Tuesday, May 25, 1999
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Fourth Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Jon Erpenbach.
The Chair, with unanimous consent, asked that the proper entries be made in the journal.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 171
Relating to: designating "Oh Wisconsin, Land of My Dreams" as the Wisconsin state ballad.
By
Senator
Schultz
; cosponsored by Representatives Albers, Spillner and Freese.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 172
Relating to: discharge or other retaliation or discrimination against an employe of a health care facility or a health care provider who reports a violation of the law or a violation of a clinical or ethical standard by the health care facility or health care provider or by an employe of the health care facility or health care provider and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
George, Robson, Baumgart, Burke, Cowles, Darling, Grobschmidt, Moen, Plache, Roessler and Rosenzweig; cosponsored by Representatives Underheim, Carpenter, Albers, Black, Bock, Boyle, Coggs, Colon, Cullen, Goetsch, Hahn, Hebl, Kelso, Kreuser, Krusick, La Fave, Ladwig, Lassa, J. Lehman, M. Lehman, Miller, Musser, Olsen, Pettis, Plouff, Pocan, Richards, Sinicki, Staskunas, Walker, Wasserman, Waukau and Ziegelbauer.
To committee on Judiciary and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 173
Relating to: committing certain crimes while possessing, using or threatening to use a firearm and providing penalties.
By
Senators
Welch, Darling, Drzewiecki, Schultz and A. Lasee; cosponsored by Representatives Suder, Pettis, Urban, Handrick, La Fave, F. Lasee, Hasenohrl, Ziegelbauer, Ladwig, Vrakas, Stone, Freese, Jeskewitz, Musser, Gunderson, Hundertmark and Seratti.
To committee on Judiciary and Consumer Affairs.
Senate Bill 174
Relating to: the compatibility of the offices of elected member of a local governing body and employe of a certain department of that unit of government.
By
Senators
Welch, Darling and Panzer; cosponsored by Representatives Hahn, Hundertmark, Stone, Musser, Albers, Olsen, Kreibich, Sykora and Grothman.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 175
Relating to: payment and amounts of fees for recounts of elections.
By
Senators
Welch, Farrow and Darling; cosponsored by Representatives Jensen, Musser, Albers, Goetsch, Seratti, Olsen, Brandemuehl, Hahn, Ladwig, Staskunas, Handrick, Freese, Stone, Gundrum, Porter, Owens, Gard, Sykora, Ainsworth and Kreibich.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 176
Relating to: interstate emergency management assistance compact.
By
Senators
Moen, Breske, Roessler, Clausing, Darling, Moore, Panzer and Rude; cosponsored by Representatives Plouff, Musser, Brandemuehl, Bock, Seratti, Hasenohrl, Sykora, J. Lehman, La Fave and Nass, by request of Governor Tommy G. Thompson and Major General James G. Blaney, the Adjutant General..
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 177
Relating to: mercury emissions from certain sources, reporting mercury emissions, mercury in medical waste sent to incinerators, fish advisories, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation and providing a penalty.
By
Senators
Burke, Clausing, Darling, Risser, Robson and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Kaufert, Johnsrud, J. Lehman, Handrick, Bock, Goetsch, Black, Gunderson, Plale, Miller, Boyle, Hasenohrl, Gronemus, Schooff and La Fave.
To committee on Agriculture, Environmental Resources and Campaign Finance Reform.
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The committee on Agriculture, Environmental Resources and Campaign Finance Reform reports and recommends:
Assembly Joint Resolution 6
Relating to: petitioning the U.S. Postal Service and the U.S. Congress to establish a 1st class postage stamp entitled "Game Warden" to honor our nation's conservation wardens, past and present.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Clausing, Baumgart, Wirch, Schultz and A. Lasee.
Noes, 0 - None.
S159
Brancel, Ben,
of Endeavor, as Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Clausing, Baumgart, Wirch, Schultz and A. Lasee.
Noes, 0 - None.
De Golier, Laura P.,
of Fond du Lac, as Executive Secretary of the Wisconsin Conservation Corps Board, to serve for the term ending at the pleasure of the Governor.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Clausing, Baumgart, Wirch, Schultz and A. Lasee.
Noes, 0 - None.
Donohue, Stephen V.,
of DePere, as a member of the Examining Board of Professional Geologists, Hydrologists and Soil Scientists, to serve for the term ending July 1, 2002.
Confirmation.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Clausing, Baumgart, Wirch, Schultz and A. Lasee.
Noes, 0 - None.
