Thursday, February 7, 2002
10:00 A.M.
Ninety-Fifth Regular Session
The Senate met.
The Senate was called to order by Senator Jim Baumgart.
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 426
Relating to: fees and surcharges related to pesticides, fertilizer, and feed, reimbursement under the agricultural chemical cleanup program, transfers from the agrichemical management fund to the environmental fund, and the required balance in the agricultural chemical cleanup fund.
By
Senators
Hansen and Schultz; cosponsored by Representatives Ott, Olsen, Hines, Petrowski, Vrakas, Sykora, Gunderson and Miller.
To committee on Labor and Agriculture.
Senate Bill 427
Relating to: professional land surveyors and the practice of professional land surveying and granting rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Shibilski, Welch, Burke, George and Risser; cosponsored by Representatives Jeskewitz, Ainsworth, Hahn, Lippert, Albers, Vrakas, Miller, Sherman and La Fave.
To committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations.
Senate Bill 428
Relating to: minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes that do not primarily serve the developmentally disabled, requiring audits by the legislative audit bureau, requiring reports, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
By
Senators
Burke, Erpenbach, Grobschmidt, Plache and Shibilski; cosponsored by Representatives Krusick, Berceau, Black, Bock, Carpenter, Coggs, La Fave, Lassa, J. Lehman, Miller, Morris-Tatum, Pocan, Powers, Richards, Ryba, Schneider, Sherman, Sinicki, Staskunas, Steinbrink, Travis, Turner, Walker, Wasserman and Young, by request of Service Employees International Union - Wisconsin State Council, Coalition of WI Aging Groups, AARP, Board on Aging and Long Term Care, AFSCME Council 11, WI State AFL-CIO, WI Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, WI Citizen Action and Allied Council of Senior Citizens of WI
.
To committee on Human Services and Aging.
Senate Bill 429
Relating to: expanding eligibility for drug treatment reimbursement grants for persons with HIV infections.
By
Senator
Robson
.
To committee on Health, Utilities, Veterans and Military Affairs.
Senate Bill 430
Relating to: coverage of certain members of district boards of local professional baseball park districts under the code of ethics for local public officials and filing of statements of economic interests by candidates for joint municipal judgeships (suggested as remedial legislation by the ethics board).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Judiciary, Consumer Affairs, and Campaign Finance Reform.
Senate Bill 431
Relating to: employment rights of certain employees in the state civil service (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of employment relations).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Labor and Agriculture.
Senate Bill 432
Relating to: continuing education requirements for optometrists, physicians, and podiatrists; disciplinary action taken and rosters prepared by the examining board of architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers, and land surveyors; private detective and private detective agency licenses and private security permits; and eliminating outdated references to transitional appraiser licenses and to certificates of registration to practice audiology and speech-language pathology (suggested as remedial legislation by the department of regulation and licensing).
By
Law Revision Committee.
To committee on Universities, Housing, and Government Operations.
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The committee on Education reports and recommends:
Assembly Bill 492
Relating to: use of educational telecommunications access program grants.
Introduction and adoption of Senate amendment 1.
Ayes, 9 - Senators
Grobschmidt, Jauch, Baumgart, Robson, Erpenbach, Roessler, Darling, Harsdorf and Kanavas.
Noes, 2 - Senators
Shibilski and Lazich.
S560
Concurrence as amended.
Ayes, 8 - Senators
Grobschmidt, Baumgart, Robson, Roessler, Darling, Lazich, Harsdorf and Kanavas.
Noes, 3 - Senators
Jauch, Shibilski and Erpenbach.
Richard Grobschmidt
Chairperson
The committee on Insurance, Tourism, and Transportation reports and recommends:
Senate Bill 393
Relating to: electric personal assistive mobility devices, granting rule-making authority, and providing penalties.
Passage.
Ayes, 5 - Senators
Breske, Grobschmidt, Baumgart, A. Lasee and Schultz.
Noes, 0 - None.
Roger Breske
