Senate Bill 1
Relating to: various changes in the campaign finance law, the composition of the elections board, issuance of certain rulings by the division of hearings and appeals of the department of administration, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority and providing penalties.
Read a second time.
Senate amendment 2 to Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 1 offered by Senators Plache, Clausing, Grobschmidt, C. Potter, Breske, Wirch, Shibilski, Chvala, Moen, Risser, Burke, Moore, Jauch, Decker and Wineke.
Senate amendment 3 to Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 1 offered by Senators C. Potter and Grobschmidt.
Senate amendment 4 to Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 1 offered by Senator Risser.
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Senator Chvala, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate stand informal until 2:22 P.M..
2:21 P.M.
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2:22 P.M.
The Senate reconvened.
Senator Rude in the chair.
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Senator Welch, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 1 be referred to committee on Senate Organization.
Referred.
Senate Bill 3
Relating to: excluding agricultural transactions from provisions of the Wisconsin consumer act.
Read a second time.
Senate substitute amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3 offered by Senator Chvala.
Senate amendment 2 to Senate Bill 3 offered by Senator Chvala.
Senator Ellis, with unanimous consent, asked that Senate Bill 3 be laid on the table.
Senator Ellis, with unanimous consent, asked that Assembly Bill 3 be withdrawn and taken up at this time.
Assembly Bill 3
Relating to: excluding agricultural transactions from provisions of the Wisconsin consumer act.
Read a second time.
Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 3 offered by Senator Chvala.
Senator Shibilski moved rejection of Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 3.
The question was: Rejection of Senate amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 3?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 19; noes, 14; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Cowles, Darling, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, Huelsman, A. Lasee, Lazich, Panzer, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Weeden, Welch and Zien - 19.
Noes - Senators Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Decker, George, Grobschmidt, Jauch, Moen, Moore, Plache, C. Potter, Risser, Wineke and Wirch - 14.
Absent or not voting - None.
Rejected.
Senate amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 3 offered by Senator Decker.
Senator Schultz moved rejection of Senate amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 3.
The question was: Rejection of Senate amendment 2 to Assembly Bill 3?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 21; noes, 12; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
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Ayes - Senators Breske, Cowles, Darling, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, Huelsman, A. Lasee, Lazich, Panzer, Plache, C. Potter, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Weeden, Welch and Zien - 21.
Noes - Senators Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Decker, George, Grobschmidt, Jauch, Moen, Moore, Risser, Wineke and Wirch - 12.
Absent or not voting - None.
Rejected.
Senate amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 3 offered by Senators Decker and Clausing.
Senator Shibilski moved rejection of Senate amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 3.
The question was: Rejection of Senate amendment 3 to Assembly Bill 3?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 19; noes, 14; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Cowles, Darling, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, Huelsman, A. Lasee, Lazich, Panzer, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Weeden, Welch and Zien - 19.
Noes - Senators Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Decker, George, Grobschmidt, Jauch, Moen, Moore, Plache, C. Potter, Risser, Wineke and Wirch - 14.
Absent or not voting - None.
Rejected.
Senate amendment 4 to Assembly Bill 3 offered by Senator Decker.
Senator Schultz moved rejection of Senate amendment 4 to Assembly Bill 3.
The question was: Rejection of Senate amendment 4 to Assembly Bill 3?
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 20; noes, 13; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Cowles, Darling, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, Huelsman, A. Lasee, Lazich, Panzer, Plache, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Weeden, Welch and Zien - 20.
Noes - Senators Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Decker, George, Grobschmidt, Jauch, Moen, Moore, C. Potter, Risser, Wineke and Wirch - 13.
Absent or not voting - None.
Rejected.
Senate substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 3 offered by Senator Chvala.
Senator Schultz moved rejection of Senate substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 3.
The question was: Rejection of Senate substitute amendment 1 to Assembly Bill 3?
Rejected.
Ordered to a third reading.
Senator A. Lasee, with unanimous consent, asked that the bill be considered for final action at this time.
Assembly Bill 3
Read a third time.
The ayes and noes were demanded and the vote was: ayes, 23; noes, 10; absent or not voting, 0; as follows:
Ayes - Senators Breske, Cowles, Darling, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Farrow, Fitzgerald, George, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, A. Lasee, Lazich, Panzer, Plache, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Weeden, Welch, Wineke and Zien - 23.
Noes - Senators Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Decker, Jauch, Moen, Moore, C. Potter, Risser and Wirch - 10.
Absent or not voting - None.
Concurred in.
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The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate stand informal until 3:58 P.M..
3:56 P.M.
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3:58 P.M.
The Senate reconvened.
Senator Rude in the chair.
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The Chair, with unanimous consent, introduced Tzipora Rimon the Consul General of Israel to the Midwest.
Tzipora Rimon was born, raised and educated in Israel. While serving in the Israel Defense Forces she reached the rank of Captain and specialized in instructional work with the Women's Corps. Ms. Rimon received a BA in Economics, majoring in international trade from Hebrew University.
In 1975 Ms. Rimon joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Among her broad range of expertise is Israel's economic relations with the United States and Europe, and matters concerning the World Trade Organization. She is also a graduate of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade';s special course for civil servants dealing with international trade and trade legislation.
In 1979 and 1980 Ms. Rimon participated in the United Nations General Assembly as a member of the Israeli delegation.
Ms. Rimon has served in Israel's Embassies in Copenhagen and Lisbon with responsibilities covering political, information and cultural affairs. Between 1990 and 1994 she was Minister-Counselor at the Israel Embassy in Rome and Israel's Permanent Representative to the UN's Food and Agricultural Organization. She also served as Israel's representative at the International Fund for Agricultural Development and the World Food Program.
Since 1994 Ms. Rimon has filled the position of divisional director in the Ministry's Economic Department, working with Jordan, Egypt, the Palestinian Authority and the Gulf States. She has also participated in the Regional Economic Development Working Group the multilateral track of the Mid East peace talks as well as in discussions and negotiations on bilateral and multilateral trade issues.
Ms. Rimon was appointed Consul General of Israel to the Midwest region of the United States in August, 1997.
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the Senate move to the twelfth order of business.
