Tuesday, February 22, 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 Senator David Zien.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Risser led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 71
Relating to: recovery in cases involving wrongful birth or wrongful life.
By
Senators
Kedzie, Reynolds, Roessler, Kanavas, Schultz, S. Fitzgerald, Stepp, Cowles, Kapanke, Leibham, Lazich and Grothman; cosponsored by Representatives Hines, Suder, Lothian, Kleefisch, Gundrum, Nischke, Kestell, LeMahieu, Towns, Hahn, Freese, Gielow, Wood, Petrowski, Van Roy, Kreibich, J. Fitzgerald, Nass, Strachota, Pridemore, Ott, Bies, Albers, Gottlieb, Gunderson, Vrakas, Stone, McCormick, Ballweg, Montgomery and Krawczyk.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
Senate Bill 72
Relating to: prohibiting an organization or affiliate of an organization that engages in abortion-related activities from receiving certain public funds, prohibiting an organization that receives certain public funds from using other public and private funds for abortion-related activities, specifying restrictions on affiliation between certain organizations, changing the types of information that may be provided by organizations that receive the funds, changing requirements related to the maternal and child health program and family planning services, and requiring audits.
By
Senators
Leibham, Kanavas, Roessler, Reynolds, Kedzie, Lazich, Cowles, Zien, Grothman, S. Fitzgerald and A. Lasee; cosponsored by Representatives Suder, Kleefisch, Petrowski, Hines, Van Roy, Gundrum, Hahn, Freese, Kerkman, Nass, LeMahieu, Bies, Owens, Hundertmark, Wood, Albers, J. Fitzgerald, Mursau, Pridemore, Ott, Kreibich, Gunderson, Honadel, Nischke, Towns, Kestell, Meyer, Gielow, McCormick, Krawczyk and Loeffelholz.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
Senate Bill 73
Relating to: creating the option to make an anatomical gift as part of a living will and eliminating the designation of a specific physician to perform transplantation.
By
Senators
Roessler, Brown, Cowles, Olsen, Miller, Wirch, Robson and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Hundertmark, Strachota, Ballweg, Krawczyk, Kerkman, Townsend, Lehman, Bies, Van Roy, Hines, Hahn, Gronemus, Musser, Stone, Vruwink, Seidel, Wasserman, Boyle, Berceau, Gielow, Kreibich, Vrakas and Gunderson.
To committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care.
Senate Bill 74
Relating to: notification of the state regarding a medical malpractice claim.
By
Senator
Risser
; cosponsored by Representatives Jensen, Hines, Pocan, Berceau and Lehman.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
Senate Bill 75
Relating to: fees charged by notary publics.
By
Senators
Risser and Taylor; cosponsored by Representative Pocan
.
To committee on Judiciary, Corrections and Privacy.
Senate Bill 76
Relating to: eligibility for academic excellence higher education scholarships.
By
Senators
Risser and Erpenbach; cosponsored by Representatives Gronemus, Hahn, Towns and Albers.
To committee on Higher Education and Tourism.
Senate Bill 77
Relating to: prohibiting the erection of certain new off-premises outdoor advertising signs along interstate and federal-aid primary highways.
By
Senators
Risser, Carpenter and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Black, Boyle, Benedict, Lehman and Pope-Roberts.
To committee on Natural Resources and Transportation.
The committee on Health, Children, Families, Aging and Long Term Care reports and recommends:
Baier
, Bruce,
of Brown Deer, as a member of the Hearing and Speech Examining Board, for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Roessler, Darling, Brown, Erpenbach and Carpenter.
Noes, 0 - None.
Egan
, David,
of Kenosha, as a member of the Nursing Home Administrator Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2007.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Roessler, Darling, Brown, Erpenbach and Carpenter.
Noes, 0 - None.
Osborn
, Sandra,
of Verona, as a member of the Medical Examining Board, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2008.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Roessler, Darling, Brown, Erpenbach and Carpenter.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 22
Relating to: the number of deputy coroners that may be appointed by a coroner and the appointment of a chief deputy coroner.
Passage.
