The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 19; noes, 14; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Adelman, Andrea, Breske, Buettner, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Darling, Decker, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, Jauch, Moen, Moore, Panzer, C. Potter, Risser, Rosenzweig and Wineke - 19.
Noes - Senators Cowles, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, George, A. Lasee, Petak, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Weeden, Welch and Zien - 14.
Absent or not voting - None.
Rejected.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Ellis, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 658
Read a third time and concurred in.
Assembly Bill 707
Relating to: criminal damage to certain property.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Ellis, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 707
Read a third time and concurred in.
Assembly Bill 728
Relating to: water and sewer rate increases by certain municipally owned utilities, providing an exemption from rule-making procedures and granting rule-making authority.
Read a second time.
Senator Ellis, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Bill 728 be referred to the Joint Committee on Finance.
Senator Ellis, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Bill 930 be withdrawn from the committee on Transportation, Agriculture and Local Affairs and taken up at this time.
Assembly Bill 930
Relating to: the maximum permissible length of a semitrailer designed to transport livestock.
Read a second time.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator Ellis, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 930
Read a third time and concurred in.
Senator Ellis, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 559 be referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Referred.
Senator Ellis, with unanimous consent, asked that all action be immediately messaged to the Assembly.
The Chair with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate return to the third order of business.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 636
Relating to: the development zone program, development zones tax credits and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Petak, Schultz, Rude, Welch, Zien and Rosenzweig; cosponsored by Representatives Albers, Brandemuehl and Freese, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson.
To committee on Business, Economic Development and Urban Affairs.
Senate Bill 637
Relating to: various changes in the laws regulating state printing; legislative document production and distribution; production, maintenance, distribution and sale of WisLaw; production, maintenance, distribution and sale of the Blue Book and other publications of the legislative reference bureau in computer-readable format; retitling of the Wisconsin Statutes; copyrighting of editorial material in the Wisconsin Statutes and Annotations, WisLaw and the Blue Book; computer data bases containing the Wisconsin Statutes and Annotations and the Blue Book; the price of the Wisconsin Statutes and Annotations; information concerning corrections to the Wisconsin Statutes and WisLaw; and access to certain public records in electronic format and computer data bases used to produce such records.
By
Senators
Rude and Panzer; cosponsored by Representatives Prosser and Nass
.
To joint committee on Information Policy.
Senate Bill 638
Relating to: position authorizations for the office of the commissioner of railroads.
By
Senators
Rude and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Brancel and Prosser
.
To joint committee on Finance.
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By Charles Sanders, chief clerk.
Mr. President:
I am directed to inform you that the Assembly has passed and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Bill 721
Assembly Bill 779
Assembly Bill 814
Assembly Bill 830
Assembly Bill 831
Assembly Bill 832
Assembly Bill 848
Assembly Bill 850
Assembly Bill 918
Assembly Bill 923
Assembly Bill 934
Assembly Bill 961
Adopted and asks concurrence in:
Assembly Joint Resolution 89
Senate Bill 256
Senate Bill 325
Senate Bill 440
Senate Bill 529
Amended and concurred in as amended:
Senate Bill 270
Assembly amendment 1 to Assembly amendment 1, Assembly amendment 1, Assembly amendment 4, Assembly amendment 5 adopted
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Assembly Bill
721
Relating to: discovery in criminal cases.
By Representatives Huber, Klusman, Murat, Green, Goetsch, Grobschmidt, Ladwig, Duff, Springer, Dobyns, Freese, Hanson, Walker, Schneiders, Plache, F. Lasee, Brandemuehl, Ainsworth, Olsen, Gunderson, Otte, Lehman, Nass, Lazich and Powers; cosponsored by Senators Burke, Darling, Buettner and Decker
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary.
Assembly Bill
779
Relating to: various changes in the provisions regarding police relief associations.
By Representatives Krusick, Boyle, Freese, Goetsch, Gunderson, La Fave, F. Lasee, Lehman, Lorge, Kreuser, Jensen, Musser and Schneiders; cosponsored by Senators Grobschmidt and Buettner
.
Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance.
Assembly Bill
814
Relating to: exemption of certain wards established by cities from minimum population requirements.
By Representatives Schneider and Walker; cosponsored by Senator Shibilski
, by request of The City of Wisconsin Rapids.
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation, Agriculture and Local Affairs.
Assembly Bill
830
Relating to: permissible finance charges and other charges for open-end credit plans under the Wisconsin consumer act.
