The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Brian Rude, President of the Senate.
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the proper entries be made in the journal.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 221
Relating to: fraud offenses involving evidence of motor vehicle registration, operating a motor vehicle having a suspended, revoked or canceled registration and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Petak, Huelsman, Panzer, Andrea and Burke; cosponsored by Representatives Otte, Green, Goetsch, Brandemuehl, Schneiders, Freese, Gard, Musser, Duff, Lehman, Albers, Ainsworth, Ladwig, Nass, Vrakas, Kaufert, Silbaugh, Hahn, Lorge, Grothman, Kreibich, Skindrud, Kelso, Owens, Olsen, F. Lasee, Ryba, La Fave, Boyle, Huber and Plombon
.
To committee on Transportation, Agriculture and Local Affairs.
Senate Bill 222
Relating to: studying the feasibility of contracting out the operation of the medical assistance program.
By
Senators
Leean, Ellis and Rude, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on Health, Human Services and Aging.
Senate Bill 223
Relating to: the adoption of a nonmarital child, the readoption of a foreign adoptive child, county adoption services and the state adoption center.
By
Senators
Leean, Ellis and Rude, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on Health, Human Services and Aging.
Senate Bill 224
Relating to: permanency plan review panel annual reports.
By
Senators
Leean, Ellis and Rude, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on Health, Human Services and Aging.
Senate Bill 225
Relating to: revision of child support by affidavit.
By
Senators
Leean, Ellis and Rude, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on Judiciary.
Senate Bill 226
Relating to: voluntary acknowledgment of paternity.
By
Senators
Leean, Ellis and Rude, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on Judiciary.
Senate Bill 227
Relating to: a study on limiting licenses for failure to pay child or family support.
By
Senators
Leean, Ellis and Rude, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on Judiciary.
Senate Bill 228
Relating to: school district employe performance recognition plans.
By
Senators
Leean, Ellis and Rude, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on Education and Financial Institutions.
Senate Bill 229
Relating to: involuntary termination of parental rights on the grounds of abandonment, continuing alcohol or other drug abuse; child abuse, failure to assume parental responsibility and conviction for homicide of a child's sibling; required findings in a termination of parental rights order; and various termination of parental rights procedural changes.
By
Senators
Leean, Ellis and Rude, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on Judiciary.
Senate Bill 230
Relating to: criminal background investigations of certain persons who provide care for children.
By
Senators
Leean, Ellis and Rude, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on Judiciary.
Senate Bill 231
Relating to: the adoption of children with special needs and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Leean, Ellis and Rude, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on Health, Human Services and Aging.
Senate Bill 232
Relating to: increasing the number of circuit court branches.
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By
Senators
Huelsman, Breske, Buettner, Chvala, Decker, Drzewiecki, Fitzgerald, C. Potter, Risser, Rude and Wineke; cosponsored by Representatives Huebsch, Ainsworth, Dobyns, Foti, Gard, Hahn, Hanson, Huber, F. Lasee, Lorge, Meyer, Nass, Ott, Ourada, Owens, Plombon, Ryba, Springer, Travis, Ward, Wilder and Zukowski, by request of Director of State Courts.
To committee on Judiciary.
Senate Bill 233
Relating to: establishing a minority health board, creating a program of grants to improve the health status of economically disadvantaged minority group members and making appropriations.
By
Senators
Moore, Burke, George, Risser, Darling and Farrow; cosponsored by Representatives Morris-Tatum, Cullen, L. Young, Turner, Riley, Baldwin, Boyle and Bock
.
To committee on Health, Human Services and Aging.
Senate Bill 234
Relating to: the purchase of used home furnishings by antique dealers and recyclers and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Moore, Burke, Darling and Rosenzweig; cosponsored by Representatives Riley, Morris-Tatum, R. Young, Turner, Notestein and Bock
.
To committee on Business, Economic Development and Urban Affairs.
Senate Bill 235
Relating to: allowing checkoffs of retirement annuities to be paid for membership dues or donations to labor organizations, professional organizations, affiliated retiree organizations and charitable organizations, granting rule-making authority and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Rude, Panzer, Risser and Breske; cosponsored by Representatives Baldwin, Musser, Albers, Riley, Plache, Huber, R. Potter, Wilder, Meyer, Ryba, Baldus, Cullen, Hasenohrl, Wirch, Boyle and Turner, by request of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and the Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin
.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
Senate Bill 236
Relating to: expanding beyond the walls at Green Bay correctional institution.
By
Senators
Leean, Ellis and Rude, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on State Government Operations and Corrections.
Senate Bill 237
Relating to: appraisal of and payment for animals that are destroyed because of infectious diseases, livestock remedies, violations of animal health laws, granting rule-making authority and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Leean, Ellis and Rude, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on Transportation, Agriculture and Local Affairs.
Senate Bill 238
Relating to: private operation and ownership of the state centers for the developmentally disabled.
By
Senators
Leean, Ellis and Rude, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on Health, Human Services and Aging.
Senate Bill 239
Relating to: a report on the statewide immunization program.
By
Senators
Leean, Ellis and Rude, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on Health, Human Services and Aging.
Senate Bill 240
Relating to: regulating rural medical centers, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation and providing penalties.
By
Senators
Leean, Ellis and Rude, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on Health, Human Services and Aging.
Senate Bill 241
