Wednesday, September 5, 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 237
Relating to: requiring pharmacies to keep patient health care records confidential.
By
Senators
Erpenbach, Hansen, Moen, George, Huelsman, Plache and Risser; cosponsored by Representatives Powers, Walker, Musser, Sykora, Krug, Turner, Miller, Meyerhofer, Black, Gronemus, Stone, Ott, Young, Pocan, Boyle, Ainsworth, Plouff, Staskunas, Gunderson, Lassa, Sinicki, Cullen, J. Lehman, Carpenter and La Fave.
To committee on Privacy, Electronic Commerce and Financial Institutions.
Senate Bill 238
Relating to: collection of data concerning motor vehicle contacts, law enforcement training standards, and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Moore, George, Plache, Decker and Risser; cosponsored by Representatives Young, Colon, Morris-Tatum, Turner, Coggs, Williams, Riley, Pocan, Black, Boyle, Schooff, Berceau, Carpenter, Miller, Richards, Ryba and Wasserman.
To committee on Judiciary, Consumer Affairs, and Campaign Finance Reform.
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The committee on Insurance, Tourism, and Transportation reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 154
Relating to: requiring headlamps and other required lamps on a school bus to be lighted whenever the school bus is operated on a highway.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Breske, Grobschmidt, Baumgart, A. Lasee and Schultz.
Noes, 0 - None.
Assembly Bill 290
Relating to: prohibiting the installation of a previously deployed or an otherwise nonfunctional airbag and providing a penalty.
Concurrence.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Breske, Grobschmidt, Baumgart, A. Lasee and Schultz.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 227
Relating to: qualifications for endorsements authorizing the operation of a school bus.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Breske, Grobschmidt, Baumgart, A. Lasee and Schultz.
Noes, 0 - None.
Passage as amended.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Breske, Grobschmidt, Baumgart, A. Lasee and Schultz.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 229
Relating to: qualifications for an endorsement authorizing a person to operate a school bus.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Breske, Grobschmidt, Baumgart, A. Lasee and Schultz.
Noes, 0 - None.
Senate Bill 56
Relating to: following snowplows and providing a penalty.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Breske, Grobschmidt, Baumgart, A. Lasee and Schultz.
Noes, 0 - None.
Roger Breske
Chairperson
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State of Wisconsin
Office of the Governor
August 30, 2001
To the Honorable, the Senate:
The following bill(s), originating in the Senate, have been approved, signed and deposited in the office of the Secretary of State:
Sincerely,
Scott McCallum
Governor
Office of the Governor
August 30, 2001
The Honorable, The Senate:
To the Honorable Members of the Senate:
I have approved Senate Bill 55 as
2001 Wisconsin Act 16 and deposited it in the Office of the Secretary of State.
The bill I am signing represents many difficult decisions made by a Legislature that remained focused on concluding a budget in a timely and orderly fashion. I commend the Legislature for its civility and commitment in crafting the most important piece of legislation in this legislative session. Despite constraints in revenue growth and the unfunded costs of new programs adopted in the previous legislative session, significant progress was made in a number of key policy areas, particularly economic growth, educational quality, health care for seniors and lower taxes.
Wisconsin's taxes remain too high. The 1999-2001 state budget took a serious step toward reducing our state's income tax burden by lowering rates eleven percent and this budget continues the trend of lowering the tax burden on Wisconsin citizens. Despite the severe financial constraints faced in developing this budget, taxes are further reduced by eliminating the income tax on military pensions and implementing the federal phase-out of the estate tax. While the Legislature chose to reinstate the estate tax in fiscal year 2003-04, I intend to restore the federal phase-out schedule in my next budget.
