Thursday, January 11, 1996
10:00 A.M.
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Brian Rude.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Adelman, Andrea, Breske, Buettner, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, George, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, Jauch, A. Lasee, Moen, Moore, Panzer, Petak, C. Potter, Risser, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Weeden, Welch, Wineke and Zien - 33.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - None.
The Senate stood for the prayer which was offered by Senator Gary Drzewiecki.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Shibilski 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 479
Relating to: allowing cities, villages and towns to issue Class "B" licenses to certain brewery employes.
By
Senators
Burke, Rosenzweig and Breske; cosponsored by Representatives Walker, Cullen, Riley and Grothman, by request of City of Milwaukee
.
To committee on Business, Economic Development and Urban Affairs.
Senate Bill 480
Relating to: claiming the lottery tax credit.
By
Senators
Moen, Rude, Burke, Breske and Drzewiecki; cosponsored by Representatives Musser, Harsdorf, Dobyns, L. Young and Hasenohrl
.
To committee on State Government Operations and Corrections.
Senate Bill 481
Relating to: prepayment fees for consumer credit transactions and for certain automobile loans.
By
Senators
Darling, Huelsman, Rosenzweig, C. Potter, Wineke, Shibilski, Panzer, Fitzgerald, Burke and Moore; cosponsored by Representatives Vrakas, Klusman, La Fave, Riley, Hoven, Gunderson, F. Lasee, Kaufert, Turner, Grothman and Plache
.
To committee on Education and Financial Institutions.
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The joint committee on Finance reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 441
Relating to: expanding requirements for a woman's informed consent for performance or inducement of an abortion and for consent to a minor's obtaining an abortion and providing a penalty.
Adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 11 - Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Petak, Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada, Harsdorf and Linton.
Noes, 4 - Senators Rosenzweig, George, Decker and Coggs.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 10 - Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Petak, Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Harsdorf.
Noes, 5 - Senators Rosenzweig, George, Decker, Linton and Coggs.
Senate Bill 408
Relating to: bonding authority for the University of Wisconsin System instructional technology improvements and granting bonding authority.
Passage.
Ayes, 14 - Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Petak, Rosenzweig, Decker, Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada, Harsdorf, Linton and Coggs.
Noes, 0 - None.
Timothy Weeden
Senate Chairperson
The committee on Human Resources, Labor, Tourism, Veterans and Military Affairs reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 40
Relating to: requiring the payment of interest on escrow accounts on veteran mortgage loans.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Zien, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Breske and Decker.
Noes, 0 - None.
Speros
, Richard "Moose",
of Madison, as Secretary of the Department of Tourism, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Zien, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Breske and Decker.
Noes, 0 - None.
Relating to: changing the name of the division of emergency government in the department of military affairs to the division of emergency management and changing references to local emergency government agencies and personnel to emergency management agencies and personnel.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Zien, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Breske and Decker.
Noes, 0 - None.
David Zien
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Committee on Senate Organization
January 9, 1996
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
20, I have made the following appointment to a Senate Standing Committee:
To the committee on Education and Financial Institutions, Senator Gary Drzewiecki.
Sincerely,
Senator Michael Ellis
Chair
State of Wisconsin
January 9, 1996
The Honorable, The Senate:
This is to advise you that I am resigning from the Senate committee on Judiciary effective immediately.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Senator Gary Drzewiecki
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
January 9, 1995
To the Honorable the Senate:
At the direction of s.
13.685(7), Wisconsin Statutes, I am furnishing you with the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board that employ one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules, and notifying you of changes in the Ethics Board's records of licensed lobbyists and their employers. For each recently registered organization I have included the organization's description of the general area of legislative or administrative action that it attempts to influence and the name of each licensed lobbyist that the organization has authorized to act on its behalf.
Organization recently registered:
Below is the name of an organization recently registered with the Ethics Board as employing one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules.