with unanimous consent, asked that when the Senate adjourn, it do so in honor of the Pulaski Red Raiders who took first place in the Red Raider Wrestling Invitational out of 10 teams.
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Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate adjourn until Wednesday, February 2 at 10:00 A.M..
Adjourned.
12:19 P.M.
