Thursday, August 16, 2001
Ninety-Fifth Regular Session
The Chief Clerk makes the following entries under the above date.
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Read first time and referred:
Senate Bill 231
Relating to: requiring the creation of a task force to develop a plan for the state centers for the developmentally disabled.
By
Joint Legislative Council.
To committee on Human Services and Aging.
Senate Bill 232
Relating to: authorizing the department of workforce development to order a person who discriminates in promotion, compensation, or in terms, conditions, or privileges of employment on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, or ancestry to pay compensatory and punitive damages and an assessment, directing the secretary of workforce development to appoint a committee to study wage disparities between men and women and between minority group members and nonminority group members, and making an appropriation.
By
Senators
Hansen, Baumgart, Burke, Chvala, Decker, Erpenbach, Moore, Risser, Robson and George; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Balow, Berceau, Black, Bock, Boyle, Carpenter, Coggs, Colon, Gronemus, Hebl, Kreuser, La Fave, J. Lehman, Meyerhofer, Miller, Plouff, Pocan, Richards, Riley, Ryba, Shilling and Turner.
To committee on Labor and Agriculture.
Senate Bill 233
Relating to: prohibiting construction of a new highway through a veterans cemetery.
By
Senators
Burke, Moen, Cowles and Roessler; cosponsored by Representatives Bock, Musser, Gronemus, Lassa, Berceau, Sykora, Turner, Albers, Williams, Carpenter, Hahn, Black, Hundertmark and Lippert.
To committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs.
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The joint committee for review of Administrative Rules reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 234
Relating to: extended area telephone service and granting rule-making authority.
Introduction.
Ayes, 10 - Senators
Robson, Grobschmidt, Hansen, Schultz and Cowles. Representatives Grothman, Seratti, Gunderson, Turner and Hebl.
Noes, 0 - None.
To committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Judith Robson
Senate Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Senate Majority Leader
August 10, 2001
The Honorable, The Senate:
Pursuant to Senate Rule
20, I have made the following appointments to Senate Committees:
To the Senate committee for review of Administrative Rules: Senator Welch to replace Senator Schultz;
To the Senate committee on Audit: Senator Huelsman to replace Senator Rosenzweig;
To the Senate committee on Education: Senator Kanavas;
To the Senate committee on Finance: Senator Rosenzweig to replace Senator Welch;
To the Senate committee on Human Service and Aging: Senator Kanavas to replace Semator Rosenzweig.
To the Senate committee on Insurance, Tourism and Transportation: Senator Schultz;
To the Senate comittee on Privacy, Electonic Commerce and Financial Institutions: Senator Kanavas to replace Senator Huelsman;
To the Joint Legislative Council: Senator Welch to replace Senator Rosenzweig;
To the State Historical Society Board of Curators: Senator Schultz to replace Senator Rosenzweig.
With regard to the members of the minority party, the appointments reflect the recommendations of that caucus.
Sincerely,
Chuck Chvala
Chair, Committee on Senate Organization
State of Wisconsin
August 15, 2001
The Honorable, The Senate:
This letter is to respectfully request that I be added as a cosponsor to the following Senate Bills:
Senate Bill 227, by Senator Breske, relating to qualifications for endorsements authorizing the operation of a school bus;
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Senate Bill 228, by Senator Breske, relating to school buses and alternative motor vehicles used for pupil transportation; and
Senate Bill 229, by Senator Breske, relating to qualifications for an endorsement authorizing a person to operate a school bus.
Please advise me as to your action.
Sincerely,
Jeff Stone
State Representative82nd Assembly District
State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
August 3, 2001
The Honorable, The Senate:
Section
46.972(4), Wis. Stats., requires the Department of Health and Family Services to submit to the chief clerk of each house of the Legislature a report on June 30 annually on the allocation and expenditure of funds for services for homeless individuals. Attached is the Department's annual report.
Sincerely,
Phyllis J. Dube
Secretary
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
August 7, 2001
The Honorable, The Senate:
The following lobbyists have been authorized to act on behalf of the organizations set opposite their names.
For more detailed information about these lobbyists and organizations and a complete list of organizations and people authorized to lobby the 2001 session of the legislature, visit the Ethics Board's web site at
http://ethics.state.wi.us/
Blumenfeld, Michael Community Health Partnership Inc
Blumenfeld, Michael Elder Care of Dane County
Leonhart, James AT&T Wireless Services Inc
McCoshen, William J DeHart & Darr Associates Inc on behalf of Direct Marketers
Sheehy, Timothy Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce
Also available from the Wisconsin Ethics Board are reports identifying the amount and value of time state agencies have spent to affect legislative action and reports of expenditures for lobbying activities filed by organizations that employ lobbyists.
Sincerely,
Roth Judd
Director
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
