Tuesday, February 8, 2000
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Fourth 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 Baumgart, Breske, Burke, Chvala, Clausing, Cowles, Darling, Decker, Drzewiecki, Ellis, Erpenbach, Farrow, Fitzgerald, George, Grobschmidt, Huelsman, Jauch, A. Lasee, Lazich, Moen, Moore, Panzer, Plache, Risser, Robson, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude, Schultz, Shibilski, Welch, Wirch and Zien - 33.
Absent - None.
Absent with leave - None.
The Senate stood for a moment of silent meditation.
The Senate remained standing and Senator Roessler led the Senate in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 365
Relating to: executive participating employe status under the Wisconsin retirement system for certain court commissioners.
By
Senators
Erpenbach, George, Burke, Risser, Plache and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Townsend, Berceau, Schooff, Coggs, Skindrud, Pocan, Hebl and Kreuser.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
Senate Bill 366
Relating to: classifying state employes assigned as security officers at facilities owned, leased or operated by the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin retirement system.
By
Senators
Erpenbach, Rude and Risser; cosponsored by Representatives Musser, Black, Ryba, Pocan, Turner, Boyle, Plouff and Berceau.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
Senate Bill 367
Relating to: classifying employes of the department of military affairs who perform security functions at weapons facilities owned by the state as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin retirement system.
By
Senators
Erpenbach, Rude, Grobschmidt and Risser; cosponsored by Representatives Musser, Black, Ryba, Pocan, Turner, Boyle and Berceau.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
Senate Bill 368
Relating to: classifying state correctional institution employes as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin retirement system.
By
Senators
Drzewiecki, George, Roessler and Rosenzweig; cosponsored by Representatives Plouff, Kaufert, Ryba, Spillner, Albers, Gronemus, Boyle, Sykora, Kelso, Pettis and Musser.
To joint survey committee on Retirement Systems.
Senate Bill 369
Relating to: prohibiting certain insurance practices on the basis of domestic abuse, providing written reasons for coverage denial and prohibiting collective bargaining by the state with respect to the prohibitions.
By
Senators
Burke, Clausing, Cowles, Darling, Erpenbach, Grobschmidt, Moore, Plache, Robson, Roessler, Rosenzweig, Rude and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Cullen, Wasserman, Balow, Berceau, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Kelso, J. Lehman, Miller, Musser, Pocan, Richards, Schneider, Travis, Turner, Young and Ziegelbauer.
To committee on Insurance, Tourism, Transportation and Corrections.
Senate Bill 370
Relating to: creating an individual income tax deduction for classroom teachers who use their own funds to purchase classroom educational supplies.
By
Senators
Plache and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Wieckert, J. Lehman, Turner, Ladwig, Stone, Handrick, Musser, Klusman, Suder, Walker, M. Lehman, Pettis, Kaufert and Sykora.
To joint survey committee on Tax Exemptions.
Senate Bill 371
Relating to: regulation of historic buildings, the historic building code, requiring a liberal interpretation of local regulations applicable to historic buildings and structures and making appropriations.
By
Joint Legislative Council.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Relating to: creating an administrative rules task force and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Welch, Darling and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Grothman, Suder, Albers, Spillner, Sykora, Jeskewitz, Seratti and Musser.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 373
Relating to: allowing a change in the ownership of a municipal theater that is currently owned by a 1st class city.
By
Senators
Burke, Grobschmidt, Moore, Farrow, Rosenzweig, Darling and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Jensen, Bock, Colon, Richards, Albers, Riley, Freese and Underheim.
To committee on Economic Development, Housing and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 374
Relating to: requiring the department of public instruction to study funding options for Science World.
By
Senators
Burke, Darling, Erpenbach, Fitzgerald, Grobschmidt, Jauch, Plache, Risser, Rosenzweig, Shibilski and Welch; cosponsored by Representatives Black, Albers, Berceau, Hundertmark, Johnsrud, Kaufert, Klusman, La Fave, Miller, Musser, Olsen, Reynolds, Turner, Walker and Wasserman.
To committee on Education.
Senate Bill 375
Relating to: certain electronic mail solicitations, representations and chain letters, collection of certain information from visitors to Internet Web sites, a sales tax and use tax exemption for providing access to, or use of, the Internet and providing a penalty.
By
Senator
Darling
, by request of Lieutenant Governor Scott McCallum.
