Passage as amended.
Ayes, 13 - Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Petak, Rosenzweig, Decker, Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Harsdorf.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 521
Relating to: grants for nonprofit conservation organizations and making an appropriation.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 14 - Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Petak, Rosenzweig, Decker, Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada, Harsdorf and Coggs.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 11 - Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Petak, Rosenzweig, Decker, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Coggs.
Noes, 3 - Senators Brancel, Foti and Harsdorf.
Senate Bill 540
Relating to: the child care worker loan repayment assistance program; issuing bonds to finance certain child care centers; authorizing school boards to contract with day care centers; requesting the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System to prepare certain written reports containing information about child care services in this state; early childhood councils; requiring the department of industry, labor and human relations to promulgate rules permitting children under the age of 24 months to be provided care on a floor other than the first floor or ground floor of a group day care center; requiring the department of health and social services to promulgate rules which establish requirements that county departments of human services or social services must follow in establishing and maintaining waiting lists for state-allocated day care funds; requiring the secretary of health and social services to submit to the legislature a proposal which will ensure that safe and affordable child care is available for all children of low-income parents upon replacement of the aid to families with dependent children program and a proposal for the consolidation of all child care programs administered by the department of health and social services under a uniform automated voucher system; requiring the department of health and social services to promulgate rules that establish the requirements for obtaining and procedure for granting exemptions to the outdoor play space requirements under the administrative rules Relating to group day care centers and family day care homes; granting rulemaking authority; and making appropriations.
Introduction and adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 13 - Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Petak, Rosenzweig, Decker, Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Harsdorf.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 13 - Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Petak, Rosenzweig, Decker, Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Harsdorf.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 565
S705
Relating to: recovery of enforcement costs by the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection in drainage district cases; transferring responsibility for administration of the Wisconsin consumer act; transferring responsibility for supporting the uniform commercial code statewide lien system; correcting references in certain appropriations of the department of financial institutions; the number of unclassified division administrator positions in the department of financial institutions; reversion of transferred funds to the Wisconsin development fund; minority business early planning projects; renumbering the appropriation for administrative services for regulation of industry, safety and
buildings; the Milwaukee parental choice program; waiver of relocation payments and services when property is acquired by an entity vested with the power of eminent domain; collection of certain fees by the employment relations commission; payment of principal and interest on bonds issued for the clean water fund program; purses for horse races and pari-mutuel tax for simulcast races; establishing a Mendota juvenile treatment center; a plan to assure continued funding for the mental health institutes; transferring an appropriation for principal repayment and interest from the department of industry, labor and job development to the department of health and family services; changing references to low-income and at-risk child care funding; state involvement with certain municipal boundary changes; refunding of municipal bonds; a performance evaluation audit of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; the initial period of the lease agreement and affiliation agreement between the University of Wisconsin System and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; the contractual services agreement between the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Board and the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; storage and management of records of the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority; applicability of municipal ordinances and regulations to certain buildings, structures and facilities constructed for the benefit or use of local professional baseball park districts; changing the name of the Kickapoo valley governing board; the effective date and initial applicability of adjustments in certain lobbying regulation fees; railroad stockholder reports; granting rulemaking authority; and making and decreasing appropriations.
Introduction of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 14 - Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Rosenzweig, Decker, Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada, Harsdorf, Linton and Coggs.
Noes, 0 - None.
Adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 13 - Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Petak, Rosenzweig, Decker, Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Harsdorf.
Noes, 2 - Senators Linton and Coggs.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 13 - Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Petak, Rosenzweig, Decker, Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Harsdorf.
Noes, 2 - Senators Linton and Coggs.
Senate Bill 614
Relating to: regulation and supervision by the public service commission of a metropolitan sewerage district established by a lst class city, the sale or lease of metropolitan sewerage district assets under certain circumstances, authorizing the dissolution of a metropolitan sewerage district, distribution of excess reserves of a district, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation and providing penalties.
Introduction and adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 14 - Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Petak, Rosenzweig, Decker, Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada, Harsdorf and Coggs.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 10 - Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Harsdorf.
Noes, 4 - Senators Petak, Rosenzweig, Decker and Coggs.
Senate Bill 615
Relating to: transferring the duty and authority to provide child welfare services in Milwaukee County from the Milwaukee County department of social services to the department of health and family services and making appropriations.
Introduction and adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 14 - Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Petak, Rosenzweig, Decker, Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada, Harsdorf and Coggs.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 14 - Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Petak, Rosenzweig, Decker, Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada, Harsdorf and Coggs.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 623
Relating to: providing for treatment and services for persons who are found to be sexually violent persons and placed under supervised release, services to inmates and making appropriations.
Passage.
Ayes, 12 - Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Panzer, Petak, Rosenzweig, Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada and Harsdorf.
Noes, 1 - Senator Decker.
Senate Bill 635
Relating to: the awarding of grants to area health education centers and making an appropriation.
Passage.
Ayes, 13 - Senators Weeden, Schultz, Panzer, Petak, Rosenzweig, Decker, Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada, Harsdorf and Coggs.
Noes, 1 - Senator Cowles.
Senate Bill 643
Relating to: the expenditure of $775,000 from the general fund for payment of a claim against the state made by the city of Superior.
Passage.
Ayes, 13 - Senators Weeden, Schultz, Cowles, Petak, Rosenzweig, Decker, Brancel, Foti, Porter, Schneiders, Ourada, Harsdorf and Linton.
Noes, 0 - None.
Timothy Weeden
Senate Chairperson
The committee on Human Resources, Labor, Tourism, Veterans and Military Affairs reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 556
Relating to: interest and penalty waivers for certain payments made to national guard technicians.
Introduction and adoption of Senate substitute amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Zien, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Breske and Decker.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Zien, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Breske and Decker.
Noes, 0 - None.
Relating to: arrest and conviction record discrimination.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Zien, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Breske and Decker.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Zien, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Breske and Decker.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 632
Relating to: eligibility for veterans programs; defining service in the Balkan area; exemption of veterans cemeteries from certain requirements; acquisition of home loan revenue bonds; delaying the expiration dates of operator's licenses and motor vehicle registration of certain active-duty U.S. armed forces personnel; extending eligibility and employer contributions toward premium payments for health insurance coverage under the state health insurance plan for certain state and authority employes who are serving in the Balkan area; creating an individual income tax exemption for pay received from the federal government by certain members of the armed forces participating in Operation Balkan Endeavor; abating the interest and penalties otherwise due on certain tax returns for certain members of the military; exempting certain members of the armed forces participating in Operation Balkan Endeavor or a successor operation from interest otherwise due for filing income tax returns after April 15, 1996; and making an appropriation.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators Zien, A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Breske and Decker.
Noes, 0 - None.
David Zien
Chairperson
The committee on Insurance reports and recommends: