Tuesday, January 28, 1997
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Third Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Fred Risser.
The roll was called and the following Senators answered to their names:
Senators Adelman, Breske, Buettner, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, George, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, Jauch, A. Lasee, Moen, Moore, Panzer, Plache, C. Potter, Risser, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Weeden, Welch, Wineke, Wirch and Zien - 33.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - None.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Breske led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Read and referred:
Senate Joint Resolution 7
Relating to: eliminating the constitutional authorizations for pari-mutuel on-track betting and the state lottery beginning on January 1, 2005 (first consideration).
By
Senators
Risser and Welch; cosponsored by Representatives La Fave, Plouff, Black, Springer, R. Young, Ward, Grothman and Baldwin.
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 25
Relating to: the school aid distribution schedule.
By
Senators
Plache and Moen; cosponsored by Representatives Ladwig, J. Lehman, Turner, Notestein, Meyer, Black, Ryba, Baldwin, Musser, Grothman, R. Young and Seratti.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 26
Relating to: ordinances that prohibit truancy and habitual truancy and authorize suspension of the operating privilege of a person under 18 years of age if he or she drops out of school.
By
Senators
Plache, Buettner and Moen; cosponsored by Representatives Ladwig, Turner, J. Lehman, Krusick, Olsen and Plale.
To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 27
Relating to: permitting certain individuals to make written requests for medication for the purpose of ending their lives, and providing penalties.
By
Senators
Risser and Jauch; cosponsored by Representatives Boyle, Baldwin and Kunicki.
To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 28
Relating to: restricting the Milwaukee parental choice program to nonsectarian private schools.
By
Senators
Wineke and Moen; cosponsored by Representatives R. Young, Meyer, Hanson and La Fave.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 29
Relating to: discontinuing the property tax exemption for governmental property that is leased and which the lessee uses as a country club.
By
Senators
Wineke, Decker, Moen and Weeden; cosponsored by Representatives R. Young, Turner, Baldwin, Albers and Otte.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Senate Bill 30
Relating to: providing a penalty of either death or life imprisonment for the first-degree intentional homicide of a child younger than 16 years old, affecting parole eligibility and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senators
A. Lasee, Fitzgerald, Drzewiecki, Huelsman, Zien, Welch and Buettner; cosponsored by Representatives Kaufert, Ladwig, Brandemuehl, Musser, Foti, Handrick, Owens, Green, Dobyns, Kreibich, Hoven and Ott.
To committee on Judiciary, Campaign Finance Reform and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 31
Relating to: the requirements for receiving an automatic joint survivor death benefit under the Wisconsin retirement system.
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By
Senators
Grobschmidt, C. Potter, Rude, Risser, Buettner, Plache, Fitzgerald, Shibilski, Moen and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives
Hanson, Ott, Travis, Musser, Dobyns, Huber, Notestein, Boyle, Turner, Ziegelbauer, R. Young, Plale, Kreuser, Springer, Baldwin, Gronemus, Black, Hasenohrl, Ryba, Brandemuehl, Murat, Meyer and Lorge.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
Senate Bill 32
Relating to: the 5-year vesting requirement to receive an annuity under the Wisconsin retirement system.
By
Senators
Grobschmidt, Risser, Wirch, Buettner and Plache; cosponsored by Representatives Notestein, Musser, Plale, Baumgart, Meyer, Springer, Riley, Huber, Seratti, Boyle, Powers, Baldwin, F. Lasee, Dobyns, R. Young, Murat and Hanson.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
Senate Bill 33
Relating to: the minimum number of persons required on train crews, granting rule-making authority and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Jauch, Wineke, Wirch, Schultz, Rude, Grobschmidt, Risser, C. Potter, Moore and George; cosponsored by Representatives Dobyns, Schneider, Ourada, Black, M. Lehman, Musser, Johnsrud, Ryba, Albers, Bock, Freese, Ziegelbauer, Hahn, Gunderson, Murat, Boyle, Vander Loop, Seratti, Baumgart, La Fave, Plale, Plouff, Meyer, Huber, Olsen, Baldwin, F. Lasee, Urban, Hanson, Hoven, Lorge, Powers, Schafer, Linton, Riley, Huebsch, Gronemus, L. Young, Zukowski, Kunicki and Travis.
To committee on Labor, Transportation and Financial Institutions.
Senate Bill 34
